‘I can see how many red flags I overlooked’: Woman blocks her ex-fiancé’s attempt to take her son’s trust fund, setting off pressure from family and work connections as he tries involving everyone from bosses to relatives to get his way

Some relationships are less about romance and more about navigating a joint venture, except the only assets merging are your emotions and someone else’s financial wish list. There are people in this world who view other human beings the way aspiring CEOs view quarterly reports.

Boyfriend breaks up with girlfriend after seeing her hoarder house for the first time, gets mad at him for leading her on: ‘I could literally taste the overpowering smell of mold and mildew in my mouth.’

Cleanliness is one of the many things you need to be compatible with your partner about. Most people fall somewhere in the middle: neither total clean freaks who need to deep clean the house once a day, nor slobs who haven’t washed a single dish in 10 years. Most disagreements about cleaning come down to …
Seguir leyendo Boyfriend breaks up with girlfriend after seeing her hoarder house for the first time, gets mad at him for leading her on: ‘I could literally taste the overpowering smell of mold and mildew in my mouth.’

Parents ramp up their efforts to keep their 24-year-old master’s grad daughter apart from her ex, prompting her to plan to move out and live independently: ‘While we dated, my parents made my life TERRIBLE’

Parental disapproval is a time-honored tradition, but this twenty-four-year-old woman could write the manual on how to weaponize guilt and control. Her parents have turned her relationship status into a full-scale family crisis, all because her ex-boyfriend had the audacity to bring a child into the mix. While she and her ex spent a year …
Seguir leyendo Parents ramp up their efforts to keep their 24-year-old master’s grad daughter apart from her ex, prompting her to plan to move out and live independently: ‘While we dated, my parents made my life TERRIBLE’

38-year-old 5’4 single dude complains about seeing women in their 30s and 40s on dating apps who want to settle down and have kids: ‘It’s painfully hilarious. And quite sad.’

It baffles me that people are so doom-and-gloom about people getting married and having kids in their 30s. Sure, if you want to have 10 kids, you’re probably not going to be able to accomplish that if you have your first baby at 35. However, most people want 2.5 kids, so it’s not unreasonable for …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old 5’4 single dude complains about seeing women in their 30s and 40s on dating apps who want to settle down and have kids: ‘It’s painfully hilarious. And quite sad.’

Girlfriend brings her 4-year-old son over to her boyfriend of 4 months’ apartment every night, makes boyfriend sleep on the couch for a month straight: ‘He’s been here every night for 2 weeks now’

If you’re one of those people who fall in love with someone in three weeks, I understand. I am in denial about being one of you, and I’m trying to change my ways. A significant part of establishing a healthy relationship that can last is not expecting too much from someone during the first couple …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend brings her 4-year-old son over to her boyfriend of 4 months’ apartment every night, makes boyfriend sleep on the couch for a month straight: ‘He’s been here every night for 2 weeks now’

Brother’s ex-girlfriend, Lisa, crashes family dinner uninvited, disrupting the evening and forcing the host to intervene and send her home: ‘She’d heard about the dinner from my cousin and decided to «drop by»’

As we all know, basically since we were around the age of 6, Family gatherings are, by design, the ultimate test of patience and nerve. There’s some mysterious cosmic power that guides a relative or some other force major to find the worst possible moment to reappear. In this case, it’s Lisa, armed with some …
Seguir leyendo Brother’s ex-girlfriend, Lisa, crashes family dinner uninvited, disrupting the evening and forcing the host to intervene and send her home: ‘She’d heard about the dinner from my cousin and decided to «drop by»’

“She started to sob when I said I know what you did last summer”: 4-year-strong long-distance girlfriend Victoria bursts into tears when her college boyfriend reveals he saw her secret summer photos with another boy

As if life doesn’t already hand out enough reasons to be anxious, Victoria here practically moonlights as a one-woman anxiety generator, always ready to top up the dread tank with a fresh batch of cryptic summer behaviors. This is precisely why most people try to postpone their worries, tackling one disaster at a time: save …
Seguir leyendo “She started to sob when I said I know what you did last summer”: 4-year-strong long-distance girlfriend Victoria bursts into tears when her college boyfriend reveals he saw her secret summer photos with another boy

26-year-old independent woman refuses to date 39-year-old delivery driver who still lives with his parents, throws an emotional temper tantrum when she breaks up with him: ‘He talks all the time about improving his life but takes no action’

There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to date someone because they’re not ambitious enough. It can sound cruel on paper, but you don’t want to be waking up next to someone too lazy to make enough money to support your family in 10 years. It’s essential to identify those red flags early in a relationship …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old independent woman refuses to date 39-year-old delivery driver who still lives with his parents, throws an emotional temper tantrum when she breaks up with him: ‘He talks all the time about improving his life but takes no action’

‘I won $211,000 back’: Girlfriend drains man’s bank account, sells his $115K Cadillac, swipes belongings, and takes off to LA with another guy, forcing him to sue and win a massive settlement and sparking an international pursuit for her lover

It’s not easy to get to the point where your romance ends with a courtroom drama and an international manhunt instead of a happily-ever-after. In this (pretty crazy) story of Alyssa’s online affairs and financial entanglements, loyalty came with an asterisk, and shared bank accounts became the first stop in her great escape plan. Trust …
Seguir leyendo ‘I won $211,000 back’: Girlfriend drains man’s bank account, sells his $115K Cadillac, swipes belongings, and takes off to LA with another guy, forcing him to sue and win a massive settlement and sparking an international pursuit for her lover

25-year-old woman hides her 7-month-old baby from her boyfriend, sobs and bangs down his neighbor’s doors after he breaks up with her: ‘We had been seeing each other for a few weeks and I had no idea she had a baby’

One thing that nobody told me about becoming an adult is how common it is for people in your life to date deadbeat parents. My friend had been dating this girl for two months before he casually mentioned that she had two kids who lived in Florida with her ex and his parents. It’s hard …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old woman hides her 7-month-old baby from her boyfriend, sobs and bangs down his neighbor’s doors after he breaks up with her: ‘We had been seeing each other for a few weeks and I had no idea she had a baby’