26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’

Everything we buy should be categorized into «needs» and «wants.» The most important monthly expenses are rent/house payment, electricity, water, and food. If you can’t afford these things, you’re in deep trouble. After that, you need gas in your car so you can get to work and around the house items like soap and toilet …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’

Ex demands 100% of joint house sale proceeds, claiming their ex-partner is more financially stable and should walk away empty-handed for the sake of fairness: ‘My partner essentially asked that I turn over the keys and walk away’

Breakups have a way of revealing just how creative people can get when it comes to redefining fairness, especially when there’s real estate involved. Suddenly, the person who couldn’t scrape together a down payment five years ago becomes an expert in equity theory, armed with a sob story and a calculator that only works in …
Seguir leyendo Ex demands 100% of joint house sale proceeds, claiming their ex-partner is more financially stable and should walk away empty-handed for the sake of fairness: ‘My partner essentially asked that I turn over the keys and walk away’

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’

Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’

Paying for things in the early stages of a relationship is always tricky. It feels pretty unromantic to have to Venmo a date $16 for sushi, even if it’s technically paying for precisely what you ate. Many couples have a «I’ll get you this time, you’ll get me next time» dynamic that is usually pretty …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend making $40K insists that boyfriend making $75K pay for all of their expenses and dates: ‘She said that since I make more, I should just cover it all. She even brought up how her friend’s boyfriend pays for all their trips.’

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.’

28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’

I have one piece of advice for y’all: never move in with a partner just to cut down on bills. I know it can feel so tempting to go from paying four figures in rent to three figures, but if the relationship is not ready for that step, it will have disastrous consequences. You shouldn’t …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: ‘He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future’

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’

19-year-old complains that only ugly guys swipe right on her on dating apps, male friend tells her she’s just as attractive as these so-called ugly guys: ‘She should give some of them a chance’

Dating apps make everybody jaded, from the most attractive people on the planet to the hopeless cases. We all know a couple who met on Hinge and are getting married next Spring, but we have no idea how they got from step 1 to step marriage. Were they using a different Hinge than the one …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old complains that only ugly guys swipe right on her on dating apps, male friend tells her she’s just as attractive as these so-called ugly guys: ‘She should give some of them a chance’

29 Love Island Memes That Are Better Than the Recoupling

If you’ve been watching Love Island USA from a safe emotional distance this season, you’re not alone. Who needs another weekday binge when your entire feed is already flooded with bombshells, recouplings, and Islanders yelling, «It’s brat summer, baby,» like it’s a personality trait? Jeremiah and Huda’s situationship has been a ride. One minute, he’s …
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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»’