Would you let your sibling live with you indefinitely? It’s not always easy to live with family. Especially after you’re already out of childhood, and you’re used to living independently. You’re probably used to a certain amount of autonomy and privacy, which is sometimes harder to come by when you’re living with someone else. You’re …
Seguir leyendo 34-year-old lets sister move in for ‘a few weeks,’ it turns to 4 months and sister melts down suggested to find another place
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Divorced mom steals and spends $1,500 meant for her daughters, closes the bank account, and asks her husband why the account is closed: ‘You took the money for yourself, closed it down, and never gave it back.’
One of the most important decisions you will make in life is choosing who you’re going to marry. If you make the wrong choice and choose to have kids with them, you’re going to have grief about it for the rest of your life. If you get divorced from an incompetent partner before you have …
Seguir leyendo Divorced mom steals and spends $1,500 meant for her daughters, closes the bank account, and asks her husband why the account is closed: ‘You took the money for yourself, closed it down, and never gave it back.’
‘I feel very alone sometimes, I pay for both of our living expenses’: 58-year-old divorced dad demands the same financial support from his daughter that she gives her mom, despite barely contributing to her upbringing or education
Money doesn’t automatically split evenly between parents just because biology did, and this dad seems to have missed that memo entirely The math he’s running only works if you erase the last two decades. He saw his kid once a month, paid for exactly one meal a month, and contributed nothing to a university education …
Seguir leyendo ‘I feel very alone sometimes, I pay for both of our living expenses’: 58-year-old divorced dad demands the same financial support from his daughter that she gives her mom, despite barely contributing to her upbringing or education
‘I haven’t been on a date for 6 years’: Retired, divorced dad asks his unemployed 25-year-old son to stay elsewhere for one night so he can have a date at home, and the son gets angry about it
A man in his sixties finally gets a date on the calendar for the first time since disco was apparently still cool, and his 25-year-old, still-lives-at-home, doesn’t-pay-rent, gets-a-monthly-allowance son treats the whole thing like a scheduling inconvenience he’s personally offended by. Here’s the setup: two grown adults, one apartment, one bathroom probably, and only one …
Seguir leyendo ‘I haven’t been on a date for 6 years’: Retired, divorced dad asks his unemployed 25-year-old son to stay elsewhere for one night so he can have a date at home, and the son gets angry about it
15-year-old refuses to attend her dad’s 3rd wedding because her new stepmom won’t let her be a bridesmaid: ‘It’s just a stupid party’
Her dad offered to let her play a special role with the groomsmen, but she declined because she wanted to wear a dress instead of a suit. It can be very difficult for children and teenagers to see one of their parents get remarried. They want so desperately to be happy for their parent, but …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old refuses to attend her dad’s 3rd wedding because her new stepmom won’t let her be a bridesmaid: ‘It’s just a stupid party’
Mom gets a job 100 miles away from home, forces ex-husband to pick up their daughters from school on her days: ‘She has asked me to work from home 3-4 days per week.’
Why would she accept a job that’s so far away? Co-parenting 50-50 with your ex can be incredibly difficult. First of all, how are you supposed to split the time? Do the kids live at your house one week, and their other parent’s house the next week? Are they moving back and forth between houses …
Seguir leyendo Mom gets a job 100 miles away from home, forces ex-husband to pick up their daughters from school on her days: ‘She has asked me to work from home 3-4 days per week.’
Divorced Dad Refuses to Cut His Custody Weekend with 10 and 7-Year Old Kids Short After His Ex-wife Asks for Them Back Because a Date Stood Her Up
A father with two weekends a month and a lake house full of kids learned mid-fishing-trip that a stranger’s failure to show up for dinner is, apparently, a co-parenting emergency Two weekends a month is not a lot of parenting time. It works out to roughly four days if everything goes according to plan and …
Seguir leyendo Divorced Dad Refuses to Cut His Custody Weekend with 10 and 7-Year Old Kids Short After His Ex-wife Asks for Them Back Because a Date Stood Her Up
22-year-old college student forbids dad from bringing his girlfriend of 8 months to his graduation because he only has 4 tickets for his mom, dad, brother, and grandma
Why would she get a ticket over his immediate family? It’s not always easy to decide who gets to attend your graduation. Many high school and college graduations limit the number of family members who can attend per graduate. If you only have a handful of people in your immediate family, you probably don’t have …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old college student forbids dad from bringing his girlfriend of 8 months to his graduation because he only has 4 tickets for his mom, dad, brother, and grandma
51-year-old asks her husband for a divorce over their blended family dynamics, then asks him to fight for the marriage without telling him what that means, leaving him feeling clueless
Twenty years of marriage, five kids raised, and the whole thing comes down to a man being told to fix something without being told what is broken or where the tools are. And as we all, of course, know, when a man says he’ll fix something, he’ll do it, you don’t have to remind us …
Seguir leyendo 51-year-old asks her husband for a divorce over their blended family dynamics, then asks him to fight for the marriage without telling him what that means, leaving him feeling clueless
College graduate tells her dad she doesn’t want his girlfriend to attend her graduation: ‘My dad cheated on my mom with this woman.’
Why is he being so insistent on his girlfriend’s attendance? Graduations can be hit or miss. There’s something beautiful about the end of an era being marked by a big celebration where you don a funny hat. It gives a sense of completion to all of the years you spent slaving away on your degree. …
Seguir leyendo College graduate tells her dad she doesn’t want his girlfriend to attend her graduation: ‘My dad cheated on my mom with this woman.’