Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law’s remote programming job as ‘real,’ calls her out at a family barbecue: ‘Yeah, and that […] paid off your son’s student loans’

There’s a big generational gap when it comes to attitudes about work. Older generations might think that since they were forced to work a certain way, others should too. They spent countless hours commuting, stayed at a company for decades, and sometimes put work before family (especially if they had a wife at home taking …
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Husband refuses to open door for food delivery man who his wife knew from work, was afraid to expose her location to: ‘To me this is a safety thing’

Being a woman can mean having a sixth sense for a guy who might cross a line one day. Whether it’s someone on the street, a neighbor, or someone you see at work, you might have reasons to have your guard up around someone, even if it’s just intuition. You hate to say it, but …
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Woman calls off wedding after finding out fiancé has a secret bank account with $27000, he has been stealing money from their shared account: ‘He was stealing from you then lied about it’

We should all be empowered to take care of our own finances. It’s not easy to rely on someone else. Plus, you never know when that relationship might end or change or leave you empty-handed with no place to go. This is why it’s important to keep a pile of money just for you. Maybe …
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Husband invites himself on wife’s trip to Thailand to bury her grandmother despite having no connection to her: ‘[He] is viewing this as some kind of free vacation’

Everyone has different wishes for how they’d like to spend eternity. You might just want to go to the conventional route to please everyone and make matters simple. But this doesn’t mean that everyone has to do the boring thing. The hereafter doesn’t have to be boring, and losing someone doesn’t mean you have to …
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Unfaithful husband pays for ex-wife’s nursing school, his affair partner demands she pay them back over 20 years later: ‘Tell her it was the adultery tax’

Sometimes you just have to let bygones be bygones. This isn’t always easy to learn, but it remains true. As much as something hurts your feelings in the moment, at a certain point you just have to let go and move forward. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t say your piece when the moment is happening, …
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37-year-old boyfriend refuses to contribute to girlfriend’s mortgage despite him living there full-time: ‘I pay almost $1200 in mortgage and all the bills are under my name’

Sometimes, when you’re with someone for a long time, you might find that you sort of accidentally live with them. You’re spending the night most nights, and you realize it has been weeks since you’ve been home. You didn’t talk about moving in together, but you just sort of do. And this can happen under …
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Wife finds out husbands plan to gift her a two-seater car she despises for her 45th birthday, wonders if she should call out his selfishness: ‘He knows how I feel about this car’

Gift-giving is an art form that not everyone has the talent for. Some folks are great gift-givers, tapping into their recipients’ secret desires and making them manifest before their eyes. Others just get a Chili’s gift card and call it a day. And that’s okay, not everyone needs to be a gifted gift-giver. As they …
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‘I’ve always felt like an outsider’: Woman refuses to spend $4000 on father-in-law’s 60th birthday trip since they always ignore her, husband is torn over her decision

Using your vacation days on something you don’t want to go to is definitely not how you want to live your life. At least it’s not how most of us want to spend our lives. We probably want to be choosy about who gets our time and who gets our money, seeing as there’s not …
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‘My husband seems to assume that I’m at his beck and call’: Fast-food manager husband requests meatloaf after a long shift, wife responds with thumb up emoji and then serves pork chops instead

When you’re craving a certain thing, there’s not much that can make that feeling go away. If the cravings are strong enough, they will yell at you until they’re satisfied. You might not be anywhere near a meatball sub, but you can’t stop thinking about it. You picture what it would be like to bite …
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Husband finally tells wife of 8 years that she can’t cook after she serves him raw chicken: ‘You’re almost thirty, that’s no excuse’

Some people, bless them, just don’t know how to cook. Or rather, they have no instinct for it. Maybe they try to chef up a meal every now and then and it always ends up either burned, undercooked, under-flavored, or over-salted. Cooking requires a non-negligible amount of intuition. Yes, you can try and follow a …
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