‘Her brother doesn’t like me and the feeling is mutual’: New dad’s brother-in-law asks him to babysit his kid on Father’s Day, doesn’t understand why he declines

Holidays are important. Sure, they might be kind of made up and arbitrary, but that doesn’t mean they don’t matter to us. We only get so many chances to celebrate someone or something in our lifetimes. We spend so much time just getting through the day-to-day that it doesn’t hurt to stop and smell the …
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Husband chastises wife for turning down a job that pays $85k for fewer hours, doesn’t understand why she wants to stay at her current position making $65k: ‘My wife is constantly stressed about working and juggling two kids’

The reasons we like our jobs can be mysterious. There is a constellation of factors that go into whether or not we’re going to like a job. It’s not all about title and money. Maybe our commute time perfectly matches up with the length of our favorite podcast. Maybe there’s a really good coffee shop …
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35-year-old man refuses to invite girlfriend to work dinner celebrating his promotion because she’s ‘dramatic’: ‘I explained my reasons and she called me shallow and insecure’

Growing older means knowing which people to invite to which type of event. You start out all wide-eyed and bushy-tailed, thinking that you can take anyone anywhere. Then you suffer a few humiliations and a few bad nights and realize that you need to have certain friends for certain occasions.  Maybe you have your single …
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‘I only found out about his daughter that day’: Fiancé demands half of future wife’s lottery winnings for his secret 5-year-old daughter despite it being in a trust for her 4-year-old son

Most of us have probably thought about what we would do if we won the lottery. Every time we buy a scratch-off at the gas station or enter some numbers on a whim we have daydreams about what vacations we would take, what houses we would buy, and what we would do for the people …
Seguir leyendo ‘I only found out about his daughter that day’: Fiancé demands half of future wife’s lottery winnings for his secret 5-year-old daughter despite it being in a trust for her 4-year-old son

35-year-old husband lashes out at wife for keeping her headphones on during WFH day, says she didn’t hear him calling for help with chores: ‘My husband came in, visibly upset’

Headphones are an incredible invention. I don’t know what I would have done without them. All those times on the bus to school, looking out the window listening to whatever angsty Spotify playlist I had just cooked up… those were deeply formative times in my adolescence. Then, as I got older, listening to instrumental jazz …
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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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Girlfriend won’t let picky eater boyfriend join her on vacation since he will only eat chicken fingers and grilled cheese, constantly complains: ‘I just don’t want to hear about it while I’m on vacation’

Odds are you have at least one picky eater in your life. It’s hard to go through this world without knowing one or two. Most of them come by it honestly, they just can’t help what they don’t like. But most of the picky eaters I know manage to keep it from being everyone else’s …
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Millennial Parents Determined to End Their Family’s Generational Traumas Prove Their Parenting Is Working By Having Their Kids Try and Fail to Finish Common Toxic Discipline Phrases

Parenting has never been easy and is always evolving. Luckily, millennial parents are proving that has been evolving for the better. You might be thinking, «how so?» Well, you can turn to TikTok, a Gen Z popular app of all places, to find the answer!    A popular trend between young parents on TikTok is …
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