Sticker shock is a real, visceral thing. Say you’re perusing clothes in a nice boutique, letting your mind wander imagining wearing them, deciding which items you like and don’t like, what would look good on you, etc. And then you make the mistake of looking at the price tag and your fantasies are swiftly and …
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Boyfriend’s mom loses it and cries over son’s girlfriend’s ‘shoes off rule,’ enlists her husband to retaliate: ‘[She] spends the whole visit sulking’
Everyone has different preferences about behavior in their house. Some folks are more formal and insist you dress up a little if you’re coming over for dinner. Some would balk if you brought over a nice bottle of wine. Some keep their shoes on all day until they go to bed, and some are offended …
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Man lends fiancé $1000, she breaks up with him during a 5 minute video call: ‘You’re perfectly entitled to ask for it back’
Relationships aren’t usually as simple as they are on TV. There are things that come along to complicate even the most solid of relationships. Life is enough of a test. Jobs, family, circumstances, loss, and money… these are all surefire wrenches in relationships. You could be sailing along perfectly in love with each other, building …
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Girlfriend makes a ‘joke’ about cheating on boyfriend at dinner, boyfriend leaves the date: ‘She is already cheating, no one tests about that’
Some jokes push the boundary of what is okay and what isn’t okay to say. The best comedians toe this line deftly. They present it in such a way that flirts with the so-called «line,» but doesn’t cross it. They’ve probably put in hours and hours of work honing that line in front of crowds, …
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Newly single ex-wife demands $150 per week to keep up with expenses, ex-wife with 3 jobs refuses to pay: ‘Stop communicating with her effectively now’
One of the reasons to get married is to combine finances. Odds are you’re excited at the prospect of doing that, or else you would just live together and forget about the legal stuff. There can be huge advantages to combining finances. Maybe both of you work high-powered jobs, and now you get to double …
Seguir leyendo Newly single ex-wife demands $150 per week to keep up with expenses, ex-wife with 3 jobs refuses to pay: ‘Stop communicating with her effectively now’
‘Do I just need to grow up?’: Boyfriend threatens to break up with 20-year-old girlfriend if she doesn’t change her birthday party theme, she stands her ground
I’ll say it, I don’t go to enough theme parties. I love theme parties, but they seemed to have cooled off after college. Sure, we have Halloween, and maybe your aunt Linda buys everyone elf hats for Christmas, but true theme parties seem to have gone by the wayside. I remember being a kid and …
Seguir leyendo ‘Do I just need to grow up?’: Boyfriend threatens to break up with 20-year-old girlfriend if she doesn’t change her birthday party theme, she stands her ground
Man ghosts date after she asks him to fetch her a glass of water at a party, says he felt ‘subservient’: ‘Wow, that really upset you, huh’
As Stephen Sondheim once penned, «It’s the little things you do together that make perfect relationships. The hobbies you pursue together, savings you accrue together, looks you misconstrue together, that make marriage a joy.» Life is made up of the little things. Especially in the course of a relationship, the whole is greater than the …
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Man asks girlfriend for $4000 to fund his plan to invent a new color, sulks when she refuses: ‘[He’s] telling everyone I’m unsupportive and afraid of innovation’
We’re all allowed to have crackpot ideas every now and again, or else life would be no fun and we’d never have Shark Tank. That program showcases the breadth and depth of the human mind more than any other show. An amazing sponge in the shape of a smiley face? Making millions. A stool to …
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‘Why are you married to a 10 year old?’: Man watches videos on 2x speed next to his wife first thing in the morning, doesn’t understand why wife asks him to wear headphones
We all have our vices. Some of us need a scoop of ice cream every night in order to feel sane. Some of us sneak out twice a year to play the slots in Atlantic City. And some of us (many of us) are a little too addicted to social media. It’s the disease of …
Seguir leyendo ‘Why are you married to a 10 year old?’: Man watches videos on 2x speed next to his wife first thing in the morning, doesn’t understand why wife asks him to wear headphones
Woman expects her name on the deed to a house only boyfriend will pay for, gets upset and turns down alternatives: ‘She is saying I’m unfair’
Money and relationships—two forces that, when combined, can turn even the simplest plans into emotional minefields. Add house deeds and inheritance into the mix, and what starts as a conversation about the future can quickly feel like a tug-of-war over balance, practicality, and trust. Nothing says ‘romantic evening’ like a heated and passionate discussion about …
Seguir leyendo Woman expects her name on the deed to a house only boyfriend will pay for, gets upset and turns down alternatives: ‘She is saying I’m unfair’