‘He would shut off the hot water while I was in the shower’: Husband bans wife, 12 and 14-year old sons from showering more than twice a week, claims it’s for the environment

There are a lot of ways that individual people can help the environment. Recycling correctly, not buying clothes from Shein, and cutting down on using fossil fuels as much as possible are great ways to give back to the Earth, especially considering we’re right in the middle of Earth Day season. Even though it is …
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‘They refuse to acknowledge the marriage’: Parents shun son’s wife because they eloped in Vegas, gets banned from their grandkid’s birthday party until they accept her

Eloping can be a dangerous game. If you decide to marry someone you met approximately three days ago, Kim Kardashian style, at a chapel in Vegas, don’t be surprised if you’re googling «annulment» three days later. That is what most people think of when «eloping» comes to mind, but it’s the exception, not the rule …
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Lawyer boyfriend asks girlfriend for €30k for mother’s failing business after she refuses initial ask of €60k: ‘The cafe (and his mom) is a money pit’

Asking for money is an incredibly difficult task. Nobody enjoys doing it. We all wish we could live in a world where whatever we want falls into our lap and whenever we need money it magically appears in our bank accounts. Think about how much happier we’d all be. There would probably be no war, …
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Bride Gets Wedding-Shamed for Spending $20,000 on Superficial Things While Starving the Guests: ‘Even the cake was fake’

Weddings are always fun and by the time you reach a certain age, you’ve probably been to quite a few nuptial celebrations. Oftentimes, weddings will follow a similar formula: Ceremony, cocktails, dinner, dancing, then drinking excessively to clear out the bar. But in 2024 there have been quite a few strange changes to the traditional …
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‘She can’t trust you or the friendship’: Duplicitous woman hides 4-year marriage from best friend, casually slips it into conversation

I understand the desire to elope. Weddings are massively expensive and time-consuming, and if you’re a person who doesn’t thrive on attention and white dresses, it might not be for you. I feel like the public perception of elopements is that they only happen for illicit reasons… like if a couple is running from something, …
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‘My wife microwaves lettuce’: Weird quirks long-term partners have learned to put up with

Everyone has a little idiosyncrasy. If you don’t, then you’re probably a robot. And the funny thing about love is that those little quirks, that might be totally annoying on another person, become tolerable, or even lovable, when you love a person. For example, I had a friend whose boyfriend never wore matching socks, on …
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Husband spends $160k on baseball cards behind wife’s back, lawyers up when she asks for $80k back: ‘The cards are everywhere’

Financial infidelity is one of those common things that we’ve only just started learning how to talk about. When you have a joint account, you need to have a lot of discussions about how that account gets used, and just what you’re spending money on. Even if the relationship has a foundation of trust in …
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Parents make son chose between paying student loans and having kids, son gets vasectomy: ‘I don’t really think I owe them anything’

Student loans have been a hot topic in recent years with rising college tuition and teases of loan forgiveness. If you have student loans, you get it. You can find yourself trying to pay them off after 5, 10, 15, or even 20 years after you graduate. This is one of the reasons why more …
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‘She told him ‘it’s the pig or me’: 20+ of the wildest relationship break up stories

Love is a very juicy topic. We wouldn’t have thousands of songs, books, and movies dedicated to the topic if that wasn’t the case—nor would they exist if romantic relationships were always plain sailing. A big part of the reason for our interest in love is that the highest of highs can be followed by …
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Wholesome boomer husbands paint their wives, get applauded by the internet: ‘Wife guys have been the backbone of the art world for centuries’

Not too long ago, there was a trend on TikTok where couples would have a date night where they sit down and paint one another, then reveal the results to their partner. It sparked a whole round of discourse after many men who partook in the challenge made conspicuously unflattering creative decisions when making a …
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