43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’

Right intention, wrong time and place. It’s not very socially encouraged to be proud of your acne. Teenagers are put on intense medications like Accutane and do everything in their power to hide their acne from their peers. Not only does acne make you feel unattractive, but it can also be physically painful.  One of …
Seguir leyendo 43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’

19-year-old shames mother for having 3 children by 3 different members of the same family and for marrying his aunt: ‘My mother had a child with my grandfather, then she had a thing with my uncle.’

It’s Jerry Springer’s world, and he’s just living in it. It’s generally a good rule of thumb to avoid telling others how to live their lives. If your college friend is considering becoming a monk and you think that’s a weird choice, you could tell him that you think it’s a terrible idea, or you …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old shames mother for having 3 children by 3 different members of the same family and for marrying his aunt: ‘My mother had a child with my grandfather, then she had a thing with my uncle.’

Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

Other people’s weddings are not about you. Plain and simple. Sure, it’s fun to dress up and party with your friends, but ultimately, you’re there to celebrate the couple. They should be the focal point of the evening, not you. But this is difficult for some folks to internalize. They see a wedding as an …
Seguir leyendo Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

Man plans to propose to his girlfriend on Christmas, but doesn’t buy her a Christmas gift since “the engagement is enough”, friend calls him out: ‘Proposing is not a present‘

When one person proposes to another, can the proposal be considered a gift? Many couples want the moment they get engaged to be special and memorable, so a lot of people plan it during a time that is already special in itself–proposing during a birthday, Christmas, or even Valentine’s Day. The question is, if you …
Seguir leyendo Man plans to propose to his girlfriend on Christmas, but doesn’t buy her a Christmas gift since “the engagement is enough”, friend calls him out: ‘Proposing is not a present‘

Wife bans husband from Thanksgiving dinner after he refuses to go grocery shopping, spends the holiday with her parents instead: ‘he snapped at me’

They say it takes a village to raise kids, and while that’s completely true, there are a few other domestic elements that would benefit a lot from having a village working on them. Like the preparation for Thanksgiving dinner. Every year, we all tell ourselves that we will start preparing for Thanksgiving as early as …
Seguir leyendo Wife bans husband from Thanksgiving dinner after he refuses to go grocery shopping, spends the holiday with her parents instead: ‘he snapped at me’

Father rushing to fetch older kids is pressured by wife to also pick up their younger kids early from daycare, despite being able to take them home herself 30 minutes later, forcing him to disrupt his whole schedule: ‘Not understanding her anger in this’

We’re not one hundred percent sure that the daily designated pick-ups seem to be the problem here…We’re no relationship counselors, nor are we claiming to be…but this whole ‘who’s fetching who’ situation seems a bit odd. This father has two older children from a previous marriage and two younger children with his new wife. Every …
Seguir leyendo Father rushing to fetch older kids is pressured by wife to also pick up their younger kids early from daycare, despite being able to take them home herself 30 minutes later, forcing him to disrupt his whole schedule: ‘Not understanding her anger in this’

Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’

Work-life balance usually means answering one email on the couch. In this case, it means being married to the guy who makes the whole plant stop laughing on sight. Same building, same company, one shared home, two completely different universes. At work, he is the top exec with a personal assistant, a reputation for being …
Seguir leyendo Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’

Wife ends 28 years of marriage after husband retires early, but leaves her carrying all the bills, moving house, and handling family crises: ‘He promised me when I moved up here that he would always take care of things’

Some marriages start with fireworks and end with one person quietly wondering how their soulmate turned into a permanent couch cushion. After decades together, the bills pile up, money gets tighter, and the only thing your husband commits to is his iPad and another round of Candy Crush. Promises to «always take care of everything» …
Seguir leyendo Wife ends 28 years of marriage after husband retires early, but leaves her carrying all the bills, moving house, and handling family crises: ‘He promised me when I moved up here that he would always take care of things’

Bride-to-be refuses to let her sister, Jess, move in with her for a few weeks, after discovering that Jess told her sister’s fiancé that she was ‘having doubts’ about the wedding, sparking major family drama: ‘Lying to my partner is a massive violation’

We’ve been trying to come up with a possible list of reasons as to why this woman has spun a web of lies, directed at her sister’s fiancé…So far we’ve come up with a.) She’s actually in love with him b.) The couple will make her move out after the wedding or c.) She’s just …
Seguir leyendo Bride-to-be refuses to let her sister, Jess, move in with her for a few weeks, after discovering that Jess told her sister’s fiancé that she was ‘having doubts’ about the wedding, sparking major family drama: ‘Lying to my partner is a massive violation’