It’s very common for parents to move in with their adult children when they can’t afford to live on their own. This type of arrangement doesn’t work for all families, especially when the parents and their kids aren’t particularly close, and they’re only interacting with them because they have nowhere else to turn. If you …
Seguir leyendo 50-year-old mom moves in with 32-year-old son because she only has $200 a months after paying bills and debt: ‘How do I do this without feeling guilty?’
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50-year-old mom moves in with 32-year-old son because she only has $200 a month after paying bills and debt: ‘How do I do this without feeling guilty?’
It’s very common for parents to move in with their adult children when they can’t afford to live on their own. This type of arrangement doesn’t work for all families, especially when the parents and their kids aren’t particularly close, and they’re only interacting with them because they have nowhere else to turn. If you …
Seguir leyendo 50-year-old mom moves in with 32-year-old son because she only has $200 a month after paying bills and debt: ‘How do I do this without feeling guilty?’
28-year-old girlfriend insists her 30-year-old boyfriend pay off her $9K of credit card debt, refuses to move in with him if he refuses to pay: ‘I don’t think it’s fair to expect me to take on someone else’s financial mess’
There are a lot of couples who act as if they’re married when they’re not. They buy houses together, raise children together, and combine their incomes and take on the financial responsibility of the other. That works for a lot of people, and I certainly don’t wish to knock something that isn’t doing a couple …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old girlfriend insists her 30-year-old boyfriend pay off her $9K of credit card debt, refuses to move in with him if he refuses to pay: ‘I don’t think it’s fair to expect me to take on someone else’s financial mess’
‘He’s just sitting there watching anime the whole time’: Fustrated cafe-regular asks young man to give up his seat at crowded cafe, says since he didn’t purchase anything, it’s not ethical for him to take up seating
Is it possible for an action comic to lack an obvious hero and villain? What if no one person is perfectly right or undoubtedly wrong? Is there such a thing as the ‘middle-ground’ when it comes to one person against another, or is the angel vs devil mentality too painfully secured? Okay, maybe in a …
Seguir leyendo ‘He’s just sitting there watching anime the whole time’: Fustrated cafe-regular asks young man to give up his seat at crowded cafe, says since he didn’t purchase anything, it’s not ethical for him to take up seating
20 Memes for the Mayhem, Mishaps, and Meltdowns of Moving Day
What’s the best part about moving day? The end of moving day. It takes a very strong person with extreme mental strength to pluck up the courage to move houses. But when they do, no matter how powerful this human may be, even they dread the day that their calendar finally reads: it’s time to …
Seguir leyendo 20 Memes for the Mayhem, Mishaps, and Meltdowns of Moving Day
Family pressures 23-year-old to buy her 26-year-old sister’s all white furniture that she doesn’t want: ‘They think I’m a bad sister for refusing to help out my sister before a big move abroad’
There are many things I would love to get for free. Give me a poorly printed tote bag at a street fair any day of the week. I love to eat the butternut squash pasta that my roommate was planning on throwing out. I will grab something from a clothing swap that I’m unsure about, …
Seguir leyendo Family pressures 23-year-old to buy her 26-year-old sister’s all white furniture that she doesn’t want: ‘They think I’m a bad sister for refusing to help out my sister before a big move abroad’
17-year-old refuses to move house after grieving mom’s new boyfriend claims their current home is haunted by her stepdad: ‘He moved in with us 3 months after they started dating’
Bereavement can have a wild effect on those who experience it, and quite often, everybody goes through it differently. It is a situation that is an inevitable part of life, but that doesn’t make it any less tough. The side effects that come from this can sometimes seem nonsensical to other people, to say the …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to move house after grieving mom’s new boyfriend claims their current home is haunted by her stepdad: ‘He moved in with us 3 months after they started dating’
32-year-old woman breaks up with her 34-year-old boyfriend of 5 years after he refuses to propose, giving his brother $1500 for his birthday instead of buying a ring: ‘He told me that he would propose before the end of the year. It’s been over 2 years’
Do any of y’all remember that old Twitter trend, #WasteHisTime2016? This hashtag brought single women who wanted to waste men’s time together, joking about the various ways they could do so. While it’s funny to joke about asking a guy if he’s good with his hands and then forcing him to put together an IKEA …
Seguir leyendo 32-year-old woman breaks up with her 34-year-old boyfriend of 5 years after he refuses to propose, giving his brother $1500 for his birthday instead of buying a ring: ‘He told me that he would propose before the end of the year. It’s been over 2 years’
Mother drags 17-year-old teen away from hometown because of her new husband and stepchildren, teen forms a plan to move in with grandparents: ‘She said I was totally selfish’
Anyone who grew up in a turbulent household with a lot of unfamiliar faces knows how important it is to be around familiar family who you know are looking out for you. An example of this is a family going through a divorce or even a family dealing with the absence of a family member …
Seguir leyendo Mother drags 17-year-old teen away from hometown because of her new husband and stepchildren, teen forms a plan to move in with grandparents: ‘She said I was totally selfish’
Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’
Society is stringently designed around the nuclear family. This system makes it easy to treat families as economic units that are intrinsically tied together and emotionally bonded above all other bonds. Maintaining the nuclear family is difficult to do and often not beneficial for the members of said nucleus. Any child of parents who «stayed …
Seguir leyendo Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’