Dad moves 75-year-old girlfriend into house kids are due to inherit, 43-year-old daughter plans to remove her after his passing: ‘He laid down a huge guilt trip’

Receiving an inheritance is one of the few upsides of going through the traumatic experience of losing a close relative, but it is not always an easy process. Even in the most straightforward of cases, there are all kinds of legal hoops to jump through just to have access to what was promised in the …
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Mom protests when 17-year-old son calls her out for starting a relationship 2 weeks after his dad passed: ‘He and my mom were married for 20 years’

While pretty much everybody experiences the pain of grief at some point, it can be a mighty strange thing to experience. Many like to say that everybody processes it differently, and that certainly seems to be the case when you look at the lives of some people. It is hard to judge until you know …
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27-year-old boyfriend gets insecure that his 24-year-old girlfriend makes more money than him, lies about her career plans to his parents: ‘It’s just temporary until she can find something less demanding so we can start thinking about our future’

I never understood why someone would feel insecure about their partner making more money than they do. I figure the more cash that you have as a couple, the better. I would never arbitrarily wish that my partner were doing worse off than me financially, because I want the best things for my partner. If …
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33-year-old man ends 5-year-long relationship after his girlfriend refuses to discipline her 10-year-old daughter who pathologically lies: ‘There are no real consequences for her actions.’

If you’ve ever seen the 1956 seminal classic The Bad Seed, you might think that some kids are just born evil. The story follows the rise and fall of a little girl named Rhoda who unalives every and anybody who gets in her way. In a somewhat problematic 1950s way, that movie implies that Rhoda, …
Seguir leyendo 33-year-old man ends 5-year-long relationship after his girlfriend refuses to discipline her 10-year-old daughter who pathologically lies: ‘There are no real consequences for her actions.’

25-year-old woman changes her name to ‘Queen’ to reinvent herself, gets uncomfortable whenever anyone uses her birth name: ‘I asked if I can call her Q and she said no, my name is Queen’

Nicknames are often not chosen by the person who is nicknamed. I knew a girl growing up named Madeline, and when my friend group and I first met her, somebody said she looked like a «Barbara.» That name stuck because despite being a typical 15-year-old girl, she looked like she was meant to be named …
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‘It was dumb of her to call me’ Irrational Man Screams at Caring Wife for Calling to Make Sure He Wasn’t Caught in a Fire

When you’re highly concerned about someone you care about, your initial response would be to immediately call, right? It’s a natural and reasonable response when you fear for your loved ones. But what if it was your life partner? If you thought they were in serious trouble, you’d call them until you got an answer. …
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‘Which puppy would they steal?’: Doggie rescue creates the ultimate relationship test using eligible pupelorettes to gauge how well you know your partner

You think you know a person? Prove it.