Family Conflict and Relationship Advice

I'm not even mad, I'm honestly impressed. I gave it to her 4 days ago and this is how it looks now. Funny thing is my parents demand that I give her my tablet after this and when I refused my mother g...

My sister made pho but my family refused to try it and instead made sloppy Joe’s.

For those following our journey: Unfortunately another result of the stillbirth is we have to move to be closer to a hospital. Up until now we lived in a very remote area… and we loved the friends we ...

I (21F) have identified as a trans woman ever since I turned 15. Both of my parents were incredibly supportive, since the two of them immigrated from Europe in the 90s, their views are a little more o...

My partner and I are throwing our son, Jon, an 8th birthday party today. Travis, one of Jons friends at school was one of the kids who's parents didn't RSVP until a day before the party, after a gentl...

So my sister (22) and her husband (24M) have decided that once their kid is born, in September when its due, that they don't want it to have a social security card nor file it under taxes. For context...

This happened last week, Thursday to be specific. I called up a friend of mine, Sarah, and asked her if she wanted to come over for dinner, since I was making way too much food, and I like to share. S...

I’m staying at my grandparents house for spring break. Last night at 11:23 pm my grandmother told me to go to sleep. And of course I didn’t listen. The main goal was to stay up until 12:55 am. I did r...

My baby is a month old. Boyfriend lives in the US, however, all of his family lives in the Bahamas. His mother and family insist that after a year old, I send my baby to the Bahamas for 5 weeks every ...

My brother (17) and his gf (16) recently found out they’re having a baby, they immediately expect my parents will let them move in with the baby when it’s born, we live in a small 2 bedroom house. my...

She’s a freshman in HS, failing all of her classes. She’s struggled with mental health and ADHD, as if unfortunately runs in the family. We’re getting help with those issues for her and as a family. ...

My daughter 11yo wants me to drive her to the mall to meet up with her friend and I said “ ok I’ll look around too and we can get some lunch ” she didn’t like that I was in a mile vicinity of her with...

I’ve been teaching for 12 years and this is a new one, and I’m not sure what to do. I have a meeting with my admin later next week but I’m hoping to go into that meeting a little more informed. I te...

My girlfriend (20F) and I (21M) are in college, and she’s about 26–27 weeks pregnant now. We found out earlier in the pregnancy that the baby has Down syndrome. I don’t want to have this baby. I’ve ...

I live in California and my family lives in Texas. I never had a problem with my family coming over and spend a week or weekend visiting and opening up my home to them. I’m a fortunate that they visit...

So I live with a roommate and we split rent 50/50. Everything was fine at first. Then he got a girlfriend. At first she would just stay over sometimes, which was totally fine. But over time it tur...

Just diagnosed about two months ago. Not medicated yet. So I fucked up bad. I fucked up so bad. I forgot to pay daycare. DAYCARE. I forgot to pay. For months and months. And now…now we owe them $10k....

I, 43F, and my husband, 45M, am having a heated discussion and he told me to post on Reddit to see who is being ridiculous. Quick backstory, we are going to my parents tonight at 4 for dinner. He a...

Original post is on my account, but a TLDR is an anonymous person messaged me saying that my boyfriend (Jason) was arrested in his early twenties for, well it’s difficult for me to say, but the messag...

My SIL and MIL are mad at me and I don't think I did anything wrong. I 45f and my husband 43m have two sons 19 and 14. Earlier this year we were told that my in laws were going out of state for my F...

Me (35F) and my husband (35M) have been married for 4 years now. We both have well paying jobs but he earns almost double than me. I used to be a bit reckless with money, had credit cards debts and ha...

My older brother (1971) tells me he feels like he's still a senior in high school and he's 54. Our baby sister (1975) still acts like a teenager and she's 51. Does anyone else feel the same way we d...

Back in October 2025, my son (15M) was asked to participate in his classmate’s quinceañera in January. For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a Mexican version of a Sweet Sixteen party, but done...

I (24F) have not spoken to my dad in three years. Without getting too deep into it, he was emotionally abusive to my mom for most of their marriage and when she finally left he made the divorce as ugl...

35 y/o married millennial here and I was wondering why it seems like so many millennial married couples aren't combining finances. My wife and I joined our accounts pretty early on and it makes everyt...

this is what i come back to. Mind you the brother in question is the same age as me.(we're twins) the whole house is still filled with smoke. Our parent went to pune for some buisness...and the ver...

Today I had to tell my husband he was right. 😭😭😭 what do I do now. We've been married almost 22 years and this is a tragic day for me. what do I do next?

I'm a special lady friend (there are hundreds of us) and I have sadly come to realize I'm more on the Walter spectrum than The Dude. I'm selling my dad's house because he passed away last month. It'...

I (35F), my stepdaughter (16), and her biological dad (40) recently decided to move from our old run-down, boring town in VA to a more comfortable, fun place in North Carolina. My stepdaughter is very...

I made a decision to divorce my husband. I’ve been thinking of divorce since 2023 but only took the real step in Jan 2026. We’ve been married 9 years. He has slept in his own room for 9 years. the Fi...

He looked at me utterly broken as he stated quietly, "My daughter has childhood dementia and doesn't remember me, I just wanted her to have one more day out...just one more day."

My \[20M\] sister \[27\] dumps her kid (3) off at my parents house usually once or twice per week because my mother never says no and every time she comes over I feel like I’m being held hostage in my...

Hey guys. This is my first time posting (always been a lurker on my main acct). Anyways. I need some insight.  I 18F, and my boyfriend 24M, have been together for about 6 months. Things have been g...

We have had our issues when I was younger. Both stubborn as bulls, but very different world views. As I have gotten older, we have found quiet ways to bond. He used to do this all by himself for larg...

He wasn’t rich, nor a crime fighting antihero. He was my grandpa and what every grandparent should be: loving in unending supply. He lived a simple life and just loved being around his family. And whi...

honestly, if a random kid came up to me and my crush and called us mom and dad i’d freak out too 😭

I had to travel to my home state this week to say goodbye to a dying family member. My SIC, László, knows what the suitcase means, but I think he also sensed the vibe. We don't deserve cats....

I just moved to the South Island from the North Island of my country, and he’s still in the north because we’ve only just bought a house but haven’t moved in yet, I’ve been here for 2, nearly 3 weeks,...

Went on a Hinge date last night and ended up leaving about 10 minutes after we met. I made an excuse about a family emergency, asked for the bill (I paid for everything) and left. The reason I did th...

**I (31M) have a pocket watch that belonged to my grandfather. It is the only thing of his that was specifically left to me.** **A few weeks before he died, he called me into his room when I was visi...

I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Some people swear that cutting off family parents, siblings, whoever completely changed their life for the better. Others say it's something they carry as r...

My wealthy aunt gave me a diamond pendant as a gift. I decided to give it to ami. She wasn’t too thrilled about it…