Navigating Career Values and Family Relationships

**I am not The OOP, OOP is u/BakerBanner** **My boyfriend (30m) doesn’t want me (27f) to take a year off to travel.** [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/relationships/s/S3Qvcs6j3Z) **Feb 27, ...

My biological parents both had a ton of issues when I was born so my grandparents were given custody of me. My biological mom died when I was 2. I lost my granny when I was 6 and after that it was jus...

If you’re a parent or if you were a parent, how would you feel about your 21 year old daughter having her 22 year old bf sleeping over once in awhile? Genuinely asking because my bf lives a 2 hour dri...

I’m 24 years old now, but once when I was teen, my parents made it clear that the moment I turned 18 I was out of their house whether I wanted to or not. It wasn’t a condition whereby if I didn’t go t...

I see a lot of people say they are miserable because they have to work 40 hours a week, and dread doing it for the rest of their lives. I think that mindset needs to change. For most people, work is...

For those who haven't read the previous post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/Advice/comments/1szou79/i\_left\_my\_marriage\_for\_8\_months\_had\_the\_time\_of/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Advice/comments/1sz...

I've been working in IT for 13 years now and currently in a PBC and before here I have worked in multiple MNCs and it's the same everywhere. I have had colleagues and managers who start working at sh...

Bought my first apartment last year, I'm 34. It's a one bedroom, which I chose very deliberately. It's the right size for me, I like having exactly as much space as I need, and the location is perfec...

After having my second child in early 2025, I found myself in a period of untreated postpartum depression which left me wanting hide in a hole and eat my feelings into a black hole day after day. I ga...

Am working both with a counsellor and and coach / energy healer right now and I see that drinking was never the issue, it was a symptom. I used alcohol to avoid feeling lonely, bored, overwhelmed. ...

Hey Daddit, Late-30s dad here with two boys (5 and 3.5). Married since 2017. Our marriage is not terrible. We’ve had plenty of ups and plenty of downs, which I think is normal. One issue in the back...

I'm 69F. Never wanted kids, and dealt with all those annoying comments for decades. Tonight my husband and I were at a social event and sat with two other "senior" couples we know casually. One of the...