Above all, your family should always be your top priority. Since none of us have any control over the others in our family, we must establish boundaries if we want to lead a calm and peaceful life. The original poster (OP) and her father had always been very close. But when her mother decided she wanted to build a relationship with her husband's long-lost father, despite her husband's strong objections, things took a bad turn. The once-happy family has split into two factions: the first group i…

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He kept bringing her up over and over...

Winner winner, chicken dinner.

Your primary concern should always be your family. Your devotion is to your family. However, what should you do if the people who are meant to support you the most—your family—start fabricating tales about you that might potentially destroy your career? In the following story, the aunt is baffled. The original poster (OP) likes to host get-togethers for friends and family with her partner. Despite not having children, they always make sure that their friends are welcome and plan enjoyable parti…

As women, we all know our expectations for events; for our birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, you name it. We have our expectations known, and we expect our devoted men to follow through on them. Well, it’s not always the case. Unfortunately, the opposite gender doesn’t have the same emotional intelligence as us, and therefore, they run dry when it comes to fulfilling expectations. How hard is it to understand that a woman wants a nice Mother’s Day? And even if she doesn’t get it, it’s the tho…

Ever tried to pay for your coffee with lipstick?

Welcome back internet enthusiasts. Mother’s Day has come and went, but with it still brings interesting stories of people’s interpersonal nitty gritty relationships. Take the countless stories of the deadbeat husband not getting his wife the basic gift she asked for, or the one who refused to massage her feet or do something romantic. This is a little different angle. For this Reddit thread, the original poster, (OP) finds that his wife’s ex has been sending her flowers every Mother’s Day since…

A wedding should be a joyous event marking the start of a happy couple's life together. Given this, it is our duty as visitors to make sure the evening goes off without a hitch. Having said that, what would you do if your own brother attempted to interfere with your wedding planning? Would you mind keeping quiet for the sake of a nice evening? or would you stand up for what you believe to be right? The sister who is frustrated is described in the story below. The original poster, or OP, recentl…

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All pleasure and all misery have their roots in the pursuit of money. Money might buy you an opulent, luxurious life, yet, conversely, it can leave you alone and desolate. The account below tells the story of the irate brother-in-law. The original poster's (OP) brother recently became engaged. OP's family is less affluent than that of the brother's new fiancé. Therefore, even if the couple genuinely loves one another and wants to contribute to the future they are building together, the contribu…

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There are quite a few unspoken rules when it comes to speeches at weddings. They're unspoken because one would think that they are common sense, but alas, today's thread is testimony to the fact that these rules may need to be engraved on some stone slabs from a holy mountain so that some people will finally get it. First thing's first, you have to make sure that you're supposed to be giving a speech before you make one. That is to say, make sure that it's not actually just supposed to be a rea…

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It's not the 1300s anymore, but we still don't know how to grapple with love

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