A holiday season engagement—you have GOT to be kidding... That's just TOO cute!

Family dramas are always tough and delicate situations that need to be dealt with carefully. But sometimes a girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do. This is the case with this story which involves an extremely toxic sister-in-law who presents a potent mix of infantile gatekeeping and demeaning slander, which Redditors agree has to be dealt with exactly like the young woman who posted it did. The original poster (OP) of the story is a young woman, who clashed with her boyfriend’s sister Sally. S…

There is a mooch in the midst.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. There’s an age-old debate about a woman’s role in the kitchen. It’s jarring to remember times erst when a woman’s place was ‘in the kitchen.’ How caging and controlling it must have felt to be confined to a space designed to take care of your husband with the most basic act of nurturing – food. I mean how much more obvious does the dynamic have to be to look sickeningly akin to that between mother and son. Replicating motherhood so tangibly, ho…

Ten years and he couldn't even send a text? At least?

In most relationships, the following statement is a very simple and obvious one: our romantic partners should live up to their titles and act like partners . But this woman’s partner , whose story she posted to Reddit for advice doesn’t seem to get it. The original poster (OP), a 20-year-old woman, tried to do something nice for her boyfriend's birthday, planning a fancy dinner date. But things went sideways fast when the boyfriend showed up with his buddy and the buddy's girlfriend without giv…

He set himself up for that one.

You can’t help who you fall in love with, let alone who their family is. Either you and your partner's family align for the most part, or you don’t. If you don’t, things can get awkward at best and become a dumpster fire at worst. People often get a little sensitive when it comes to their family, and sometimes it's better to hold your tongue than to get involved in the delicate workings of how a family operates. We wish this girlfriend had gotten that type of advice before she so ‘kindly’ volun…

Well, it is that time of year again... at work. Not in a relationship.

Stories are always saved in the "archive" tab, even Close Friends stories—just saying...

The woman later gave Redditors an update on the situation

A good friendship is built around trust. It's what makes friends feel safe sharing their thoughts and feelings. This is most relevant when we're talking about lifelong friendships. Where trust is so built into this type of relationship. The people you've known even before you were fully a person yourself, growing and developing as individuals and as friends. As you grow, this sort of trust can be the force that keeps friendships alive even when life gets busy, and having a person you know you c…

Forget the Friendzone

Who else's New Year's Party is Renaissance themed?

Family helps family.

Relationships are never linear; there are ups and downs, but usually, you can find a way to meet in the middle and work things out. For this unfortunate boyfriend and girlfriend, things unexpectedly took a turn for the worse, and there's no going back. Cheating on your partner is perhaps the biggest form of betrayal, and you risk never returning to how things were. This man caught his girlfriend cheating just before the holidays, making the hurt that much more painful. You can throw holiday che…