He could've avoided all of this...

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

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…

Dad is the real villain of this story...

Well, well, well...

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

He was like family...

As sympathetic as one can be to people who have no one to talk about their issues with, some lines cannot be crossed. It is okay to occasionally say 'no' to people who seek advice and comfort in the wrong place. What does it mean to seek comfort in the wrong place, you ask? Here is the perfect example – The woman who wrote this Reddit story (OP, original poster) divorced her husband 17 years ago after he cheated on her. He then went on and married the woman he cheated with, and they all remaine…

"... A lot of our arguments are about me feeling like the trophy wife holding it down at home while he’s living his best life with his bachelor friends..."

"Your roommate’s horror scream is the best part of this."

"Firefighter Fridays are CANCELLED."

"He accused me of ‘suffocating’ his potential, and that I’m ‘jealous of him helping a younger woman succeed.’"

If you have nothing to hide, someone going through your phone shouldn't even feel like that big of a deal... Right?

When you play stupid games with other people's hearts, you're going to get stupid results.

Even the strongest women still get cheated on—at this point, all you can do is LOL.

The definition of cheating varies among individuals. For those who are interested, in my humble opinion, cheating in a love relationship is simply anything your spouse would do but would be reluctant to discuss with you out of concern for your reaction. The story below is an account of a heartbroken wife. The original poster (OP) had been married to her spouse for a considerable amount of time. They recently welcomed their first child together. But instead of living happily ever after, the coup…