It’s hard to see family in pain, if they have medical issues, or need you more and more as they get older. Aging parents puts us in difficult positions, and sooner or later, the role between parent and child does a bit of a switch. But it’s another thing entirely if they’re faking it. This brings us to our Reddit piece. The original poster (OP) is a wife who just had a baby. She’s spent every moment with the baby for too long now, and as her friend is in town visiting, it’s h er first opportuni…

In a marital relationship, trust is essential. A partnership cannot thrive and ultimately fails when there is no trust between the partners. The story below is an account of a stunned wife. The original poster (OP) and her partner have been together for almost ten years and have two children together. OP has relied on the assistance of her teenage neighbor to watch and take care of her children ever since they were born. The kids and the babysitter were infatuated with one another, and everythi…

It seems like romantic movies and TV shows can sometimes make people think they live in a rom-com themselves, which is all fun and games until they take it one step too far. Not everyone wants to experience a big, dramatic, romantic gesture. Not only is it completely unnecessary most of the time, but it can actually cause problems between the couple without them meaning to. Take this Reddit story for example – All OP (original poster) wanted to do was make a romantic gesture for her boyfriend a…

I am no man

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Embrace every moment in this hot and bothered season

How can you know that you are 100% over your ex and are ready to start dating again? There is no guidebook to handling breakups, and even if there was, each breakup is unique, and each person handles this emotional experience differently, so there can't be a single solution that works for everybody. With that in mind, I do think that if 10 years after a breakup you are still affected by your ex and what happened between you two, then you should definitely seek help, especially if there is someo…

What's in a name?

What's your emotional love language?

Ladies and gentlemen. Cheating, unfortunately, has been around since the beginning of time. As soon as humans got together, they’ve also been betraying each other. It’s a hard truth to swallow if it happens to you, but it’s as old as time, and unfortunately, happens to most people. Some people can miraculously get over this type of betrayal and move on with their partner. It takes immense effort from the partner who made the affair to win back the love and trust of their spouse. For couples who…

Bickering is also a love language

There are certain moments in life that can’t be redone. Weddings, births, graduations. There are crucial and important days that can’t be redone, replicated, or understood from afar. If you miss out on your best friend’s wedding, chances are you won’t be able to see them get married again. It’s these moments in life that make us understand who’s really there for us. This brings us to the Reddit thread. A woman is going into labor, and both sides of the families have agreed on the protocol for w…

Summertime is single time, embrace it

You know all those old Hollywood dramas, where right before a couple’s about to get married something goes astray and they run off with someone else? Well, sometimes real life is like that too. Imagine it’s your big day; you’ve been planning this moment for months, maybe even a year, as a girl you’ve dreamed about it, and you finally feel like your dreams are coming true, only to realize that it’s a nightmare . People can be fickle, that’s for sure. But finding out the day of your wedding that…

Maybe this bride actually dodged a bullet before it was too late.