Finders keepers... you know the rest.

For good reason, people discourage merging business with pleasure: things never, ever turn out well. The story below is an account of a frustrated cousin. The original poster (OP) gave $5,000 to his cousin a few years ago, stating that his cousin was in dire need of help due to serious financial problems. Years later, though, the cousin's financial circumstances have much improved, but he still won't pay OP back for the $5,000 he so kindly loaned him, and he keeps silent whenever the topic is b…

Red flag cousin.

There is a time and a place for everything.

Your family should always come first. Having said that, there are instances in which you must put your needs and wants first. Does that mean you're a selfish person? or simply human? The story that follows is about an unhappy relative. The original poster (OP), who had moved to Germany with her husband and their four-month-old child, got an invitation to a cousin's wedding in the United States. OP had initially intended to travel to the wedding, even though she was aware that it would be highly…

not the best timing there

If it's not your wedding, maybe just stay out of it.

Sowing a wedding dress can take ages, and in this case, for this particular dressmaker, it took a whopping four months . u/Ok-Problem116 designed and tailored a wedding dress for her cousin, Lucy, as a gift. Lucy paid for the materials, but not for the work. OP updated Lucy constantly on the status of her dress, so when she found out that Lucy was pregnant at a family dinner party, she was confused. The dress in question had taken four months… and Lucy would never be able to fit into said dress…

Workplace gossip just got good

The workplace isn't the best place for a romance to blossom. It may sound fun in theory to work with the person you're head over heels for, but in reality, it's a whole hot mess. There's a reason it's frowned upon by HR. Sure, it's not technically illegal, but it's definitely something you could lose your job over. In conclusion, we wouldn't recommend it. Instead, we strongly encourage our Cheezcake readers to look for love elsewhere. We really believe it's not worth getting involved with some…