Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Seeing your parents get divorced is never easy. The heartache of seeing their marriage falling apart, the dissolution of love that bleeds into your adulthood and relationships, it can all affect a person for their whole life. Not only does the person have to see their parent’s marriage sunder, but it can be twice as painful to see them remarry. Accepting your parent’s new partner into your life might make you resentful, creating harrowing feeli…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Pretty much everyone uses dating apps these days. Whether you’re on Bumble, Tinder, Hinge, or OkCupid, you know you spend probably too much of your day scrolling through profiles, swiping left and right. It may seem like everyone is in the same boat – 50 first dates without a prospect in sight. When you do find someone you get along with, it shouldn’t be something you take for granted. Not only has dating changed in the way that two people meet…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Christmas is a time for everyone to come together and celebrate. Even people who don’t celebrate Christmas can’t help but be swept up in the joyous Christmas spirit with colored strings of lights all around and fireplaces rolling. And when it comes to Christmas decorations, some people have bins upon bins for storing decorations because they have so many. When you decorate for Christmas, you go all out. That means the inside of the home, as wel…

Welcome back internet enthusiasts. We’ve spent the year laughing, scrolling, and rolling our eyes at sundering marriages, entitled mother-in-laws, and being uninvited to weddings. Enough with the fun and games – let’s get down to the nitty gritty of the year’s most undeniably dramatic, audacious, and dastardly stories. Cancelled family vacations seemed to be such a trend this year, and we couldn’t get enough of it. Whether it was sparked by favoritism, jealousy, financial instability, or a self…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Blended families are never easy. There could be residual resentment, financial difficulties, and children having to cope with a step-parent. There’s no point along this process that’s easier than another, and it will always take time to fully integrate as a family. Because it’s already not a ‘traditional’ dynamic, it’s important to note the sensitivity of titles and relationships, and to not pressure children into a role they’re not comfortable…

Autonomy is so in these days!

'Once a cheater, always a cheater' is a phrase born from stories like this. It's the cautionary tale of our worst nightmare. If someone is already willing to cheat and lie, what’s to stop them from doing the same to you? In the end, everything tends to come full circle. For this woman, just trying to move on with her life, things got heated quickly. Cheating is always a huge red flag, a bright, glaring "no" in any language. And when it's happening in the workplace, things inevitably get messy.…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Divorce isn’t easy for anyone. If you’re a child watching your parents get divorced, it could affect your notion of love the rest of your life. Seeing your parents date other people, and even get married must feel like a ton of bricks just fell on you, and you don’t even have a say about it. If you’re one of the parents getting the divorce, it could be even worse. Resentment, jealousy, d isappointment, and grief can override your ability to tak…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When you choose to marry and bring someone into the family, it might not always be a smooth transition. There are infinite stories regarding MIL drama with their DIL, or beef between sibling in-laws. Though it’s maddening to have the people you’re closest to not like each other, it happens more than we’d like to admit. Everyone has their own ways of coping with it; some people choose not to intermingle their family with their partner, and some…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Relationships are never a straight and narrow path to navigate. Things can easily become misunderstandings, miscommunications, and misinterpreted to the point where you don’t even know what the other person is saying. Some people attach quickly, while others push away. Some people are anxious, while others are avoidant. Sometimes you both want the same thing, but find it hard to get there together. Heartbreak, breakups, loss, and healing are al…

While grieving the loss of a loved one, you'd think being surrounded by family would be the best source of comfort. I would agree, and I think this unsuspecting woman would agree as well. She was just as devastated by being forgotten as she was by the loss of her grandfather. From the moment she heard the news, she wanted to attend the urn ceremony, quickly trying to make the necessary travel arrangements. She did what any decent human being and family member would do, she called her aunt, firs…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Christmas is the season for merriment, joy, love, giving, and family get togethers. It’s the season to be overly nice and happy towards everyone. The season of gifts, gestures, and gentleness. It’s also the season of lights; many people decorate the outside of their homes with bright, lurid colors, strings of lights looping all around their roof, and even some decorations on the lawn. Though having a string of lights around one’s roof looks bea…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. For frequent flyers, we know the age old debate about whether you should or shouldn’t give up your seat for someone asking. Maybe they’re elderly, maybe they’re pregnant, and maybe they are just asking for no reason at all, but there will always be people asking. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with asking, as long as you don’t expect anything. I’ve asked before, and when I was told no I politely walked away. Some people aren’t as tactful, some peop…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Everyone has something of sentimental value to them. Whether it’s their baby blanket, a piece of jewelry from a grandparent, or love letters from a forgotten relationship, we all have something that’s near and dear to our hearts. Despite the potential lack of monetary value, we cherish these little trinkets and items more than materialistic things. It’s important for the people around you to understand that these items are special to you, that…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. With inheritance, things can become sticky, petty, and trivial. Suddenly everyone’s grudges come out, their animosity, and their deep seated unpleasant memories. Money and love should never work against each other, but for some people, money is a way to manipulate your loved ones, to gain power and control. As ugly as this kind of behavior is, it won’t be the last time that someone uses inheritance as power. Regardless of money, family dynamics…

We all have enough drama these days, and family drama can be the cherry on top of the already stressful demands of work or school. But when it involves a mother-brother duo getting in your hair and disapproving of everything you do, it can be both the cherry and the (cheez)cake. The original poster’s (OP) story sounds like a real pickle, and this quite toxic cocktail of nosiness and boundary-crossing has led OP, a 21-year-old woman to share her story on Reddit for advice. OP’s mother, who seems…