When your father takes the wrong side, you'd also reconsider attending their wedding.

Were they overreacting?

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…

Some people know exactly how to make everything all about them.

Sometimes the mother-daughter bond isn't that strong.

As long as there are other people around, she thinks she doesn't have to take care of her daughter.

He's not keeping his promise, 'through sickness and in health.'

She just keeps insisting.

"My dad responded with something like ‘You should realize an older sister is like a second mother and that won’t change even when she has her own kids.’"

Healthy relationships take ongoing effort. So, after spending hours upon hours cooking your partner a delicious Christmas meal, what would you do if he arrived late and carrying a cheap bottle of wine? The story below is an account of a frustrated girlfriend. The original poster (OP) and her boyfriend had been together for a considerable amount of time. She was quite excited to plan her boyfriend a lovely Christmas dinner, even though she had just begun a new job and had numerous shifts in her…

She's diagnosed with Chronic Lateness.

Well, what did he expect?

Your primary concern should always be your family. Having said that, where do your allegiances lie after having kids? With the people who raised you, your siblings and parents, or your innocent child? The story below is an account of a confused sister. The original poster (OP) is a mother to an adorable girl. Because of the speech impairment that her daughter was born with, OP's life goal has been to provide a secure sanctuary for her where she may always feel loved and appreciated. When OP's s…

1 point for DIL, 0 for MIL.

Your priorities should always be centered around your family. That being stated, how would you respond if you wanted to support your siblings but also understood that doing so would entail defying your parents' wishes? The brother in the story below is perplexed. The original poster (OP) lost both of his parents not too long ago. When the will was made public, OP discovered that, in contrast to his brothers, his parents had left him a sizeable sum. They took this action because they believed th…

"We discussed coming up with money to pay for the procedure and he refused to give up the watch and told me to ‘find some other way to get the money’ when he knows I can't."