Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. The ugly face of favoritism shows itself more often than we’d like to admit. Whether we’re friendlier with some coworkers than others, or we prefer to spend time with one sibling over another, or if we’re on the other side of the favoritism coin. What about when we’re the person left out of the friend group, or our uncle chooses to put his othe r nieces and nephews in the will but not us? All of these things play a part in our interpersonal rel…

Hosting a Thanksgiving dinner is one of the most challenging tasks to embark upon, especially if you invite your family. It is one thing to have a cutesy dinner with some friends and wine, but another thing entirely to have to cook for your mother, siblings, cousins, grandparents, etc… I love my family, but the thought of hosting this kind of dinner with everyone makes me want to curl up in my bed and never leave, so it would probably be a long while before I give it a try. That cannot be said…

Paws-itively Adorable Bonds with Pets!

Welcome, introverted sisters. For extroverts, the holiday season is the best time to socialize. If they live far away from where they grew up, the holidays provide the perfect time to travel to their hometown and catch up with all of their old high school friends. Extroverts with high social batteries can handle nosy relatives with ease and tend to enjoy the overwhelming amount of family functions. Those who are hit with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) during the summer months also love the c…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Though we’re passed the hump of our precious turkey holiday, the post- Thanksgiving family stories never fail to keep us engaged after the fact. Whether it’s your Aunt Sarah’s bashful and brazen personal questions to your boyfriend, or your Uncle Victor’s terrible impression of Jerry Seinfeld, there’s always something to debrief and gossip about. If there’s one thing the holidays are good for, it’s our ability to indulge in food and family dram…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Parenting is never easy, not when you’re married and planned for it, and not when you’re unmarried and conceived by accident. Bringing a child into the world is life changing, and should never be taken for granted. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this story, it centers around a couple who had a child while they were young and out of wedlock. They weren’t married, and they broke up before the ba…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Jealousy is one of the worst feelings in the world. It’s as if someone is pouring icy, freezing cold water slowly into your mouth and all you can do is stay paralyzed in the purgatory of pain as your stomach slowly starts to ache and you feel yourself becoming numb. One of the worst parts about jealousy is that no one else is burdened from the suffering except you. Your partner doesn’t care, and whoever is making you feel jealous doesn’t either…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. We all remember being in elementary school and going door to door selling wreaths, chocolates, magazines, or any number of other items for fundraisers. Come to think of it, I don’t remember any prizes back then either, but that’s besides the point. It’s never a good feeling when you work towards something and get nothing in return, and an even more frustrating lesson to learn when you’re a kid. This brings us to the Reddit story. In this thread…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Family should be people we can trust, our inherent love and support in the dastardly universe. Not being able to rely on family creates a whirlwind of internal emotional issues that aren’t easily remedied. Trust should predicate upon family relations, and without this tether to your roots, it can be difficult to navigate adult relationships forever. Despite familial bonds that should be our source of comfort in the world, no one likes when rumo…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. It’s not easy growing up in a blended household. Step-parents and step-siblings may feel like foreign bodies to a child forced to live under one roof with them, as if they were aliens, or weird roommates just living in your home. Even seeing your parent with another partner besides your bio parent can be damaging, but there’s not much one can do in situations like these. Therapy could help, but when you’re young it can be worthless, and sometim…

Respect goes both ways, sis

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When lending someone something as significant and expensive as your car, one has to know the consequences. It seems like a simple gesture to lend a close friend or family member your car for the day. I mean, isn’t that what friends and family are for? It’s only a one time thing, that’s the worst that could happen? But some people get unlucky with that one time favor. I know that when I had a car, I would rather drive it in any other possible ci…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. There’s no rush in bridging bank accounts with the person you love. Trusting someone with not only your money, but their own, isn’t something you should do lightly. If you’re the type of person to save and spend frugally, then it’s better to wait to merge bank accounts until you say ‘I do.’ Mixing money and pleasure should only be done with you’re 100% certain of the person you’re with. To be honest, many couples are opting to still have separa…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Marriage is a long and arduous road. The trajectory to a happy and healthy marriage isn’t straight, it isn’t the most expected route either. It’s easy for things to be misinterpreted, or read between the lines, and sometimes it ends up tearing two people away from each other, instead of bringing them together. Love isn’t enough, and two people have to have communication, respect, and empathy to thrive. In this Reddit thread, the couple at hand…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Weddings should be one of the most significant days of someone’s life. People say it goes by in a flash, that the bride and groom barely have enough time or attention to really stay present to absorb everything that happens during their special day. Although weddings have a beautiful veil on the surface, underneath can be some motives and manipulations that aren’t exactly derived from a place of love. We’ve all heard of the infamous ‘Bridezilla…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. You know what they say – you can’t choose your family. This saying doesn’t stay in the vacuum of your family, but it extends to your partner’s family too. Some people aren’t lucky in their partner’s family. No one has it all, and if you’re lucky enough to have a loving partner, then maybe you have to roll with the punches of their family dynamic. This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this story, the original poster (OP) is a woman whose husba…