Couples' feelings about signing a prenup before getting married are mixed and varied. On one hand, we all know the divorce rate, and how hard it has become to maintain a healthy and happy marriage, which means that people want to be prepared in case that happens to them. On the other hand, signing a prenup comes with some sort of statement that says – ‘There is a small part of me that doesn’t think this relationship is going to last', and no matter how small that part is, it can still be regard…

I love my sister and I love our relationship, which is why I am smarter than to allow money to get mixed up in that relationship and ruin it. If you also cherish your relationship with your sibling, I advise you to follow suit. Nothing good comes out of mixing family and money, even if your initial plan was to do something kind for each other. The sisters in this Reddit story didn't expect their relationship to end when they decided that one sister would move into the other's apartment, but tha…

Physical and emotional storm

"He keeps asking me to do more..."

A marriage is a legal commitment to support one another through good times and bad. Therefore, one might think that being married is equivalent to deciding to bear the burden of life jointly rather than alone. The story below is an account of a frustrated husband. The original poster (OP) makes considerably more money than his wife does. As could be predicted, they each contribute a different sum of money to their joint residence. Things are starting to go south now that they are trying to purc…

Not on her birthday

“I did my best to follow her rules, but she would still find reasons to complain and criticize me.”

If there is one thing that I am grateful for about getting married young, is that neither of us had money when we got married. I am fully aware that this sounds ridiculous to be grateful for, but the fact that we had almost the same starting point financially saved us from the pain of fighting about it. Both of us being young and at the start of our careers allowed us to build our financial state together and as equals, so there were no accusations of one of us being a gold-digger, mostly becau…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen. Change can be hard. Although it’s an integral part of life, and even can be beautiful in many ways, it’s never easy to grasp the tides of change , the ups and downs that life throws at us. Yet, it’s all natural in its own way. Death, unfortunately, is a part of life. It’s actually something that makes life beautiful. Because if we all lived forever, what would the purpose be? What would our meaning be, floating forever in this ad infinitum of eternal return. S…

Your family, especially your parents, should always come first. When you really think about it, your parents have done everything they could to make sure you lead a happy and comfortable life. When the roles are reversed and you have the opportunity to repay your elderly parents, is there a boundary you wouldn't exceed or would you do anything to please them? The account of a perplexed daughter is told below. The original poster (OP) questions whether it was appropriate for her to refuse her pa…

People usually start with flowers

A turn of events

A couple on the brink of divorce

A house is not a home when there's no one there to hold you tight

You can't have your cake and eat it too

I'm just a girl