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Imagine working hours on an intricate dish for your favorite niece just so your husband can ruin it when he gets a bit hungry. We almost can't believe this is an actual story, how old is this woman's husband? Have you heard the saying, 'You're only young once, but you can be immature your entire life'? Well for obvious reasons that were the find thing to come to mind after fully taking in this piece.

Planning a wedding can be very stressful. The more you plan, the more things can go wrong, and, well, it can take a village to ensure that everything goes seamlessly. If you're lucky you have a supportive circle of family and friends by your side to help you through it. It's normal to expect some help, but that doesn't mean you can start acting overly entitled and expect the world from each person you know. You may be getting married, but everyone else also has a life and in our humble opinion, it's not their job to drop everything for your 'happy day.'

Being married to someone, you kind of become a team, especially in social gatherings. You are in charge of taking careof each other, reading the other person's expression to see when they want to go home, and helping to make the other person look good in front of their friends. Although teasing is a form of flirting, nobody wants to be humiliated by their significant other in public. However, if you're some kind of compulsive liar, there is simply no way you can expect your partner to keep up with your literal BS. Here's an idea, maybe try honesty?

How's wedding season going, y'all? We've been having a jolly good time. In a recent AskWomen subreddit thread, women discussed what they would prefer to get from their significant others instead of an engagement. Some were adorable, some were practical, and others were just hilarious. Our fave has to be the woman that asked for an engagement sword. These Reddit ladies never cease to make us laugh. Scroll down for our favorites from the thread. 

Some issues are so multi-faceted you don't even know where to start. You can try to address the smaller things but sometimes there simply are no smaller things and you have to just take the problem as it is. Also, there will be cases where everybody is the bad guy and nobody really learns their lesson. Unfortunately, life isn't a movie, so you can't really wait around for people to get their just desserts. All you can do is live your life and try to avoid as much drama as you can.

Introducing someone to the family is a big deal. Sometimes they don't approve of your friends, they just don't vibe with them and it's incredibly awkward when you want to have people over. But other times it can be the opposite issue. Our families usually are most loyal to us, but they can certainly get attached to our friends and significant others as well, and when those people betray you and you want to drop them from your life... Let's just say it gets messy.

Everybody has their own hygienic routine, and it's not really fair to judge someone's just because it doesn't match your own. Obviously there are minimal standards, but then again, not everyone has the same access to hygienic facilities so it's probably best to not assume anything. This works vice versa as well, people who take hour-long showers should really consider their water usage. What are they doing in there for a whole hour anyway? Like we said, it's not good to judge, but It's hard not to get suspicious when someone could easily spend a good portion of their day in the restroom.

Even though you're blood-related, it's not always guaranteed that you'll be tight with your family. Sure you probably have some stuff in common, but it doesn't mean you'll all be best friends or even acquaintances for that matter. Let's be real, we all have some relatives we don't vibe with, and that just don't understand us in the slightest. Everyone has that crazy aunt, or uncle, or in-law, it's basically guaranteed. All you can do is remind yourself that they're the messed up one, and not you — unless it actually is you.

Everybody has their own lists of turn-on's and turn-off's, we can't all be into the same things, that would be hella boring. We shouldn't use these as rules in relationships, however, it would probably be useful to know a couple of someone's deal-breakers before starting up with them, they might be really simple things to avoid. Plus, you could probably tell more about a person from their dislikes more than their likes sometimes. For instance, if a guy hates feminism, you better run in the opposite direction.

Every couple with children lands on some kind of system to share the labor. Sometimes people switch or days, or months, or they agree to have one person take on the housework while the other focuses on supporting the family financially. There is no perfect recipe for a happy family or marriage, but the important thing is that everyone feels valued and not like they're being taken for granted. There's not a single thing wrong with taking on the role of a stay-at-home mom, but it is wrong to be pushed into that position and then resented by your partner for 'having it easier,' as if managing a household is not a 24/7 occupation.

Like we said, find the balance that works for you, but make sure all parties understand why it's 'balanced.'

The thing about being in love is that it's not always marshmallows and flowers. Sometimes your significant other can drive you crazy, literally making you want to kill them. But then we wonder what would happen if they left... could we bear to be without them? Aah, love — you can't live with it, you can't live without it. And so this complicated thing that we call love that pulls on our heartstrings messes with our head, and sometimes, just sometimes gives us the best feeling in the world, is very hard to articulate in a few words. But, somehow, Twitter users manage to sum up the trials and tribulations of love in 280 characters or fewer, time and time again. And so, dear readers, welcome to your latest version of the funniest relationship tweets that we saw over the past seven days.

Hosting is definitely a skill that some people have and some people don't. If you didn't grow up in a big hosting household you can feel uncomfortable with the idea of inviting people over, but it's definitely something you can work on.

That all being said… You are under no obligation to host anyone ever, especially overnight and especially people you don't really know. We are all adults here, and it's ok to admit that it's uncomfortable to have strangers sleeping in the room next to you. There's a reason our homes aren't hostels.

Whether you're super thin, chubby, overweight, even extremely healthy, nobody really appreciates it when people comment on their weight. Everybody thinks they are some kind of nutritionist, it's bizarre. Unless you are a licensed doctor, there really is no reason to give your opinion on someone's weight. Even if your intention is solely to give them a compliment it can make them feel uncomfortable. It's really safer to just… not. 

The fact of the matter is that there are so many more interesting things about a person, so why point out something so shallow?

Every relationship goes at its own pace, and sometimes one side feels like they're ready to take the next step before the other, whatever that 'next step' may be. As long as there is strong communication between both of you this discrepancy doesn't have to be detrimental, however, every so often it is clear that one person is completely living in a world that doesn't exist.

Plus, requesting thousands of dollars after mere months of dating sounds more like manipulation than a measure of intimacy. But don't take our word for it, what do you all think?

It's such a blessing to be able to lean on your family members from time to time. Sometimes you'll need an extra hand while moving apartments, someone to water your plants while you're on vacation, and then of course a babysitter for the times you're in a pinch and can't find anyone else. These are all totally normal requests, but they're favors, and should definitely not be taken for granted. If you expect your sister to babysit for free, maybe wait for a time when your fully capable husband isn't already at home.