In a marital relationship, trust is essential. A partnership cannot thrive and ultimately fails when there is no trust between the partners. The story below is an account of a stunned wife. The original poster (OP) and her partner have been together for almost ten years and have two children together. OP has relied on the assistance of her teenage neighbor to watch and take care of her children ever since they were born. The kids and the babysitter were infatuated with one another, and everythi…

It seems like romantic movies and TV shows can sometimes make people think they live in a rom-com themselves, which is all fun and games until they take it one step too far. Not everyone wants to experience a big, dramatic, romantic gesture. Not only is it completely unnecessary most of the time, but it can actually cause problems between the couple without them meaning to. Take this Reddit story for example – All OP (original poster) wanted to do was make a romantic gesture for her boyfriend a…

Your family should always be your top priority. Having said that, how would you respond if your daughter's engagement was so poorly received by your family that they almost stopped it from happening at all? Would you keep quiet or go to any lengths to protect your daughter? The story that follows is an account of a dissatisfied wife. For the second time, the original poster (OP) is a wife. Like her spouse, OP has a daughter from a previous relationship. As a result, following their marriage, th…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Marriage is full of ups and downs, and learning someone’s niche idiosyncrasies can be more than exhausting. I get why couples stay together for decades, even if they feel like the person isn’t their soulmate. It’s a handful to get to know someone so intimately, and train each other with all our strange and peculiar hardwired habits. That brings us to the Reddit story. This couple has been married for 2 years already, but the husband has a past…

But now, you're exchanging those clown shoes for heels!

How can you know that you are 100% over your ex and are ready to start dating again? There is no guidebook to handling breakups, and even if there was, each breakup is unique, and each person handles this emotional experience differently, so there can't be a single solution that works for everybody. With that in mind, I do think that if 10 years after a breakup you are still affected by your ex and what happened between you two, then you should definitely seek help, especially if there is someo…

What's in a name?

Ladies and gentlemen. Cheating, unfortunately, has been around since the beginning of time. As soon as humans got together, they’ve also been betraying each other. It’s a hard truth to swallow if it happens to you, but it’s as old as time, and unfortunately, happens to most people. Some people can miraculously get over this type of betrayal and move on with their partner. It takes immense effort from the partner who made the affair to win back the love and trust of their spouse. For couples who…

Bickering is also a love language

Parenting causes your priorities to shift. The mother who is frustrated is described in the story below. When the original poster (OP) was eighteen, she married her now ex-husband. The two were ‘happily’ married for more than ten years before the husband emotionally cheated on OP and filed for divorce so that he could start a new life with his lover. OP's ex-husband vehemently opposed her exercising any autonomy in the marriage, hence she never had a job before the divorce and never completed h…

She volunt-told her to babysit!

You know all those old Hollywood dramas, where right before a couple’s about to get married something goes astray and they run off with someone else? Well, sometimes real life is like that too. Imagine it’s your big day; you’ve been planning this moment for months, maybe even a year, as a girl you’ve dreamed about it, and you finally feel like your dreams are coming true, only to realize that it’s a nightmare . People can be fickle, that’s for sure. But finding out the day of your wedding that…

The three primary tenets of marriage are friendship, loyalty, and mutual trust. But what should one do if the other party violates the trust and the partnership agreement? An update regarding a husband's claims of financial adultery against his spouse can be seen below. The original poster (OP) asked for marital tips on Reddit. To put things in perspective, OP has been married to her partner for over ten years. They decided to open separate bank accounts for entertainment and leisure and a sing…

Drama at the daycare!

Yeah, sure, let me just open the door wide open, thanks for knocking.

Marriage requires continuous work and is founded on friendship, commitment, and trust. Nevertheless, how would you react if your partner suddenly accused you of financial infidelity after you withdrew money from your private savings account to make an expensive purchase? This story tells an account of a woman who is confused. The original poster (OP) was wed to her spouse for over ten years. Early in the relationship, the couple decided to set up separate bank accounts for pleasure, and a singl…