Your primary concern should always be your family. Your devotion is to your family. However, what should you do if the people who are meant to support you the most—your family—start fabricating tales about you that might potentially destroy your career? In the following story, the aunt is baffled. The original poster (OP) likes to host get-togethers for friends and family with her partner. Despite not having children, they always make sure that their friends are welcome and plan enjoyable parti…

As women, we all know our expectations for events; for our birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, you name it. We have our expectations known, and we expect our devoted men to follow through on them. Well, it’s not always the case. Unfortunately, the opposite gender doesn’t have the same emotional intelligence as us, and therefore, they run dry when it comes to fulfilling expectations. How hard is it to understand that a woman wants a nice Mother’s Day? And even if she doesn’t get it, it’s the tho…

A wedding should be a joyous event marking the start of a happy couple's life together. Given this, it is our duty as visitors to make sure the evening goes off without a hitch. Having said that, what would you do if your own brother attempted to interfere with your wedding planning? Would you mind keeping quiet for the sake of a nice evening? or would you stand up for what you believe to be right? The sister who is frustrated is described in the story below. The original poster, or OP, recentl…

Forget solo travel, traveling with your kids is so much more fun...

Welcome back internet enthusiasts. Parenting is a handful. It’s never been an easy job, and ideally, it would never be a job that only one person bears the full responsibility of. Back in the day, people were a part of communities. In these communities, they could rely on others to watch their children, other women and grandparents. Nowadays, there’s a lot (maybe too much) pride in what it means to be a ‘mom.’ Moms are supposed to be seen as superheroes, as people whose purpose is to sacrifice…

The reality of this weird world is that kids these days have about a 50/50 chance for their parents to stay together and not get a divorce (46% divorce rate in America alone). That means many kids have to deal with a possibly inevitable rift between their parents, which is quite a challenging experience, to say the least. It is incredibly hard to be a kid of divorce and not blame yourselves for the rift between your parents. The daughter in this Reddit story, surely felt like she had a hand wit…

The giggles, the sleepy smiles, and the gentle hugs are what make our worlds go round

Being the cool aunt >>> being the mom.

It's amazing, or rather shocking, how far people are willing to go to avoid facing the consequences of their actions. Lies and deception all just so they won't have to admit to the mistakes they made. All that until, inevitably, the truth comes out, and all the relationships they build on top of those lies face destruction. The father in this Reddit story is now facing the destruction of the relationship he has with his son because he tried to hide the truth about his birth. The father was marr…

Above all, family comes first. That being said, how would you react, though, if you thought your family was taking advantage of your kindness? Would you be willing to offend them by setting firm boundaries, or would you prefer to remain silent in an effort to maintain harmony? The mother-in-law who is frustrated is described in the story below. Since they are unable to afford a house of their own, the original poster (OP) is currently providing housing for her son and his expectant fiancé. They…

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He does the chores, but who makes the chores list and makes sure everyone remembers to do them?

Whether you choose to acknowledge it or not, your parents have shaped the person you are today. Having said that, picture how you would feel if your family neglected to acknowledge you on Father's Day or Mother's Day each year. That story below is an account of a frustrated father. The original poster (OP) and his spouse have been together for six years. Together, they are parents to two children, ages twelve and fourteen. Every year on Father's Day, the wife and everyone else in the house forg…

Welcome back internet enthusiasts. For every story about a couple’s dispute, people love to know all the juicy details. When marrying someone and having children with them, they could really change over the years. They could change so much that you feel like you can barely recognize them anymore. People change for the better, and for the worse. Take this couple. Even though they already had children, things were good. There’s something about that second or third child that could make a person g…

Can't catch a break

Welcome back internet enthusiasts. Family is tough. It’s as if there’s a phrase about how we don’t choose our family …as if the whole world is on board with this notion. The popular phrase is both true, and daunting. We all have members of our family that we’d rather not know . At least it gives us the opportunity to choose our friends wisely, and our partners even wiser. When you’re the runt of the family, you could either have it easy, being treated like the ‘baby,’ or you could be dumped wit…