Healthy relationships take ongoing effort. Only those couples who genuinely love one another will persevere through both good and terrible times and emerge from the experience stronger. The story that follows is the story of a frustrated wife. In addition to working to support her marriage, the original poster (OP) is a doctoral candidate. Unsurprisingly, OP works very hard to maintain a healthy work-life balance. With the faculty comprising professors, students, wives, and other family members…

Not all friendships are meant to last!

“You're not ‘choosing plants over him,’ he's the one creating the ‘choice’—and in this case, the choice is whether he supports your healthy, reasonable hobby/coping tool or not.”

Time to tightly close the love jar

A girlfriend who laughs at the same memes as you is MAJOR green flag energy.

Above all, your family should always be your top priority. Since none of us have any control over the others in our family, we must establish boundaries if we want to lead a calm and peaceful life. The original poster (OP) and her father had always been very close. But when her mother decided she wanted to build a relationship with her husband's long-lost father, despite her husband's strong objections, things took a bad turn. The once-happy family has split into two factions: the first group i…

When 18-year-old kids finally graduate high school and are heading to college, they might hear and have many conversations regarding the ‘college experience’. They talk about it with their parents, friends, and siblings, and in these conversations, the people who have had the college experience might tell them that they should go to college with an open mind and usually, with no strings attaching them home. While I don't think you have to be single in order to enjoy college, going away to colle…

When people become parents, the concept of ‘free time’ changes completely. Parents simply cannot allow themselves to drop all their responsibilities and disappear, as they have actual humans to look after. If one wishes to become a parent, they have to understand that their time will never be solely their own anymore. That is a lesson that the husband in this Reddit story has to learn as soon as possible before it costs him his entire family. After losing his job, the husband decided to take ti…

Why not just be happy that your wife is healthy and beautiful?

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…

Energy = energy

The bond between a married couple is intricate, dynamic, and multifaceted. Before entering the holy union, one should have covered all the bases and checked all the boxes. The most important thing to make sure of is that your spouse is over his ex and fully committed to you and the future you share. This is the story of a grieving wife. Having recently tied the knot with her current spouse, the original poster (OP) had high hopes for a happy future. In regards to her marriage, as OP puts it, ‘I…

People usually start with flowers

Saying, “I love you AND your big forehead” is way more romantic than just, “I love you.”

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