A good friendship is built around trust. It's what makes friends feel safe sharing their thoughts and feelings. This is most relevant when we're talking about lifelong friendships. Where trust is so built into this type of relationship. The people you've known even before you were fully a person yourself, growing and developing as individuals and as friends. As you grow, this sort of trust can be the force that keeps friendships alive even when life gets busy, and having a person you know you c…

I hope this entitled cousin gets her just desserts...

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Family should be people we can trust, our inherent love and support in the dastardly universe. Not being able to rely on family creates a whirlwind of internal emotional issues that aren’t easily remedied. Trust should predicate upon family relations, and without this tether to your roots, it can be difficult to navigate adult relationships forever. Despite familial bonds that should be our source of comfort in the world, no one likes when rumo…

Nobody's gonna know...

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. There are certain things that should come concomitantly with relationships. Trust and honesty are two crucial requirements for any healthy relationship, and without these foundations, a relationship is doomed to be in insecurity purgatory. Cheating, lying, and any other form of betrayal is likely to make someone walk away the instant they smell it. It begs the question, why do people keep doing it? Fear, doubt, and insecurity are a few reasons,…

She did what had to be done.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. In a marriage, your communication, dynamic, an d relationship should be predicated on trust and honesty. It’s a strange world we live in where people turn to the internet and strangers for guidance in their marriage, instead of just talking to their partners or a professional. Despite how a person chooses to cope with their relationship and marriage questions, money will always come up. Someone is usually in charge of finances in a marriage, an…

Your family should always come first in your priorities. Nevertheless, is there ever a moment when one may put themselves first without having to suffer from guilt sneaking up on them when no one is around? If so, when? The story below is an account of a frustrated sister. The original poster (OP) and her parents had always been rather close. Her sister, however, never got along with her parents since they were constantly criticizing her and trying to control every move she made. As a result, t…

Your priorities should always be centered around your family. Having said that, what would you do if, at the tender age of 25, you discovered that your father is not who you had been led to believe? The story below is an account of a frustrated sister. The original poster (OP) is the oldest of her siblings. OP has never been very close to her sister, but because she is family, she has always held back on sharing her true feelings and opinions. All that, however, changed when the sister moved in…

Your priorities should always be centered around your family. That being said, how would you react if you learned that your sister, the person you love the most in the world, was an advocate for everything you find objectionable? The story below is an account of a heartbroken sister. The original poster (OP) and her sister have always been very close. All of that changed, though, when OP learned about her sister's secret relationship. To put things in perspective, OP's sister recently moved in…

White bride, white lie.

Trust is essential in friendships since some of your best friends are the ones you confide in your darkest secrets. Given this, how would you react if you found out that a close buddy had been lying to you for the past two years? The story below is an account of a confused friend. The original poster (OP) has been friends with her best friend for a considerable amount of time. Thus, following her wedding, OP asked kindly that her friend store her wedding gown while they complete their home remo…

First and foremost, always put your family first. But what would you do if, only a few months before your wedding, your sister disclosed a dark, secret about your fiancé? Would you support your sister and express gratitude for her candor, or would you support your fiancé in opposition to your sister's testimony? An unhappy fiancé is the subject of the story that follows. After three years of dating, the original poster (OP) recently proposed. The idea of being married to the love of his life fi…

A new level of betrayal

Before you get married, you would hope that you know everything about your partner. Everything - even the bad stuff- should be talked about before you decide to commit the rest of your life to one person. Family history, past traumas, all of it. You don't want to be legally bound to a person you thought was someone else. But alas, that is not always the case. Just like in these folks' marriages, some important things came out after they said, 'I do.' Some of their spouses revealed truths that...

As a last-ditch attempt to salvage a relationship, many believe that having a child together would be the best course of action. But what they overlook is that raising a child is quite labor-intensive and demands a lot of your attention, love, and care. Therefore, it's reasonable to conclude that having children is not the best approach for restoring the passion and vigor of a relationship. The story that follows is the tale of a father who is unsure of what to do. The original poster (OP) and…