Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Getting married is an immensely exciting time in someone’s life. From the proposal, to the planning, engagement era is memorable for everyone who goes through it. It’s a time where you can meditate on your trajectory with your love, and plan the big day when you’ll walk down the aisle, and say, ‘I do.’ Some people choose to have an engagement party to break the ice for both families, and usually the event revolves around the couple. This brings…

Good Night and Don't Let the Bed...Kids Bite!

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. No one wants to feel taken advantage of, no one wants to feel like someone is using them or treating them like a doormat. But where’s the line? We all have our own boundaries, but at what point do we cross the boundary of, ‘being nice and generous’ into the territory of, ‘now we’re being used.’ It’s all individual, it’s all up to the person. Lines get skewed when family gets involved. We all know the feeling, and we should all listen to our ins…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Growing up without certain members of your family is an emotionally arduous process, one that takes immense regulation, understanding, grieving, and support from others. Being a child without a parent is a tragic scenario, one that no child should have to go through. This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this Reddit thread, the original poster (OP) is a 16-year-old boy who’s lost his mother. His father has been dating a woman, Kate, for a lon…

The consequences of favoritism.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Weddings are usually a day of celestial celebrations, dancing, drinking, and loved ones surrounding you. This convivial day should be special and indelible, filled with laughing, crying, hugging, and tearing up the dance floor. Everyone knows the ubiquitous conduct for weddings: no wearing white, treating the bride like a queen, and no announcements about your own life. Some people didn’t get the memo though. That takes us to the Reddit thread.…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Having siblings means that (probably) there won’t be complete fairness during your upbringing. One got to have a kitten growing up, and the other didn’t. One got to go to acting lessons, but not the other. Maybe your dad took you on a road trip that one summer, but your siblings didn’t get to go. It’s all part of growing up, and it’s a good life lesson that nothing in life is fair. But that’s not exactly what happens in this Reddit thread. In t…

Sometimes, even family deserves a reality check.

From Bumping Heads To Best Friends!

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. Family reunions can be heartwarming, fun, and exciting to meet with family members that you haven’t seen in a long time. To see your aunt and uncles again, and all your little cousins, it’s a great opportunity to meet with everyone, debrief about your lives, and catch up with them. There’s fun, there’s food , and you walk away feeling like you could wait another year before seeing your distant relatives again. Now, family reunions usually mean…

Some people think that just because they are forgetful, everyone else should forgive them for acting irresponsibly. Forgetting things, even if it is by accident, should not be a valid excuse, and there is a point in your adult life when you simply can't use it to explain your way out of commitments you failed to attend. It seems like the daughter in this Reddit story thought that her ignoring, or ‘forgetting’, her mother's wishes would simply be forgotten, but she could not have been more wrong…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When you fall in love and get married, you adopt not only your partner into your life, but you also adopt his family. You become so intermingled that you may even refer to your in-laws as ‘mom and pop.’ The close familial bond can be beautiful, and you may find yourself with a whole new set of family members who have your back when times get tough. Your mother-in-law could be like your second mother – nurturing, loving, and a shoulder to cry on…

Stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. We all know the illustrious, entitled, stereotype of the vegan who’s always on their pedestal of judgment for what everyone else’s diet looks like. We all have that vegan in our lives whose sole purpose seems to be shaming others for eating animals, and giving themselves a pat on the back for abstaining from this monstrous practice. Whether you’re vegan, vegetarian, or a carnivore, mankind has been eating animal products since the beginning of…

Plan your own reunion!

She didn't sign up to be the star of the show.