For context, every year I buy the turkey for £130, dry brine it for two days, cook it, take it to my mum’s house, and then prepare all the trimmings while I’m there. This involves many hours of work, as you can imagine, and requires me to wake up at 7 AM to get all
My fiancée (30F) and I (33M) have been together for four years and engaged for one. Early in our relationship, she told me she was infertile due to a medical condition she had in her teens. I was fine with this, as I have never really wanted biological kids and figured we could explore adoption
Sometimes the past has a way of catching up with you not through your own actions, but through the stories others tell themselves. That is exactly what happened when I reconnected with my half-siblings after years of barely knowing each other.
AITA for refusing to apologize for my mom and not sympathizing with my siblings? Read More »
I thought we had something real. After over a year of dating, I believed my girlfriend and I were solid connected, supportive and genuinely happy together. But sometimes, it only takes one moment to reveal who someone truly is.
How do you handle being asked to take on a lifelong responsibility you never agreed to especially when it comes from your own family? That’s the position I found myself in when my dad and his wife dropped a serious request on me out of nowhere.
Is leaving out a detail about your family’s past the same as hiding it? That’s the argument I have been having with my wife ever since she found out something I never thought was a secret.
How do you set boundaries when someone doesn’t seem to respect them? That’s the dilemma I’m facing with my roommate’s boyfriend, who seems to think my kitchen is an all you can eat buffet.
AITA for refusing to share my homemade meals with my roommate’s boyfriend? Read More »
My husband (26M) and I (26F) bought our first home 7 months ago. His younger sister (16F), who just got her license, frequently shows up unannounced and has trouble taking ‘no’ for an answer. Last Friday, she came over after dinner and asked to stay the night. We agreed since we had no plans. She
AITAH for accidentally letting my sister in law get chemical burns on her face. Read More »
What do you do when the person you trust the most betrays you in a way you never saw coming? That’s the heartbreaking reality I’m facing after learning a devastating secret from my fiancée.
I (42F) have two nieces, Flo (14F) and Ivy (11F), and a nephew, Ryan (10M), through my brother Tom (46M) and SIL Kate (45F). Flo and Ivy are their biological daughters, while Ryan was adopted two years ago after being fostered by them for three years. I also have a daughter, Ava (12F). We live
