Should A Parent Be Able To Control Who Attends Their Child’s Creative Performances?
As parents, we want to protect our kids from the harshness of the world for as long as we can. That can be harder to accomplish, though, when the people they interact with on a regular basis are the ones bringing reality for a visit. This mother wants to ban her mother-in-law from attending her...
Is It Reasonable To Expect A Spouse To Manage Your Medical Condition?
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about love and marriage. They’re different for everyone, but suffice to say, whatever you believe, reality will never quite live up to what you expected. For instance, some people think a spouse’s job is to care for you in the same way that your parents did, and...
Do You Owe Your Child’s Teacher An Explanation When They Miss Class?
It’s our job as parents to not only protect our kids, but to know them better than anyone else. We’re the ones who decide when and why they can stay home from school, for example, and we’re the ones who gauge when the situation warrants a day off. This OP’s daughter required a mental health day...
Woman Thinks Her Brother And His Boyfriend Shouldn’t Wear Rings If They’re Not Really Married. Is She Wrong?
In my experience, anyone who has to begin a story with a disclaimer about how tolerant they are is typically the opposite (or very near it). In this case we get a beginning that goes “I’m not homophobic, but…” and goes downhill from there. OP is a woman living in Romania, where gay marriage is...
Are We All Required To Do Favors For Pregnant Women Everywhere?
If you’ve ever been pregnant, then you know that for all of the magical moments there are at least an equal amount of things that are not so great. From morning sickness to aches and pains and cravings that won’t stop, it’s a wild 9-month ride. And you can’t get off. That said, we are...
Is It Ever OK To Exclude Close Family From A Wedding?
Weddings have a way of bringing out the worst in people. Days that are supposed to be about love and coming together too often turn into power struggles and competitions about who can serve the nicest catered meal. This OP comes across as truly unhinged as she rants about excluding her partner’s twin brother due...
Was This Wife Right To Insist Her Husband Remove A Photo Of Her From His Phone?
In this day and age, most of us try to be careful about what is said and posted about us online. It’s a crazy world out there, after all. That said, when it comes to friends and family and other loved ones, we probably assume they have pictures of us on their phones and/or social...
They Sent Their Cousin a Bill Because Their Kid Ruined a Birthday Cake. Were They Wrong?
I think what this person did is something that a lot of folks dream of: sending someone a bill after they screw something up. It’s a fantasy for a lot of us! So let’s see what happened in this story from Reddit’s “Am I the A**hole?” page so we can all live out this fantasy...
