Peter Karleby is a writer, content producer and performer originally from Michigan. His writing has also appeared on YourTango, Delish and Medium, and he has produced content for NBC, The New York Times and The CW, among others. When not working, he can be found tripping over his own feet on a hiking trail while singing Madonna songs to ward off lurking bears.
Cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers have become increasingly common over the years. And with that increased popularity has come a lot of criticism from people who feel the procedures are a strange or even mentally unhealthy choice. A woman on Reddit encountered this when she got lip filler injections, and her boyfriend to her […] More
Planning a wedding is difficult enough as it is, let alone when members of you and your future spouse’s family don’t get along. A guy on Reddit found himself in this position with his wife-to-be and his sister, who have a combative relationship. And when he asked to include his sister as one of his […] More
Honoring both families’ traditions while planning a wedding can be a difficult balance to strike. But for one woman on Reddit, the situation became downright dramatic after her future in-laws insisted on a rather strange and inappropriate family tradition–cutting the bride out of her wedding dress. She wasn’t sure about how she handled things, so […] More
Living at home with your parents when you’re an adult can come with all sorts of challenges, especially when your parents have different ideas about appropriate boundaries. But for one woman on Reddit, her parents lack of respect for her boundaries became downright dramatic, when her need to sleep until mid-afternoon due to working nights […] More
It’s become something of a wedding tradition to roast the groom whenever someone from his circle gives a speech at the big event. But some jokes can just go way, way too far. A person on Reddit learned this the hard way when they cracked wise about their brother having had an affair on his […] More
Most of us want to help our partner’s family in whatever ways we can, but there are some types of help that that can feel more like a burden than a favor. A person on Reddit found themself in this situation when their wife’s family asked if they could move in with them for a […] More
Loaning money to relatives is often a messy proposition. But for one person on Reddit, their loan to their sister turned into all out drama when they found out their sister used the money not to buy her child contact lenses like they agreed upon, but rather to buy a dog instead. They weren’t sure […] More
It’s never a good idea to comment on someone’s weight loss, and one man on Reddit is a perfect example of why: His weight loss turned out to be a side effect of pancreatic cancer. When his coworker complimented on his new body, he got angry and set her straight. But he wasn’t sure about […] More
Managing sibling rivalries is always a challenge. But for one woman on Reddit it became downright dramatic when her younger daughter began sleeping with her older daughter’s boyfriend. She felt she had no option but to send her youngest daughter to live with her father. But she wasn’t sure about how she chose to handle […] More
Having a baby via a surrogate is a situation with all sorts of dynamics that can be difficult to navigate, including the surrogate mother’s personal boundaries. One woman on Reddit found herself up close and personal with this problem when her husband began behaving very inappropriately towards their surrogate and made her uncomfortable. When her […] More
Commercial plane flights are places where all sorts of etiquette we normally don’t consider can come into play, and also where all sorts of every day ways of doing things necessarily get thrown out the window. A person on Reddit recently experienced this weird dichotomy on an overseas flight when she angered another passenger for […] More
People’s different standards of cleanliness can wreak havoc on a relationship. And for one woman on Reddit, it resulted in a huge conflict with her fiancé after she got fed up with his messy ways. She wasn’t sure about how she handled things, so she went to the AITA (Am I The A**hole) subReddit for […] More
