Serving in the military has a different effect on different people, from pride to dread. This largely stems from an individual’s personality and their reasons for signing up in the first place. And it’s pretty obvious when the individual didn’t have the best intentions in mind when joining. According to one guy who wrote into […] More
A teen made a TikTok video of a conversation she had with her parents exposing the hypocrisy of many President Trump supporters who already have or are planning to re-elect him for a second term. Faith (@faithashjuran) started her prank by apprising her conservative parents of her plans to go on a date with someone […] More
A New York man is recovering after being swallowed by a sinkhole. The sidewalk he was standing on in the Bronx opened up beneath him, and he fell 15 feet while waiting for the bus. However, the fall was only part of the problem. His bigger issue is what he found after falling into the […] More
Children are an interesting look at navigating the world. They don’t have a lot of the same preconceived notions adults do, unless they were taught those things. But it’s the adults in their life that determine how they grow up and learn to navigate. One dad found himself wondering if he navigated a social situation […] More
Handling people jabbing at you about your sexuality is one of those rites of passage that we don’t all have to face in school, but plenty of those who do have to deal with it choose to do so with a tongue in cheek sense of humor. That’s pretty much how Reddit user i_dunno-man found […] More
Wedding planning is not for the faint of heart even under regular circumstances. But one bride on Reddit found herself with a particularly thorny wedding-related issue, which she posed to the “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) subReddit. The Original Poster (OP), who goes by the username CaterwaulingKid, asked her fellow Redditors: “AITA for not wanting […] More
The age-old joke is that spouses and mother-in-laws (MILs) do not get along. In every movie we can think of about this trope, such as Monster-In-Law, the spouse and in-law can’t even be civil at the dinner table. It’s played for laughs, but there must be some degree of truth to it, right? Perhaps 31-year-old Redditor OrganicInitiative8 […] More
Redditor throwRA_concernedmom is a 49-year-old widow who has a 23-year-old biological son and an adopted son who is 22. She visited the Relationship Advice subReddit when she was flabbergasted over a new development within their family unit that challenged her notion about relationships. The Original Poster (OP) wrote: “My bio son and adopted son are […] More
They say honesty is the best policy, but is sharing the truth—even unintentionally—ever a bad move? Reddit user “throwRAcanadaroomie” found themselves wondering if they were the jerk in a situation between them, their roommate and the roommate’s parents. The original poster (OP) didn’t mean to cause any drama. They just told the truth and it […] More
Addiction recovery programs that follow a twelve step model often include support group meetings. Because of the stigma of addiction, those peer group meetings almost always demand nondisclosure and anonymity by and for members. So when—if ever—is it OK to break the rules and out someone as an addict? A young woman attending AA on […] More
A 37-year-old wife found herself troubled by her 34-year-old husband’s friendship with one of his coworkers. She eventually turned to the “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) subReddit to propose a solution asking “Would I Be The A**hole” (WIBTA). Redditor WhatKatyDone asked: “WIBTA If I asked my husband to please cool it with his work bromance?” […] More
Addiction is a complicated issue for the addict and the people in their lives. Combining addiction with a toxic culture where partying to excess is required to be “one of the guys” rarely leads to a positive outcome. That’s the situation one pregnant mom found herself trying to force her husband to avoid. After issuing […] More
