Mainstreaming of children with disabilities in the United States began in public schools in earnest with the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) in 1975. The federal law is now known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Throughout the next several decades, the segregation of disabled children […] More
Online dating can be a great way to expand your dating pool and avoid the bar scene. But it has its pitfalls, like people whose profiles are dishonest. A woman whose online match wasn’t who she thought he was turned to the “Am I The A**Hole” (AITAH) subReddit for feedback. Similar to AITA, the AITAH […] More
Deliberately doing something you know bothers a person isn’t a sign of affection. But emotionally stunted people sometimes mistake the attention they get for being annoying as proof of connection. A wife turned to the “Am I The A**Hole” (AITAH) subReddit for feedback over her husband’s constant poking. Literally. Similar to AITA, the AITAH subReddit […] More
Some married couples manage to stay together after infidelity. But generally a bare minimum requirement for reconciliation is for the cheating spouse to break off contact with their affair partner, especially in voluntary social situations. But what if your cheating spose refuses to cut ties? A husband and father turned to the “Am I The […] More
When kids see a cake being sliced, there’s often a debate about who’s getting the best piece. But some people carry that into adulthood. Who should get the best bits? Is it OK for the person who did all the work to take the best portion? A spouse who is the primary cool turned to […] More
Even if it might be hard to keep up with at times, it’s important for our healh and happiness to keep our homes clean, especially high traffic places like the kitchen. It’s also important to clean our cleaners, like wiping down the vacuum and swapping out the kitchen sponge for a fresh one when needed, […] More
Tattoos continue to become more popular and more socially acceptable in western society. They were once so taboo that European colonizers even forbade the Indigenous peoples they subjugated from continuing their millennia long tattoo traditions. But now those colonizers’ descendants are getting tattooed by the millions. Approximately 30% of Europeans and 46% of Americans have […] More
Something we don’t talk about enough regarding cheating is that cheating doesn’t just lead to a breakup. The lucky ones will only lose their romantic partner, whereas others will lose whole families and friend groups, pointed out the members of the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITAH) subReddit. Unfortunately for Redditor EngineNo9031, he wasn’t the one who […] More
Some families naturally tell more crude and inappropriate jokes than others, and those jokes run through the entire family. It would be thoughtful for them to consider the feelings of family members who marry into the family, but that rarely happens, cringed the members of the “Am I Overreacting?” (AIO) subReddit. The Redditor, who has since […] More
There’s nothing quite like the anticipatory betrayal of believing that your partner might be cheating on you. And as much as we might like to give them the benefit of the doubt, sometimes there’s too much evidence stacked against them to imagine any other explanation, agreed the members of the “Am I Overreacting?” (AIO) subReddit. […] More
Money is the root cause cited for the majority of divorces, so having a partner who is good at financial management should be a plus. But what if one partner wants the other to be more generous with family than they’re willing to be? A man whose fiancée has asked him to give a large […] More
Infidelity is a deal breaker for a lot of people, especially after marriage vows have been exchanged. It’s also an individual boundary that people must determine for themselves. But friends and family don’t always respect that and try to influence the decision, either telling the person to stay or demanding they leave. A wife dealing […] More
