Everyone makes mistakes is a phrase that we hear a lot – until the mistake is one we don’t approve of. What happens when someone else’s mistake offends you so deeply that you lash out at them regardless of whether that mistake affects you directly? That was the issue facing Redditor and Original Poster (OP) […] More
We often imagine how we’d react to the news that we may have some kind of terminal illness. But a Redditor was recently forced to experience that as a reality–and on a very inopportune day at that. She posted her experience on the “Am I the A**hole (AITA)” subReddit. The Original Poster (OP), known as […] More
Dealing with a parent’s infidelity is a difficult situation no matter the circumstances. But when your parent cheats and wants you to have a relationship with their new partner, it can get even more complicated. A woman on Reddit ended up in this dramatic situation when her father and wasn’t sure how to handle the […] More
Redditor ohohho5 is the father of twins who is about to divorce his wife. Out of respect for his soon-to-be-ex, who is still the mother of their children, the Redditor managed to avoid revealing the real reason why mommy and daddy are going their separate ways. But a comment relayed to him from their daughter […] More
It’s understandable that an issue in the bathroom might be a little embarrassing to discuss with someone else. But if it’s often, one might think you’d bring it up with your spouse. Redditor Alabama103____’s husband has been using the restroom for a long time lately. Normally this is done at home, but when he does […] More
Sometimes it’s all too easy for parents to forget that their actions have major impacts on their kids’ lives. A teenager on Reddit found themself in this situation when their cheating dad was unable to understand why they didn’t want to meet the baby he’d just had with his girlfriend. They weren’t sure about how […] More
Blended families are often a delicate situation. But a guy on Reddit’s situation is downright awkward: The child his ex-wife had with the man she cheated on him with wants him to be her father figure, and he isn’t having it. When the child recently gave him a Father’s Day gift, he decided that was […] More
Spouses can ostensibly get jealous of our relationships with family members. It’s uncommon, but it does happen. They may envy the closeness we share with those members of our family if we are not similarly close with them. However, most people have the wherewithal to set reasonable boundaries between themselves and their own jealousy. But […] More
Drinking games can be very revealing. And, in this case, not in a Strip Poker kind of way. Questions players might ask each other in a drinking game like “Never Have I Ever” might involve having to disclose a debaucherous past or sexual history—all for the sake of scoring social points and to avoid getting […] More
Some wounds run deep. And if the pain is suffered as a child, those memories are formative experiences that dictate so much of a person’s ongoing outlook about the people and relationships in their life. That can create some difficult challenges to navigating family dynamics as an adult. Add kids of your own into the […] More
The loss of a parent can be especially devastating for a young teenager, and their grief can be further complicated with the introduction of a step-parent. Redditor No-Preference-4384 is a 15-year-old girl who admitted she hated her stepmother. When she discovered something objectionable about her father’s new wife, the teen responded in a way that […] More
Keeping secrets from your parents is a natural part of being a kid. Siblings bond over keeping those secrets. But what if your parent got half the information on the secret and assumed something both incorrect and characteristically damaging of you? That’s the situation Reddit user ThrowRA-brotherprob found herself in when her mom accidentally caught […] More
