He's got to learn

If you could choose between homemade and fresh pasta and a slice of ordinary pizza, what would you choose? Honestly, I feel silly even asking this question, because I cannot understand why anyone would choose the pizza, especially if the pasta cost them nothing, and it would make their friend really happy. This question comes from this Reddit story, where a group of friends were invited to a dinner party at a couple's house. While the couple was cooking pasta for dinner, one of the friends deci…

Favoritism is not something you want to get accused of as a parent. If you have more than one kid, you should do your best to love them and support them equally, since they're all your kids. And it's just a good example to set for them. But it's also incredibly common that parenting styles change from kid to kid. When you're on your first kid, everything is new and untested, and you have basically no idea what you're doing. By the time the second kid rolls around you're more of an expert, you'v…

"Now sister in law can only use the place if she gets confirmation that none of us will be there, so basically never. She’s still freaking out..."

An obvious ploy

What's the magic word?

The self-esteem of a 14-year-old girl is always in flux , and usually in a bad way. It's around the age when you start developing insecurities about what you look like since your body is changing and the attention you get is changing along with it. You become more aware of your clothing choices, the way you wear your hair, and how others perceive you. And those insecurities can be very hard to shake, even into adulthood. What happens to us as children can shape who we become as adults, and if t…

If you eat, you pay

What did he expect

She's suspicious

Is that fair?

Every household has its own way of dividing the housework among family members. Some parents view housework as an important lesson for their kids, so they make sure their kids are just as involved in house chores as they are, making it easier for the kids when they go off and live independently. Other parents don't mind if their kids do not take part in chores and allow them to learn their ways when they are older and live on their own, which they argue is also a way of preparing them for the r…

Everybody deserves a good education

Once someone leaves your life, you owe them nothing.

Boundaries

Every day you get older, the more it dawns on you that your parents are just people, which might help you come to terms with everything that happened in your childhood. Or, it might make you resent them even more because they decided to become parents when they had no idea what they were doing. Recently, I passed the age my mom was when she had my older sister, and it made me wonder how she managed to do it when I could not feel further away from having kids of my own. Thankfully, I do not rese…