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Dating is a tricky place. Whether it's online, blind, or a witty pick up line at the bar, the ways to start that dance are nearly endless. Unfortunately, some people still don't manage to navigate its nuances, and end up a lesson what not to do.

Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she's paranoid they'll start dating if they don't feel like siblings: 'They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don't.'

Emmy Pratt

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21-year-old woman clashes with her boyfriend’s overbearing mom, who constantly cleans, reorganizes, and treats their apartment like her own, she finally confronts her, causing relationship drama: 'I feel like the place I pay for doesn't belong to me'

Emma Saven

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Entitled mother points out that her teen daughter’s “Gucci” birthday purse from her 15-year-old boyfriend is a fake, only for her husband to defend the boy and accuse her of being materialistic, sparking family tension: 'I felt like it was tacky'

Emma Saven

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‘I can barely afford to get by at the new place on my own’: Grad student moves away for school, stops paying for groceries at fiancé’s place because her budget can’t cover it anymore, but the engineer fiancé doesn’t take it well

Etai Eshet

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‘If she's choosing him over a friendship of 10 years, then maybe we're not as close as I thought’: 29-year-old Jade uninvites her best friend from their "all-women" Montreal trip because she invited her new boyfriend, Ethan, who feels left out

Etai Eshet

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‘Excuse me, can you not stand like that in front of my husband?’: Jealous wife scolds grocery shopper in leggings and a hoodie for “distracting” her husband, turning a quick bread run into a petty public scene

Etai Eshet

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29-year-old gets big raise, and her unemployed fiancé keeps saying “we” when referring to her income, pushing her to demand credit: ‘He didn’t get a raise. He’s between jobs right now. I’ve been covering most expenses for months’

Etai Eshet

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Boyfriend refuses to take off his hat under any circumstances, his partner of 1 year has never seen his hair or lack thereof: 'He told me if I pull it off, he'll leave and never come back.'

Emmy Pratt

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Wife demands husband sell the house he owns with his ex-wife, but he refuses, leading to a family dispute: ‘She wants it gone’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘Someone's gotta keep the lights on’: Man pays full $2,800 rent and covers every expense, working 70-hour workweeks in cybersecurity, while girlfriend contributes $200 monthly and complains about him never being around

Etai Eshet

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‘Fun, but still a wedding…': Groom disappoints bride after not wearing a costume for their Halloween wedding, others share their themed wedding debacles

Elna McHilderson

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27-year-old woman refuses to leave family holiday early with her boyfriend after he claims he's not having fun, he stops talking to her in response: ‘You shouldn't have stayed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'The accidental couple': College student confesses feelings for crush via message, only to realize he’d sent it to the wrong "Emily," she invites him for coffee to laugh it off, but their love blossoms instead, leading to them marrying three years later

Emma Saven

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‘He showed up in… a fedora!’: 20+ women share real-life reasons why they walked out on a date

Elna McHilderson

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‘Out of nowhere, I get a DM from a girl saying she’s dating Jake, I didn’t respond’: 26-year-old wonders if she should have warned her 28-year-old ex Jake’s new girlfriend about his toxic behavior after seeing history repeat itself

Etai Eshet

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'My last girlfriend would have helped': Unemployed mooch gets defensive when his 28-year-old girlfriend refuses to pay his half of the rent, she points out that he spent 2 months contributing nothing

Jesse Kessenheimer

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