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‘It’s important to me because I am changing careers to be able to retire’: New boyfriend pushes 53-year-old woman to prioritize a Thanksgiving trip to Colorado over her classes, kids, and long-term retirement plans, so she cancels to protect her future

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‘I literally froze. Because that’s my ex. Like my actual ex’: Roommate brings her new situationship home without realizing it is actually her housemate’s ex, leaving the housemate wondering whether to warn her or stay quiet

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Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’

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Wife ends 28 years of marriage after husband retires early, but leaves her carrying all the bills, moving house, and handling family crises: ‘He promised me when I moved up here that he would always take care of things’

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Woman asks for a special 40th birthday for a whole year, husband gives her coffee, flowers, and a Groupon instead, driving her to divorce him after years of being undervalued: ‘It’s not so much about the gift but about the effort’

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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

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Bride-to-be Lila uninvites her best friend because she refuses to splurge $2,300, excluding flights, on a five-night luxury Tulum bachelorette trip: ‘I haven’t talked to her since. It’s been three months’

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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

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‘I feel like this is crossing a line. My apartment is my safe space’: Woman refuses her friend’s demand for a spare apartment key to drop in anytime, gets labeled controlling by the friend

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‘You need to learn some respect’: Teen and his entitled mother ruin couple’s movie date night after they ask the teenager to stop filming in the theater

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‘I took off the ring, told him it was over, and that he needed to move out’: 37-year-old Tom demands his rich fiancée buy a bigger house and put it 50-50 in both names, drops a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum, and immediately regrets it

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‘I'm not an atm so please don't message me if you just intend on asking for money’: Childhood friend Miley reconnects only to ask for small cash “emergencies” until a clear boundary ends her demands routine

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