She's the loser now

A bit too much of a coincidence

You snooze, you lose

Husband and wife have an unbreakable tie. Inadvertently hurting one also hurts the other. In the event that your brother persisted in criticizing your spouse in front of your parents, how would you respond? The story below is an account of a frustrated sister. The original poster (OP) not only comes from an affluent family, but she also has a steady source of income. She and her husband decided to lead simple lives free of glitz and luxury. However, OP's brother mistook the couple's modesty as…

Can you ground an adult?

Can't live with them, can't live without them

Comparison is the thief of joy

It's all good to help someone out when they're in need; this is an essential part of being a family, friend, or even part of a community. However, there's a distinct difference between offering your assistance to someone who is beyond grateful for a helping hand and being forced to help out someone who feels entitled to your time and resources. This isn't always cut and dry either; help can often start with a lot of gratitude and then become a routine expectation over time. Here, often, the bes…

Living with family is hard

Families are not always easy to manage. That being said, no matter what your family do or say, you should always be their strongest ally. However, what would you do if a woman showed up out of the blue and introduced herself as your sister? The account that follows is the story of a perplexed individual. The Original Poster (OP), who was fortunate enough to be adopted at a young age, does not remember anything about his time in the foster system. Nevertheless, when OP's long-lost sister decided…

Often in life, if you hold on to things too tight and try to perfect the situation—trying to please everybody—you're going to end up pleasing nobody. Especially if, you're so obsessed with your own thoughts and ideals that you forget to actually even listen to what everyone else is telling you would make them happy and what their preferences are. At that point, you need to be honest with yourself… Are you really trying to make things work for everybody? Or is it really all just about you? That'…

All of us have admitted to occasionally telling white lies. Could we just be honest and tell the truth? Probably..., if we could, would we want to go back in time and behave differently? absolutely not. Unfortunately, there are times when, for whatever reason, the truth is far worse than the lie. In the story below, a frustrated woman has had enough of her sister-in-law's shenanigans. The sister-in-law has finally pushed OP to the brink after years of disrespect. What did the sister-in-law do t…

When a meme gets personal

What a rotten situation

Vacations are not a piece of cake. Everybody has a different idea of how to be on vacation, and if you force your standards onto others, it can easily breed resentment. There's a clear middle ground between waking up at 6 AM daily to do everything you could possibly do and sleeping until 3 PM every day, wasting your vacation away in an expensive hotel room. Disney vacations are uniquely stressful. There are some rides that you need to get in line for at 7 AM if you want a chance in hell of not…

Her sister would bully her and steal her close, now her sister is unknowingly paying for her to live—karma justice?