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The movies that taught us how to act and feel when in love forgot to mention stuff like mortgages, inflation, and the cost of airplane tickets. When we enter a partnership, we do so without knowing what pervasive bad habits our loved ones have and what damage they’ll eventually cause in our relationship. That unknowingness is, in part, good because if we knew everything from the get-go, we would never form any kind of couple.

Frustrated husband considers leaving his wife due to her repeatedly making bad major life decisions over the last 10 years: 'Am I being resentful and unfair?'

Marriage vows typically contain a phrase that refers back to the “what’s mine is yours and what’s yours is mine” idea; the way we think about that union has been ingrained in us for centuries. However, when one thinks of that, one thinks of shared belongings, goods, food, and shelter, not about claiming authorship for everything our partner has done before we were even in the picture.

35-year-old man insists on sharing authorship of a book he didn't write with his 33-year-old girlfriend: 'Were not even on the same lease yet and he wants to be on the spine of a book that took me four and a half years to write'

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Wife refuses to pay mortgage on a property her husband owns after he asks her to fund his sabbatical despite having 10 times her net worth

Are we always obliged to follow our loved ones' rules? Our most meaningful rules might appear ridiculous to somebody else, but part of the art of learning how to love is respecting what our significant others deem important, even though it sounds ludicrous to us. That’s my position anyway, but let’s see what this Redditor has to say.

32-year-old neat freak is mad about his same age fianceé not taking her shoes off inside his house: ‘Refusing to respect my rules regardless of how silly you think they may be will send me into orbit’

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Woman Questions Fiancé's Bachelor Party After Learning He Only Invited His Closest Female Friends

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29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

We, as people, as opposed to robots, in relationships, should aim to consider context when answering a question or even when we are just chatting, but sometimes simple distractions or routine creep up on our daily conversations, and we end up getting on our loved one’s nerves.

Wife asks husband what he’d like for dinner, becomes upset when he actually replies with what he’d like for dinner instead of saying he will cook. ‘She asked for suggestions, so I gave one.’

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42-year-old asks wife to help fund stepdaughter's college despite the separate finances agreement he proposed when they got married, and gets upset when she refuses

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Man asks friend about future plans with his girlfriend, he happily shares engagement hopes, friend suddenly turns into relationship doomsayer: 'Bro, no one’s gonna wanna marry you'.

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Husband lands himself in hot water by proposing they purchase a Mother's Day present that is clearly for himself: 'We have a 50-inch that is older but works well enough for me...'

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Mom gets upset after husband says he wants to spend Mother’s Day brunch with his own family despite already gifting the trip she really wanted: ‘I felt incredibly left out last year’

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'A couple broke up during their $180k wedding': 10 Newlyweds who instantly regretted getting married

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Boss brags about employee sending a Slack message during their wedding, apologizes after post goes viral

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35-year-old agrees to officiate her 29-year-old sister's 3rd wedding even though she thinks they're rushing it, family drama ensues but big sister still has her little sister's back: ‘My job is to be supportive.'

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38-year-old refuses to move into husband's childhood home due to prenup negotiations: '[Am I wrong] for not wanting to move into a house I’ll never have any legal claim to?'

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Bridesmaid sleeps through alarm and shows up two hours late to her entitled best friend's 4:00 AM "sunrise" wedding: 'I know I messed up!'

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