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I have the strongest opinions about this story, but let’s bear with her, because I presume we all know what it’s like to be in love and how hard it is, sometimes, to see the red flags for what they are. It starts with a long-distance relationship; can you guess where it ends?

27-year-old man hosts his long-distance girlfriend for a week in his tiny room at his parent's house, 29-year-old girlfriend is afraid of bringing up moving to her cousin's house for the remaining days to be more comfortable: 'I feel so awkward'

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Employee is frustrated with the younger new hire, as he has been training her for months, but she still has first-day questions, he thinks she should be laid off, but management isn't sure: 'I just don't know what [redacted] else to do!'

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High-performing employee gets demoted and forced to train his new manager, he quits and refuses leadership's demands to negotiate: ‘We lost him for good’

High-performing employee gets demoted and forced to train his new manager, he quits and refuses leadership's demands to negotiate: ‘We lost him for good’

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Engaged couple splits rent 50/50 while he saves his inheritance for their future home, his mom and sister still call it unfair: 'We agreed he would pay $700 each month unless he is putting money into the house that his grandparents are giving him.'

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New hire becomes the next victim to the office “Chatty Cathy” employee every time she goes to the bathroom, begs the internet for help: ‘She’s the sweetest… I don’t know how to stop it.'

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Weddings are life-altering events; when we’re getting closer and closer to them, our opinion changes, new fears arise, and we might feel called to call it quits.

Man was supposed to be a groomsman on his 22-year-old friend's wedding until he cancelled it and ran away with another woman, now he wants to request reimbrusement for his investments: 'I want my money back for everything I put into HIS wedding'

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IT employee refuses to take on extra non-IT responsibilities after a coworker quits following a missed promotion: 'I'm not willing to quietly inherit years of accumulated non-IT scope creep'

Introverts and extroverts speak different languages. The same event can be experienced in totally different ways depending on whether the person experiencing it is an introvert or an extrovert.

26-year-old leaves a hangout early because her friend didn't tell her she was bringing another friend, and now she questions her reaction: 'Later she went to chat with a table of pilots, and again I felt left out'

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Job applicant deleted company website from Wikipedia after CEO showed his true colors during interview: ‘He kept me waiting an hour, hadn't read my resume, tried to get personal info’

Job applicant deleted company website from Wikipedia after CEO showed his true colors during interview: ‘He kept me waiting an hour, hadn't read my resume, tried to get personal info’

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Man skips anniversary dinner for a baseball game and lies to his fiancée, sibling reveals the truth, now the wedding is on hold: 'She deserved to know'

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IT employee gets reported for stealing company laptops by coworker, only for HR to discover everything was fully approved: 'HR already had all the paperwork before you even finished your report'

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Ex-employer asks employee to write a positive review for them on a third-party platform—employee leaves them a scathing 1-star review and gets their fake positive reviews removed: 'I reported the 3 new 4.5-star reviews for manipulation'

Sometimes our managers are so spaced out that they don’t notice their employees are having an awful time working at their companies. You might even resign without another job secured and block them everywhere, and they still wouldn’t notice.

29-year-old employee leaves his job as a specialist at a small planning and design firm and his ex-boss instists on him leaving a review on a popular local job review site: 'He wanted a review? Fine. Let's comply'

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Employee gets ignored for years, quits, then gets offered everything she asked for in a counteroffer: ‘Where was this 8 months ago?’

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Luckily, most of this intense drama happens in high school and stays there. Still, years later, we find out we’re paying the price to this day with numerous insecurities and sensitivity around certain topics.

Best friend of six years dates the guy her friend liked in high-school, leaving her questioning if the friendship was toxic or if she is viewing everything from the lens of her own hurt: 'Was this friendship unhealthy from both sides?'

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Corporate employee needs to log in day sheets with the tasks he does, but he has nothing to do for most of the day and doesn't know how to pretend anymore: 'What am I supposed to log when I literally have nothing left to do? '

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