It doesn't seem likely that this family will ever recover after this wedding debacle. The groom had been in an 18-year relationship with his fiancée and had previously gotten into hot water after chickening out of their first engagement three years prior to this go-around (talk about commitment issues!). This time, he hadn't shown up to the altar and was nowhere to be found. Three hours passed when finally the groom's sister received a call from her brother-in-law saying they found the groom at…

Let this story serve as yet another reminder to never give your employer the benefit of the doubt if they are not going to reciprocate. Here, we have an employee who worked for over three years as a traveling supervisor and had seen the once-gracious company bought out by a larger corporation, after which the treatment of employees gradually worsened over time. When the Redditor decided to finally put in his two weeks' notice, his boss forced him to pay for his own travel to get home. Now, many…

We can all probably remember those peaceful weekend mornings, sun filtering through the basement playroom windows, curled up on the couch with our favorite bowl of way-too-sugary cereal that we had to beg our parents to buy. That cereal might as well have been gold; we certainly thought it was worth its weight in it. My parents, however, never showed an interest in eating this cereal themselves. Something about stale marshmallows and really overhyped Cheerios just wasn't all that appealing to t…

Slow and steady wins the race

This dude really decided to make an action thriller out of his life. Not only did he lean into the jealous husband trope, but he even went so far as to hire a private investigator to spy on his wife after he began to suspect that she had been seeing her high school ex-boyfriend on the side. These suspicions began when his kids had revealed that their mother had frequently dropped the kids off at her parents for a few hours at a time on days when she wasn't working. Now, for the sake of transpar…

Eighteen years of age is when the training wheels of life really start to come off. Of course, it depends on your personal situation, but for the first time, you really get the chance to start making your own decisions. Many of us will be fortunate enough to still have the guidance of our parents, mentors, and guardians once we reach this age to hopefully prevent us from making life-altering mistakes that could dictate the rest of our adult lives. But, inevitably, mistakes will happen—we're all…

One would hope that most managers who work with student workers would be sympathetic to how challenging it can be to balance education with employment. Let’s face the facts: if it weren’t necessary, most folks wouldn’t take on all that responsibility. And yet, there are still far too many employers in this day and age who become far too concerned with their own insular experience that they are then unable to step outside of themselves and understand how hard things may be for their student work…

No one enjoys being cut off, whether that’s being cut off in the middle of a phone conversation or having your electricity cut off. Obviously, one of these scenarios is worse than the other, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do to make a point. Here, we have a 28-year-old daughter who helped support her father financially and recently had to call him about an upcoming electricity payment. However, her attempts to discuss this with her father were thwarted six times because he had th…

Siblings are a difficult part of growing up—even when you're an adult, you're going to be prone to troubles with them. But, during your developmental years, you're going to be constantly compared to them—both by yourself and others. This creates complex psychological interworking and can create complex disorders and issues. And this is just with normal siblings; I can't claim to have one myself, but I can only imagine that with twins, it's a lot harder. No longer are they only similar to you or…

There are some people in this world who will do anything but admit when they are wrong. Here, we have a Karen ringleader, who waltzed into a restaurant with an army of Karen friends (or, as the Redditor likes to refer to them, her “sheep”). This Karen made it crystal clear from the get-go that she was looking to start drama. When her food arrived, she decided she needed to have a word with the innocent 20-year-old server who recounted this series of unfortunate events. The customer was upset th…

Most employees have had to deal with someone ever so slightly senior at the company thinking they are in charge of them. For those of you who have seen “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” yes, we are talking about the Perpentuas of the world. Here, we have an office Karen who assumed her coworker was her assistant and who frequently took credit for her coworker’s projects. This ultimately did not bother the coworker as she was confident in her work and knew that the real folks in charge were well aware of…

All may be fair in love and war, but when it comes to family board game nights, you can expect the gloves to come off if you go for below-the-belt strategies. Nothing causes family arguments like a competitive board game—heck, even Candy Land games can get heated when someone draws that plum card at the end of a close game—or rockets ahead with a lucky snowflake draw early on. And that's before you get into games that have actual strategy Board games from the beginning of the “Board Game Renais…

If there is one cardinal rule in life, it should be to never mess with a mom. If this story serves as proof of anything, it's this principle. At the very least, one should not try to mess with this particular mother. Her 7-year-old kid was unfairly deemed a bad apple by his first-grade teacher despite the fact that he had done absolutely nothing. It was one of those power-tripping cases where a teacher just wanted to flex her muscles and assert her authority… even if it was over a 7-year-old. O…

Sometimes, the best way to communicate to your new manager that they're doing a bad job is to do exactly what they have instructed. Perhaps you have tried to do the decent thing and explain exactly why a new policy isn't practical or efficient for the people who actually execute said tasks and responsibilities, but we all know that most managers are intellectually incapable of processing that kind of criticism in a productive way. Instead, they would rather interpret this criticism as indicativ…

This was anything but a clean break. Obviously, breaking up with a long-term partner can be complicated, whether it's dealing with the concrete logistics of moving out or the emotional adjustments of being single again. Even when it seems like the breakup was mutually agreed upon for both parties, it's quite possible that deep down, one person wanted this far more than the other, as was the case with this Redditor and his now ex-girlfriend. His ex made it crystal clear following their breakup t…

Her money, their problem