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There is no way this was done with good intent Or maybe it was done with good intentions, but intentions aren’t what counts. Concrete actions count, and these actions are rather questionable.

Woman hides inside her house when 2 friends show up with a third person she specifically told them she had cut off: ‘I feel guilty at hiding as if I wasn't home but felt the other two keep disrespecting my feelings about the 3rd one’

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Wife spends $2k on publishing her book behind husband's back, he calls her out for it: 'Your husband is treating this like a hobby than a business'

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We all cope with rejection in ridiculous ways Maybe this is a hot take, but not everything we believe needs to be true. If we hold a belief that reinforces our self-esteem and doesn’t harm anyone, is it really that bad?

Woman reflects on the fantasy of being ‘The one that got away’: ‘I honestly think it's ridiculous and almost impossible for someone to keep thinking about their ex forever’

This has to be one of the most annoying things somebody can ask you You are lying there, feeling just fine; you are finally relaxed after a long week of stress and drama. Suddenly, out of the blue, your boyfriend comes and asks you the most low-key insulting question

Woman constantly receives false accusations from her boyfriend, leading her to consider breaking up: ‘He constantly jumps to conclusions about what I mean instead of just taking my words at face value. I don’t want to constantly defend myself’

Is this ‘singleness’ trend meant to last? I suppose we can confidently say that nowadays more and more people are choosing to be single. Plenty of new discourse is forming online about new types of relationships. Right now, there are situationships, low-commitment long-distance relationships, open relationships, ‘eyecontactships’, and a long list of other types of ships navigating the sea of romantic attachments.

‘Why do you think staying single is becoming more common these days?’: Redditors debate whether people really prefer this lifestyle or if it’s imposed on them

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Questioning Life Paths In Your Thirties There comes a time in everyone’s life when we can’t help but question the path society expects us to follow. Sometimes we question it and realize

'I’m sure plenty of people would find that pathetic, but I honestly don’t care’: 31-year-old man realizes the traditional life he envisioned isn’t really what he wants, and there’s no point in buying a house just for the sake of building equity

We have to accept it, sometimes, we have oddly specific things that we consider deal breakers that not only are way too niche, but are also a bit frivolous. I’m not sure if everyone has these standards or just these people on Reddit, but of course they have the right to hold them.

‘What completely superficial thing makes you not want to be friends with someone?’: Frivolous or irrational reasons that are a deal breaker for a friendship

Apparently, asking how much someone makes is the worst thing you can ask Honestly, I’ve never heard anything like this, and I was really surprised to see the comments under the post siding with the offended party

27-year-old man abruptly leaves friend’s birthday party when they ask him how much money he makes: ‘I wasnt enjoying myself anymore. Told the person next to me I was heading out, paid for my food at the front and left’

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I can’t believe how many romances end because of issues with housework. It seems that those differences and inconveniences end up eroding everything left of romance in the couple. Frankly, after reading so many stories like this, I’m kinda giving up on the idea of living together with a partner altogether. Is it possible to evolve to a society t

Couple moved in together and started having too many conflicts about cleaning the dishes, leading them to actually consider breaking up: ‘Am I actually asking for too much and being unreasonable, or this as absurd as it feels to me?’

Let’s face it, some people are looking to take advantage of others to get their needs met without reciprocating. The dynamic appears perfect to them as long as nobody dares to point it out or ask for something in return. If that happens, they’ll use any strategy to return to the statu

30-year-old woman expects her 30-year-old male best friend to do every romantic relationship activity with her without actually being in a relationship, so he refuses: 'Well she is now inconsolable, saying I am punishing her for not loving me'

Some people are treating their thirties like they were their fifties; I really don’t get it. I’m not against an early night; I never was and never will be, but is it really that we’re more tired, or have we gotten more proactive in rejecting plans we never actually wanted to do in the first place? As I get older, I haven’t necessarily no

Woman reaches 30 and notices a shift in the way her long-time friends act towards friendships in general: ‘In a years time you won’t miss not being in bed by a certain time but have memories and pictures from a night out with your mates!’

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Marrying the right person doesn’t feel like the movies told us it would feel, and that’s ok. One has to work very hard not to get caught up in the what-ifs, because they are a trap. She could’ve continued with that other relationship, for example, and maybe she would’ve wasted her time with something that felt so rom

‘I did have a romcom romance in my 20s. We met at an airport when I nearly walked off with his charger while waiting for my connecting flight’: Woman started wondering about the life that never happened after marrying her now husband

Some of us fantasize about something like this happening to us so we can get revenge without planning. We have to be really intelligent to be presented with the chance and be quick enough to see it and take it. I’ve read countless stories about exes who benefited from their partners' kindness only to resent i

31-year-old man accidentally sends $8.400 to ex-girlfriend, and she refuses to transfer the money back immediately, making him miss the closing date and lose a condo: ‘I’m following my bank’s instructions’

I can’t believe people seriously think about relationships this way. I understand you don’t want to be someone’s partner, but to be so self-centered as to ‘demote’ someone from partner to lover and expect them not to get offended is insane. I can’t say I’m surprised because this has happened to most of my friend

40-year-old Man ‘demotes’ woman from ‘girlfriend status’ to ‘lover status’, and she is left wondering what to do: ‘I currently can’t find the right words. I didn’t fully know what I was hoping for - but what ever it was it - it’s not realistic now’

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We’ve all been there, fantasising about our crush for months, even for years, until we finally meet them and the fantasy comes crumbling down. In a sense, it’s better that it goes that way; idealizing someone so much can’t be good; no good thing can come from pedestalizing somebody; it naturally leaves

28-year-old woman finally goes on a date with her gym crush only to be disillusioned about what happened at it: ‘He finished with, “I am better than them anyway, I don’t care.” What?’

One should feel free to consider whether a partner’s attitude is something we can tolerate. No attitude is off limits once we’ve taken the whole picture into consideration. But having read too many stories like these, I think we are starting to have really unachievable standards towards our relationships. This could b

‘My gf style of playfulness, I find strange and hard to wrap my head around’: Man thinks his girlfriend’s type of playfulness is slowly breaking him and wonders what to do about it