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In what universe is cutting pages from a book you borrowed normal behavior? People say you shouldn’t expect books you lend to even come back, but nobody said anything about them coming back with fewer pages. If we had to explain the most basic,

Woman lends cookbook to friend, and she cuts the pages she likes to keep them: ‘She says I never specifically told her not to remove pages’

Someone wanted to have an espresso every morning And that’s okay. Everybody is allowed their own little luxury; the thing is, if you can’t afford it, you shouldn’t try to drag everyone around you to help you get it.

Woman buys a $349 espresso machine without consulting her roommate, who then refuses to pay her share: ‘She said I’d end up using the machine, so I’d be getting it for free, and that you can’t opt out of something that is already in the apartment’

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At one point, we all had a friend or family member whom we thought was trapped in a very bad relationship It’s obvious from the outside: the person isn’t good for you, plus being in a relationship isn’t mandatory; you can totally do life on your own and avoid unnecessary suffering. But when you are the person i

‘I hate her fiancé, I think he’s a waste of space and honestly a rock has more personality than him’: 31-year-old woman looks for advice on how to discourage her best friend from getting married

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’

Sometimes you’re NTA on paper, but you kinda are in real life. I think the man who’s telling this story is bringing an old grudge into it, and I can’t pinpoint exactly why. It’s something about how he describes the other dude’s food preferences,

‘if he wants to order off the kids' menu because he's scared of a little bone, he can pay for his own nuggets’: 25-year-old man refuses to eat regular chicken and orders extra plates on his teammate’s check

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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’

Desperate times call for desperate measures I don’t know if you’ve ever been there, but when you suddenly need money, everything becomes an opportunity to get it. That jacket that’s been sitting in your closet for ages? Fair enough, it’s time to (desperately) sell it. That present you didn’t like

Woman can't return a birthday present from a friend, so she makes a last-ditch effort: ‘Her message said "any chance you could just send me the cash instead?" She put the receipt total in there as well, $63.48, and she followed up again on Sunday’

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’

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20 year old niece stands up to her dad's disrespectful older family memebers after years of them being toxic: 'I want nothing to do with them anymore'

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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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Gilfriend gets upset at boyfriend for letting his friend come over for "boardgame night" with his new girlfriend, and she thinks that is breaking a boundary: 'This is the first time it happened, so I didn't know that we have this particular "rule"'

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Girlfriend confronts her boyfriend after she wanted to get a case of water that they saved for emergencies because she had finished the one in the kitchen, and her boyfriend said no: ‘His entire energy is clear that he doesn’t want to be around me’.

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Bad boyfriend tries to financially manipulate his girlfriend and guilt-trip her by accusing her of being petty for enrolling in college: ‘He told me that he allows me to be in college’

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I’m starting to notice that being friendly isn’t a positive thing anymore I was on /askreddit today, and I stumbled upon this post. Obviously, I was intrigued and wanted to read it to see if I could find tips on improving my selection process and start distinguishing who is trustworthy from who isn’t.

‘What harmless thing instantly makes you think, "I don't trust this person"?’: Reddit debate about small, seemingly harmless traits that immediately signal a person is untrustworthy

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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’