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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’

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Why would someone do something like that to their partner? Brother's new girlfriend took over the organization of the man's birthday and did it on the same day as his brother's, making him unable to attend.

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?’

Imagine someone is so manipulative that you end up questioning whether getting mad at them for eating things you bought with your own money and not paying you back for them or replacing them was wrong.

Man consistently eats roommate snacks but gets angry when confronted: ‘He flipped it on me, saying I was being "weirdly possessive" over some stupid snacks and making the vibe in the apartment super awkward’

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Having roommates must be one of the most challenging experiences one can have. I've had many roommate experiences, and whether the person is your best friend, a random stranger, a coworker, or whatever you can imagine, living together is tough.

21-year-old woman throws away the stuff her roommate brought to the house without asking: ‘She started bringing home straight-up trash, for lack of better words. It felt like the apartment was the thrift store.’

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’

’m sure it’s not easy to break up with a friend, but that difficulty can’t be the excuse to lead a double life and exclude said friend from every group while pretending to get along. Of course, one can take matters into one’s hands and realize one’s being left out, but when you live under the belief that those are your friend

22-year-old woman secretly looks at best friend's phone and finds a group chat without her: ‘I have been friends with these girls for 10, eight, and five years. I know that this group chat of theirs isn't solely being used for events that I can't attend’

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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’

This hits close to home because I had a similar falling-out with a friend last week, and I was in the wrong, so I can understand the feeling of being betrayed when nothing is really happening, but there is still no excuse. What surprised me about this story is that the angry friend hasn’t taken any steps back yet, but well, that might

Woman invites a friend to a concert for her birthday and her other friend is left feeling betrayed: 'She sent me a long message denying any of it, calling my feelings "strange" and "shady," and somehow made herself out to be the victim'

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?’

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Sometimes a person doesn’t know how to express admiration. Complimenting somebody might be the most difficult thing for some people, and they end up bullying you in a naive way that doesn’t cease to be annoying. It starts getting weird when it becomes a habit, and you are forced to discuss a topic time a

Man keeps making strange comments at coworker after he told him he goes to the gym: ‘It’s literally every time he walks by he says some weird remark’

Once upon a time, we all benefited from going to therapy. It was a perfect time when people were actually working on themselves and not trying to learn buzzwords to throw at other people's faces when they were frustrated about something. Therapy has now become a place to absolve oneself of responsibility and lear

25-year-old man offers food to friend, and she declines only to later text him saying she was upset he didn’t insist: ‘She said I should have known she didn't actually mean "no" and that a real friend would've insisted, ordered the food anyway'