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I am the youngest, and there's a bigger gap between me and my next older sibling than between him amd the oldest. I was always (and still am, in my 50s, lol) the "baby." Hell, yes I was the lost child…

Being a parent exposed everything bad about running a small business — Before kids, I founded and ran a small food delivery business for 5 years. It was locally loved, I had a steady stream of orders, and from the outside, it looked like freedom. But then I had my first…

"I want you to make yourself welcome in my life and in my heart" — These were the words that had me crying like a baby. I realized I had never heard or felt it in my life from anyone before, not even my own family and especially not my own mom despite the love I know…

DA healing update: searching my true self, my inner child finally seen — Some of you may know me at this point. I'm (40M) dismissive avoidant, my wife fearful avoidant (41F), together 17 years, married 13 years, 3 children. I've been working on my attachment style for 5 mo…

My sun and rising are in Sagittarius. Why am I so shy and reluctant to express myself? — Based on my limited understanding, having your sun and rising in Sagittarius signifies being outgoing, expressive, and freedom seeking. I couldn’t be further from that. I know other aspects in my char…

My (29F) brother (34M) asked me if he ‘still has a sister’ because I’m not excited enough about his baby. How do I fix this? — My (29F) brother (34M) and his girlfriend (31F) are expecting a baby in May. I’m happy for them because I know they really wanted a kid, but I don’t feel particularly excited about becoming an aunt. W…

My [30F] husband [34M] may be a functioning alcoholic — Buckle in because this is a long post. Tl;dr my husband drinks and I am sick of it. (TW: mention of miscarriage) Throwaway account because I need advice and I am at my wits end. I have been with my h…

Children know when they parents don't love them. Children know when their parents resent and hate them. — It's surprising the amount of parents who not only think that their abuse is justified, but that believe that their children "are too young, so they won't notice" or "they'll forget about it". I heard…

Sunken Cost Fallacy — Married for almost 27 years. Got married at the ripe age of 19. Funny thing, I thought it was a mistake on my wedding night when he got out of bed to jack off because I was so exhausted from the long …

Horrified to find myself talk to my baby the way my mom used to talk to me — I grew up with two parents who hated each other but stayed married. They were also emotionally very distant and verbally & physically abusive to me (they'd beat me up sometimes). I don't ever remember…

What can I do when my (20F) husband (20M) is convinced I cheated on him because I’m pregnant again and refuses to listen to me. — Me (20F) and my husband (20M) both just turned 20. We have a baby boy who just turned 1 in January. We had been dating in high school for 2 years and I found out I was pregnant in May of our senior ye…

How do I (39F) forgive my husband (39M) for making a fake vet appt for our senior dog? — My husband and I have been together for 10 years, married for 4, and have 2 kids with another on the way. We have also been best friends since we were in middle school up until we started dating. A …

I (21M) have survived two decades of severe physical, emotional, and financial abuse from my Indian parents. I'm finally exhausted and need to tell my story. I am not free yet. — # TL;DR: I'm a 20-year-old only child in India who has endured severe physical, verbal, emotional, and financial abuse from my parents since toddlerhood. They have beaten me, medically neglected me, …

Seattle man who killed pregnant asian woman and shot her husband found NOT guilty due to mental illness — [article](https://komonews.com/news/local/seattle-man-cordell-goosby-found-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity-in-2023-killing-of-pregnant-woman-eina-kwon-belltown-shooting-case) [article 2](https://www…

After 10 years of doing the most, I (30F) told my husband (34F) that we needed counseling or separation. Help me process? — I met my husband when I was a 20 year old college student and even though he is 4 years older than me, I became a pseudo-mother upon meeting him. For the last 10 years, I have been the sole breadwin…

After 9 years together she cheated, moved on fast, and dropped the bomb during 'final goodbye' – advice needed to survive this — Hello Reddit, new user here using a throwaway account. I've heard this community gives solid advice, so I'm finally posting. My ex-girlfriend and I were together for 9 years. We broke up in May 2025 …

My boyfriend (M21) broke up with me (F21) because I won't have a baby — My boyfriend (21M) and me (21F) had been dating for a little less than a year. I had left the US recently because of some trouble with school (I'm an international student) and was back in my home cou…

I (24F) am pregnant by my (27M) boyfriend after a toxic relationship full of love bombing, lies, and sexual assault. I feel like i have no way out. What should I do? — Hi Reddit, I don’t even know where to start, but I’m at my breaking point and I really hope you can help me. I’m 24, my boyfriend is 27. We’ve been together for two years and have been living togethe…

Pediatric Hospice RN using Meditation to communicate with my terminally ill newborn patient for insight how to serve him and his family during his few days of life — I took a workshop with Bob Monroe in the 1970s. He and my mother argued about the best methods for OBE as we were active members of Eckankar and Surat Shabd Yoga prior focusing on the audible sound c…

Relationship with a narcissist — Soooo… crazy story you might wanna get some popcorn! I met my ex boyfriend around 5 years ago. We met on Tinder! We went on several dates and really started liking each other but something about his …

I (m31) had my first real argument with my husband (m32) about children over the weekend and I dont know where it leaves us? — Over the weekend husband brought up the idea of us having children. Over the 10 years we have been together (4 married) I had thought that this was a settled question. We had agreed that while both …

Even after all these years this still hurts — I’m 28 now full grown man in great shape going to get married soon to the love of my life. I did eight years in the Marine Corps. deployed three times. Combat zones. Jungles. Desserts. Icy mountains.…

How do you tell the difference among manifesting/shifting and dreaming — I did the same Dauchsy meditation I did in my last post and in my DCR (desired CR), I want my dog to be alive again. I went to bed listening to the meditation and hoping I’d be with my baby boy again.…

Ditching productivity apps for a cheap paper notebook is the best habit I've built this year. — I run a 3 person tech micro-startup. My entire day is spent staring at screens, context-switching between a hundred different digital tools, and trying to keep our project from crashing. For a long ti…

First pregnancy and too religious grandmother — Hi everyone, I could really use some advice I’m (F22) currently 8 months pregnant, and there’s been ongoing tension with my husband’s (M25) grandmother (F85). She is very religious and tends to stron…

Could he be actually cheating? — 27y/o (F) 35y/o (M) married for 7 years, 2 kids (preschool and 7m baby) tested positive during prenatal screening for syphilis both unsure where from? Got treated during pregnancy, I’ve lost basically…

Am I (20F) controlling for wanting my husband (21M) to cut out his only friend in town? — For some context, my husband and I got unexpectantly pregnant very young, and had our baby at 18. By the time our son was born, all of our friends had moved away for college or other ventures. The onl…

27 M my first gf left me for another man. — I don’t have my first relationship until I was 24. I met her (let’s call her Ashley) while working fast food after I stopped going to college due to Covid & tuition. She was a typical alternative type…

Found out my cheating ex is having a baby with his AP 5 years later. — My ex cheated on me 5 years ago and left me to be with his AP. I cut all contact and blocked him on everything. It took a year for me to fully heal. I met the most wonderful partner and we have been t…

My (25f) neighbor (29f) believes she is miraculously pregnant — Her age might be incorrect, but it’s around that. Tragically, her fiancé was killed in a car accident about 9 weeks ago. She wasn’t in the accident but she was very newly pregnant at the time, so new …

My mother was a teacher. She understood children. She used that against me. — Before my sister was even born, my mother sat me down and did something I didn't have a word for until recently. She walked me through every single feeling I was going to have when the baby arrived. …

Being an avoidant is hard to fix — My mother was a meth addict who used prostitution on and off for years and is still an alcoholic to this day. my father bailed before I was born. I watched my mother have hundreds of sexual relation…

Moving forward without a confession — I’m sure this question has been asked many times. But how do you move on without a confession of cheating? I guess this could be considered more of a rant than anything. I’ll try to shorten this the…

Do kids of divorce turn out ok? — My husband cheated on me when I was pregnant with my second baby. I have been staying put since I am prioritizing my baby but his action has taken a heavy toll on our relationship and even more so on …

Is this EIYPO? — I have a 2 year old niece who I absolutely adore. She is my absolute favourite person to exist and i think she deserves the absolute best. Maybe that’s me being biased. But every single person who has…

Turbulent year. Opinions on the worst year of my life? — I got into a relationship at 16. Within the first two years of our relationship I discovered he was cheating by having sexual chats and sending explicit pictures online to other women. I forgave him a…

Smearing campaign begins. Paints cheating as retaliation — tw: narcissism Backstory: STBXH of 15 years admitted that he did in fact had an affair with my best friend for 1 year at year 5 and lied and gaslit me for 10 more years. Also fucked prostitutes when…

Smearing campaign: cheating was now in retaliation — tw: narcissism Backstory: STBXH of 15 years admitted that he did in fact had an affair with my best friend for 1 year at year 5 and lied and gaslit me for 10 more years. Also had sex with prostitute…

Miss feeling alive and having the spark now I am all numb and feeling half dead inside — I lost part of me when I had a long term relationship (13 years) breakup. It’s been years but still feeling like I am half dead inside. It’s easy to say - do the things you did in the past or find new…

I really really really want a baby — I want to grow my family with my partner and I really really want a baby. Please tell me when that will happen ,

I 25 F 7 month pregnant disappeared after i found out that My 34 M boyfriends cheated on me in the early relationship? — ​ i never thought that i would write such thing. sorry English is my 3 language. i met my ex when i was 18 i moved to the Usa on a scholarship. for me it was love at first sight. he was my fir…

Bullied Out of my Family — I've never fit in with my family. My mom had post postpartum depression, so she didn't really love or connect with me as a baby. She struggled a lot and had no support network, so I don't blame her fo…

I feel like he wanted the baby and the idea of a family, but not actually me, and I can’t get past it — I’m posting because I need insight from people who are not emotionally inside this situation. Almost 2 months ago, I had an abortion after getting pregnant by a guy I was involved with casually for 7…

I feel like he wanted the baby and the idea of a family, but not actually me, and I can’t get past it — I’m posting because I need insight from people who are not emotionally inside this situation. Almost 2 months ago, I had an abortion after getting pregnant by a guy I was involved with for 7 months c…

Scary situations- — Me, F -17, in PR.. my dad has snapped and went on an angry tirade, Easter Sunday, we went to a beautiful church and then we headed to Old San Juan, when we got there my dad became incredibly irritated…

I (19F) hate playing games with my bf (21M) — We recently started playing it takes two which i heard tests many relationships and i feel as if mine is being tested too lol… we play a few chapters each day and every time we play it, it ends up wit…

Wife of less then a year wants a divorce. — Hi everyone, I’m 26 and my wife is 27. At the end of December, we welcomed our baby boy. Since then, our relationship has been really strained. We got married last July. We already knew we wanted ki…

Jewelz, you can't push my love for you away...you need it as much as me! — I need you safe, free to be yourself without threats of being your vulnerable self exploited ... people tell me now to let go, maybe if you were anybody else ..Juls baby....you are part of me ...pleas…

How do I walk away from someone who loves me but not in love with me — Some context ; met this girl when I was 17/M , she was 16/F. The moment I saw her I knew I would marry her. Most beautiful women I ever seen. Grated we were young but still. We dated for two years whi…

"Mom wants to visit you with baked goods, do you mind?" — This morning I woke up and first thing I've seen was a message from my grandma. She sent me a fb link, I thought it would be some Happy Easter card, that's what elders do. But it was some sugary sweet…

My first of several DDay’s was the day I gave birth 19 years ago today. Reflection post… — My first DDay (of several) in my 20 year marriage was the day my daughter was born 19 years ago today. I was about 8 months pregnant when I noticed my husband of about a year was acting strange. Wou…

Glad it helped you in some way. I’ve felt like a whiny little wimp for getting PTSD from something that I saw as not a true threat to life. Babies and children absolutely register lack of affection…

It's so upsetting to think about how *one minute* of this is grievously upsetting to a baby...& so many of us had to live this way, for most or even all of the time, for all of our developmental years…

Yes, he did consider me his girlfriend. He was the one who brought up that conversation. I met all of his friends via Facetime. He would always call me when he was out with them. He even called me whe…

I try and focus on everything else. We run a profitable small biz together, take care of that like it’s our baby. Cook and clean together, watch shows together. We laugh and joke and have a good time.…

Text of original post by u/bleepbloooopity: These were the words that had me crying like a baby. I realized I had never heard or felt it in my life from anyone before, not even my own family and espec…

Well most of my LTR's were with women but when I was with a guy it never even occured to me. I think if it breaks you should get plan b, and maybe doctors push pills because they think men will pressu…

I spend a lot of time feeling sorry for myself, especially around heartbreak and how hard my life is because romantic things always feel through. On the weekend just been, a girl from my highschool wa…

Oh my gosh. I got chills. That was my relationship - chemistry is what we called it, withdrawals every time we broke up. I  got pregnant (42), he went overseas. We were no contact for 6 months. I had …

I am 43, I just had a baby. I am young and hot 😝

Fertility is a factor. You are at different stages in your life. You definitely need to have a discussion. I say this as a 43 year old with a surprise baby. I learned that I am the exception. For most…

I was amazed by the number of men who lack understanding of women’s health. I had to explain multiple times to different men that even though I had a ton of frozen eggs, I was 41 and might be too old …

Ranting about how my fearful avoidant traits are always fighting each other 😞 Though I’d say I’m leaning more towards avoidant. But sometimes the thought of “hmm… maybe I’m missing the point” strike…

Imagine if you were divorced but had sole custody of a child since they were a baby. You then raised this child until they were 16, but when they turned 16 and were old enough to decide which parent t…

Super interesting! I’m currently 20w pregnant and paused all gateway practice during pregnancy just to focus on growing baby. I was wondering if that was the right move or not, but amazing to hear abo…

It’s so true. My mom blew about my aunt not telling my mom she looked nice when mom arrived at my aunt’s who was hosting her daughter’s wedding shower. My mom was seething with jealousy. I didn’t have…

My concern with your deadline conversation is that it gives him time to make the easier changes. Buying the ring and proposing, going yeah OK let's have a baby. There's then going to be a backslide wh…

You don't have a choice, your job is to put your baby before your love for him, that is the path you chose when you had a baby. He knows exactly what it feels like to have an alcoholic for a father a…

Why aren’t you using condoms with these men? Not only for STDs, but pregnancy, regardless if you are on birth control. You are 28, stop being so irresponsible. Edit-since this is getting attention, …

Yeah. When my first son was born she dug a stroller out of a dumpster because she saw it sticking out by her home and gifted it to me for my baby. I promise you, this was 2008 and I think said strolle…

I was married to one. They just ramp up the abuse. After marriage, they get worse. Fortunately, I didn't get pregnant and left him. I'm sure he would have gotten worse after a baby. That was my experi…

> I never reach out, that I haven’t shown interest in his girlfriend’s pregnancy, and that I don’t seem excited about the baby. Seems like he’s given you a pretty clear outline for what you need to d…

I am from a family of 8 kids. Super close. Let me tell you, we are all as different as night and day. I know I can never expect from that one what the other seems to offer naturally. my instincts know…

I always feel like people who get mad at others for not acting or a certain way about their life choice or milestones are the ones that actually need affirmation that they’re doing the right thing. Th…

I didn’t belittle parents or parenthood. What are you on about? Hit a nerve? It takes virtually zero effort to make a baby. It takes a lot of effort to raise kids well. I will congratulate the hell …

Tell him you’re under a lot of financial and job pressure right now, and if you sounded distant, it wasn’t about him or the baby. It’s not the whole story, but it’s a clean excuse he’ll accept, and it…

Yes! It absolutely tears me apart to even think of treating my daughter the way I was treated! It completely defies the logic of being a parent! I had a realization a few years ago when I was pregnan…

I feel this so deeply. Having a child (and my family’s lack of interest in them, too) illuminated just how awful my parental figures were to me and my siblings. I can’t imagine not centering, celebrat…

Ugh, I went out with a guy who did the same thing. He said that, after his divorce, he moved in with his sister to help her with her kids. I praised him for all the "good uncle" and "good brother" thi…

To put things into perspective, my friend organised a party for her 1 year old. She invited like 10-15 people (including their babies/ toddlers), they had some cake and ordered pizza, and people broug…

Just keep at it. Some of us older folks just *cannot* let go of the idea that you're still a baby. I recall when my mother died, I was over at my sister's house with two of my three kids, and my sis…

Ive actually been on a spritual journey recently..ive had lucid dreams often being in other planets or in the space since childhood...down in the rabbit hole of spritual learning ive been trying to pr…

Ive actually been on a spritual journey recently..ive had lucid dreams often being in other planets or in the space since childhood...down in the rabbit hole of spritual learning ive been trying to pr…

Right!? I actually think babies all look weird. Mine has hair and smiles a lot…I will give him that…but he still looks like a baby. What he has done to my tits is unforgivable.

Dont do it. Be happy you found out. Chances are you would've been robbed in divorce in the future, or end up taking care of another mans baby. Be grateful about it and move on. She doesn't deserve y…

If he can't feel sex I assure you its because he's death gripped himself masturbating one too many times or has some form of erectile dysfunction and is attempting to put the blame on you rather than …

Wow, what an amazing husband you have there! I take it your husband knows nothing about your hypothyroidism. I'm going to assume he's never asked about or looked it up. He doesnt even care about th…

Very sad and I'm sorry about your baby. Narcissist never see what they did to people

You could lose around 170lbs overnight if you ditch your scumbag manbaby...

When I met my husband, I weighed around 140 lbs and I’m also 5’8”. During some health issues and particularly stressful time periods, I gained all the way up to 200 lbs, and he never once made me feel…

Sorry hun but he is being completely disrespectful. You gained the weight before and after birthing his baby. The man's a clown and doesn't deserve you. I bet he's no way perfect either.

I just want to say how much I feel for you. I also discovered my husband’s infidelity RIGHT before we were about to start IVF to have a child. Like, at least you and I dodged the bullet of another maj…

The fear of motherhood is so real. After my baby was born I couldn’t sleep, I was so anxious about it. I love my baby so much and just can’t understand how someone could do such awful things to their …

I just don’t understand what she expects me to do with my 7 month old baby. And her venue does not have onsite accommodations, closest are a good drive away so it’s not even like I can check on him an…

I think you may have a romanticized idea of your relationship with your sister. The fact that she wants to seat you with your abusive parents that you’re NC with, hasn’t included you in any way, exclu…

Seating you with your no contact, abusive parents would be a dealbreaker for me. That’s an awful thing to do to you. Not to mention her lack of consideration with your baby.

Skip the wedding and enjoy your time with your baby. She made it so difficult for you that she’s actually made it easy to say no to going. To me it sounds like because she’s relying on your parents …

I’m sorry he took her :( poor baby. So evil of him

I have a similar dynamic to you with my brother. I honestly think that due to me shielding him soooo much, he has a skewed view of what happened and leans towards just trying to “keep the peace” even…

I had a very similar situation and did the same thing! Destination wedding with no kids allowed (no babies, no exceptions) even though I was breastfeeding my small baby. The family member (groom) re…

Yikes. Oh man. I'm so, so sorry OP. That is not OK. She is subjecting you to an abusive situation while keeping you away from your literal newborn baby. She is far too old to not realize what she is d…