My girlfriend of 6 years can sometimes be a spendthrift and an idealist. On top of being (sort of a) breadwinner for her dysfunctional family, she is easily swayed into making unnecessary purchases like dining out, online shopping, shoes, jewelry, etc. Meanwhile, I'm a tightwad and a realist. I like to track all my expenses, set budgets, research investments, etc. All my expenditures are calculated and thought out. I do this out of financial necessity and security. She and I earn approximately the same salary. Yet, on many occasions, she has asked to borrow money from me, so I let her. She ha ..read more

I live with my girlfriend and on a weekend we will clean the full apartment. We both have specific chores that we complete. I tend to finish first and have asked my girlfriend if she wants any help with hers but she always refused since she likes to do things her way. She was the same when living at home, if her mum did the chores my girlfriend does, she would redo them her way. I clean the bedroom, office and kitchen and I vacuum the apartment. My girlfriend cleans the bathroom and living room and dusts the apartment. I finished my chores this weekend and then put tv on and started playing a ..read more

Long post, TL;DR at the end. My husband (39M) and I (34F) have been together for over 13 years (married for almost 9). We have two children together but under the age of 4. We have had many significant issues through the entirety of our relationship, which we have discussed at length in the past and my concerns were always pacified with minimal effort for a brief time. Most of the current, main issues began about 4 years ago when I was pregnant with our son. Despite going through fertility treatments to conceive, he was fairly absent during the pregnancy and even worse once our son was born ..read more

EDIT: I’ve posted a comment about my feelings after reading the comments and me talking to him. It has our plans for what we do next. I want to just reiterate that before we both came clean about our cheating ( I found his apps, I confessed to him what I did) we both had a very physical relationship with each other. We still love each other. It’s a lot to process. Also people think it’s so easy to confront someone you love with what you’ve seen, it’s horrible for both sides. He knows he’s bisexual. I’ve known he’s bisexual. The problem is the porn preference and choosing that over real intima ..read more

Tldr: my girlfriend keeps hitting me in the face and I don't know what to do. I love this woman but I don't know if I can stay in this relationship anymore. I've never hit her, before or after being slapped by her. She has promised that she wouldn't do it again in the past but it continues to happen. She doesn't just lightly slap me either, she puts everything into it. I've even called the cops on her in the past because I wanted her to to know she couldn't keep doing this but that hasn't stopped her either. The last time it happened she did it in front of my best friends...twice. Honestly, I ..read more

My (31m) wife (28(f), originally from Chicago, and I have been married for five years and it has been great. We have had one issue throughout, where to live. While dating I told her that my career and family were in Fort Lauderdale. At the time, I was visiting family in Chicago and frequently traveled there for work. We met, one thing led to another and before we knew it we were married. For the past five years she has been actively throwing tantrums about living in Fort Lauderdale and constantly makes me feel like I am wronging her by not giving into her desire by moving to Chicago so that s ..read more

I do not know my neighbor (50f) very well. We exchange brief pleasantries when we bump into each other (which is not often). I once helped her catch her dog when he escaped their backyard and ran around our neighborhood. That's about the extent of our relationship. The other day I bumped into her and she said she's feeling really down because her husband passed away a couple months ago. I guess he had been ill for a while with cancer and his death was not a surprise. It was a bit of an awkward exchange because we don't know each other well and I am... awkward (though well meaning). Anyway, th ..read more

My wife and I have been together for 4 years. She didn't call me dumb for the first time until 7 months into our relationship. We talked about things and were able to get through it. Things didn't get really bad, like on a daily basis bad until a good ways into our marriage. We got married in 2021 and she started calling me retarded, autistic, idiot, on a regular basis, turning into a daily thing multiple times per day... It started getting really bad in mid 2022, and let me just say I have never one time called my wife dumb or stupid or anything of that nature. It's not right and I stand by ..read more

Edit because everyone is saying this and I need to clear it: I AM SEXUALLY ATTRACTED TO HIM. I am just busy. I’m a full time college student and full time working in healthcare. I am a busy person. Backstory: my (22F) boyfriend (33M) have been together for about a year. For anonymity’s sake I’ll be a bit vague. Basically, I have a fairly low libido, while his is high. This has often been a point of contention in our relationship as he is very sexual whereas I’m often not, and sometimes just simply don’t wanna be touched. We were talking about this the other day after he started talking sex an ..read more

I (35f) need some advice on a tricky situation with my ex-husband (30m). We've been married for 5 years and were best friends until things went sour a while back. I made a huge mistake and cheated on him, which led us to separate for a bit. We tried patching things up and living together again, but it didn't last. He started seeing someone else from work, and it seems like they're serious. Now, we're still living together due to some legal stuff that's tying us down. He's mostly with his new girlfriend, but he still pops by our place now and then. Initially, I was devastated by the turn of ev ..read more