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1 day agoDear Abby: It's my dream to visit Disneyland, and I don't want my son with us
You shouldn't have to convince your husband to follow through on your dream vacation. He should have consulted you before inviting your son and telling him he will be included in everything. You wrote that you scrimped and saved for years to afford this vacation. How does he intend to pay for all those extra expenses for a third person?
Relationships
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks agoWe Moved in to Help My Brother With His Kids. But the Aftermath Is Proving to Be Much More Difficult.
Children can prefer living with extended-family caregivers after prolonged caregiving stays when a parent has mental-health crises, creating difficult reunification and custody questions.
Relationships
fromBusiness Insider
1 month agoMy girlfriend expects me to pay for her daughters' school and food. I'm not ready to be a stepdad yet - how do I set boundaries?
A 29-year-old moved in with his 35-year-old girlfriend and faces expectations to act as a financially supportive stepfather despite not feeling ready.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month agoMy Husband Had an Ulterior Motive Behind Marrying Me-And I'm Just Now Finding Out About It
Ben wants to have a child with me, but after dealing with his kids when he has custody of them-it's a 50/50 split-I have realized that I do not want to do this. The girls are undisciplined tornadoes, and he delegates most of their care to me. They are only with us half the time, and I am wiped out! I cannot imagine dealing with a baby while trying to care for Wilma and Cathy if Ben is going to be such an absentee father.
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months agoI Overheard My Mom's Friends Gossiping About My Dad. I'm Floored.
I stay with my mom during the week and split weekends between her and my dad. From all appearances, my parents get along well. Sometimes my mom will even join all of us for dinner, and she's occasionally watched my siblings for my dad and Inez. I'm super close with my mom. I get along great with Inez, and respect her as my stepmother, but I don't really share personal information with her.
Parenting
fromTODAY.com
3 months agoDakota Johnson and Mom Melanie Griffith Have Rare Red Carpet Outing Together
"It was always like, 'Whatever you're into and when you want to have sex, you just let me know and we'll get birth control,'" she said. "It was really healthy, and it made me feel like I was allowed to discover my sexuality on my own, which I think is such a gift," Johnson added.
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fromBusiness Insider
4 months agoWhen my boyfriend and I blended our families and traditions, we realized we needed to form new traditions, too
We both knew there was something special between us. We spoke the language of grief, of solo parents, of young widows who'd lost their forever person to cancer.
Relationships
Parenting
fromNew York Post
7 months agoChristopher Knight 'took offense' to how 'The Brady Bunch' treated step-siblings: They 'really failed us'
Christopher Knight reflects on how "The Brady Bunch" omitted the distinction between step-siblings and biological siblings, impacting their portrayal of family.
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