Recent content by almosthitbottom

LonelySutton, with all due respect to you & your views, I find it annoying and shocking that her family (and, it appears, you as well) think that I should sacrifice myself for the benefit of her family. I have been doing nothing but help this family for the last 5 years and each year, the...

Nicolett, the problem is not that she takes care of 1 family member, but ALL of them, and they have consumed my life as well as hers, in that I am expected to help in every way but finances. I should have clarified, this situation has been going on for years with no apparent end in sight. My...

Please do not make the same mistake I made. I felt much the same as you did for many years, especially after going 10 years with no dates in my life. I don't know if I 'settled' so much as my wife decided her birth family is more important than her married one. Everything she (and, to some...

What an adorable animal. And what a nasty mother. Sometimes, I am faced with a similar situation; my wife often complains about my stepdaughter's cat (she climbs on furniture & makes my wife sneeze), but I respond with 'that cat makes better company than a lot of humans I know'. Namely, her father.

Hi all....this is my first ever post to this forum, and there is a lot of background here so please forgive me if this post does get long-winded. I am in my 40s and have had terrible experiences with relationships, much like many of you. Like others on this board, I was bullied throughout most...