Life Stories - Page 7

my parents spent my whole life praising my sister as the golden child, while making me feel like I didn’t belong — years later, they came to me for help, and I finally told them why I couldn’t.
I’m eighteen this year, and for the first time, I’m on my own. I’m telling this story because I need to. Counseling helped, but there’s a unique relief...

my self-centered sister tried to flirt with my fiancé before our wedding to split us up, but got caught on camera and our parents cut ties with her.
My older sister, Dove, could never stand my existence. To her, I was leading a life I didn’t deserve. At twenty-nine, she was divorced, jobless, and living back...

“do you know who I am?” — my arrogant boss found out the hard way when an $800k project collapsed after he let go of the one person who could save it.
This story isn’t mine, but I was with the man it happened to when the situation exploded. He isn’t on Reddit, so with his permission, I’m sharing it....

my wife got bored with me and calls her ex to come and eff her, so this is how i exposed her by installing recorders
I have been a silent reader on these forums for half a year, but I can no longer just watch from the sidelines. I need an opinion on...

“My parents canceled my 14th birthday… just so my little brother wouldn’t throw a tantrum.”
I’m twenty now, but the events that defined my childhood crystallized when I was fourteen. My brother, six years my junior, was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at four....

after winning $9 million, my wife asked for a separation and made me move out — forgetting the prenup her parents had me sign before we got married.
I come from a humble family. My wife, on the other hand, came from a world I had only ever seen in movies. Her parents, Phil and Myra,...

my wife left me for weeks and confessed to being unfaithful for four years “because she was bored,” and now she wants to come back.
My wife and I have been married for 17 years, together since high school. We have three daughters. Three days ago, my wife came home from work, frantic...

they set me up and got me fired… and that’s how they ended up facing divorce, prison time, and even deportations.
I used to work at an upscale restaurant in Chicago. For three and a half years, I made myself indispensable. Starting as a server, I learned every department...

my dad and stepmom planned to have me move out so my expecting stepsister could take over my house — I stood my ground, and they still tried to force it.
My self-centered and usually absent father has recently discovered how much I earn. Shockingly, he has decided the solution to his problems is to kick me out of...

my wife left while I was taking care of my ill father, but after he left me a fortune in his will, she returned wanting to reconcile.
My father was dying. For years, his kidneys had been failing, but now, at the end, he needed dialysis twice a week. He was weak, lonely since my...