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myTakes: Family & Friends
Is It Just Me or Do All In-laws Suck?
So my wife’s parents are on their way to stay with us for a month. A MONTH. Did my wife ask me if they could come? NO. Do I mind that they are staying A MONTH? YES. I am not trying to be mean here but my in-laws are...
wvugrant
Xper 5 Age: 41 From An Abused Daughter
Growing up, my dad would hit me quite a bit. At age 8, he bought me one of those wands that had sparkles floating in the water-just to hit me with it & throw it behind the couch for being too hyper. I was slammed up in...
Anonymous
(30-35) The Classic Sibling Duo: Were Our Personalities Really That Different From Each Other Naturally?
My brother has always been the polar opposite of me in everything. I've always been the kind and easy one, and he's always been the terror . The lovely easy me: The really well behaved one who never did anything wrong,...
Anonymous
(25-29) Why I Should Never Have Listened To Crazy People Or My Parents About Being Rebellious
My parents relationship and my feelings about it fit this article to a T: I Wish My Parents Had Gotten Divorced And yet...I'm glad that I lived with my family, because they taught me something very useful about dealing...
Anonymous
(25-29) Why I Don't See Any Point In Having One Parent Stay At Home
I actually like the idea of being a SAHM to an extent...and I still think the idea of SAHDs is adorable. I actually LOVE to see people with their children during the day. In my case though, I don't see much point in one...
Anonymous
(25-29) Frenemies. The ultimate soul vampires.
I have had friends where they stole my boyfriends and backstabbed me behind my back. I have just become the bigger woman, smiled and said "bless your heart" while patting them on the back. Then walked away into the...
Starfishlover
Editor Age: 37 If friends don't respect you, it is time to move on.
I have a bunch of friends who I have been hanging out with over the past 3 years. Lately, I feel that they have not been respecting me. I felt like an outsider for three years because I am the only person who is...
Anonymous
(36-45) I will put myself on the priority, higher than my parents
My mother asked me if my father is heavily sick, or even passed out, will I return from my current university in the United States? I did not answer, and she half-understood my actual mind: No. Right, I will not sacrifice...
Anonymous
(30-35) Losing My Best Friend: A Lesson in all the Pain
Losing my best friend was a terrible thing, and I'm still in the throes of pain. But amidst the struggle and tears, there is a lesson to be found for us all. Whether male or female, we all suffer pain and hurt at some...
The_Eternal_Emperor
Xper 6 Age: 30 A Message To My Friend, Gone But Not Forgotten
My dear friend, I know you won't ever be able to read this, but somehow I think you'll still know and understand from wherever you are. I'm missing you and needed to vent so I thought writing this would help. Words could...
Anonymous
(30-35) Be a huge impact in existence
Whenever somebody great leaves this world you can honestly feel a strange heavy sad feeling. It is because they had such a great spirit that filled this existence with completeness. When part of an impact becomes...
RalphBlack
Explorer Age: 43 Why I don’t want to have kids
Having kids is something that I think people take upon so easy these days. People seem to just be thinking that they will have to have sex, carry a child for nine months and then bring the new life into the world. It...
jjodllwedo
Xper 5 Age: 31 Unschooling and Homeschooling Methods: How I Would Apply Them For My Kids
This is a rewrite of my four other Takes: 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 I wanted to see if I could make my points much more concisely, and I've been researching a bit and wanted to add some stuff anyway (I'm probably going to do...
Anonymous
(25-29) Why I Could NEVER Be A Traditional SAHM
When a woman becomes a traditional SAHM, it's generally already been established that she doesn't need to work, because she'll be doing the majority of the childcare. However, that kind of option would never work for me...
Anonymous
(25-29) The Fastest Way To Find Peace During The Holidays!
So, Christmas is right around the corner. Less than a week, in fact! That means gifts beneath the tree, turkey on the table, and (my favorite), pumkin pie! It also means stress for many families. Why? Well, for starters,...
Mike-Berry
Xper 5 Age: 49 3 Things I Want My Children To Grow Up With.
You may call me a bad parent for saying this but I'm just going to put it out there... I don't care if my kids are good at sports, graduate tops in their class, become a doctor, or even make a lot of money some day!...
Mike-Berry
Xper 5 Age: 49 Sometimes It Doesn't Get Better
Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muddled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow As pessimistic as you would like to make me out to...
Anonymous
(30-35) Losing your best friend
How I Lost My Best Friend I lost a best friend about 4 years ago. She started being a bitch about things. One thing was that I was friends with a girl that she went to school with that I had college classes with. I talked...
Anonymous
(30-35) Nervous! Scared! Happy!
Found out not so long ago I am going to be a DAD!!! We started decorating our baby to be's room. Days passed and we were still into the idea and not worried at all on becoming parents. Now that we went to our recent...
Anonymous
(36-45) The Stigma Of Having No Maternal Instinct
I have never had a strong urge to have children. In fact, I believe I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. What's strange is that my mother always had a very prominent maternal instinct and her only dream in life was to...
Hannah591
Editor Age: 31 