My ex-husband and I don’t have children, and I never really wanted them. My boyfriend has a teenage daughter from his first ...

Re Name Rage: My step-parent actually did this with my youngest sister. I had mentioned a name I loved, one I thought I might ...

He’s not married and has expressed no interest in having children, so this came as a complete shock. My son is an only child, ...

My husband “Chad” and I have a 4-year-old son, “Lane.” Recently for his birthday, my parents gifted him a set of ...

My mother-in-law “Jeanette” has caused a crisis of her own making. She recently “surprised” my 7-year-old daughter “Becky” ...

My wife, “Judy” and I have two boys, ages 7 and 9, and they want me to build them a treehouse in the giant oak tree in our ...

My husband and I had our third child last fall. And for the third time, my mom pressured me to name her after my late sister, ...

Described by advocates for detainees as “ brazen, midday kidnappings ,” jump-out squads use a combination of surprise, terror ...

My wife, “Nancy,” and I are at odds over something that is the result of pure paranoia on her part.

I have a grandson whom my son has been a part-time father to for several years. My son recently got married and bought a home with a young woman who is several years younger than him, and who has a ...

After my mother’s death, I went to my dad and confronted him with what my mother had told me. He said it was true and that ...

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