family issues

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much2say @much2say (57760) • Los Angeles, California 18 Dec 23

This will be a long one for anyone who is wiling to read! Thank you in advance! My dad was estranged from his many siblings. Things would never be resolved, so when my dad passed away last year, my mom decided she would...

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I don't want to go home

Curlann @annierose (21977) • United States 4 Jan 17

It will be almost time to leave the office and soon, I will be home. I will remember all problems and it might make me cry again. My heart has been heavy since Christmas because of family problems. I have been thinking of moving...

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Getting blood out of a turnip is easier than....

AbbyGreenhill @AbbyGreenhill (45490) • United States 1 Oct 16

....getting money that is owed to you from a relative. Seriously. My MIL died almost a year ago and while she didn't leave much to my husband she did leave him her final monthly pension check from the State of New Jersey. We...

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my cousin

ava costa @QueenAva (765) • Nicosia, Cyprus 5 Sep 16

so i have a cousin, who married someone for his money, yes his a milioner, so she married him, she used to be a nice girl and i loved her so much, now i dont even wana know if shes alive, why, because all this money and diamond...

family issues

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Something Terrible Happened

minisam @miniam (9151) • Bern, Switzerland 26 Aug 16

My brother who l more or less have no contact with has alcohol problems,for years he`S never held down a job,even sell his clothes to buy alcohol. Even the social system could not help him because he kept breaking their little...

family issues

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How do you feel about cross cultural marriage ?

wildlittlefan @wildlittlefan (4680) • Hong Kong 15 Jul 16

I think it is up to the individual to make such a choice. There are many things for people have different cultural background need to overcome. Such as : raise up in a different culture with different mentality, language barrier,...

cross cultural marriage

marriage and family

marriage problems

family issues

cross culture communication

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Fixing Broken Hearts

Curlann @annierose (21977) • United States 7 May 16

Having a complete family composing of faithful and loving wife or husband and obedient children is a gift from God. It adds to the happiness of a person because he knows he will always have someone to turn to called...

broken family

healing the hurts

family issues

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More Car Troubles

patgalca @patgalca (18481) • Orangeville, Ontario 29 Dec 15

I am so fed up with the money situation and the yelling going back and forth. Even if it is by text it is still yelling. My daughter has been complaining since last winter that the tires on the car are bald and we need snow...

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Family matters

KRASH @Pabbey (7) • United States 15 Sep 15

In talking with friends and remembering what my grandmother use to tell me. No one is perfect and there are always issues in every family. I didn't believe her for years. Until....my family unit went berserk. Does anybody out...

family issues

perfect family

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Separation or Divorce?

Azalea maeve Smith @azalea_maeve (3) • Toronto, Ontario 18 Oct 14

We've been married for 17 years, and we have three kids. Our problem started when he began working abroad. His first contract was 3 years and that was the hardest part of my life. Since I marry him, I never remembered even once...

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My uncle passed away yesterday

scorpiobabes @scorpiobabes (7225) • United States 9 Dec 12

I received a Facebook message from my cousin Tony's wife Stephanie to let my sister and me know that our uncle passed away yesterday morning, several days after he was removed from life support. I'm upset, but more so at my...

family issues

uncle died

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my most depressing day

raynejasper @raynejasper (2322) • Philippines 11 Nov 12

Our family life is in a whirlwind. Tight now, my hubby is having a live-in partner and he just come home once in a while to visit. I had been trying to talk to him about our family status and he always decline to speak. One time,...

family issues

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Talk of the town

Paper_Doll @Paper_Doll (2373) • Philippines 29 Oct 12

I learned that my cousin who is 23 years old was being abused by her husband. She got married at 19 and now, she is no longer living with her husband and can't even have a peaceful life as the guy continues to trace her. On the...

family issues

gossip

talk of the town

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Turn the television on but not watching

Paper_Doll @Paper_Doll (2373) • Philippines 6 Jul 12

I have noticed that my in-laws especially my sister-in-law would turn all the lights, the TV, the fan and the radio on before going to the bathroom to take a bath. She would spent an hour inside and I could always hear her singing...

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Marrying someone whom your parents hasn't met before

Paper_Doll @Paper_Doll (2373) • Philippines 13 Jun 12

A friend of mine told me that our friend K is getting married. At first, I thought that it was some kind of joke since as far as we know, K doesn't have a boyfriend. But this afternoon, learned that everything is for real. I...

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Your household come first...

walking2010 @walking2010 (1009) • United States 11 Aug 11

when ever there is a issue at home you fix whats going on at home first before you decide to move on to the next, you make sure that you have done any and everything in your power to make you family work, you don't just bail out...

family issues

kids

problems

What kind of things are hard for you to talk about?

Amber @AmbiePam (120532) • United States 18 Aug 10

When I ask what things are hard for you to talk about, you can take that several ways. You could mean in general, to family or friends. Or maybe at work, about things that need to be said, but you don't feel like it's your place...

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I'm stressing out and don't know what to do

jewelenterprises @jewelenterprises (1996) • Australia 3 Jul 10

I've been invited to a birthday party next Saturday night. My ex husband is turning 50, my son is turning 18 and my daughter turned 21 a couple of weeks ago. The children live with my ex. The problem is, this will be the first...

family issues

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Would you take care of old relatives and let them stay with you?

candyfairy21 @candyfairy21 (2039) • Philippines 17 Mar 10

We are an extended family, so that means we have our relatives live with us, not all of them though but some of them. 4 years ago we had been surprised by our grandma's mom knocking on our gate, she was with another woman who...

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Who is the most attractive in your family?

p3ks626 @p3ks626 (6538) • Philippines 4 Mar 10

I came to think about this topic cause I remembered one incident that a visitor came to our house and my mom started to boast about us her kids and also about her grandsons. My mom considers my nephews the most attractive in the...

family awareness

family issues

physical attractiveness

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