At our wedding, we didn't get any photos with my husband's side of the family. His side includes his sister and kids. The order for pics was to have them go first since the kids are young. Well, while I was greeting a guest, my family started to get into a group ready for the photos. Someone started yelling, "hey so and so has to leave, let's get the family pics with him!". I was not there to say hey no we need to take my husband's family's pics first. So it just happened. Unfortunately, my sister in law was also in a bad mood that day - dealing with 4 kids and her date kind of ditched her last minute. So.. she was fed up and left before we got pictures with them. To this day, idk who is to blame. My family or my sis in law for leaving early.
I'm devastated we didn't get pics with my husband's side. It's been 3 years now and its still a sensitive issue. So now, my cousin is getting married and my husband doesnt want to go knowing that we'll be taking pics. He said to me it hurts him to be taking pics with them when on our wedding day we didn't get his family's pics. He was really down and frustrated the other day as we were talking about this upcoming wedding and basically said that weddings depress him now because he's reminded of what happened on our wedding day.
There's other issues in the past with my family being rude to him and I called them out on it. So he's definitely not wanting to go.
Part of me feels like I should just go alone and he stay home since he gets so stressed out with anything regarding my family. I'm just wanting a second opinion on this. Is it fair that he not go because of an incident that happened at our wedding because of my family or should he just suck it up?
I'm honestly ok with him staying home. Even though going alone will suck, for my husband's sanity, I'll do it.

I (F28) am part of a group of girls who meets to play board games and sometimes Switch games on the weekend. One of the girls (F26), who we’ll call Sarah, has been my friend for 5 years. The past 3 years in particular we've become inseparable, and I've considered her to be my best friend. She's very religious, I believe in god but have had some issues with organized religion, and we've discussed our views on this respectfully at length over the years. (This will come in later, and I have absolutely nothing against people who are really into organized religion I just had to take a break for personal reasons.)
She had been dating our mutual friend (who we met around the same time) for about a year, before breaking up with her a month ago pretty suddenly. Her ex (F25), who we’ll call Hana, is in the group of girls who comes over on the weekend. The whole group was surprised by the breakup, as prior to this they had been pretty seriously planning a future wedding and they seemed to have very few issues. Sara told her that she needed to work on herself, and maybe they could get back together in the future but that she wouldn't blame her for moving on.
When I talked to her about it, she said she hasn't been as involved in her church as she would like to be in this relationship and she wanted people in her life who put more pressure on her to go to church. So I tried my best to be more supportive of her, and when she'd ask my opinion on things in life I’d redirect her to her churches stance. She started going to church every Sunday, and I even went with her once to show my support. (But let her know that I was only comfortable with the one time.)
After that, she became obsessed with figuring out her sexuality. (Which I totally get, but the whole process was very strange.) She'd talk to me a lot about the boys at church. She seemed very focused on finding a boy who was hot enough to convince herself that she was sexually attracted to them, or rich enough that she could take it easy but didn't want to sleep with them or let them sleep with anyone else. All the while texting Hana her “self progress” everyday, and getting upset if she perceived Hana’s behaviors as moving on too quickly.
I told her list of requirements in a partner seemed unrealistic. (He had to be solid 9 or 10 physically, wealthy, didn't care if they ever had sex for the rest of their life, and let her do whatever she wanted on their dime.) And most importantly, to me, she wasn't treating Hana fairly. She told Hana that she wasn't going to date at all, and was purely figuring her life out. Meanwhile she had been telling everyone else in the friend group that she didn't want her back, but was just scared no one else would take her.
The comment was made gently, but directly, and I could tell it upset her but she changed the subject immediately.
A few days later, we introduced a new girl to girls night. She was a gem, but had happened to sit next to Hana by chance. The two didn't know each other, and maybe spoke a total of three times one on one. When the event ended, Hana gave her a quick hug and welcomed her to the group before asking Sara if she could walk her to her car. Sara declined passively, and everyone left.
I thought everything went well, but then Sara then called me. She ranted that they were disrespecting her by flirting right in front of her, which was super surprising to me. They hadn't flirted at all in my opinion. When I tried to calm her down, she accused me of trying to set them up. I said I wasn't doing anything of the sort, and she seemed to calm down.
After that she was very distance, and only invited me to spend time with her church friends as opposed to our usual one on one hangouts. I originally didn't think anything of it, but when I was there Sara began to openly discuss LGBT stuff with her church group in reference to both herself and me. This is a church known for opposing LGBT. I panicked (I didn’t know these people), and remarked that obviously we weren't trying to attack their beliefs. They all gave me a harsh look, most of all Sara, and stated that every girl in the group was LGBT. Sara then explained that she had invited me for that reason. I was beyond uncomfortable due to the lack of heads up, and they were all very cold to me after that.
The next day her Ex, Hana, called and told me that she wanted the new girl uninvited from the group. I was surprised, and asked if Sara had asked her to call me about this. She immediately began to dodge the question, and I told her that I couldn't handle Sara’s break up drama anymore. Hana asked what I meant by that, and I asked if Sara had mentioned why she wanted the new girl removed. This caught her off guard, and she realized that she hadn't been given any reasons. I asked if she'd give the new girl another chance, as she hadn't done anything wrong, and she reluctantly agreed.
After that Sara became more cold than ever, and texted me that I wasn't being a good friend. I asked how, and she didn't respond.
I tried meeting her one on one to see how things were going, and she was very distance. She seemed to be leaving her church, and was almost treating me like I was bigoted for asking about it. When a week ago it was her biggest priority. I dropped it, and tried to ask if she was okay overall, and she shrugged it off.
A few days later, she sent me a text that said that I no longer fit into her life, and not to come by her house. She then blocked me everywhere without any reasons. I tried my best to support her in finding herself, but feel like I was punished for being supportive of what she said she wanted last week just to have her decide the opposite by the next time I saw her.
I don't understand what went wrong, and I'm devastated.

So weird and I’m not sure why although I can speculate. So I came here for a destination wedding and planned to stay for an extra week after to coincide with my bestie and mutual friend being here too. My bestie’s family lives here while our mutual friend has her mother here at the same time.
The wedding weekend was wonderful and we had an amazing time. Prior to the holiday, my bsf was gushing about how much time we are gonna spend together, all the things we are gonna do etc. for the past two days (almost running on the third) I have not seen her at all.
She will message to say let’s make plans to meet but when I follow up, she doesn’t come through. She will take hours upon hours to respond and in that time I am literally waiting to see if she is coming or not (I still do my own things anyway). So I’m just left hanging for ages and then she will say a last minute thing like ‘oh I’m going dinner with my family now, join us’ knowing that I’m not ready and had no clue what the plan was. Almost as if to invite me on a plan where she knows my hands are tied when it comes to preparing for it because it’s so last minute. And I’m not a spontaneous person. It takes me ages to get ready. Now I’ve asked a bunch of times what the plan is for the next day and she comes with an unrelated response without answering my question. I’ve been asking for the past few days that I want to go to the beach and this is the only day to go since there is an event happening that we all spoke about going to. Yet, no response. Nothing.
My mutual friend is with her mother so I get that but even she was enthusiastic about the beach the other day but now is not responding to me either.
So I guess I’ll spend another day alone but it really wasn’t what I expected. Had my friend simply told me she had to spend time with family and wouldn’t have time to meet up then I would understand and not have extended my trip for this long. I just feel incredibly sad and lonely and will probably cry some more tonight.
TL:dr I think my friends are avoiding me and not wanting to spend time with me while we are all here on this holiday even though they said we would spend the whole time together. Feeling like a burden and incredibly lonely. How should I communicate with them about this?

My husband and I have always gone to a local quiz with our best friend and her boyfriend. We've done it for years! It's something we always look forward to and something we absolutely love, especially as we're a strong team and we usually win! - big-headed I know, but it's true hahaa! 3 months ago we had our first baby and our friend went to a different quiz with her parents. We started going back to the quiz 5 weeks ago and each time, she's brought her parents along. Her boyfriend left her 4 weeks ago and so he stopped coming and her parents continued. We didn't mind as obviously, she might have felt strange coming as a singleton and needed the support from her parents. However, she hangs around with us without them and on her own with us a lot, even before her boyfriend left her. I breastfeed my baby and I always feel quite uncomfortable doing this in front of her parents as I use a nipple shield and I have to place this before feeding. We're new parents and it's a little stressful being in front of them as they sometimes pass comments about what we're doing e.g. 'you're breastfeeding her again?' or 'do you not think you should do x, y, z?' They're nice enough but it is hard. They also don't always listen to our answers, though they're usually correct. My husband and I feel like spare parts sometimes. They went away for the last 2 weeks and just our friend came. It was so lovely having time with her and it felt like 'the old days', friends hanging out. She was even talking to us about a new guy she's seeing but her parents aren't happy about that and she discourages us from talking about him in front of them. It's also our only night we go out as new parents and, selfishly, we'd love to just be able to let loose a little with each other and our friend. But also, we just miss being out with our friend at the quiz like we've gone to for years. She's asked us what the plan is for the next time we go and we said we've booked to go for tea for us 3, and the baby, then to the quiz. She said 'oh great, my parents want to come too'. Are we arseholes if we're honest about how we feel? I'd hate to upset her or make her feel like she's by herself now she's single. It's a difficult situation, but we love her and want it back to how it was.

Because ours is a disaster! On most days, she still takes a nap which is likely part of the problem (legally they need to offer the nap at daycare, and we offer it at home on weekends. Most days, she naps). Her bedtime has just gotten longer and longer over the past few months, and it's a nightly battle/struggle. Is this just how it's going to be until she stops napping or is there anything I should do differently? I feel like I'm still treating her like a "baby" but she's 3.5, but I haven't caught on about what to change. Here's how it typically goes...
Note: she's still in a crib. Maybe this is part of the problem? We have a lot of vacations/travel coming up in the summer months and we're hoping to stick it out in the crib until the Fall due to our vacation sleeping arrangements. With all of our travel/hotel stays, now is not the time for a sleep transition. She has no idea a "big kid bed" is even an option. But this gives her less freedom in her room.
The "routine"

• Go upstairs for bedtime around 8:15pm
  
• Start bedtime routine (stories from books, pajamas, brush teeth, 3 made-up stories in her crib, songs, hugs and kisses).
  
• Attempt lights out between 8:45-9 and try to leave the room
  
• Endless protests and crying; we going back and forth in and out of the room until 9:30/9:45 when she tires herself out. We've dealt with this for the past 2 weeks and it's hard! We have chores to do and a house to clean, and starting at at 10pm is abysmal. A few weeks ago, we'd be able to leave at 9pm and she'd sing/talk to herself until she got tired and fell asleep. I'm definitely missing something here, but what?
  

Another note: We're not good "multi-tasking" parents unless she watches TV. We only do 30 mins a day, so that's not much time to get anything done. She has a younger sister, so we're usually playing with them/keeping them from killing each other in the evening, or heading to a playground...we suck at multi-tasking with chores while they're around.

It is currently 5 weeks to our wedding and last week we had a bridal shower at my family's farm, wich is 10hrs away In another state. My fiancé's parents came and was able to meet some of my family and friends for the first time. They had already met my Father and Mother who are divorced, as well as aunts and uncles at previous events plus a few close friends.
My fiancé's family is pretty well off, nothing crazy close to a million a year income. My own family makes less but in the upper middle class. My fiancé's family are from the city and mine are rural American farmers.
This time it was a lot more people. Nothing happened at the shower everyone was nice, polite, and had a good time, but after we returned home and a few days later she began to tell my fiance that certain people were going to be uninvited. One of my groomsmens wife who swore a little to much around her own kids and my fathers girlfriend who she says was dressed like a whore.
Future Mil has proceeded to compare them and the people I associated with to a cesspool. I am furious about this whole situation, I have always known that future mil looked down on most people for being poorer than them, though to outright call my family a cesspool is crazy insulting.
Future mil has always treated me well, I realized from the start though that she would probably have issues with my family to some extent. This extreme reaction has just caught me by suprise.
My fiance has had my back and my family's since this has happened. I can't stress enough how amazing she is.
I have not talked with her personally and will not be able to at this time without saying something that is impossible to take back.

So I'm from London and have lived here my whole life, when I was younger in the summer we'd go to Cyprus because that's where my dad's from.
He invited me to come down for 2 weeks, a couple years ago I went with friends and it was fun. But when I go on my own I always wanna come back after a few days and I just don't feel right. It's hard to explain but it's this weird mix of loneliness and homesickness, despite nothing bad happening there. I'm able to eat good food everyday, but I just don't feel right. I can't speak the language so usually when I'm around my dad which is most of the time given he is who I'm visiting, I don't understand what's going on so can't really conversate unless English is spoken, which isn't so often.
Is there any ways to shrug off this feeling, I'm 23 but when I'm with my dad I feel like a kid, not in a good way. When I am on my own I feel like myself, so I'm thinking maybe I'll just do my own thing somedays to feel slightly better, play some music and walk around. I've always had issues meeting like minded people, who share my interests in the last 5 years. But when I travelled to Copenhagen by myself I felt more than fine, I really enjoyed it. I just don't get it.
It's only 2 weeks so I don't know why I'm stressing so much, but I guess that's what happens when you have an anxiety disorder. Can anyone empathise a bit, and do they know how to deal with it. I always make rash decisions like this, and end up regretting them immediately after, trying to find cancellations and such.

So weird and I’m not sure why although I can speculate. So I came here for a destination wedding and planned to stay for an extra week after to coincide with my bestie and mutual friend being here too. My bestie’s family lives here while our mutual friend has her mother here at the same time.
The wedding weekend was wonderful and we had an amazing time. Prior to the holiday, my bsf was gushing about how much time we are gonna spend together, all the things we are gonna do etc. for the past two days (almost running on the third) I have not seen her at all.
She will message to say let’s make plans to meet but when I follow up, she doesn’t come through. She will take hours upon hours to respond and in that time I am literally waiting to see if she is coming or not (I still do my own things anyway). So I’m just left hanging for ages and then she will say a last minute thing like ‘oh I’m going dinner with my family now, join us’ knowing that I’m not ready and had no clue what the plan was. Almost as if to invite me on a plan where she knows my hands are tied when it comes to preparing for it because it’s so last minute. And I’m not a spontaneous person. It takes me ages to get ready. Now I’ve asked a bunch of times what the plan is for the next day and she comes with an unrelated response without answering my question. I’ve been asking for the past few days that I want to go to the beach and this is the only day to go since there is an event happening that we all spoke about going to. Yet, no response. Nothing.
My mutual friend is with her mother so I get that but even she was enthusiastic about the beach the other day but now is not responding to me either.
So I guess I’ll spend another day alone but it really wasn’t what I expected. Had my friend simply told me she had to spend time with family and wouldn’t have time to meet up then I would understand and not have extended my trip for this long. I just feel incredibly sad and lonely and will probably cry some more tonight. Am I overthinking this?

Hey all getting married May 2025. I get EXTREME cramps to the point I pass out. Tracking it and it seems like it might start the day of my wedding. Any tips on how to prepare? Hoping it comes early or late.

My wife and I have been wracking our brains trying to figure out what series this episode came from.
We know the series is fictional, and the antagonist of the episode is an adult male posing as a teenager in arcades who kidnaps victims that beat his high score on a specific game. He forces them to stand for days at a time based on his own psychological trauma that he endured in we think was either a group home or foster care situation.
Google has been less than helpful and we clearly watch too many crime shows that they're now all blending together, so if anyone knows what series this is we'd be super grateful because not remembering is driving us nuts!

Death anniversary was 5/8, then Mothers Day, wedding anniversary 5/27, my birthday the week after.
This morning her friend sent me pics and a video from her bachelorette party six years ago that I’d never seen.
Just moved next door to my parents, so that’s kept me busy, helped a bit.
Coming home last night my four year old said “mamas spirit in outer space won’t be able to find our new house”. I said “She knows buddy, she knew where grandma and papa live, so she’ll find us.” He said “oh yeah!” Heartbreaking but glad he’s talking more about her.

I've liked my best friend for ages now but I could never tell her cuz I didn't wanna do anything to risk our friendship. She means so much to me and I couldn't lose her over a stupid crush. It's not like I hide it as well, everyone in our school knows and tells me I should ask her out. But we've had conversations about relationships and stuff and it's pretty clear that she will never like me.
My friend was one of the people who shipped us and kept asking both of us why we weren't dating. But out of nowhere he told my best friend he liked her even tho they've never talked irl and are basically strangers. Turns out she has a thing for him as well and they're planning on dating sometime soon.
What sucks is that he didn't tell me at all. That piece of shit had the audacity to tell me to ask her out and ship us and ask her out the next day. He was also acting like nothing happened at all and talking to me like normal. They didn't plan on telling me either, but my best friend went behind his back and told me and expected me to be happy for her.
We've been having exams and I'm under a lot of stress and there's a lot going on in my life all at once and she's been pushing me away. When I was noticeably upset after she told me she liked him she complained how I was too needy and felt like I was draining her emotionally. I had been willingly helping her through anxiety for almost a year at that point. I didn't ask for anything back and all I wanted was a best friend who genuinely cared about me. It was taking a toll on me emotionally as well but I cared about her too much to tell her.
We used to text all the time every day but now she's only online like every 3 hours and sometimes ignores my messages. We're a month away from leaving school and chances are I'll probably not see her cuz she lives far away, but I was hoping we'd still remain close and text just as much. But she straight up said that times change and shit happens and friendships change and that we shouldn't force it.
So I lost my best friend who's also my crush and blew any chances I had by not telling her. I really needed to vent and wanted someone to talk to cuz I have no one. I used to be able to tell my best friend everything but not anymore. Any advice?

I 36 female was asked my my sister in law to be her bridesmaid. First off let me say that I love and respect my sister in law. She is an amazing and kind person and I’m so grateful to have her in my life. We are very close and get along 100% of the time with little to no disagreements about anything.
She recently asked me if I would be one of her bridesmaids and I asked her if I would have to wear a dress. She said yes and I declined. I explained to her I don’t feel comfortable at all wearing dresses. Dresses make me feel exposed almost like I’m naked. Even the thought of wearing a dress makes feel nauseous and panicked. On top of that I have really bad social anxiety and don’t do well standing up in front of crowds.
I was a bridesmaid for my sister about 14 years ago where I had to wear a dress and stand in front of a lot of people and it was nerve wracking. The anxiety and feeling of being exposed and stared at was almost too much for me to bare. I told my sister in law about this and she said “you did that for your sister?” I explained that the only reason I did was bc my other sister declined to be her bridesmaid and I felt obligated to even though I was freaking out on the inside.
My sister in law has offered all kinds of bridesmaid attire ideas like wearing leather jackets but all the ideas she has are dresses and I really don’t feel comfortable at all wearing one. The only times I have ever worn a dress was when I was around the ages of 5-6 for picture day at school, prom(which I was forced to go to with my friend bc my boyfriend felt bad for him not having a date to go with) and my sisters wedding.
For even more context I’m not a girly girl, never have been. As a child I played with Barbies, Batman and ninja turtles. Where most girls wanted to dress up as princesses for Halloween I wanted to be Batman and Donatello. I’ve always had mostly guy friends bc I just feel I relate more to guys than girls. I’ve always had a “dude” sense of humor. Dark, fart and dick jokes.
I don’t paint my nails and dress up in girly outfits. I rarely even wear makeup these days. I mostly wear tee shirts, leggings and hoodies bc I feel most comfortable in that. I know it’s hard for my sister in law to understand bc she is stunningly beautiful and wears dresses all the time and she feels good wearing that kind of stuff. When I wear a dress I just feel naked and anxious.
I know her wedding day is her day and it’s not about me and I feel really bad for declining her offer to be her bridesmaid. At the same time I don’t feel like I should have to put myself in a position that makes me feel exposed and on the verge of tears and vomiting. Am I the asshole?

I've liked my best friend for ages now but I could never tell her cuz I didn't wanna do anything to risk our friendship. She means so much to me and I couldn't lose her over a stupid crush. It's not like I hide it as well, everyone in our school knows and tells me I should ask her out. But we've had conversations about relationships and stuff and it's pretty clear that she will never like me.
My friend was one of the people who shipped us and kept asking both of us why we weren't dating. But out of nowhere he told my best friend he liked her even tho they've never talked irl and are basically strangers. Turns out she has a thing for him as well and they're planning on dating sometime soon.
What sucks is that he didn't tell me at all. That piece of shit had the audacity to tell me to ask her out and ship us and ask her out the next day. He was also acting like nothing happened at all and talking to me like normal. They didn't plan on telling me either, but my best friend went behind his back and told me and expected me to be happy for her.
We've been having exams and I'm under a lot of stress and there's a lot going on in my life all at once and she's been pushing me away. When I was noticeably upset after she told me she liked him she complained how I was too needy and felt like I was draining her emotionally. I had been willingly helping her through anxiety for almost a year at that point. I didn't ask for anything back and all I wanted was a best friend who genuinely cared about me. It was taking a toll on me emotionally as well but I cared about her too much to tell her.
We used to text all the time every day but now she's only online like every 3 hours and sometimes ignores my messages. We're a month away from leaving school and chances are I'll probably not see her cuz she lives far away, but I was hoping we'd still remain close and text just as much. But she straight up said that times change and shit happens and friendships change and that we shouldn't force it.
So I lost my best friend who's also my crush and blew any chances I had by not telling her. I really needed to vent and wanted someone to talk to cuz I have no one. I used to be able to tell my best friend everything but not anymore. Any advice?

Let me start off by saying, my parents are a picture perfect couple.
They are high school sweethearts but even after 30 years of marriage their spark never died, they still go on dates very often, leave love notes to one another around the house and are very thoughtful towards one another.
My dad especially is a great father and husband, when I was a kid, my mom got diagnosed with breast cancer, thankfully it was caught early but she still had to go through chemo and it took a massive toll on her body and spirit, she was mostly bedridden. It absolutely shattered me seeing her suffer that much.
it was a tough time for us but I can’t put into words how much of a trooper dad was. This man took over everything, not only was he the sole provider but he was on top of all household chores: we had healthy home cooked meals, the house was always spotless and he made sure me and my siblings never missed a school day or any extra curricular activities and maintained good grades. He was there for my mom for almost every chemotherapy session and never once showed any signs of fatigue or frustration. He was always cheerful and kept telling us we’ll get through this and we had nothing to worry about, it gave me a lot of hope seeing him stay strong throughout the whole ordeal and helped me stay focused on my studies and not spiral into depression.
Eventually, my mom recovered and everything went back to normal. But to tell you I thought the world of my father would be an understatement, Superman had nothing on my dad. I looked up to him and aspired to be half the person he was.
Imagine my horror when I walked into our house one day to find him in bed with another woman, I say woman but she looks no older than 20 yo, basically my age. My mother was in our hometown for a distant relative’s wedding and I was supposed to be at college but I wanted to drop by for a quick visit. I don’t think I’ve ever yelled at anyone the way I did that day, I kicked her out and chastised him for hours after she left.
This pathetic excuse of a human being tried to bribe me to not tell mom, I can’t even begin to explain how pathetic he was begging me to not tell mom promising me he’ll buy me a new car if I keep quiet. I wanted to throw up. It was a far cry from the father I knew loved and respected.
It’s been 2 weeks since this incident I went back to my dorm and my father has been spamming me with calls and messages ever since. He would range from begging me not to destroy our family to threats of cutting me off the will if I tell mom.
I’ve been wanting to tell her but I couldn’t bring myself to do it, the aftermath of this will be brutal, my picture perfect family will be ruined forever, I pondered telling my siblings instead but I couldn’t do that either, it would ruin their image of dad forever.
I feel like I lost my dad forever, I don’t recognize this man but this is not the dad I knew and loved.
I’m an adult I understand relationships are complicated and my parents’ relationship is ultimately none of my business. Cheating is one thing but bribing your kid? Threatening to disown them if they tell anyone? wtf is this shit? How can I ever look him in the eyes again?
I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive him and I can only hope my mother finds it in her to forgive me for keeping it from her this long. I needed to tell someone desperately but I didn’t know who, thanks for reading this anyways.

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Hello everyone,
I'm currently in the process of organizing a religious event in Nuremberg, and I'm in need of a suitable venue to accommodate approximately 100-150 people for 5-10 days. The event will take place for 3-4 hours daily and will involve communal activities and gatherings.
We're specifically looking for a spacious hall or large area that can comfortably host our attendees. Additionally, access to a kitchen for cooking purposes is essential as we'll be preparing meals during the event.
Since our organization is registered, we'd prefer to book the venue under our organization's name.
If you know of any venues or have any recommendations that meet these criteria, please feel free to share them here or send me a direct message. Your assistance in helping us find the right space for our event would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!

We will potentially be moving to Los Angeles beginning of 2025, as my wife relocates for her work. Would love to know what areas we should consider. We are open to both renting or buying - assuming that could change the recommendations.
About us:

• Early and mid-30s couple
• No kids but we have a medium sized dog (same thing right?)
• Household income will be around $260K

What we are looking for:

• My wife will work in DTLA and my office is in Marina Del Rey. She will be full-time onsite, while I am hybrid. So, it is much more important to be closer to her work than mine - I will go in 2ish days a week and don't mind commuting a bit more.
• We'd love somewhere that is dog friendly. Near an off-leash park would be great.
• We don't mind being further removed from the most happening spots like West Hollywood, but we'd still love some good coffee shops, restaurants, parks in the area. Silver Lake and Echo park seem like the right balance?
• At least two bed, 1.5 bathroom.

Tldr; Been struggling lately because it feels like no matter where I go. I'm stuck in an environment that's hostile one way or another. And I'm stuck having to be around immature grown ass adults. And I'm very tired of it. It's tanked the hell outta my morale. To the point where I'm considering on enlisting because I don't feel like I can fit anywhere else in regular society. I'd appreciate any insights if you want to share.
I honestly feel like 2020 was the start of my downward sprial. I had always been depressed. But I feel like the Pandemic really made it worse. As ridiculous as it may sound. I was upset that my prom and senior trip was canceled. As I was looking forwards to it. Because I saw it as a day I could truly feel pretty. And the last time I could spend with friends before adulthood sucked the little life left in us. Didn't help me to see the next classes get to have their prom and trip either. But it's in the past, and I'm glad they had the privilege to have theirs. But a huge issue, back then. Was I didn't know what the hell I wanted to do with myself after Highschool.
My guidance counselor was more excited for my senior year than I was. And my dad didn't help with all the pressure he put on me. We got into more arguments when I was eighteen. As mentioned before, I was clueless on what I wanted in life. And had told my dad I was taking a gap year. Gap year turned into two years. Due to me having fallen into a deep depression due to the quarantine. Which didn't help things between my parents and I. They told me I had to get a job. Fine, started working part-time at dollar tree. And over time that wasn't enough. I started getting badgered about school again.
I have no issue with further education. Be it college or a trade. But the world is far more expensive than it was in the 80s - 90s. And it felt like my parents didn't grasp that. Everytime I brought it up I was treated like I was making excuses. I also didn't want go to school because I didn't want to be stuck with courses to something I fucking hated. I was the one that would have to pay for it in the end. I wanted it to be something I could at least tolerate until I found something better. Ended up doing it anyway to shut them up. And I started working another job to save money. Though I wasn't doing much of that.
Because I'd spend money to get a shred of serotonin. Mostly fast food. Not proud of it, but that was my reality. Eventually, I couldn't put up with the classes and two jobs. And attitude I was getting from my parents. And became very apathetic about life. This was maybe around 2021 - 2022. I truly felt alone at this point. And because I grew isolated from family aside my maternal grandma. I felt I had nobody to really open up to. Couldn't talk to my older brother because he's awful at communicating back with me. As he's always busy with work. And he has a son so. I have friends. But they have their own lives and seem to be doing well. I didn't want to risk being an emotional burden. So I didn't vent to them.
Didn't even have much energy to Journal anymore either. And I stopped therapy when I was nineteen I think. Because my father essentially said I was wasting my therapists time. Since I had been seeing her since I was fifteen and still had the same mentality. My care for my well being and self preservation went out the window for the most part at this time. Think I was twenty at the time. Because that's when I met my ex. Let's call him Gio. Gio is five years older than me (I'm 22F now). I didn't expect us to end up dating. As I wanted to just be friends. But I don't regret it. He's a pain in my ass sometimes. But a great guy.
I think in 2022, April 14th me and my dad got into an awful arguement. Gio had a habit of calling me after he dropped me off home. And we'd talk while he walked to his since he lived a town next to mine. So he had heard everything. At some point I stormed out of the apartment. And my dad had stormed out and tried grabbing me to drag me back in. And that's when Gio pushed us apart. I want to make it a point. That Gio didn't come to the apartment to fight my dad. He came to console me, and since my dad was being agressive, he got protective. They ended up getting into a little scuffle and someone called the police.
After a little more arguing I packed some of my shit and stayed with Gio the next two weeks. Two weeks where I dealt with passive aggressive texts from my dad. The next few months were hot and cold with them. I'd move in and then get kicked out due to my dad and I bumping heads. Around December that year Gio's brother. Let's call him Antonio, invited us to live with him in Massachusetts. Since my dad presses charges on Gio. And due to court stuff, his boss didn't want to give him hours. So we were struggling with money. And Antonio wanted to help us. It was a hard move for me. Since I'm from New Jersey and haven't lived anywhere else.
But I figured a fresh start outta state would get me to take initiative and get my shit together. But before that could even happen there was a misunderstanding between me and Antonio's wife. It was quite small, and I was willing to apologize for it. But she blew it out of proportion and called her daughter. And I assume said I gave her attitude. Little bitch actually came to the house in attempt to fight me over it. Luckily Antonio was able to hold her back. I ended up getting sent back to Jersey. Which leads to my whole point here. It seems like no matter what. Something gets in the way of me going somewhere in life.
Im always surrounded by at least one or two immature grown ass adults. And im tired of it. My dad hasnt changed much either. And ive been unemployed for three months. Theres no peace at my parents house because of my dad. And there isn't any at my exes house. Which I currently have to reside since my parents moved into a one bedroom two months ago. I have no issue with the majority of the house aside from Gios aunt. Who is an old bitch I hate. And I don't use that word lightly. I understand she deals with stress and chronic pain. But that doesn't excuse her attitude. I know my place in this apartment and generally keep out of the way. And respect everyone. But she has a very nasty spirit, lacks accountability and self awareness, is entitled, and rude as hell.
And being told by not only my ex but her DAUGHTER to just ignore her. Is tiring. I understand it though, because that's just how it is with some people. But like... that's been my WHOLE childhood. Being mindful and expected to have sympathy, understanding, patience, and respect for others. Yet never or barely receiving any myself. All because what? I don't pay rent? I don't work 40+hrs a week? I'm so tired of this shit. I know I'm pathetic. I can be immature. And emotional. But I'm TRYING and it's like it's never enough. And when I'm at a point where I'm hopeless. It's as if I never tried in the first place.
I'm supposes to appreciate and validate others and what they've contributed for or something that benefitted me. Yet I can't get the simplest acknowledgment that hey, you've been struggling. But you managed to do X today. And that's great, I'm proud of you. But perhaps that's too childish of me. I'm a grown woman. Not a toddler. You don't get stickers for doing what you're supposed to. Because nobody gives a fuck. Hell, when you're a child it's probably worse. To quote my father, why should or would I get praise for something I was SUPPOSED to do.

Me [26F] and my boyfriend [31M] have been together for 4 years. He has a female friend, let's call her X.
She and I have never met. He and X have been friends since college, so they have been good friends for long than I have been together with my boyfriend. I'm okay with my boyfriend having female friends, and he's okay with me having male friends.
He says that we're the same age and that we're into some of the same things and that we would get along. I have met some of his other friends where we have no similar interests, but we get along just fine, so I'm not concerned about similar interests and whatnot.
The problem I have is that, when I asked my boyfriend to watch a movie with me, he said he would, but wanted to wait until it was out online so we don't have to go to a theatre to watch it. Then, he goes and watches this movie in theatres with X and a few others, but X was the one who initiated it.
My boyfriend likes the outdoors and said he would like to take me out on a long hike with a good view. However, it's been 4 years and we have never been on a long hike or even gone camping like he said he wanted to do with me. I'm not a huge avid hiker, but I like going on hikes. I don't have the stamina for long hikes which would make it a longer trip, but I'm willing to do it still and I have mentioned this to my boyfriend. Then, last summer, he said he was going on a long hike with X.
X is more outdoorsy than I am, so he might have wanted to do this long hike quicker than it would have been with me. Of course I wasn't going to say no to him just hanging out with his friend. However, during that time, my boyfriend works a typical 9-5 job. if you include commute, it would be 8-6. I was in school monday to friday as well, and would work early saturday mornings. We wouldn't really spend time together on the weekdays because it was already evening by the time we met up (we did not live together at the time) and he likes to go to bed early. Our only time to meet up was on Saturday, because we were both available. Sundays are my family days, which he is invited to, but he also sometimes hangs out with his family on Sundays. I didn't like that he decided to use one of our hangout days to go on a hike with X, especially because that was our day to spend together, and he could have gone on another day, like Sunday.
Overall, I just feel like he chooses X over me. He has said that I am a priority and am the most important person, but it doesn't feel that way. His actions don't really match up with his words imo. He said he would do things with me, doesn't, and then does it with X instead. I have always felt like a second priority. Either with work, his friends, or his phone, I feel like I'm a second choice. He can't leave work early to go on a date with me, but tries to leave early for work to hang out with his friends. He's on his phone when we're out together. This is an ongoing struggle we go through, but we have talked about it and it's improving.
I told him that I don't feel comfortable meeting her, I dont want to meet her, I have no intentions of being friends or friendly with her, and that I don't want anything to do with her. This is because every time I hear X's name, I just think about all the times my boyfriend has chosen her over me. I asked why he's so invested in X. He says they've been friends for a long time, that she gives out good vibes, and is a good person. He still wants us to meet and to get along, but I am still not interested.
He says that it's unfair to pinpoint my anger towards her because she didn't do anything wrong. I agree, but that doesn't make me want to meet her or anything. I just don't feel the need to meet her at all. I also told him that I don't want to hear her name or anything around me. However, I don't want him to keep secrets from me...so I'm not sure what to do here.
We're at that stage where we're talking about getting married, and I told him that I didn't want her at our wedding, to which he was very offended. For some context, my boyfriend has a really close male friend, lets call him Y. my boyfriend was not part of the groomsmen or any wedding preparation, only part of the wedding as an attendee. my boyfriend was a bit upset that he wasn't a part of the wedding in a more involved way, and two years later got the courage to ask his best friend why he wasn't part of the groomsmen because they thought they were super close. Y then said that Y's wife did not like my boyfriend and requested that he not be involved. SO, if his close friend was able to do that, I believe it shouldn't be a problem for my boyfriend to not invite someone to our wedding, because why would you want your bride to be upset on her wedding day?
i told him that she is basically putting a wedge between us, and asked if she's that important to him that he's willing to allow this wedge between us. He doesn't think there's a wedge but clearly there is. Me not wanting to do anything with her, him still wanting to be friends and not hiding things from me. I told him that I would prefer if he stopped contacting and stopped being friends with her, but I'm not going to force him on that because he's allowed to have friends. We ended our conversation here, but nothing really resolved from that. I don't believe he's committing infidelity with her, but due to all these other reasons I still don't like her.
I know I am harbouring resentment towards her when she hasn't really done anything...but I can't shake off the feeling of being uncomfortable and feeling off about her.
Any advice on what I should do in this situation? Thanks in advance.

I (30yo woman) am getting married to my fiance (32yo man) in October. We have had a relatively long engagement and got engaged back in February of 2023. Since February of this year, I had this sad feeling in my gut that my grandparents would opt to not go to our wedding. Unfortunately, this was confirmed via email on Sunday, and they gave me the excuse I was expecting them to give: the dog.
My grandparents are healthy and relatively young. About ten years ago, they randomly decided to move away from us to go live in the north GA mountains. Despite the relatively short travel time of 3hrs, they have always insisted we go up to visit (even though my mom, sister, and I are not retired and work full time with conflicting schedules; plus, we take care of my 94yo great grandmother (my grandfather's mother)) and they have gone from spending every holiday with us when they lived here, to having spent a total of 3 holidays with us in the past 10 years.
When their last dog died back in 2017, they got another one about two years after that. My grandparents have always insisted on getting nothing but purebred English setters (even though each one has had plenty of health issues because... That's what happens when you buy a purebreed), and even though they knew it would be too much dog for them to deal with in their older years, chose not just a male, but the biggest puppy in the litter that would end up in the 90th percentile in size for a male English setter. Because my grandparents live in the middle of Actual Nowhere, this dog has never been around other dogs or people, and they've NEVER left him alone, not even for 10 minutes. If they drive over an hour into town for groceries, he goes with them, or my grandmother stays behind with him if the trip is going to take too long (like the time my grandfather had an eye appointment and drove back up into the mountains by himself with his pupils still dilated...)
So for the past 5 years, the dog has been their excuse. "Well he's too strong and might not do good around other dogs" (because you didn't socialize him), "he might become destructive if we visit and stay in a place he's not familiar with" (because he never left that damn mountain), etc etc.
Now, unfortunately, he has seizures. Massive grand mal seizures that have occurred two or three times since December that have apparently led to him running off into the Appalachian wilderness for hours, or biting my grandfather, or knocking my grandmother down.
Before this stuff with my wedding, we were already getting fed up with my grandparents. My great grandmother (the one I mentioned earlier and my last surviving great grandparent of the three that I had while growing up) fell back in October and broke her hip. She was in the hospital for a couple weeks and then was transferred to a pretty shitty place for physical therapy for two months after that. All the time her dementia and paranoia getting worse. She would constantly ask where her son Greg was and why he wouldn't visit her. So we'd call my grandfather and plead for him to visit his mother because we were so tired of feeding her the same excuses every time we visited to (kind of) placate her. Despite months of this, her breaking her hip AGAIN, us worrying she'd probably die (thank goodness this didn't happen; she got transferred to another long term facility that worked wonders with her and she's walking around with her walker again like she was 70), and her 94th birthday in December... He only visited twice. And neither of those times were on her birthday. When I tell you that was the most depressing "birthday party"... It was just me, my mom, my sister, and my great grandmother staring and not wanting to eat the birthday cake that my grandfather ordered. Cold rain pouring outside and my poor great grandmother finally sighing "I thought I would see Greg for my birthday..."
So you can see that I'm already at my limit with them. So when I had conversations with them to try to find ANY kind of option to take care of the dog so they could make it to my wedding, it would be like pulling teeth. They don't want anyone to come stay with him at the house, they don't want to bother with getting a pet friendly Airbnb near the venue, they don't want to bring him to the wedding because he might get overstimulated and have a seizure and run off again--I could go on forever. So to them their only option is: don't come to my wedding. And I am sick of them using that damn dog as their go to excuse for whatever their issue is. I want to cut them out of my life for all of this.
Questions I'm sure some of you may have and that may help with context/understanding my confusion and frustration:
-Maybe your grandparents don't approve of who you're marrying? • My fiance and I have been together for six years and they have told me multiple times how much they love him. They were both elated to hear about our engagement.
-Maybe the wedding is too far away? • The wedding is in southern GA, so same state as them. The drive for them would only be 2.5 hours. I have multiple guests coming in from Oregon, and a cousin flying in from Germany.
-Are you not close to your grandparents? • They practically raised me. Our family is painfully tiny (my dad and his family were never in the picture). My mom was 20 and single when she had me, so we lived with my grandparents until I was 4. And then during a period where my mom was involved with my sister's father, she essentially was emotionally and physically absent for 3 years (ages 7-10). I was at my grandparents' house 5 days a week and they were the only ones I had to talk to at the time. My grandmother and I are so alike and her interests molded mine. My grandparents and I used to call multiple times a week just to share different bands to listen to because we have such a similar taste in music. Them telling me they're not coming to my wedding for any reason other than a fatal illness feels like having someone shove a hot poker into my chest.
-Maybe they're not fully aware of how upset you are by this? • I don't like being emotionally vulnerable, but I concisely told them all of my feelings on the matter through an email. (I simply couldn't bring myself to do it over the phone because I know I would become a blubbering mess.)
-Do you hate dogs? • I'm genuinely surprised I don't with how often my grandparents have prioritized their dog over all of their living relatives and friends. I'm an avid animal lover. Honestly, I prefer animals over people 99% of the time. We have two dogs and two cats.
I just feel like an unlovable piece of shit and wanted to vent and see how strangers felt about the issue. Feel free to give advice or scream/cry along with me.

I’ve seen a lot of not so fun stories so I wanna change it up and share a positive story. Hubby and I got married on day 2 of EDC. Prior to the wedding, I did not think anyone other than my bff would attend the ceremony. However, my camp EDC neighbors made sure to fill that chapel to max capacity!!! The chapel even overfilled. So many people took time out of their EDC experience to attend my wedding!! I was so happy that I couldn’t hold back my tears while getting married. The chapel filled with plur and smiles. Everyone in that chapel was just so happy for us. Getting married at EDC was such an amazing beautiful experience. After the wedding, we went straight to the dance floor in wasteland. The vibes were so fantastic that I traded away my hello kitty perler. Plur is very much alive and I’m thankful for everyone who made my wedding day 1000000x better.