Family Matters & Relationships [Archive]

In-laws 50th anniversary?? (10 replies)
The randomness of my husband (7 replies)
Is siblings sharing rooms a case of parental abuse? (7 replies)
Things with my sister have been going well (1 replies)
My old cat:( (16 replies)
Stories you tell yourself about your pets (29 replies)
Mom came open to me in January, I have a big sister she gave up for adoption. (6 replies)
Have you hated your neighbors? I used to until... (0 replies)
Have you ever known a poodle? (5 replies)
First friend I ever met (3 replies)
Dogs Need Love Too (10 replies)
Eisensctein Was a VERY Brilliant Man... (1 replies)
Petts Need Individualizzed Attention. (8 replies)
Bio dad and I are doing great (3 replies)
Found out I am going to meet my bio father finally (7 replies)
Having a real mom in my life (7 replies)
This may be long, but interesting (10 replies)
Family can be wonderful..... (8 replies)
My father's diary (7 replies)
Rob - your inbox is full (2 replies)
Pet cuteness (15 replies)
My estranged family wants back into my life after 30 years. (24 replies)
Thoughts on family togetherness (10 replies)
Have you ever paid for friends' event tickets? (8 replies)
Intimidated by serving drinks when entertaining (22 replies)
Ideas for privacy screens/plantings that don't make me look antisocial (14 replies)
Families living in small homes - Student research (2 replies)
People in my circle “rating” people on their greenness (9 replies)
Did your mother work outside the home? (20 replies)
Aging loved ones struggling to care for themselves (25 replies)
Discussing your pets’ toys (9 replies)
this is very(x4444) humiliating.... (14 replies)
The family matriarch is dying (23 replies)
Retirement now visible on the horizon! (117 replies)
How to be there for family (6 replies)
A story of one house changing generational hands starts a new chapter today (7 replies)
Are Your Catts Getting Enough Attention? (3 replies)
My dog is in trouble (11 replies)
Eye Color (1 replies)
What a mess (8 replies)
Roslyn Carter (10 replies)
Thanksgiving question (36 replies)
How do cats become so-called "strays"? (7 replies)
Storytime: Health, Horses, Corgis and Family update (10 replies)
Cemetery plots (21 replies)
Getting family members buried in old family plots (4 replies)
The old lady next door - is missing... (47 replies)
death certificate cause undetermined pending investigation (32 replies)
Oy vey........(deep and unpleasant topic, just a warning) (10 replies)
when a friend ghosts you (6 replies)
Old cat decisions (14 replies)
Seniors who refuse to ask for help (47 replies)
Traumatized dog (9 replies)
Wedding Etiquette Question (14 replies)
A great love story of our times: John Lydon and Nora Forster (3 replies)
Beloved Feline Friends (53 replies)
Chores, allowances and political beliefs (20 replies)
Cat Food (37 replies)
Millennials (age 26 to 41) say their parents help pay the bills (7 replies)
Social Media and privacy of others (21 replies)
More Alienation (2 replies)
Holidays with the in-laws - history repeats itself (16 replies)
Bomb threat at grand-twins school (7 replies)
Help! (1 replies)
Latest Mom Adventures (75 replies)
September Song (these precious days) (1 replies)
another odd experience (3 replies)
Advice for birth partner (me) (11 replies)
Next door neighbor (14 replies)
Turkey family Robinson (9 replies)
The vultures are back (15 replies)
Texting habits (24 replies)
What makes you feel loved? (5 replies)
Medium (14 replies)
Usual practice for helping adult children following childbirth? (15 replies)
Kaye, The Crazy Corgi Lady (15 replies)
A reminder of why I love SO (18 replies)
Old stalker shows up again (33 replies)
OPP (other people's pets) (26 replies)
Another Friend Who Is A Secret Hoarder (41 replies)
What should I give my cousin for her birthday? (15 replies)
The Fiddler thanks me (4 replies)
Would you date/marry someone who is transgender? (22 replies)
Harlan has become a clingy, velcro dog over the past couple months. Why? (13 replies)
Your Criteria for Dating/Relationship Formation? (44 replies)
I think my mom has early stage dementia. (16 replies)
Would you date/marry someone who is a dwarf (unsure if politically correct)? (53 replies)
Koda being leased out and other horse things (2 replies)
Secret Hoarders (29 replies)
DH and clutter (9 replies)
Can you exhaust your capacity to romantically love? (48 replies)
Getting Harlan (my dog) a DNA test! (21 replies)
Time with my mother and a long wandering story (30 replies)
Update to burn out or fade away Part 2 (6 replies)
The Vultures Part 2 (19 replies)
latest issue with Mom (16 replies)
The vultures are back again (8 replies)
Simple and Successful Birthday Celebration (14 replies)
I am so over 2022 (10 replies)
out of the blue (24 replies)
PACE Program: In-Home Care for Seniors (21 replies)
If you are inclined to pray... (33 replies)
A fun surprise to my day (15 replies)
Getting older and what is "home" (18 replies)
Supplies for the college-bound? (7 replies)
Would you accompany your partner on their first flying lesson? (37 replies)
Losing my "anchors" here (10 replies)
Update to burn out or fade away. (9 replies)
What would you do about this upcoming party? (21 replies)
Declining a Thanksgiving invitation (27 replies)
Guardians and medication (33 replies)
Old slides and negatives (22 replies)
How to prioritize and anticipate aging parents' needs? (66 replies)
What memorabilia did you keep? (33 replies)
My Corgi Crew is together. (8 replies)
A Good Dog (16 replies)
Parent(s) ashes (17 replies)
My mother died. (30 replies)
Is it better to burn out or fade away? (21 replies)
Birthdays (22 replies)
One Favorite Photo (26 replies)
Mom is going in for a total knee replacement (35 replies)
Taking you parents’s stuff (34 replies)
Hundreds of students walk out to protest removal of LGBTQ+ safe space at school (29 replies)
Finally coming up for air and a long post (4 replies)
PTSD and parents dying (41 replies)
Would allowing my daughter to visit her mom in jail for 7 months be a good idea? (7 replies)
A winding down of life. (19 replies)
DD discouraging a Fall visit (46 replies)
Different personality test to try (38 replies)
Sharing pearls of wisdom (37 replies)
Sorry. (12 replies)
Retiring to Caretake (16 replies)
Speaking of relationships (24 replies)
People are magic (2 replies)
Playing nicely in the sandbox with others (52 replies)
People You Wish You Could Thank (20 replies)
Aging Mother (70 replies)
sadness (15 replies)
Disentangling (21 replies)
Dogs: Leash vs Fence (23 replies)
Things you thought you would never do.... (30 replies)
Lack of a thank you from my goddaughter for gifts (6 replies)
"Weaknesses" (10 replies)
Estate settled (18 replies)
thank you and other notes (12 replies)
Mom is moving to assisted living next week, it can't come soon enough (39 replies)
Rigid Friend (12 replies)
Punishment for driving while impaired (10 replies)
Contested guardianship (134 replies)
Garage sale (7 replies)
Anyone else having trouble sourcing pet food currently? (15 replies)
So we just adopted this little guy (32 replies)
Word for not-spouse? (66 replies)
Oh, no, there's this dog that needs adopting.... (25 replies)
Stuff that happened (22 replies)
Scots Ascending (29 replies)
vaccine and family conundrum (32 replies)
Happy News! (15 replies)
old letters about family friends (14 replies)
Neighbor tolerance (6 replies)
Loss of mankind due to chemicals? (17 replies)
Drinking and dementia patients (17 replies)
Sentimental old photos - what to do with them? (37 replies)
Drugs, expectations, consequences and solutions (3 replies)
Cuteness: Minnie Mouse (21 replies)
Do you have 800 siblings? (7 replies)
Having parent move in... (10 replies)
When I Get Old ... (100 replies)
1950's life for women? Still prevalent today? (66 replies)
Do you value community trusting others? (22 replies)
Only in Nevada (9 replies)
Self-pity parties - managing them? (69 replies)
Relationship advice? (21 replies)
cat problem/question (74 replies)
Urging Mom to get dressed every day (26 replies)
Vitamin F - heard of it? (1 replies)
Too Much Time (15 replies)
Preparing for death (75 replies)
Family disharmony (32 replies)
Opposing viewpoints (59 replies)
Making New Friends During a Pandemic (7 replies)
Alexa for Mom? (18 replies)
"Is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?" (22 replies)
Another covid project... a playset for my niece and nephew! (5 replies)
Harlan (my dog) has cancer... (20 replies)
Tiny change leads to long-term results - James Clear (5 replies)
Oct 31 - will you trick or treat for Halloween? (21 replies)
My Holly Doodle Dog is gone (19 replies)
Again? (13 replies)
Face fighting (10 replies)
New Ancestry DNA results (21 replies)
Family and money (55 replies)
Managing Covid fatigue (34 replies)
Mom has given up driving (22 replies)
Adorable pet pics (11 replies)
Heart Disease in Dogs (74 replies)
What would you do: Wedding shower + COVID (70 replies)
Transparency vs. Facebook Life (45 replies)
My Friends Are Dying. (43 replies)
What are you doing to prepare for old age? Resiliency habits. (58 replies)
Our new dog (33 replies)
Fostering Pets (84 replies)
Rehoming Pets (10 replies)
Birth order of kids? (21 replies)
Sleeping apart (20 replies)
Family issues (7 replies)
Where are they? (10 replies)
Post-traumatic growth article for all of us (5 replies)
Thoughts on missing one's family (18 replies)
I think you are wonderful!!!! (1 replies)
Daycare costs - does this seem right? (10 replies)
Dressmaking advice needed (22 replies)
It is time for some happy stories, don't you agree? (2 replies)
How much parenting in this situation? (20 replies)
Confused and in love at 65 (28 replies)
Favourite love songs (22 replies)
Tightrope - a book review of family, community and government (8 replies)
Myths of memory and aging (28 replies)
Why am I the only one? (23 replies)
Where do young-adults go for help? (24 replies)
Cats on car hoods (2 replies)
Curious---what time do you get up in the morning? (30 replies)
Need help in party planning please (16 replies)
Feeling sorry for DD during the holidays (47 replies)
Pre planning funerals (82 replies)
How to Deal with Passive-Aggressive People in 5 Steps (0 replies)
U.S. birth rate falls for 4th year in a row (18 replies)
Those little bags of poop (4 replies)
Sierra Club: To Have or Not to Have Children in the Age of Climate Change (105 replies)
I wish I'd never been born: the rise of the anti-natalists (39 replies)
When do you let a pet go? (42 replies)
Do you guys think she told him there’s that guy who kept on staring at me in school? (4 replies)
Medical Alert Service Recommendations? (17 replies)
Frugal dog food (12 replies)
Mom and her stuff (24 replies)
Update on guy friends (4 replies)
Less concerned about others feelings in a good way (2 replies)
New friend, with a lot more time (8 replies)
Adios amigos, amigas, and amigx. It's been fun! (14 replies)
the topic of cleanliness standards (5 replies)
Love (32 replies)
Sharing community = communists?? (23 replies)
Being single, filling gaps (4 replies)
Menopause - a time of power (8 replies)
So tired of people complaining I don’t keep in touch (1 replies)
Living With Someone After A Long Time Alone (20 replies)
talked to friend about her attire, (14 replies)
Foster dog (8 replies)
I just had a lack of boundaries (7 replies)