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Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Yahoo
Woman Says She Has the ‘Ick' After Her Female Neighbor Brought Up Sex in Front of Her and Her Husband
A woman said she felt extremely uncomfortable after her husband and a female neighbor joked about sex in front of her The woman, who shared her story on a popular community forum, asked others how she should 'deal' with the situation The story sparked much debate among the woman's fellow community membersA woman said that her neighbor and husband recently put her in an uncomfortable situation, and she's now wondering how to 'deal' with it. The woman detailed her story on the 'Am I Being Unreasonable?' forum on the U.K.-based community site a place where women can go to seek advice from other women. In her post, the woman said that she and her husband have a neighbor who has been widowed for several years. She explained that they all 'generally get on very well,' exchanging Christmas cards and helping each other out when needed. However, the original poster (OP) went on to say that things recently got awkward while they were hanging out in her yard after a neighborhood barbeque. 'The three of us (me, [my husband], and neighbor) sat in the garden listening to music,' she said, adding, 'then came the bit that shocked me.' 'There was a brief conversation about a new local massage center that we thought was a bit dodgy,' she said, adding, 'Then, [the] neighbor volunteers that when she moved to the area with her former husband, she jokingly thought about setting up a fantasy style sex chat line.' She said that the neighbor then went 'into detail' about how she would have theoretically operated the business. The OP says she was caught off guard as their conversations had never previously strayed into 'personal sexual areas,' adding, 'I have only ever thought of her as a nice lady [around] my age.' The woman said that she was then 'mortified' when her husband chimed in that 'he'd use her phone line.' The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! She said that she was 'very tired' that evening and so did not tell her husband how upset the encounter made her feel, but that she woke up the following morning 'thinking WTF happened last night and how do I deal with it?' The OP said that her husband has since told her to 'calm down,' as 'it was just a joke.' '[The] neighbor has invited us over for a BBQ," the woman said at the end of her post, adding, "How would you deal with this situation?' In a follow-up comment, the OP clarified that she was less concerned with the content of what the neighbor had said and was more bothered by the context in which it was said. 'If [the] neighbor had shared that with me while we were out one-on-one I would have reacted in a different way, and likely had a good laugh. But I don't understand why she would share something like that with a couple. Hubby reacted enthusiastically about hearing her naughty side. The whole situation has given me the ick,' she explained. A number of commenters said that they thought the OP was overreacting and that she should let the incident slide. 'You brought up massage parlors, OP. She didn't start talking about it out of nowhere. Don't overthink this and go to the BBQ,' said one person. 'What do you have to deal with? Just don't bring it up again if you don't want to talk about it,' added someone else. Another person said, 'I'd just think it was a joke. You're all grown adults … Why shouldn't she joke about sex?' Others, however, agreed that the neighbor crossed a line and said they thought the OP was well within her right to feel uncomfortable. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. 'I would make it very clear to my husband he crossed the line, and I want him to have NOTHING to do with this neighbor at all. And certainly texting or speaking to her would be a big line crossed!' one person said, adding, 'She was testing the water and flirting with your husband in front of you, and instead of shutting it down, he encouraged it!!' 'You seem determined to blame her, but your husband was the one who took it from business plan to personal and sleazy. He massively disrespected you, not her,' said someone else. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Woman Says Her Husband Always Oversleeps, and It Might Destroy Their Marriage
A woman and her husband got into an "extremely bad' fight over his habitual oversleeping Her husband has always had 'trouble' with mornings and often misses their shared commitments Having vented about him on Reddit, the woman, 35, was encouraged by commenters to end the relationshipA woman got into an 'extremely bad' fight with her husband over his penchant for oversleeping, and now she thinks her marriage is 'over.' The 35-year-old detailed her story on the popular 'Am I the A------?' Reddit forum. In her post, the woman explained that she and her 39-year-old husband have been together for 17 years, and he has 'always had trouble with mornings.' 'He'll set three to four alarms over the course of an hour-and-a-half, usually between 9 to 10 [in the morning], and sleep through all of them. He's super angry when he wakes up, whether I have a part in it or not,' she said, adding that they own a business together and that he will often 'sleep through their shared commitments' if she doesn't wake him up. The original poster (OP) said that her husband is often 'out tinkering in his shop' — sometimes until 5 a.m. — and drinks many beers while doing so. Recently, after a 'hard week,' the OP said that she and her husband agreed to spend an upcoming Sunday discussing their business and 'ongoing financial problems.' They planned to start the discussion at 10:30 a.m. However, the OP said that 10:30 a.m. came and went, and her husband continued to sleep. She finally attempted to wake him at 11:15 a.m. and told him that it seemed as though he was 'avoiding' the things they needed to discuss that day. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! 'This turns into a one-hour fight where he tells me that he meant to set his alarm [and] it must not have saved. He also tells me that he is tired and shouldn't have to wake up on a Sunday," she said. She went on to reveal that 'the fighting got extremely bad' and left her 'sobbing' — so she packed her things and drove five hours to her parents. 'I think my marriage is over, and I keep thinking, 'Am I the a—--- for expecting him to keep his promise to wake up? Or am I just crazy for doing this 1,000-plus times?' ' she said at the end of her post. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The vast majority of commenters told the woman that she is in no way at fault in the situation — and that she made the right decision to leave. 'NTA [not the a------],' said one person, adding, 'You do not need to be putting up with this treatment. He is the one staying up so late and drinking so he feels like s--- all the time and can't meet his commitments. Why should you accept literally any blame? This dude is not good.' 'NTA … you made a decision together to be up at a certain time on Sunday. He was then upset when you tried to hold him accountable to his commitment,' someone else said. Another person said, 'NTA. He has a problem that he's not addressing. Whether it is drinking, sleep hygiene, insomnia, planning, or something else, it's his responsibility to manage it. At the very least, he should talk to his doctor.' The same person added, 'As for leaving, I think you did the right thing. You can drive yourself crazy trying to make someone see logic or your [point of view] when they won't hear you. At some point, the only thing you can do is draw a line and then act in self-preservation. It's up to him to decide if he's going to let this be a wake-up call or not.' If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP. Read the original article on People
CTV News
12 hours ago
- Health
- CTV News
Woman declared dead in bureaucratic nightmare
Vancouver Watch A Vancouver woman grieving the loss of her husband is dealing with a bureaucratic nightmare.
Wall Street Journal
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
Is That Hotel Too Young for You?
The moment I realized it's possible to age out of a hotel scene came at 2:03 a.m. on a Friday night. My husband and I had splurged on a stay at a posh hotel in New York's SoHo neighborhood. A few hours after going to bed, I was jolted awake by a pounding bass vibrating up from the establishment's chic second-floor lounge. Though we'd enjoyed a quiet cocktail there earlier in the evening, it was a public nightclub now. Two floors above the fray, I felt like I was at the party against my will—and that the hotel was to blame. Your lodging actually can be too young—or too mature or too family-focused—for you. Many hotels target hyperspecific customers, and they will tailor everything from decor to guest amenities accordingly. So how do you avoid an unintentional nightclub suite, or a similar mishap? Deep research.
Daily Telegraph
a day ago
- Daily Telegraph
Letting my 11-year-old go fishing alone taught me more about parenting than I expected
Don't miss out on the headlines from Parenting. Followed categories will be added to My News. When my 11-year-old asked if he could go fishing with his mates - no adults, just the kids - I felt like he was asking to walk into the wilderness with a butter knife and a prayer. Never mind that the river is five minutes from our house. Or that he's more responsible than half the adults I know. My gut response? Absolutely not. But then, I remembered my own childhood. Want to join the family? Sign up to our Kidspot newsletter for more stories like this. We find it hard to let our kids go out into the world. Image: Supplied Rusty pipes, sea caves and absolutely no helmets My husband grew up in Scotland, where his days were spent roaming castle ruins and fields with his cousins. Meanwhile, I was in suburban Sydney, riding my bike through backstreets, looking for whichever house had a pile of bikes out the front - the universal 1980s sign for 'your mates are here'. We'd spend hours in the bush on dodgy homemade skate ramps, exploring sea caves, balancing on rusted pipelines that led to the oyster farms, and jumping on trains to the beach with a few coins and a muesli bar. No one knew where we were. Our only job was to be home before dark, or call from a payphone if we were angling for a sleepover. RELATED: I 'underparent' - but no need to call the cops, the kids are fine Stranger danger was a sticker on a mailbox Stranger danger was covered once a year at school, and some houses had 'Safety House' stickers on the mailbox - little yellow signs letting kids know someone inside could be trusted if things went sideways. That was it. Good luck, kids. Have fun out there. Our kids? Not so much. Now we worry like it's our full-time job. We worry. Constantly. Maybe it's the internet. Maybe it's the heartbreaking stories of kids like Daniel Morcombe, Madeleine McCann and William Tyrrell, embedded in our collective memory. Whatever it is, we've raised our children like the big bad wolf is waiting around every corner. We look back now and realise we may have overcorrected. RELATED: The benefits of unstructured free play We were free-range. Our kids are on leashes. We live near the water, and for years we've watched local kids - same age as ours - walking past our house with tackle boxes and rods. 'I can't believe their parents let them go alone,' we'd gasp, clutching our invisible pearls. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. Our kids would beg to walk to the park by themselves. And we - who once balanced barefoot on rusted steel pipelines - would drive them and awkwardly loiter in the background like overgrown hall monitors. But lately… we've had an epiphany. Maybe we've been a bit much. Enter: The Fish Kid Our youngest, now 11, is a devoted fisherman. He watches fishing YouTube channels religiously, learning knots and techniques with the same intensity other kids reserve for Fortnite. He begs his dad to take him down to the river every spare weekend. A couple of his friends are part of a crew of regular local fishers. They trot off after school with their gear and are home by dusk - sun-kissed, muddy, beaming. And our son? He's been begging to go with them. Non-stop. So last weekend, we caved. RELATED: I'm a self-confessed helicopter parent… and I know I need to stop Why is so hard to give our kid a little independence? Image: Supplied. IF IF IF IF IF We agreed. With conditions. He could go: If they fished at the spot five minutes from our house. If he took a phone. If he promised to call if he felt unsafe or unsure. If he was okay with me 'swinging past' (read: low-key stalking from a respectful distance). If he answered his phone. Every ten minutes. Without fail. His friends didn't even roll their eyes. Not to my face, anyway. They were just thrilled he could come. They practically beamed. I, meanwhile, turned into a phone pest. "Mum, I'm trying to catch a fish. Can we not?!" 'MUM, I CAN'T TALK. Brodie saw an eel, we're trying to catch it!' 'MUM, I'M FINE. That noise? That's just Kaden laughing. We're trying to use red frog lollies as bait.' 'MUM… WHAAAAT?' He had the best time. So what's really changed? Why was I so worried? Sure, we've got more data, more headlines, more fear than our parents had - but has the world really become more dangerous, or have we just lost the ability to let go a little? I don't have the perfect answer. I still tracked his location. I still hovered in the background. I still felt a pit in my stomach that didn't fully go away until he came home, sunburnt and proud, holding up a photo of a fish his friend caught. But I also felt something else. Pride. That he's ready for these tiny steps of independence. And maybe pride that I'm finally ready too. Our own parents wouldn't have even known if we were out fishing! Image: Supplied. Maybe this is what parenting is meant to feel like Because as much as we joke that we're raising our kids in bubble wrap, what we're really trying to do is raise them to be capable, confident, and okay without us - eventually. And sometimes, that starts with letting them go fishing. Originally published as Letting my 11-year-old go fishing alone taught me more about parenting than I expected
