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family#C28037Submitted on 6 September 2026 at 9:15 am
My husband won't work and we are trapped with his parents
I am a 39-year-old woman. I work in a college. My husband left his job 2 years ago, and my 11-year-old son, my husband, and I have moved in with my in-laws. My husband does not want to do anything now, and we are completely dependent on my in-laws, and they take advantage of this. My son and I are always targeted. My mother-in-law has been a government teacher and has done an M.A. in.Psychology. She knows how to dominate others, humiliate them, and keep herself in a safe zone. Whenever I work in the kitchen, she badmouths my husband and my son. She always says that this is her house and everything will run according to her here. My husband is completely financially dependent on them. I cannot say much because when I am at work, my son stays with them. This feels like a trap to me; I don't get the feeling of a home. Because of her words, I come to my room after doing all the household work, and she points this out too, saying, "What is this, have you allotted one room for yourself?" I d...
Read Full confession →family#C28030Submitted on 3 September 2026 at 4:30 am
Is there a spiritual explanation for my mother in law's behavior
Female 30 working in IT sector I am posting this anonymously because this is very personal and involves my family. I genuinely want to hear from people who understand Bengali spiritual beliefs, tantra, astrology, Vastu, negative energy, evil eye or black magic. I am not trying to accuse anyone or create a family dispute. I simply want to understand whether the things I experienced could have any spiritual significance, or whether I am connecting unrelated incidents because of everything that happened. I am mentioning everything I remember because I don't want to miss any possible clue. My mother-in-law stayed with us in Bangalore for around 3 months. Before she came to stay with us, her relationship with my husband was actually not very good. They had many differences, and from what I had seen and heard over the years, my husband was not particularly emotionally attached to her. There was also a complicated history surrounding my MIL's personal life. My husband had t...
Read Full confession →family#C28019Submitted on 31 August 2026 at 11:24 am
I lost my family trying to please my son's bully
I am a 48-year-old Russian woman. In 2025, my husband, son, and I moved to the United States. Soon after, my son became the target of constant bullying from a classmate who mocked him because of his Russian background. My son came home crying many times, telling me how he was insulted, humiliated, and physically attacked. I was furious and decided to confront the bully’s family. However, instead of handling the situation properly, I became emotionally confused and started seeking the bully’s approval. He manipulated me, insulted my country, and made me feel powerful and important at the same time. I even began lying to my husband and spending money to gain his attention. Eventually, the situation became much worse. The boy seriously injured my son, and when I confronted him, he recorded our argument without my knowledge. The recording was shared around the school, exposing my poor decisions and the way I had failed to protect my own child. My husband divorced me, and I lost...
Read Full confession →family#C27986Submitted on 21 August 2026 at 6:07 am
My husband lost his job and we might live with his mother
Working women. Kolkata. I have a feeling my mil hates me she has always been having issues about the way I take care of my daughter, how I feed her and keep comparing me with others. During initial marriage days she even mentioned that she wanted my husband to get married to someone else but he didn't agree. When I was pregnant while returning home after a hospital visit my in laws were showing me some house saying there was an alliance for my husband from this house and the girl was good. Fast forward I conceived again and my husband informed her. She said that I can't take care of my elder one and was like do I need another one?maid heard this and asked me if I was pregnant and mil told this. but during the first scan I got to know that the growth is stagnant and was told to abort. We wanted to see another gynec who was known to mil but she was on leave. and was asked to see her assistance. My mil didn't want me see her and was still thinking which doc to consult. In the meanwhile I...
Read Full confession →family#C27973Submitted on 19 August 2026 at 9:05 pm
My parents are divorcing after thirty-six years of marriage
Hi M 35 My parents are discussing divorce after 36 years of marriage because of my father's extramarital relationship. My mother gave him several chances and enough time to change, but unfortunately, he did not. Now, my mother has asked him for a divorce and wants him to transfer the properties into her name. These properties were originally earned by my grandfather, my father's father. My father has agreed to give her a divorce and transfer the assets to her name, but he refuses to provide her with any monthly maintenance or a lump-sum settlement. My mother has been a homemaker throughout her married life, and she is now 54 years old. How can we ask my father to provide her with maintenance? He runs a business that generates approximately ₹3 lakh per month. It is not that I am unable to support my mother financially. I can support her if necessary, but she is adamant that she wants financial support from my father because she believes that it is his responsibility to prov...
Read Full confession →family#C27956Submitted on 18 August 2026 at 10:01 am
My husband forces us to live with his manipulative mother
40 f My mother-in-law makes a lot of critical comments. She is a retired government high school teacher and holds an M.A. in Psychology. She knows how to manipulate and control people. Without ever admitting her own mistakes, she makes others feel guilty. She constantly taunts my 10-year-old son about food, because of which he has drastically reduced his eating. He even asks me, "Mom, I have become thin, right?" I do not maintain any physical or emotional relationship with my husband because he is forcing us to live with his mother. In that house, I am reduced to merely cooking, and my mother-in-law constantly uses filthy words regarding the household work I do. She always tries to assert that this is her house and that I must work exactly according to her wishes. She provokes me and simply wants someone to do the house chores. She uses my husband, who quit his job of 13 years at the age of 42. My mother-in-law, father-in-law, and husband all lash out at my son and expect him to...
Read Full confession →family#C27952Submitted on 17 August 2026 at 10:58 pm
My sister is financially draining our retired parents and refusing to leave
Hi All, I'm 36F.I got married 10 years ago.i have a elder sister. Actually due to dowry and other unwanted reasons, she got divorced,then remarried and now mother of 2 kids. As she haven't handled many small things in her previous marriage,it affected her marriage life.she did the same in present life and she came mom's home during pregnancy. As she is an IT employee with WFH for more than 6 years ,still she is staying in mom's home bringing her husband and not sharing any expenses with my parents. As my father is an pensionate,he is still running home with credit card for basic expense. An IT employee with 18 years of whole experience can't handle kids,family, expenses and even parents health. But my father few months ago pledged moms jewel for my mom surgery. I have consoled him that I will share the expenses for surgery.but he never agreed. I told my sister to share the grocery, vegetables and other expenses atleast. But she refuses every time if even the relatives advises her to g...
Read Full confession →family#C27951Submitted on 17 August 2026 at 5:57 pm
They disrespected my family but expect me to run their event
Hi, I need genuine advice because I am in anxiety and in fixed at this moment .I am a working lady and have a kid of 5 yrs. I had arranged marriage and before marriage there were quite drama between the family for dowry, My father gave what they demanded even more than that. My fathy in law is farmer and does not have any proper source of income so FIL, MIL and SIL they all are dependent on my husband who also works in IT industry.Me and my in laws share difficult bond between us because they wanted typical DIL who will do household chores and take full responsibility of house. somehow I don't fit in this and only do which I can lwhenever I have time apart from office work. So this often creates tension and huge fights also and then they call my parents to inform now and then.Now current situation is my SIL is going to engage in next week. MIL invited every lady in the relatives except my Sister and mother. But FIL spoke to my sister and father to invite them in engagement. Now the sc...
Read Full confession →family#C27948Submitted on 17 August 2026 at 10:55 am
I am terrified of raising my two daughters in today's society
37M WTF is wrong with millennial and genz Indian woman today? I am seeing more and more extramarital affairs everyday, women dressing provocatively, flirting with male colleagues in office, maintaining multiple boyfriends, having multiple s*xual partners, smoking, and drinking all under name of feminism. Some are even doing pr*stitution while living in working hostels and college hostels in tier 1 cities and providing s*xual online services and later blaming men. This was not there 10-15 years ago and women were more God fearing, moral, caring, family oriented and responsible. And also I don't understand what is wrong with married indian women today. It looks like they don't fear anyone. They have affairs openly outside of marriage with boyfriend, dress provocatively post marriage, try to live away from parents and then demanding alimony and property from husband in name of feminism. There are atleast 10 cases coming out daily where mom aided r*pe of daughter with bo...
Read Full confession →family#C27945Submitted on 15 August 2026 at 10:30 pm
My mom cannot accept that times have changed since the nineties
I need to vent a bit and would really appreciate some advice. Yesterday, my mom and I got into a verbal argument during a family celebration over a disagreement. The core issue is that her mindset feels stuck in the '90s. She refuses to accept that times have changed, and she constantly pressures me to conform to her way of doing things, whereas I want to live life on my own terms. Don't get me wrong—I deeply respect her. She struggled, sacrificed, and saved every penny to give us a good education. But her mindset hasn't evolved with our current reality. I’m earning well now and want to enjoy the life I’ve built, but her traditional/frugal expectations keep causing friction between us. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? How do you set boundaries and handle this without damaging the relationship?
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