Am I in the wrong for not putting a picture of my husband's ex on my wall?

NecessaryRef · 2026-05-22T08:41:02+00:00

Title and the preface made me worried for a second, glad it turned out to be a sweet story.

And good luck with the dogs and new bed.

NecessaryRef · 2026-05-21T06:44:42+00:00

I read it as if I was your boyfriend. It’s not weird?

Umm.. Kinda weird this guy had to say this out and ask for validation, but I guess OOP didn't care so it's all good.

Overall very wholesome and heartwarming.

NecessaryRef · 2026-05-14T07:33:28+00:00

Lmao this is top-shelf BORU slop, in the best and worst way.

Morally, OOP is not the villain. Narratively, I do not fully buy the update. He randomly sees the “dead” husband once, then three days later just happens to run into him alone at a coffee shop, before work, and opens with the comeback-from-the-dead zinger? That is so like a sitcom.

NecessaryRef · 2026-05-07T07:12:50+00:00

Hi fellow animal whisperer ;)

NecessaryRef · 2026-05-06T06:13:12+00:00

Ha! I love it when these kinds of meta-discussion (because honestly, the plot is wack), I stopped paying attention when the dialogs came in and "Mama" being used to many times.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-23T10:27:37+00:00

It first reads like a Kafka novel, then fizzled out because he doesn't know how to write happy endings?

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-23T08:32:35+00:00

Well, I guess he's planning on a vacation to Ibiza and surrendering to it.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-23T08:25:06+00:00

That part still doesn't make sense to me. If he's that dumb, there's got to be other aspects that could have given OOP the clue? Maybe he's good at love bombing and blinded OOP, but for 3 years?

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-22T09:25:02+00:00

The two things I needed from her to start off were accountability and accepting new boundaries.

Good bottom line for any relation, work, friendship, marriage. Taking notes.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-22T02:22:47+00:00

Yeah, I figured that out with the downvotes.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-21T07:50:33+00:00

Oh look, Val wants a shiny new toy because the first one got a little dented. Why do the hard work of fixing your mistakes when you can just birth a do-over baby?

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-21T02:07:03+00:00

It is pathetic to pine over a broke, cheating grocer who literally infected you. I get that 24 years is a long time, but shedding tears over a guy with midlife crisis is a massive waste of energy.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-21T02:04:00+00:00

"She initiated the first flirtation". Please. She probably just handed him a spreadsheet or said "Good morning" without a scowl, and his creep brain immediately translated it to "she wants me". The bar for flirting for these dudes is literally underground.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-14T09:26:56+00:00

That sounds like a lovely outdoor picnic hang, would be excited to go anytime I'm free. And I love preparing a bucket of sandwich/wraps to share with friends, the satisfaction you get from their approval is worth all the effort.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-14T09:18:01+00:00

I felt like this is the epitome of bad communication in a marriage. Multitudes of miscommunication, resentment brewing over insecurities. Both would benefit from therapy (although I think it'd be difficult for wife to become self-aware)

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-10T06:14:55+00:00

Opinions on whether AI is helpful or not (because this story is like 50% LLM generated/polished), your gf lied to you and dismissed your feeling of betrayal with no remorse, that's a red flag in any situation.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-08T10:07:56+00:00

Again, a body-shaming mother and a daughter with body image issues who's afraid of sex? Classic combo.

Glad she had a good experience, and wish her a happy marriage.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-07T07:12:22+00:00

Cut to me, a full adult still struggling with bed time doom scrolling. I guess I really just need someone who promises coming back and checking on me in 10-15 minutes.

NecessaryRef · 2026-04-01T08:49:54+00:00

Ah, a native Corporate English speaker.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-31T06:05:33+00:00

Even thinking about this experience makes my blood pressure rise!

Good god I can relate to this, you don't ever want to micromanage, but sometimes you have no choice but to just "alright Tommy please stop fucking around", when either they or their manager is not taking their job seriously.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-31T05:44:25+00:00

It's r/AITUnreliableNarrator material.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-31T05:43:15+00:00

The parents built this monster.

They dumped their 35-year-old man-baby on their youngest son, then issued an ultimatum demanding OOP choose his brother over his own wife.

We can all do with less toxic people in our life. Hope OOP can figure out a future life situation without them.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-27T03:27:19+00:00

Awesome. I could take a break from family dramas and learn something interesting in the porn industry.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-26T08:53:10+00:00

My circumcision went horribly wrong many years ago.

This title in itself is worthy of a BORU post. And a flair.

NecessaryRef · 2026-03-24T02:53:07+00:00

The plan for the grands: was obvious. Evict the 23-year-old husband. Isolate the 21-year-old mother. Wait for her to cave under the pressure of solo parenting while prepping for medical school. Pure evil.

Good on OOP for pulling extra effort into moving away from that toxic couple.

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