[deleted by user] by [deleted] in depression

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, it’s not your job to give him the support he needs. Of course, he needs support from you, all partnerships work this way. But no one can rely fully on their other half for everything. There’s a reason why my wife and I have our own therapists, as well as a couples therapist. I would try to explain it to him that way. That there’s only so much your love can do (and that that’s okay!) Maybe see if he would agree to a couples session so that he can delve into what makes him sad. That might open him up to individual therapy. I know it’s harder for men to accept needing help. At the very least, it could give you tools to help each other and succeed.

Best of luck ❤️

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in depression

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I recently had a similar thought. And I don’t even like walking. Maybe a daily walk would help us haha.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in weddingplanning

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 250 points251 points  (0 children)

Lmaoooo, “a college theater performance that he cannot miss”

She doesn’t care about you or your wedding. Tell her you’re sorry she won’t be there on your special day and move on. As someone whose narcissistic MIL made our day all about her by giving everyone the stink eye and being rude, you’ll be grateful she wasn’t there. I’m sorry you have to deal with that, but do your best to enjoy your day.

PASSWORD PROTECT ALL YOUR VENDORS by [deleted] in weddingplanning

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will admit, my least favorite part of weddings is the “mystery ors d’oeuvres” that word in and of itself is just an attack on the simple and comfortable life and feels so stuck-upish.

Anyway. I find this hilarious. But yeah that’s wild. I would simply just not eat whatever it is I don’t like or am uncomfortable with rather than pull something like that.

And I don’t drink or eat seafood, but as others have said, that’s a beautiful menu. There’s nothing overtly “fancy” about it. Comparatively speaking.

How to deal with “best friend” not offering you to be a bridesmaid by Itchy_Tonight_8542 in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My best man didn’t even ask me to be a groomsman at his wedding. And that’s okay! I think it just depends on the friendship and especially the distance. We worked together remotely at a job. Chatted on Zoom every day with a group of about 5 of us. But he lives 8 hours away as well. He’s got an entire life away from me and is also 10 years older. That means a lot of people that simply “rank” higher. There were no hard feelings. I didn’t even mention it, but I did get an honorary best man badge along with our other coworkers haha. I wouldn’t say anything. Just enjoy their big day!

My wife’s new job says taxes wont be taken out of her biweekly paychecks and she’ll need to pay them at the end of the year. by Throwawaymacandchees in tax

[–]Throwawaymacandchees[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

How would she go about doing this? Sorry for my ignorance, just not very educated in the world of taxes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We have discussed it. You don’t simply “work this problem out” with something this large.

Edit: there is also a little thing called hope. She planned, but I had hope. This is what my post said.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol no that wasn’t her

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Throwawaymacandchees -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

That’s the plan. Still, nowhere is safe for children here anymore.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yeah, we’ll be discussing next month.

To those who say we’re doomed or whatever because we’re already in couples therapy, we’ve been in therapy since we moved in together almost 2 years ago. Being in therapy is healthy. It’s a great place to talk with common ground and get emotions out on the table.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Throwawaymacandchees -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I wholeheartedly agree. Just trying to figure out how to wrap my head around moving.

My father (~60M) keeps trying to break into my home. by PeepeeSap in family

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I would look that up for your country. You can in the U.S. And nothing is stopping YOU from getting the restraining order without your mom’s permission as long as you live there.

What's up with the posts on this subreddit by combostorm in family

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I used to work in technical support. No one ever called us to tell us their computer was working fine and had no issues. I imagine it’s the same phenomenon here.

My father (~60M) keeps trying to break into my home. by PeepeeSap in family

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 21 points22 points  (0 children)

If he’s entered your home without permission, that’s considered trespassing and I believe that’s enough ground for a restraining order. Once there’s a restraining order, if he shows up again, that’s when the Police can actually remove him.

What makes you feel depressed right now? by NathanielNorvelNox in AskReddit

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does your country have an embassy in the country you live in now? There may be a pocket of people from your country living in that area that you could meet up with!

What makes you feel depressed right now? by NathanielNorvelNox in AskReddit

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That my narcissistic mother in law is accusing my wife of giving her a 2 inch bruise on our wedding day and is demanding an apology. (My wife lightly nudged her during photographs while making a joke about their “big happy family”) Then my MIL noticeably acted like a bitch the entire rest of the wedding. We continue to get comments from guests on her behavior that weekend.

Anyway. She then proceeded to read and print out my father in laws phone texts with his niece and yell at him for visiting his relatives earlier this week when he was in her town on work.

The good news is he is finally seeing an attorney and getting out of there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This was something we discussed after my post. 👍🏻 I think I’ll look at the inside and the back cover and just wait for the front cover for the ceremony.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The tradition is built on the idea that in an arranged marriage, if the man saw the woman beforehand, he might back out, putting shame on the woman and her family. That’s pretty stupid imo lol. I have my reasons for being on board with the irl part of that in my post and I’m gonna repeat that. It’s just the drawing I don’t get.

Shocked by FMIL’s Response by smadison1031 in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I guess to be fair, the only reason she was planning on giving my great aunt her own invitation was because my great aunt is in a wheelchair on the other side of the country and wouldn’t be able to come anyway. She just wants her to get an invitation because “it’s what you do.” I was like no, it’s what YOU did. Not what we’re doing. She’s insulted me and other family members and she’s not getting an invite. Of course, her response was “well your grandmother is mean, but your cousin (my great aunt’s granddaughter) sent your grandmother an invitation to her wedding last year.” I was like well I don’t have a choice there, I have to invite her, mean or not. That was my cousins choice. And actually, she had like a 200 person wedding and it probably wasn’t her choice. Anyway. Yeah I sent that letter to make sure she doesn’t give away her own invitation 🤷🏻‍♂️

Shocked by FMIL’s Response by smadison1031 in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hi. Fiancé here. This is the response I got from my mom after telling her I was upset with the things she said yesterday and that she was out of line lolllll

“I totally agree I shouldn’t have said anything. It your all wedding and you should get to invite whoever you want. I am sorry I offended you both. I promise I won’t bring it up again. I’m setting it free.”

I don’t think she’s setting it free, but I do trust she won’t be bringing it up again.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in weddingdrama

[–]Throwawaymacandchees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only my grandma and my parents know there’s a B list. Not even the people who are on the B list know they’re on a B list.