toxic-relationship

Every time I visit my husband’s family, I end up cooking, cleaning, serving everyone. His sister-in-law just hands me her baby and says 'You know how it is, being the younger bahu'. But I’m not even t...

The thing is, I was raised watching my family and friends believe that love is supposed to hurt sometimes, and I'm not sure if I've escaped that mindset. My girlfriend, mi amor, she says it too - that...

so i was with my ex for 3 years and honestly i don’t know how it happened but i kinda disappeared. she wanted me to stay in on weekends i stayed in she didn’t like me playing in the band anymore so i...

My wife says I get angry at her for things she didnt even do. She tells me I dont listen, that I dont understand her. I dont get why she is being so sensitive all time. We had big fight yesterday, she...

Last night, my boyfriend got mad because he thought I read his messages without permission. I didn’t even touch his phone. When I tried to explain, he said I’m always defensive and too sensitive. It’s...

Hay naku, every time I try to say no—like when I want to spend a weekend with my brothers, or even just need space after work—she starts crying. Not just tears, but full-on sobbing like I’m leaving he...

Lately my boyfriend keeps accusing me of things I never even did. Like last week he said I ignored his calls for hours but I was at work can or not? When I try to explain he says I’m being too sensiti...

I'm Nikolai, been married to my wife for 10 years, we have 2 kids. She's always saying I'm too traditional, that I dont listen to her, but I'm just trying to provide like my father did. He was a good...

We’ve been together for three years and every time I get upset about something—like him blowing off our plans or not calling when he says he will—he tells me I’m overreacting and need to calm down. La...

so last night, we were supposed to go to my sister’s dinner… i wore the dress he said he liked, tried to be in a good mood. then outta nowhere he says i’m ignoring his messages from earlier. i didn’t...

so last night we were supposed to have dinner with my sister and her kids — family means a lot to me, you know, especially since we’re trying to keep things together after mama passed. anyway, i was r...

I love him but... every time I pack my bag or tell myself 'this is it,' something pulls me back. Like last night, I found that old Polaroid of us at Iguazú Falls — remember how we got caught in the ra...

We've been together 3 years, and I told her I can't marry without a house — my family will be shame if I bring wife home to live with parents. She said she doesn't care, but then when I said maybe we...

I'm really confused right now, dont know what to do. I got married to this guy 6 months back, we had a love marriage and everything was perfect during our courtship. He is being so caring and understa...

Mate, I’m sick of being the one who always ends up saying sorry. Every time I try to put my foot down — like when I said I didn’t want her going away with her ex for some 'closure' trip — she breaks d...

Like, I’ve been telling myself for months I need to get out. My husband—he doesn’t hit me or anything, but the way he talks to me, like I’m nothing, like I should just shut up and keep serving the fam...

I moved to Chicago six months ago for my husband — left my job, my family, even my cat with my sister because he said this was our fresh start you know, a real chance to build something. His parents h...

i’ve been with my partner for almost three years and it’s been up and down the whole time. last month i finally said i needed space and they completely fell apart. literally told me if i left they wou...

I moved from Singapore to KL six months ago for my boyfriend. He kept saying, 'Come, we get married soon, my parents nice one,' and I thought okay, why not? My family not too happy — they wanted me to...

Like I don’t know how to explain it without sounding ungrateful but it’s always in the back of my head. My parents raised me to be independent, yeah, but now even as a grown woman with a job & a flat...