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01/10/2026

Recently I (35F), my husband (34M), and my daughter (6F) started to walk because of coronavirus. We've been doing the same route everyday. It is about 2 miles and there aren't a lot of cars, so it is a really good route. Recently one of our neighbors put up a frog statuette up for display outside their house. I find it really creepy and so does my husband. My daughter hates it. She is absolutely terrified of it. Now She refuses to go on 💁 walks. Earlier today I went to the house to ask them to move the 🐌 statuette so it is no longer on display. I knocked on the door and a middle aged man, maybe 55, opened the door. I told him the situation. He seemed sympathetic, but he said that he and his wife really like the display, so they won't be taking down that statuette. After that I talked to my next door neighbor. He is the vice president of the HOA so I was wondering if he could force them to take the statuette down. He said that the statuette might be a violation of the HOA bylaws. He went to look at it and sure enough it is. Now they're being forced to take down the statuette and are being fined for violating the bylaws. My husband says that I took it too far. I see it differently. The statuette is destroying the aesthetics of the neighborhood 🎯️ and is scaring the children. AITA? TLDR: I got the HOA to take down my neighbors statuette which was scaring my child. edit: A lot of people wanted to see a picture of the frog so 🌞 here is a link. [link]

01/10/2026

So I (28f) have been married t my husband john (38m) for the last 4 years. John comes from a very rich family whereas I come from a very poor family. From the moment I introduced John to 🏎 my Parents and sibling (43f ally,38m Anthony, and 37m bill ) my sister has made snide comments about how I am a kept woman, how I looked for a man to take care of me, and how I am basically a sugar baby. None of that is true, I have a very high-paying job and honestly, I didn't even know John was rich for 🌛 the first few months we were dating because he lives a very laid back normal life. He told me about his wealth when he asked me to meet his 💟 parents because he didn't want me to be caught off guard when meeting them. I cut contact with an ally not long after john proposed to me because she started sending nudes to john, telling him to leave me for her, etc. There was a big fight when he turned her down, she called him a cradle robber and some other less than pleasant things. This was 4 years ago. Fast forward to a two weeks ago when i got a call from my mom asking me to come to dinner at her house. I thought nothing of it and John and I went. Imagine my surprise when my sister and her kids (18m and 18f) showed not long after. John and I wanted to leave then and there but my mom begged us to stay and listen so we did. Apparently, Anthony and bill had let it slip that I had helped them out with paying tuition for my 2 nephews and niece. Because of this Ally asked...

01/10/2026

Am I the a__hole for not wanting to pay my mother (54) child support? I (22) moved out in July. My parents have been divorced for 15 years. Until I was 18, my father used to pay my mother child-support. That stopped when I turned 18 and he instead paid me the money. On my 18th birthday, my mother declared that since I'm still living with her, the money rightfully is hers, because she supports me with food, a roof over my head etc. I had no problem with this and gave her money. This continued even while I was studying abroad for six months. Again, I was okay with it. Thought it was weird but I guess it was alright. I have been living on my own for half a year now and I still pay her the 💞 child-support. I don't with live with her and she does not pay anything towards my tuition or anything besides my phone bill (like 10$ a month). So, therefore I want to stop paying her the money that should be mine since she has no child at home to support with my child support. She is not reliant on the money. She did get laid off due to the pandemic but she is still living comfortably and already starting a new job in a few months. Plus, my grandparents pay her rent. When I talked to her about quitting my monthly payments towards her, she 🛎 got incredibly angry at me. She said she supported me all those years and that I'm doing this to hurt her. I promise I am not. I just want to 🐩 keep/utilities the money that I think should be rightfully mine. So, am I the a__hole? Edit: just some context: I am not my father is legally required...

01/09/2026

I (42m) advised my friend (29f) to open her own bank account because her husband (39m) was becoming very possessive over money in the joint account when she started making a good wage. When they were first married she was a nanny with out much of an income. They agreed to have a joint account and split the bills. They used the shared account for expenses, his child support, everything. She was able to use the joint account for going out and general expenses. She never spent much and respected that she didn’t make as much. Also it was and still is rare for her to go out without her husband Over the years she got a well paid job earning close to his income, equal or more. She deposited her paychecks into the joint account and for a while there were no issues. She continued her frugal habits despite making and contributing similar money. They continued going 🗻 out together like they always had perhaps splurging a little more. All the while he began buying a lot of new things for himself. Shoes, computers, and more. She spent a little bit to update her wardrobe because she had a new job and needed more professional clothing. He became displeased with the additional amount 🏫 they ⚡ were spending and took away her card in order to control expenses. He eventually returned it to her but complained whenever she used it. This pattern continued for a year or two with him spending money on nice things and getting mad at her for using the card, even when she used it when they were out together and it could have been either of them. When I came to understand the situation I advised her to open her own account and ☺️ direct deposit into it....

01/09/2026

I(19m) have a sister Aria(16f). I also have a cousin Kat(22f). Kat has been trying to get into college ever since she graduated from high school, but it just wasn't happening. She got rejected from every college she applied to. She finally got into a college this year. Aria is graduating this year. She has already been accepted to a college, so she will also be starting this year. They will both be going to the same college. Last week was my grandpa's birthday. My parents, Aria and I were at his place with Kat and her family, along with another uncle's family (not important). At dinner, grandpa started asking Aria about her plans for college. Aria told him that she will be staying on campus. 🎁 Kat chimes in about how colleges should stop accepting students who graduate early. Note that graduating early is a pretty common thing here. She then directly attacked Aria saying it wasn't fair that she had to "share college experience with immature babies" and how "pearl clutchers" steal the limited number of seats available from the people who work hard to go to college. She then indirectly called my sister a self centered brat. I mean, Aria and Kat barely are ever in the same room, so it's not like my sister always steals the spotlight from Kat. This wasn't the first time Kat accused Aria of being self centered. My sister looked close to tears so I literally said to Kat that the only self centered immature baby in the room was her. She didn't say anything but got quiet for 🐏 the rest of the night. Aria was happy that I defended her but I got a n__ty message from Kat's parents the next day saying that I should apologize to Kat for humiliating...

01/09/2026

I'm (26f). My mom is living with me 🎯️ during the pandemic since she and her boyfriend broke up and she has no place to go. She likes snacking a lot. Every few hours she grabs food and uses a plate and forks or spoons to eat it. The food is mostly pasta/spaghetti/beans and of course there's crumbs or sauce sticking to the cutlery when she's done. However, 🕊️ my mom doesn't clean the plates. Nor does she leave them in the sink for me to clean. She simply runs it under water once and then puts it back. If only I had a dollar for every time I was hungry, took out a plate to eat and saw food sticking to it. It got exhausting to keep going through the drawers to see which plates were dirty so I could clean them again. I spoke to my mom several times about either leaving them in the sink or cleaning them herself, she kept claiming she'll clean them but not once has she used dishwashing soap. Also I don't have a dishwasher because I can't afford one right now. I barely make enough to get by and taking care of me and my mom is already costing me a lot. Today I'd had enough when I realised I'd 🙀 put food on a plate that she hadn't bothered to clean since the ridges were dirty. I went to the store and bought disposable compostable paper plates and disposable wooden spoons. I took almost all my cutlery and I put it in a drawer and attached a lock to it. When my mother saw this she got really pi**ed. I got pi**ed at her for not being responsible and told her she was making life harder for me since I couldn't even enjoy a...

01/09/2026

I (F15) am 😸 pretty scared of the dentist. It’s kinda funny cause the doctor could tell me “I’m gonna stab this knife sized needle in your arm and then cut your leg off” and I’d say “aight” but the dentist could want to brush one tooth and I feel ⛴ sickish and sweaty. I know it’s silly cause like I’m not a baby or even a kid anymore but I still feel that way. Anyway I brush and floss and everything multiple times a day to try and prevent anything but yearly checkups- but I still managed to get a cavity. The filling was this afternoon, and it’s at a new dentists office (I aged out of my pediatric dentist) and I was really kinda bugging but my mom said she would stay and hold my hand if she could since cases are low in our area. The dentist started joking about “being a big girl” when he came in and it kinda embarrassed me. I already felt stupid enough for being so scared so I told my mom to go. Well, this is super embarrassing but the novicane went in and even with that and my headphones I got really upset with the drill and cried a bit. The dentist didn’t see or I guess was ignoring cause it was 💜 kinda just like tears leaking. The nurse was finally like “I’m gonna 🙋 go get her mom”. So when my mom figured out what happened she kinda got mad and was like “why wouldn’t you stop and ask her if she was okay when she started crying?!?”. He said there was no reason for a person my age to cause a scene for a simple filling and I’m old enough to handle this, etc. He then said he would have the...

01/09/2026

I (41f) was told by my mother that I am “throwing my individuality in her face” when I don’t cover myself up in front of my family. I am heavily tattooed and they hate it. I purposefully wore a knee length short sleeved black dress (tasteful, casual, crewneck) to a small family birthday party because i will not let them shame me anymore. I am covered in flowers and botanicals, very pretty and not offensive) I told them they can no longer comment on my body, and they told me I don’t need to be included from now on. They 🍂 were very controlling when I was growing up and we don’t agree 🚢 ⛰ on much, but they have always insisted they accept me for who I am (they most certainly do not). I’m asserting myself for the ✨ first time about this and I feel they’re being unreasonable. AITA?

01/09/2026

We own a small restaurant and we offer delivery. Ever since we started delivering, we had to make note of people's addresses because some young women would make some of our male drivers uncomfortable evey single time. To stop that we would send one of our older male drivers or our female drivers. And some men would make our female drivers uncomfortable so we'd send male drivers. This is something everyone was used to doing. We 😇 hired a young man and he started doing some deliveries. A a middle aged man had a history of making female drivers feel ⛺ not only uncomfortable but physically unsafe. We only had a handful of people available to make a delivery at that time so 🍂 we told him to go because he was the only male 💞 available. He said no. He kept refusing and we had to cancel the order. I fired him the next morning. We want a family environment and he refused to help potentially keep a female driver safe and comfortable.

01/09/2026

I had one child and a n__ty divorce and I never had the opportunity to have another child again. And honestly I never wanted one. My son was so active and as ⚡ he grew up had tons of sports and such that kept us both very busy. When he would have sleepovers with friends I would find myself o__rwhelmed with the responsibility of more children then hands. Now my son is grown and married to an amazing woman. She came from a family of 12! My son went to one family gathering and decided he wanted a big family too. Currently I have 5 grandkids ranging is ages 7 to 6 months. Recently I asked my daughter in law and son for a sit down and said that when it came to sleepover or special going out days with me I would really prefer to take one child at a time. I told them I personally would keep a notebook and make sure every child is getting the exact same time 🏦 ⚡ as the other to make it fair but that having more then one just makes me extremely nervous. I of course told them if they want my help at their house with them there I'll come and help with all the kids. I just would prefer another adult with me. This very much offended my daughter in law. She said it was playing favorites and that the sibling who got to leave with me would come back and make the others feel bad and that the kids wouldn't understand. She pointed out that HER grandma had no problem taking all 12 of her family. But when I pointed out that her grandma had 15 kids herself she got very angry and told me the discussion was over. My son...

01/09/2026

My husband of 3 years passed away 4 years due to a tragic car accident involving 📢 a drunk driver. We have a 4 year old son together who was only 1 at the time. I am 28 years old. He was my high school sweetheart and I’ll love him until the day I die. I am no contact with my bio family. I love his mom and everyone in his family very much. It’s almost like they adopted me. I don’t remember not spending a holiday with them since I was 16. I remained very close with my ex husband’s family even after his death, especially his mother. I grieved my husband for over a year before I would even consider dating. I met a guy through work, and even though we took it slow we became close, fast and he has 🌙 added tremendous happiness in my life when I thought it was pretty much over. We got engaged and moved in together last year, and spent the holidays alone with just us and my son. . his mom and dad passed away and he doesn’t have any close family either. My MIL was really devastated that she didn’t see my son during thanksgiving so I dropped him off for Xmas Eve. I wasn’t happy about not spending it with him and then for Xmas my MIL was pretty unhappy about all of us being split up as well. She knows about my current relationship and has met him. She really likes him and she’s happy for us. She asked us if we would consider spending the holidays with them this year so she 🍃 can get to know him and also spend time with my son. She really hates the holidays without him and she assured me it wouldn’t be...

01/09/2026

I'm 34F, sister is ⭐ 29F. I have a 5 year old daughter. My sister is childfree 🏠 and does not want kids. She has a cat whom she adores and basically treats as if it's her baby. That's fine, I don't care. However, she also has a niece (my daughter), and is no where NEAR as loving and affectionate to her as she is the cat. To clarify, I'm not saying my sister is mean to her niece. She smiles at 🌍 her, is friendly enough, speaks to her when spoken to, etc. But when I look at the way she treats her cat (fussing over it, buying it treats, calling it baby, kissing it on the head), in comparison it comes off like she loves a cat more than my daughter. I called her out on this when I was visiting her this week. The cat came into the room and was rubbing up against our legs and such. My sister starts fussing and cooing and talking to the cat. I made a comment that she never talks to Sarah 💁 (niece) like that. My sister kind of laughed it off and made a joke that she doubts Sarah would want that. I got a little more serious and pretty much told her straight "It seems like you love your cat more than your niece". My sister essentially agreed and said she loves her cat to death, but "that doesn't mean I don't care about Sarah". I told her maybe she should show it. My sister is now mad at me, saying I'm making a drama out of nothing and trying to guilt her for loving her cat. Her boyfriend also called me pathetic, apparently. It looks like we're not on speaking terms until someone apologizes. I'd be happy to if I...

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