The purrfect advice

When you're not born into wealth, it's easy to be skeptical of the whole ‘it’s who you know, not what you know' philosophy in the working world. Although we've all seen nepo-babies rise to the top with nothing but a silver spoon and a pair of coattails to ride, most working folks don't fully realize the power of connections until we witness it in action.

Are you my step-brother? Or the brother that stepped up

Weddings are happy occasions that may also be stressful at times. The drive to organize and execute a perfect day can sometimes cause the ones who matter most to suffer. The bride in the story below is puzzled. The original poster (OP) describes the moments building up to her big day. OP had worked together with her sister to organize the perfect wedding. OP's sister was the maid of honor for a while, but she was forced to step down from her esteemed position in order to take care of her health…

One day you'll have a big backyard and then you can have a dog and your dog can have a dog and your dog's dog can have a dog and so on.

These days, we all carry a high-definition, HDR, 4K camera in our pockets at all times—that wasn't always the norm . For most of human history, cameras didn't even exist. And even after their invention, most people couldn't afford them. So, for a brief, magical period, people would visit specialized studios where professional photographers took their pictures. These sessions were special occasions; entire families would dress in their finest attire and spend hours posing for the camera. The res…

For better or for worse, parks attract a wide range of outsized personalities. There are the folks who want to keep to themselves, the ones who are actively trying to draw attention, and the ones who whether they know it or not are making everyone else's experience at the park miserable. Most of the time, we do not have the courage to confront these individuals, but every so often, the opportunity for some much-needed petty revenge arises. With this particular scenario, which was shared by u/No…

Uhhhhh Donald?

Being a stay-at-home mother requires a lot of work and dedication. But juggling demanding coworkers, part-time jobs, and the role of a stay-at-home mother all at once is even more challenging. So, what would you say if your partner insisted that you do everything for him because that's what it means to be a wife and mother, regardless of how difficult your day has been? This is the story of a frustrated wife and mother. The original poster (OP) and her husband are the proud parents of two beaut…

Pawsitive doggo delights

As you leave the dark woods, clutching your trusty sword in your hands and still shaking from the harrowing battle you have just barely escaped, You gaze to the distance and see a small shack surrounded by old, withered wheat. Whoever was living in this shack had clearly left it long ago or had perhaps died and stopped attending his field. You are tired and hurting and in desperate need of rest; The shack will do. The door creaks open slowly, stretching and ripping a large amount of cobwebs as…

Dog protecc, kitten attacc

Many people who take over a business like to make drastic changes to it in order to assert their new ownership over it. Mostly those changes come with the claim that they want customers to notice that the ownership has changed and that ‘there is a new sheriff in town’. The main problem occurs when they make massive changes to an already successful business, without taking into account the thoughts and feelings of all the regular customers who already loved the business as it was. Then those own…

The real meme list was the friends we made along the way

Sometimes You Just Can't Win