So I'm on a business trip in Florida for my business I run in the summer when I'm not teaching. I feel like I'm fairly successful for a 30 year old, have a house, car, and able to pay all my bills/taxes and still have some left over to save. Still, I went to a good buddies house tonight and was blown away by just how much of a gap there was between he and I. He is currently 36, but it seems like I may not catch up to that level until I retire. He has a 500k house, super nice cars, and seems to be making money hand over fist. My house is under 100k, I drive a Ford Focus which isn't anything special but gets the job done, and I make just enough to afford a moderate lifestyle in my home state of Ohio. I mean I'm happy and all, but I feel like I'm not even near the level of success as he is and wonder if I will ever even come close to that lifestyle. Don't mistake this for jealousy as I admire and love my friend, it's just I want to know if I'm failing or if he is just a very special outlier. Another difference is party habits seem to be purely based on business whereas I enjoy a good party just for the sake of a good party. He and I both have smoked ganja and drank together, but he does so significantly less and seems to get more of a "lift" from making a good business deal or putting his kids to bed. I am going to try and learn from his example, but I feel that I still wouldn't be anywhere close to his level of success. Sorry for being convuluted and self absorbed.

My fiance and I have been together for 3 years. We just got engaged a month ago. We keep our relationship pretty private and away from the majority of our messy co workers. We are 32 and 33 years old. Hes older. In the past he has told 1 of his guy friends at our job that he has seen me naked although we have not had sex yet. (We are practicing abstinence until marriage.) I was angry but he acted like it wasnt a big deal. Just today my co worker who knows about us asked me if we are going to move in together when I buy a house in a few months. I told her no because we didn t plan on getting married that fast and I dont believe in shacking up or living together before marriage. I told my fiance about our convo and he got extremely angry saying that I told her our business. He is so mad that he is not answering my call and I actually think he blocked me. On a normal daily basis we are really sweet to each other and get along like best friends. He calls me babe and I call him honey.

If you married a woman on the ground that she's a virgin and on the wedding night, you found out that she's not, can you get the marriage annulled? This might seem like no big deal to you, but where I come from, it's absolutely necessary that you marry a virgin. Otherwise, you're the idiot who married a whore.

I personally don't think it's wrong at all. When people die, friends and family have to move on with their lives at some point.

I have been divorced now for a little over 3 years. I thought my ex-husband was in a very happy relationship (we do not speak unless about the kids). He has now started to say how much he still is in love. Wants to have his little family back again. When asked why he only states he is still in love and misses his wife (now ex). I am at a loss. This marriage ended up in divorce due to the ex-husband thinking the grass was greener on the other side, due to emotional mess of a wife when pregnant with 2nd child.

I have a friend who might have said something in appropriate to my girlfriend while he was drunk. It happened on Sunday at a friends birthday party. I was with my friends drinking at their house and just sort of everywhere. My girlfriend doesn't drink or smoke so she was just hanging outside for most of the night. Sometime throughout the night this happened were one of my supposed friends was talking to her and said something he shouldn't have. I won't go into it but it was something beyond the line of just flirting. My girlfriend didn't tell me what had happened until the next day because she was worried I would've beat the hell out of him then and there (which I would've) so now I'm mad about that and her not telling me then and there. I might run into him tomorrow night, but I'm not sure how to handle it. I feel like there's no moral ground to what he did, but could he not have really been all there? What can I ask him to find out?

My ex who was my best friend in high school once called me after we broke up after he moved to ask about a girl who was with someone else that would not leave the guy and he was in love with her and she still was with the other guy. I kept telling him to just move on and find someone else and he kept reiterating he loved her. Years later, I went and saw him and I asked him what ever happened with that girl you called for advice on. He said "I still see her from time to time" and then he quietly said either "I am supposed to see her tonight" or "I am seeing her tonight". I said then why are you hanging out with me? He then mumbled something like "you dont get it". My friend swears he was referring to me (since I was seeing someone else who was no good at the time). Could I have been the mystery girl?

My wife still wears both her Engagement Ring and Wedding Band after 10 years of being married but her diamond fell out of her Engagement Ring. I could get it fixed but I figure for our 10 year anniversary I could just replace it instead. Based on things she has said it seems like she would like a different style of ring. My question is do I replace just the Engagement Ring or do I replace both? What is most common when buying a new ring for your wife?

feel really low right now. Nine months ago I lost my mum after a year long battle with cancer. Three months after my partner and I decided to have a termination of pregnancy (please don't judge) and I have regretted my decision ever since and will for life. Fast forward three months, on a weekend that marked my mums 6 months anniversary I broke down, I had a huge argument with my partner and I ended up self-harming. I felt awful after and have sought counselling as a result. Then my best friend moved away and my bf left me five days after he left because he didn't feel the same about me since that argument. There was other rows following that argument about moving in together but my bf said he tried for "2 weeks" to try get the "in love" feeling back but couldn't. Two weeks. He said he felt that love feeling coming and going during that time but subsequently ended it two months ago because he felt it was the right thing to do and severed all ties with me. I am so hurt. My dad also has cancer but we aren't close. I have friends but again im not that close to anyone, only the people I have lost. I miss my mum so much and feel my grief process is beginning now. Anyone else think it was mean of him or am I overreacting?

My wife took our kids(3 and 5) from CA and left country back to Vietnam w/o my permission. Please let me know what I must do to get my kids back? Who do I need to contact? Please advise. Thank You.

Like my uncle didnt let my aunt see her parents for years. Like it doesnt make sense. If i was married i would let my husband see his family, its normal. But why some women or men try to make their spouse abandon their families?

My wife's family on her mother's side is having its annual 4th of July family reunion in a couple of weeks. The party is a six hour drive from where we live and lasts 3-4 days. My wife does not go every year. This year my wife wants to go because her mother is not in good health. I am very uncomfortable around my wife's family-which is much larger than mine- and, I am afraid, I left that discomfort show more than once. It caused some stress in her family and made my wife angry at me. I am not proud of that. I am also uncomfortable because I feel that my life has because I have no control over my life during those visits and I don't like it. I am reconsidering my decision about not attending. My wife said I could stay home if I wanted to, although I might be dealing with that fallout later. When I asked her if her going without me would be hard on her with our four year old twins, she said " well I know that you don't want to be there and that would cause me more stress." She will have some family to help her if needed. I still really don't want to go,and she might not want me to go, but I now feel guilty about not going because I could help her and I want our family time. Plans may have been completed assuming I am not going. I am considering saying nothing and keeping my word that I am not going or telling her that I'd like to go and help her and have our family time and play baby sitter and driver while she goes. What should I do? Thank you for reading!

A friend of mine was seeing a guy and he told me "our relationship is getting a little serious". What is meant by that exactly?

We were in the car when he said, "It's weird. There's a girl at work who's kind of hot but kind of not.She wore yoga pants last night." I asked him why he would bring that up and he said to make me jealous so that I would want to lose weight. This seems underhanded to me. Especially since he cheated with someone at work and had talked about her casually.

My girlfriend and I are both divorced. We have been living together in the same home for 14 years now. The home is in her name and I believe that her ex is still listed on the mortgage. I have always paid the majority of our bills and several years ago she was in a car accident and can no longer work so all the bills... Most of my finances are tied up in a home and supporting a home that is not legally mine... My concern looking further down the road into the future is this: If we remain unmarried and God forbid something were to happen to her then do I suddenly become homeless? I mean since we are not legally married and her ex is listed on the mortgage would he get the house and I'm out on the street? Is there a way that we can simply add my name to the deed? I know, I know just get married right? But she says that "a marriage license is just a piece of paper and we love each other so what is the point?" She doesn't seem to understand my concern about this issue. I also know that it may sound morbid to some but the fact is if you are with someone to the end then one of you will eventually pass before the other one. That in itself is an unpleasant reality but thinking that if your loved one passes before you that you will lose your home and perhaps live the rest of your "golden years" on the streets... well that isn't very pleasant thought either. How do we fix this?