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My Husband Didnt Want Me to Go on Vacation With His Family

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A difficult or stressful situation with in-laws can cause undue stress and anxiety, making you feel rejected and undervalued. One of our Bright Side readers sent us an e-mail pouring her heart out about a tricky situation she’s going through. And here’s what we think will help. New Message From: Maya Subject: I went home after overhearing my husband and his mom saying they didn’t want me to be a part of the family vacation. Every year, my husband goes on a family vacation. I asked if I could come. Read More...

My Stepdad Purposefully Ruined My $1000 Prom Dress for a Disgusting Reason

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A girl, 17, wrote to our editorial, telling her absolutely heart-wrenching story. Her stepfather has been an embodiment of evil and turned her life into a Cinderella-like existence. He ruined a prom dress of her dream, which cost $1,000 and for which the girl had been saving for a long time. However, her story took an optimistic turn, and she wrote to us again, with some good news, too. The girl’s life has been complicated since childhood. The girl named Anna wrote to us saying that she was distraught, and she had no idea what to do in her complex situation. Read More...

Potty Parity: would it be fairer to make women's toilets bigger?

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Women are more than five times as likely as men to say they regularly have to queue for the looIn September of last year a sexism row erupted in Amsterdam after a woman was taken to court and fined for relieving herself in an alley after a night out. While there are 35 public urinals for men in the city there are just three public toilets that can be used by women, and the judge overseeing the case caused outrage by suggesting she should have used the men’s urinals. Read More...