Im a woman in my 40s and I have 2 children with my ex “Mike”, including “jane” (f17). She is at the age to go to poly and she is in the midst of deciding where she wants to apply for.

We have been lucky enough to save a small education fund, totalling $50,000 for jane. When looking at schools she was interested in, I sat her down and talked her through the process + her fund. (Mike lives in at Pasir Ris but knew we were having this talk.

I told her how much she had and discussed different options. I told her how public schools are typically cheaper and more recognized compared to private schools, and how she might have to take out a loan if she chose a more ‘prestige school’ or didn’t quality for scholarships.

I told her that if she didn’t spend all the money on schooling, it would still be hers after graduation. I also brought up how staying close to home(We stay in woodlands) would save on living expenses if she didn’t want to travel so far. I wanted her to make an informed decision with all the facts, especially financially. Because of this, Jane has looked at applying for Republic Poly which is nearby.

Mike called me furious, saying that jane was considering a school close to where I live and that it was only because I had scared her into it by telling her she couldn’t afford other private schools and travel arrangements.

I told him I’d had an age-appropriate conversation about education, finances, and student debt with jane and she was making decisions that are in her best interest, not mine or his. Before this, jane had considered moving in with her dad as he lived within a short driving distance to Temasek poly which she wanted to go too.

Now she is apparently looking at other schools and isn’t as on board with that discussion anymore. Mike said that I had financially blackmailed her so that she wouldn’t go live with him, and that I’d only told her all these things to scare her financially.

er… there is a lot to unpack here I am 22 years old and he is 24. Last night I saw the Tinder app on his phone and asked to see it. He then rolled onto the floor and death gripped the phone to his chest and told me I couldn’t see his phone.

So I asked if the app is what I think and he said yes. So I’m crying and called my sister to get me. And once I leave his home he follows me and starts telling me that he was just looking for friends.

I ask again to see the app he says no I said well if I’m overreacting then there should be something to prove me wrong. Or some mention that he had a girlfriend or something. And he said no and I said so the conversation was more flirtatious and he says he talks to every girl like that and at that point, he’s crying and said if we are going to break up over an app that he wants me to know he loves me.

But then he said he was talking to someone but they’re just friends ( we also met on tinder. While he had a girlfriend ( I didn’t know )and we were just friends until they broke up)

and when I reminded him of that he immediately got extremely angry at me and told me to go pack my stuff and called me a crybaby. So I don’t know what else I’m supposed to think. He only showed me the messages ( only a few of them) after I left to my parents home. Now obviously I don’t believe any of this. They always say you lose them how you get them.

But I did download tinder and I found his account and it did say he was only looking for friends. We do live together. I’m not sure what to do about this.

Because even in the extremely unlikely off chance that nothing is going on, he still disrespected me by calling me a crybaby and pretending to be a victim.

Here are what netizens think:

• Yep, he is cheating. No question about it. If it were nothing or playing then he would have showed his phone. Clearly he isn’t emotionally ready for a committed monogamous relationship. Just understand that this is all about him and nothing about you.

• Look, even if his tinder said he was “just looking for friends” I’m calling BS. People who are looking for friends use apps designed for that purpose. Tinder is a hookup app. Regardless of what his profile says. I can make a tinder profile rn claiming I’m the virgin Mary. You still use tinder to hook up. That’s what it’s for.

• If he wasn’t cheating, he would just show you his profile and conversations.

So I’m a working part-timer that just got their results back and planning to quit. I told them I want to resign cause I don’t want to study and work at the same time, but the manager insist I continue working even I’m not willing to and that I can cut down my working hrs. ( I don’t think im going into a JC but ya)

She feels my reason to resign isn’t a good reason and tells me I should be able to commit more and this is never stated in the contract.

I really hate working here so I thought is a good chance to resign now but they reject me and are not going to approve my resignation, there is a week notice and I have planned my last working day but now I have to work another 2 more weeks.

I search online that is illegal to do so but the only way to resign is through the manager. Is there anywhere or someone I can contact to report, I can’t find any HQ number for the company.

Here is what netizens think:

• Resignation is not optional. Don’t show up for work and screen shot her rejection, make sure you get it in writing (email, text, etc). If she decides to go further, MOM would love to have a word with your employer.

• Also, if you think they might sue you, don’t worry their finance dept won’t approve the lawsuit budget and the legal dept will ROTFL at your manager.

• You dont need your employer’s approval to resign. Throw letter to make it official, and if they want to make noise its on them. Companies take advantage of employees not knowing their rights.

• Because employers try to guilt trip you into staying on if you’re not sure of your rights and have difficulty saying no so they won’t have to scramble to find a replacement

• Resignation is by an individual, stating their intention to terminate their employment with an employer. It cannot be rejected.

My mom got remarried to her current husband 14 years ago. He’s an okay man but my dad will always and forever be my number 1. When they announced to me that a baby was on the way I freaked out. Told them there and then that I don’t want to ever be involved in this kid’s life. I find it super weird that he’s 22 years my junior, I’m old enough to be his damn dad. Why did my mom even need to have another child at 42? That baby fever was strong apparently.

I found the entire thing disgusting to say the least.

The years go by and when my half-brother was around 10 years old he started saying how much he wanted to meet me. After a lot of nagging from my mother I said, whatever, F it, alright, I’m gonna do it. From our first encounter, he basically clinged onto me. For the past 3 years he has constantly tried to make me like and accept him but I just can’t do it. He’s a nice person and all but I still find my mom’s actions nasty so I involuntarily associate him with that. I can’t help it. I never wanted a sibling.

Yesterday, he was over at my place and kept on asking me to watch a movie with him, which I didn’t want to do. I ended up going off on him and told him that I don’t want to be his friend and actually want nothing to do with him at all.

He immediately started crying and apologizing to me, saying that he doesn’t have any friends and gets push around at school for his introverted nature and that he just doesn’t understand why I despise him so much.

He said that he’s so tired of feeling rejected all the time when all he does is be good to everyone. He said sorry one more time, told me that despite my huge hatred toward him he still loves, admires and respects me a lot, then he runs out of the house.

He hasn’t reached out to me ever since.

Here are what netizens think:

• you are taking your unresolved rage at your mother out on a literal child. Get therapy; figure your own shit out instead of burying a middle schooler in it.

• Dude you’re an adult. Act like it.

• You’re an adult. He’s a child. He doesn’t deserve to be treated like garbage because of how you feel about your parents’ divorce. I can’t even imagine how he must have felt this whole time, trying to be good enough for his older brother. Why even stay in contact with your mother if you were going to emotionally torture her child? Please strongly consider therapy.

A netizen shared a spine-tingling encounter that his grandparents had when they were younger, with a demon who was pretending to be a little girl in the woods.

Here is the story:

This story comes down from my grandparents who grew up in a small town in Malaysia. This is one among many encounters with the paranormal in their lives.

My grandparents come from a deeply religious family many decades ago and Angels and demons are a real part of everyone’s lives.

My grandmother was 9 months pregnant with my uncle when her water finally broke. It was the middle of the night.

Unfortunately for my grandparents, their house was on the other side of the town river. Where lighting was poor and the roads were dirt.

To get to the town center to catch a ride to the hospital, my grandparents needed to walk across a narrow, poorly lit bridge and up a large hill.

An uneasy trek even when you’re not getting ready to give birth.

As my grandparents reach the river, they can hear the flow of the water and the cool breeze. My grandfather tells my grandmother to stay strong and focused. This is no time to be caught off guard.

As they are about to walk across the bridge, my grandmother hears a cry. A little girl. Barefoot and sitting on a rock by the river.

“Help me” she says. She can’t be more than 5 years old.

The little girl is looking right at my grandmother. “Help me, I have a splinter in my foot.”

My grandmother immediately feels a sense of motherly duty come over her as the little girl tends to her foot. My grandmother becomes very concerned for this little girl sitting on a rock in the middle of the night.

She approaches the little girl who’s got tears streaming down her face. As she reaches closer, my grandfather leaps in between them. He takes out a talisman and holds it in front of the little girl.

To my grandmother’s amazement, the girl disappears immediately. My grandfather turns to her and says “you know better than this. You know the devil disguises itself as innocent and inviting as it can.”

My grandmother begins to sob and thank my grandfather as they continue their journey to the hospital.

Editor’s note: That was chilling…