Posts by Matt Gilligan

I don’t think I’d be a very good couples therapist for one HUGE reason: I’d have a really hard time biting my tongue and not telling women and men to run for the hills when they told me about the really bad relationship problems…and especially when I saw the red flags that would be hard...

Family dynamics are odd. Some people tell their parents everything about their lives, and some only give their mom and dad the minimum information. And some of us fall in between somewhere…. I have a great relationship with my parents, but there are just some things that they don’t need to know about and that...

I know this sounds really terrible, but none of the teachers I ever had growing up all the way through high school really had any kind of big impact on me. Maybe it was my fault because I wasn’t paying attention too much, or maybe it’s just because I got pretty run-of-the-mill teachers. Who knows…...

Hell hath no fury like mom and dads scorned. That’s how the saying goes, right? Or something close to that? Anyway, a man shared his story on Reddit’s “Am I the *sshole?” page about a promise he made his parents when he was only 18-years-old…let’s see what went down. AITA for breaking a promise my...

You know things are pretty bad when you don’t want to invite your own parents to your wedding. But that’s exactly what happened in this complicated story of family drama from the “Am I the A**hole?” page on Reddit. Take a look at what this woman had to say and stick around to see how...

We all get triggered by things that are pretty dumb…and insignificant. Maybe it’s traffic, crying babies, rude customers, etc. The list is endless. What insignificant thing triggers you? AskReddit users shared their thoughts. 1. Yup. “People giving up the right of way when driving. You’re not being nice and polite, you’re being stupid and dangerous.”...

There are a lot of bands that I loved when I was younger that are still at it that are just flat-out painful these days…sorry but it’s the truth. I give them credit for keeping it going, but jeez…it ain’t pretty. What do you think used to be great but is now really bad? AskReddit...

I have quite a long list… There’s a bunch of things I want to do that I just haven’t gotten around to yet for one reason or another… Maybe I’ll get to some of them in the next few years… What can you honestly say you’ve never done before? AskReddit users shared their thoughts. 1....

Even if you’re taking small steps, it’s better to get started on something even if you feel like you’re behind the curve. Just get started on whatever it is you want to do and you’ve already got the ball rolling! And that’s half the battle, friends! AskReddit users talked about what people can start doing...

I’ve learned some things about my family over the past several years, but nothing too crazy or scandalous. But we all know that a lot of families out there are harboring BIG secrets that were kept hidden from certain folks for their own good. People took to AskReddit to talk about the family secrets they...

I’m willing to bet that if you’re a veteran of working in the wedding industry, you develop a pretty good sense of what marriages are going to work out and which ones aren’t. And I also bet that it’s gotta be pretty uncomfortable to be at the weddings where you just know deep down in...

Just because someone is technically “smart” doesn’t mean they have any common sense. You know what I’m saying? Sometimes, the really brilliant people you know do really dumb s**t. It’s a fact! What’s the dumbest thing that the smartest person you know ever did? AskReddit users shared their stories. 1. Close call. “Guy with a...

Have you thought about this question recently? Due to world events, I bet you have. I have too. I think my answer would be that I could jump in my car and drive 30 minutes to go see my parents. I obviously can’t do that for a while and honestly, it’s pretty depressing and makes...

We all go through ups and downs in life. But if you don’t have the tools to pull yourself out of the doldrums, it can be hard to ever get out of that cycle. So hopefully this article will help some people out today. What’s some good advice for people struggling with low self-esteem? Here’s...

A lot of us grow up wanting to believe that our parents are teaching us how to do life the right way. But still…once you get a little bit older and you become your own person, you might have a little bit of conflict with your folks. Hey, it happens to the best of us!...