Excluded from my husband’s family dinners, I decided it was time to teach them a lesson

Reddit is the place where people get the best advice when they find themselves in situations they have a hard time handling, so getting unbiased strangers’ outlook can truly come in handy.

A woman, 32, took to the social forum to share her story and ask if she had done the right thing when she decided to confront her husband about something that bothered her for a long time.

Namely, she and her husband, 35, have been married for three years, a period during which his family has been having regular dinners once a month. The thing is that while her brothers-in-law’s girlfriends are always invited, she’s sometimes asked to skip the dinner and stay home instead.

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The last time she was asked “to sit this one out” by her husband, she agreed but made a reservation at the same restaurant without his knowledge.

When he left the house and headed towards the restaurant, she waited for around 15 minutes and went there by herself.

Once at the place, she sat at her table and ordered her favorite food. Her husband and his family were unaware of her presence until she went to the restroom and passed right by their table.

When her husband spotted her, he asked her what she was doing there, to which she replied that she was craving a steak and decided to treat herself with a nice dinner. Her mother-in-law dubbed her action rude.

The woman didn’t pay much attention to their words and got back to her table, finished her meal, and headed home.

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When her husband arrived home shortly after, he started calling her names, claiming she was utterly disrespectful. The woman, however, demanded to know why she was regularly excluded from the family dinners when his brothers’ girlfriends were always welcome.

He refused to answer, but she wasn’t done getting to the bottom of the problem.

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After a couple of days, the woman posted an update on Reddit thanking everyone who took their time to read her post and react to it. Most of the fellow Redditors wrote that what she did was right and encouraged her to get the answers she was looking for.

In her update, the woman explained that she pushed her husband into telling her what was really going on. He cracked under the pressure she placed on him and confessed that it was his mother who didn’t want her at those dinners.

It turned out that his mother believed the woman didn’t fit in with the family. When she asked him if she didn’t fit because of her race – she is half-Black – her husband denied the race was the issue. However, the hesitation in his voice said otherwise.

The woman kept asking, and her husband snapped and told her that his mother harbored resentment towards the woman’s race, her personality, her political beliefs, and past decisions, such as the one to spend Christmas with her husband and her own family on the first year they married.

The mother-in-law believed her son deserved someone better; someone who was more “like him.”

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This revelation was a hurtful one, so the woman asked her husband if he needed some space from her, but even before he got to answer, she went to the bedroom and started packing her belongings. She spent the next couple of days at her sister’s place and hadn’t contacted him during that time.

In her second update, she wrote that she’s still considering her choices and doesn’t know if she would get back to her husband, but thanked everyone for their love and support.

One person wrote that when her brothers-in-law’s girlfriends ask why she and her husband are not together (at the time being), she should tell them the truth so that they know what kind of a person their future mother-in-law is.

Everyone agreed that the woman deserved someone who would stand up for her, not someone whose mother’s opinion is more important than his own wife.

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With heavy hearts, we announce the passing – When you find out who she is, you will cry

Dame Deborah James, host of the BBC’s You, Me and the Big C podcast, died aged 40.

James was a mother of two. She battled bowel cancer that she was diagnosed with in 2016.

Her passing was announced by her family who posted a tribute to her on the social media. “We are deeply saddened to announce the death of Dame Deborah James; the most amazing wife, daughter, sister, mummy,” the post read.

She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family.

James was an advocate for cancer awareness, and her recognition for cancer fundraising brought her a damehood.

She shared her personal struggles with cancer in order to “raise awareness, break down barriers, challenge taboos and change the conversation around cancer,” her family said.

“Even in her most challenging moments, her determination to raise money and awareness was inspiring.”

Following her diagnosis, after which she was only given two years to live by the doctors, James, who beat the odds and lived six years more than that, started a blog, Bowel Babe.

Through her blog, she tried to fight the taboos surrounding the life with this condition and was given a column in The Sun the following year.

This cherished deputy head teacher who specialized in computer science and e-learning started the You, Me and the Big C podcast on BBC along with fellow cancer fighters Lauren Mahon and Rachael Bland, who died in 2019, a year after the podcast started.

In her first book that was published in 2018, F*** You Cancer: How to Face the Big C, Live Your Life, and Still Be Yourself, James addressed her children, Hugo and Eloise, who were nine and seven when she received her devastating diagnosis.

“Hugo and Eloise, you are my world. You are my everything and I love you beyond comprehension. Know that whatever happens I am with you, I’m at your side and I believe you can do anything you want to do. I’m so proud of you and all I ask for you in life is to make the most of every single day,” she wrote.

James’ Bowelbabe Fund that she set up in order to fund medical research into personalised medicine for cancer patients and to raise awareness of bowel cancer raised over £1m in the first month.

Dame Deborah James was an exceptional woman. May she rest in peace.

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Got $2 bills? You might be surprised by their value!

The $2 bill was first introduced in 1862 during the Civil War to ease coin shortages. At the beginning, it featured Alexander Hamilton before switching to Thomas Jefferson. This bill has a fascinating history in American currency.

Throughout the years, the $2 bill wasn’t accepted by the public because they often associated it to bad luck. Its unpopularity continued into the 20th century, with Americans avoiding to use it for their daily transactions, and sticking to the $1 and $5 bills instead.

The U.S. government made an attempt to revive the $2 bill as part of the nation’s Bicentennial celebration back in 1976 by introducing a special edition featuring the signing of the Declaration of Independence on its reverse.

However, this design became popular with the collectors and further deepened the conception that the bill was only valuable as a collectible. This made many people hoard $2 bills, which further limited their circulation.

Despite the fact that it’s not used often in everyday life, the modern $2 bill isn’t particularly rare or valuable. Most $2 bills printed after 1976 are only worth face value unless they have distinctive features like star notes or errors such as double print.

Those $2 bills that can be worth more were printed between 1953 and 1963. The pre-1928 large-size notes can also be of greater value, with the rarest examples selling for hundreds of dollars depending on their condition.

One of the reasons why the $2 bill was never truly accepted by the public was practical. Namely, cash registers that are designed without a designated slot for the denomination made it inconvenient for retailers to handle.

This, along with people’s preference for multiples of 1 and 5, contributed to the bill’s decline in popularity.

According to the Federal Reserve, about 1.2 billion 2-dollar bills are in current circulation. And although this might seem like a huge number, if we make a comparison to the 11.7 billion 1-dollar bills in circulation, the difference is obvious.

Even today, the $2 bill is wrapped around enigma because of its rare use, making it a conversation starter for those who stumble upon it.

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Homeless woman undergoes stunning makeover – Her transformation will leave you speechless

People enjoy positive changes. There are times in life when we desire a fresh haircut, an enhanced look, and a stylish new outfit with attractive accessories. And we often get that. But sadly, there are individuals out there who can’t even provide a roof over their head and a single meal during the day, let alone a visit to the salon or the clothing store.

Rita is a homeless woman who has spent most of her life on the streets of Turkey. Her days consist of constant struggle to find anything to eat. On top of that, she’s been experiencing several health issues which make her days even harder.

Unfortunately, Rita has also lost her son and has been unable to find a job because of her physical appearance.

When stylist Shafag Novruz first met Rita and learned her life story, she was determined to give her the looks she has always deserved. So, Novruz embarked on a mission to provide the homeless lady with a heart of gold a makeover.

Besides manicures, hair extensions, and make-up, Novuz also covered the costs for a dental surgery for Rita,who finally got the dentures she desperately needed.

The remarkable transformation, stunned many after a video of it was posted on the social media.

Thousands of people were impressed by the change that affected Rita’s self-confidence in a positive way.

Thankful for everything Novruz has done for her, Rita is now able to face the life challenges with a renewed outlook.

This touching story is another reminder that kindness is what makes this world go round.

Thanks to Shafag’s compassion, Rita has rediscovered her sense of worth and now looks forward to a brighter future.

Take a look at Rita’s incredible transformation in the video below.

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King Charles ‘keener than ever’ to see Harry’s children

Prince Harry, who is said to have been missing his UK life, is more determined than ever to resolve the security issue that prevents him and Meghan from bringing their children to his homeland.

When they stepped down from their royal duties in 2020 and stopped being working royals, the Sussexes lost the privilege of getting security protection by the British police, a decision Harry is planning to challenge yet again.

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As reported by People, the Duke “is preparing to appeal a court ruling that upheld the decision to deny him security.”

Reinstating his and his family security would mean more flexible visits to him homeland, which would also mean his children spending time with their British relatives, particularly their grandfather, King Charles. In fact, Harry believes that it is his father who can do something regarding the official security issue.

“Harry is frightened and feels the only person who can do anything about it is his father,” a royal insider shared with the magazine.

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“Harry is determined to protect his own family at all costs,” another source claimed.

The fact that Harry is convinced the question of him getting the right to official security while in the UK has anything to do with his father affects their relationship further. In fact, a source claimed that Harry is “emotionally blackmailing” his father by not bringing his children to him unless the issue with the protection is resolved the way he and Meghan have envisioned.

Sadly, King Charles has only seen Archie a handful of times, and Lili only once, and as time passes by, the monarch misses his grandchildren more and more.

A source told US Weekly that not seeing his younger son’s children has “left a massive hole in his heart that he’s only spent a few fleeting days with them and then video calls on important days.”

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As per the MirrorCharles “has had discussions” about visiting Harry and his family in the States “at some time in the future.”

Royal expert Tom Quinn spoke to the newspaper and said, “There is no doubt if it goes ahead he would build in time to visit his youngest son and his grandchildren, but there are mountains of planning to be overcome before that becomes even a remote possibility.

“It’s certainly possible that he would make a discreet private visit to Harry and the children in California,” the royal expert added. “He is desperate to see them and hates the idea that Archie and Lily will not remember him as the warm friendly grandfather he wants to be.”

Louella Alderson, a relationship experts, has also spoken on the subject and told Mirror that the King’s willingness to meet his son and his family is a significant gesture, but considering his royal engagements and his fragile health, the trip to the States “would likely require careful planning and coordination.”

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It is said that the King gets to speak to his US-based grandchildren through FaceTime, but that’s not enough because he truly wants to be present in their lives.

According to a source, Charles is “keener than ever” to focus on his family, making up for “lost time.”

“The King is absolutely committed to being present in all of his grandchildren’s lives. He values family above everything and whatever the course of his relationship with his son he would never be content with just seeing his grandchildren on the odd video call,” the source said.

We hope King Charles would be able to see his grandchildren in person soon.

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Superstar’s 3-year-old son dies two weeks after tragic river accident

Levi Wright, the young son of rodeo star Spencer Wright, has tragically passed away.

The three-year-old succumbed to a traumatic brain injury sustained from a near-drowning incident on May 21.

Levi was driving a tractor toy and fell into a river. He was rushed to the Salt Lake City hospital where he was hospitalized. Local law enforcement located Levi unconscious around a mile downstream.

Levi was initially declared brain dead and was not expected to survive, but he still showed signs of improvement.

“LEVI WOKE UP! I am shook, we don’t know much but the doctor said it was okay for me to get excited about that and I AM! My baby is so tough!” his mother Kallie Wright posted on Facebook.

Sadly, the results of the MRI done the following day “weren’t good.”

“We’re shattered but it is just images that suggest a certain quality of life. Our real teller of all will be what Levi does over the course of a few days,” Kallie shared.

His fight continued as family and friends prayed for his recovery.

Unfortunately, the family was forced to make a heartbreaking decision.

“After several sleepless nights, lots of research, multiple conversations with the world’s best neurologists & millions of prayers we are here in the face of our biggest fear,” she wrote. “Levi showed us just enough to buy us time for all of this. We prayed those things were him defying odds & proving to us that he wanted to stay here but we see now he wanted to give us time to find peace with letting him go.”

Following a number of scans and tests, as well as consultations with the medical personnel, the family decided to take Levi off life support.

The news of Levi’s tragic passing was confirmed by Mindy Sue Clark, a friend of the family.

“I cannot even begin to explain how hard the last two weeks have been. From the moment my phone rang the night of his accident, to last night receiving the message that he had to go. I don’t want to focus on the bad or sad, even though it feels like someone ripped my heart out and squeezed it right in front of me. I want to focus on the many miracles we all got to bear witness to in those 12 days.

“The most perfect three year old there ever was. So perfect we didn’t get to keep him. This baby boy moved mountains the last 12 days. He brought so many people together. In a world so dark, we got to see light at the hands of a child. He’s everything his mom and dad could’ve wanted him to be.”

We are so very sorry for this devastating loss. Rest in peace, Levi.

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Queen Camilla’s affluent upbringing: Pre-royal photos tell a story

It took Queen Camilla years to get to be loved by the public, especially following the scrutiny she faced after Princess Diana’s tragic death. Today, however, Camilla is a much-loved member of the British royalty.

At the time the public learned of then-prince Charles’ affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, she became the most hated person in Britain. At one point, she was even afraid to go out in public.

Charles and Camilla were introduced to each other by a mutual friend, Lucia Santa Cruz, the daughter of the Chilean ambassador, at a polo match. They started dating in 1972, but the relationship didn’t last long as Charles left to serve in the Royal Navy. When his duties there came to an end and he returned home, Camilla was already engaged to her now-ex husband Andrew Parker Bowles.

However, they never stopped being close. Even when Charles married Diana, he and Camilla stayed in touch.

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Royal author Penny Junior claimed that Charles was aware he wasn’t in love with his future wife Diana, but it was already too late for him to call off the wedding.

“Charles was not convinced he was doing the right thing in marrying Diana but there was no way out and, bolstered by the hope that things would be different once they were married, he put a brave face on it,” she wrote, as reported by the Mirror.

What’s most, Camilla and Diana knew each other and got along, but then things changed.

“I met [Camilla] very early on. I was introduced to the circle, but I was a threat, I was a very young girl, but I was a threat,” Diana explained in the book Diana: In Her Own Words.

The love affair between Charles and Camilla started in 1986, according to Prince Charles’ authorized biography, as quoted by Town & Country. At the time, Charles was still married to Princess Diana and she eventually became aware that her husband was cheating on her.

Diana even confronted Camilla once, but nothing changed.

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The phone call revealed an intimate and sexual exchange between the couple, which became known as Tampongate.

Despite the mistreatment from the press, the bond between Camilla and Charles prevailed. On April 9, 2005, the couple exchanged vows in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall.

Later, at the wedding reception, the late Queen Elizabeth offered a toast to the newlyweds. However, she had other plans in mind, as she briefly stepped into another room to catch a horse race.

“I have two important announcements to make. The first is that Hedgehunter has won the Grand National,” the queen said. 

“They have overcome Becher’s Brook and The Chair and all kinds of other terrible obstacles. They have come through, and I’m very proud and wish them well. My son is home and dry with the woman he loves,” Queen Elizabeth II continued as she made a comparison with her horses.

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Growing up, Camilla’s parents owned houses in both East Essex and South Kensington and were considered to be part of the elite of that area. Consequently, Camilla and her siblings, Annabel and Mark, had plenty of things, including ponies.

Speaking of her childhood, which she remembers as idyllic, Camilla said, “I was one of the very lucky ones, I had the idyllic childhood right in the country, sitting on the South Downs with my brother and my sister and our pets and our ponies. I think it was a very simple childhood.

“Sometimes in the summer, we used to ride to school on our ponies, probably something that’s more Australian than English, but we used to ride and then tie them up and ride back again. It just shows how things have changed because, in those days, there was nothing on the roads. Can you imagine now letting a child ride to school with its satchel on its back? I mean, it wouldn’t happen.”

Bridesmaids and sisters 4-year-old Camilla and 3-year-old Annabelle Shand, at the wedding of Jeremy Cubitt and Diana du Cane in St Mark’s church, North Audley Street, London, January 17, 1952. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

As per Town & Country, Camilla’s parents shopped at the luxurious and famous department store Harrods, and Camilla learned the art of small talk from her mother who came from an aristocratic family.

“My mother was absolutely brilliant at making us speak to people,” Camilla told Women’s Day. “She used to have people to dinner; it didn’t matter who it was, old or young, some of them we thought were incredibly boring, but she used to sit at the end of the table and say: ‘Talk! I don’t care whether you’re talking about your pony or your homework, just talk!’ She was also quite forthright and never minced her words.”

Despite mastering this “art,” Camilla has always had problems with giving speeches.

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Camilla attended the elite Swiss finishing school Mon Fertile, where she honed her skills with the guidance of sophisticated housewives. After her time in Switzerland, she continued her studies at the Institut Britannique in Paris, before eventually returning to London.

While married to her first husband, Camilla had a regular job. According to the Mirror, she worked as a secretary at several firms in London’s West End area and later as a receptionist at Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler in Mayfair. She studied at Dubrells School in Sussex and Queen’s Gate School in South Kensington before finishing school at Institut Britannique in Paris, where she studied English and French Literature.

In the book On The Fringe—A Life In Decorating, designer Imogen Taylor, who was a colleague at the interior design firm Colefax and Fowler, where the queen used to work, remembered a time when a young Camilla arrived late to work after a night of partying.

Taylor claimed Camilla was then yelled at and fired.

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In 2016, she told the Sunday Times: “There were lots of debutantes working for us, even Camilla. She worked for us for a moment but got the sack.”

“He would shout and bellow so the whole building heard every word. The Duchess of Cornwall was one assistant who fell victim to one of tantrums. I think she came in late, having been to a dance,” Taylor recalled their boss’s temperament.

This, however, didn’t affect Camilla’s financial situation as she has been wealthy already.

Today, Camilla is one of the most beloved figures of the Firm.

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For six months, my husband visited his brother daily – But then my SIL’s called and left me speechless

Every relationship has its ups and downs, but as long as two people have respect for one another, there is nothing that cannot be overcome. At times, things seem dull and as though there is no way out, but love has the power to revive joy and spark change.

A woman shared a story of she and her husband were able to face an issue together, despite the challenges and the awkwardness of a situation the husband caused.

Namely, the two have been together for a number of years, and married for five.

Eventually, they welcomed a child into their lives, and everything felt perfect.

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The woman’s brother and sister-in-law lived nearby. All of a sudden, her husband started spending a lot of time there, claiming that his brother needed help around the house. The woman, Jesse, didn’t really think much of it, though her husband’s frequent visits to his brother’s place fell odd at times.

Months passed by, and Jesse got a call from her sister-in-law one day. Speaking in a strange manner, the sister-in-law told Jesse that there was something she needed them to discuss.

Jesse got worried by her tone of voice and asked if everything was all right, to what her SIL answered that it wasn’t.

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It turned out that Jesse’s husband was visiting his brother’s place every day in order to have dinner there, and the SIL wasn’t fine with that because she believed that he would stop stopping by that frequently but nothing really changed and she felt like she needed to act.

Jesse was shocked. Why would her husband eat at his brother’s place every single day?

She then recalled him telling her how he missed the food she cooked before their son was born, but now, with the little one in their lives, Jesse turned to a healthier lifestyle and that included choosing healthier food options which her hubby apparently wasn’t fond of.

The sister-in-law said that if Jesse’s husband continued eating their food, he needed to contribute to their groceries because they were tight on money and couldn’t afford to feed one more person.

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Jesse was ashamed by her husband’s behavior and promised to address the issue with him that same day.

When her husband got home later that day, she confronted him about the awkward situation he put her in and how embarrassed she was because he was eating at someone else’s place.

Her husband admitted that he craved the taste of real food, not the food Jesse introduced the family to during the last year. “Your cooking is awesome, but I long for some comforting food,” he said.

It was then that Jesse realized she needed to balance between the food her husband loved and the lifestyle she wanted them to maintain, so she visited the local food market first thing in the morning and got plenty of groceries. For lunch, she prepared a delicious beef stew that her hubby loved. The entire place smelled of home-cooked food, and looking at him having spoonfuls of the stew she realized how much he craved that sort of food.

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Once lunch was over, Jesse called her SIL and thanked her for everything, including telling her about her husband. She explained that they managed to get through the issue, offered to pay for their groceries for the months, and invited them over for dinner.

The SIL was glad Jesse didn’t get mad but instead was willing to solve the issue.

This experience only brought the two families closer together.

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