For most of us, Christmas is the most beautiful time of the year. The holiday is a reminder of the love we need to share with those around us, especially our family and friends.
Sadly, in the case of one family, the Christmas celebration became a reason for a feud which ended with a mother giving her daughter an ultimatum and possibly uninviting her from the party she was hosting.
The mother shared her story on Reddit and asked fellow users if she was in the right or not.
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Namely, she explained that there is a huge age gap between her children. She had her daughter, who’s 25, with her ex-husband who was her high-school sweetheart. She later remarried and welcomed two children, who are now 7 and 9 years of age.
Her eldest daughter has a son on her own, which makes the OP a grandmother, too.
As the holiday is approaching, she invited her daughter and her grandson to a Christmas party she will be hosting. However, there was something that eventually caused a trouble.
The woman explained that her grandson doesn’t believe Santa Clause truly exists and his mom is okay with that. However, the woman’s young children do believe in Santa Claus, so now OP is worried that her grandson could ruin the magic for her children if he mentions something about Santa Clause during the evening of the party.
“I asked my daughter if she’d please talk to her son, because I wouldn’t like the magic ruined for them. I still put packages under the tree with “from Santa” on them, and leave out cookies and reindeer treats (bird seeds.) My daughter told us she wouldn’t make her son lie, and my children are old enough to understand if her son decides to say something,” the woman posted.
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When the daughter said she wouldn’t force her son to lie, the woman got mad and said that if that’s the case, then her daughter and her grandson should be spending Christmas all by themselves in their own apartment.
The daughter was devastated by her mother’s response and accused her of choosing her younger children’s happiness over hers, and that she was being completely unreasonable.
Living in the country can feel like blast for some. Others, however, don’t feel like that sort of place fits them, but there is simply nothing they can do to change that, just like the little boy from this hilarious story.
Where this little boy lived, they had to use an outskirt which he hated. During summers it was too hot, during winters it was extremely cold, and on top of that it always smelled bad.
The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek and the boy was determined to push that outhouse into the creek one day.
One time, while it was raining during a spring day, the creek was swollen so the little boy decided it was the day to push the outhouse into the creek. So he got a large stick and started pushing.
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Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away.
That night his dad told him they were going to the woodshed after supper. Knowing that meant a spanking, the little boy asked why.
The dad replied, “Someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn’t it, son?”
The boy answered yes.
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Then he thought a moment and said, “Dad, I read in school today that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn’t get into trouble because he told the truth.”
The dad replied, “Well, son, George Washington’s father wasn’t in that cherry tree.”
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The AITA Reddit forum uncovers plenty of real-life stories that attract the attention of a huge number of people who share their opinions and judge the original poster’s action as right or wrong.
A woman took to this forum to share a story involving her sister, which didn’t end up the way she expected to.
Namely, the OP’s sister moved closer, which OP saw as a way of having more opportunities for the two to bond and spend quality time together.
One day, the sister called the woman and invited her and her husband to a fancy restaurant.
The woman had second thoughts about the choice of place because she was aware it was very pricey. The sister, however, insisted they go exactly there.
Eventually, the woman and her husband agreed to go to the fancy restaurant with her sister and her sister’s boyfriend.
They had a nice time together and ordered what they felt like eating besides the high prices.
When the time came for the bill to be paid, the woman asked for two separate checks. But at that moment, the sister said she needed to use the restroom and her boyfriend followed her.
Some time passed by and neither the sister nor her boyfriend returned. The woman called her sister but she didn’t respond. It was clear they left the place in an attempt to avoid paying their part of the bill.
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The woman payed her and her husband’s check only and texted her sister that in case she didn’t return, she would need to face legal action. Still, no response.
The following day, the sister called OP and instead of providing an apology for her childish behavior, she asked from OP to pay the entire bill, but OP refused and said she never agreed on such a thing.
Although she was the one to be blamed for what she did, the sister made her entire family put pressure on OP about covering the entire bill, but OP took a stand that she wouldn’t do such a thing no matter what.
As expected, fellow Redditors stood on the woman’s side telling her she was NTA.
It is a common knowledge that if not agreed differently, the bill should be split.
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A marriage should be based on mutual respect and understanding, but not every person who’s involved in such a union respects these unwritten rules.
The truth is that there are plenty of cases of people ending their marriage because of infidelity, and the following story is an example of what the cheaters are willing to do in order to get away with their acts.
A woman named Jane started her story explaining that she and her friends were going to have lunch together at a restaurant. Her husband was on a business trip and wasn’t going to return home until later that night.
As she sat at the table and ordered her grilled calamari and garlic bread, she started looking around wondering if every lawyer tries to spot any of their clients like she did. At that particular moment, her heart stopped.
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Among the people at the restaurant was her husband Tom. He was on his phone and was smiling in a way she hasn’t seen him smile in years. But who was he chatting with if not her?
“And what was up with that smile? The last time I saw that smile was when he surprised me with a weekend away for our anniversary about five years ago,” the woman wrote.
She started over-thinking and didn’t know what to expect. “I sat there, listening to my colleagues order their drinks while envisioning catching Tom red-handed with another woman who was bound to stroll in to meet him,” she wrote.
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Tom’s entire focus was on his phone. As she sipped her wine and waited to see if her husband would meet with another woman, she spotted a man entering the place and taking a seat next to Tom. The man had an envelope in his hand which he handed in to Tom.
Jane sat at another table, a bit closer to that of Tom and tried to cover her face with the menu as she struggled to see what was in the envelope. Although she couldn’t see very clear, she did notice Tom holding photos of her. On one of them, she recognized herself in a green coat she sometimes wore. But why would her husband be given photos of her by another man.
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It was then that things started to make sense.
The man with the envelope was a private investigator who was trying to frame her an affair with someone. The reason why was that Tom was likely having an affair himself, but their prenup said that if one of them is caught cheating, the marriage ends and the other person is entitled to all their shared belongings.
“I was beside myself with rage and betrayal. But I wanted to let him play out his little game. Tom filed for divorce a week or so after that unfortunate lunch. I was sure he felt triumphant, thinking he had all the evidence he needed to get the big payout,” Jane explained in her post.
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Tom was totally unaware that the courtroom would turn into a stage for a showdown between them both.
“He presented his carefully crafted narrative, running his hands through his hair the entire time. It was an annoying habit of his, but he thought it made him charming. I sat quietly, waiting for his performance to be over.
“Then, it was my time.
“I presented all my counter-evidence with confidence. The courtroom was my playground; I had no reason to be anything less than bold.
“Tom’s plan had backfired spectacularly, and I knew Karma had taken over.”
Jane walked out of the courtroom with her head held high knowing she was now free and got exactly what she wished for.
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Although she was now alone, she was stronger, wiser, and free from a very toxic marriage that was based on lies.
“And this was just a lunch date with work colleagues. And you know? I didn’t even get my calamari and garlic bread,” she ended her post and asked social media users if they would do the same thing if they were her.
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CAP D'ANTIBES, FRANCE - MAY 17: Pierce Brosnan and Keely Shaye Smith arrive at the amfAR Gala Cannes 2018 at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 17, 2018 in Cap d'Antibes, France.
Best known for portraying agent 007, actor Pierce Brosnan has been considered a true Hollywood heartthrob. Landing the ultimate macho role of James Bond marked his professional life and cemented his career in the world of film.
During his early life, he was abandoned by his father, and his mother was forced to leave him with his grandparents in Ireland while she looked for a job that could help her support him in London.
Speaking of the time his spent with his grandma and grandpa as a young child, Brosnan recalled, “There were two lodgers — workingmen, one in the factory and one in the sawmill.
“I had a metal bed with a curtain around it…. That was my room and my haven and my space,” he shared with Esquire.
Even then, he loved watching films, mostly American Westerns, and dreamed of becoming an actor.
To the delight of all of us, his dream came true.
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When he turned 31, Brosnan was reunited with his father.
“I had a Sunday afternoon with him. A story about this and that, had a few pints of Guinness, and we said goodbye,” he recalled. “I would have loved to have known him. He was a good whistler, and he had a good walk…. That’s as much as I know about him.”
When Brosnan went to London to study drama school in 1977, he met Cassandra Harris. At the time, she was still married to husband Dermot Harris, with whom she had two children, Chris and Charlotte.
Brosnan was said to have been smitten by Harris’ charm and beauty. She was five years his senior, but he fell for her instantly and the two married five years later. After the passing of Harris’ first husband, Brosnan officially adopted her two children. The couple went on to have a child on their own, son Sean.
“We just clicked as a family,” the actor once revealed. “To begin with I was Pierce, then I was Daddy Pierce, and then I just became Dad. Charlotte and Chris have just been amazing in my life.”
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When Sean was welcomed into the world, the family seemed complete. But then, in 1987, Harris received the news of the devastating diagnosis. She battled ovarian cancer for four years before passing away.
Brosnan recalled that the night he lost his wife was the longest of his life.
“I was in a helpless state of…confusion and anger. She was comforting me,” he told People as he opened up of the tragic loss he suffered.
“She has made me the man I am, the actor I am, the father I am.
“She’s forever embedded in every fibre of my being. She’s there with me every day. I was so blessed to have met someone like that.”
Years after Harris left this world, Brosnan suffered yet another heartbreak when his adopted daughter Charlotte was diagnosed with the same form of cancer as her mother. She too passed away, leaving behind her two children and a husband. This loss brought back many bitter memories for Brosnan who was grief-stricken.
“Charlotte fought her cancer with grace and humanity, courage and dignity. Our hearts are heavy with the loss of our beautiful dear girl. We pray for her and that the cure for this wretched disease will be close at hand soon,” the actor said in a statement.
Following Cassandra’s passing, Brosnan had a hard time coping with the loss. However, he eventually met someone new, his current wife of over 20 years, Keely Shaye Smith.
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The actor has fallen for Kelly from the moment he laid eyes on her at a Mexican bar in 1992. They started dating two years later and tied the knot after seven years. He knew something was different about her. In an interview with The Independent, the former James Bond star revealed why he was drawn to Keely in the first place.
“I love her vitality, her passion. She has this strength that I wouldn’t be able to live without. When Keely looks at me, I go weak.”
It did not take long before the two fell in love. Speaking with People in 2001, she explained that she found Pierce Brosnan “captivating.”
“[He was] “tall, dark, and handsome — everything that everybody would immediately be attracted to. He had this mischievous sparkle in his eyes. I thought, ‘Wow! Wow!’” Keely said.
“I understand why women find him sexy, because he is an appealing man. He really likes and appreciates women. … He’s intelligent, captivating and his real beauty emanates from the soul. And, like a fine wine, he’s aging beautifully.”
Brosnan had previously admitted that meeting Kelly “saved” him at a time when he was deep into a depression. He would do anything to see her, even when his career took off.
“Wherever I went in the world, I missed her, and I’d send her tickets to come so we could be together. We just seemed to fit,” Brosnan said. “I found a great woman in Keely Shaye. Not if I searched a million times over would I find one as good.”
One of the secrets to their long-lasting marriage is that no matter how busy they are with their careers, they always make time for each other.
“My wife and I took a short road trip up to Santa Barbara – we were going for a romantic weekend and to look at houses and drink great wine. We didn’t listen to any music, but we just listened to the sounds of each other’s voices and sorted out the world.”
Over the years, Keely gained weight and people sometimes fat shame her but her husband always has her back and makes sure everyone knows he loves her the way she is. She is the great love of his life, that’s certain.
“Her friends offered her weight-loss surgery. However, I adore every curve in her physique. She is the most beautiful woman in my eyes. Additionally, she gave birth to our five children,” the actor was reported to have said.
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Maybe Brosnan staying with her comes as a surprise to many simply because Hollywood marriages are not “meant” to last, but theirs is as solid as a rock.
“Keely and I love backgammon,” the Hollywood star told People. “We’re very competitive. I taught her how to play, and now she just trashes me. It’s just so annoying. It really, really, really is.”
In a new interview with Fox, the actor gave his fans a new update on their marriage – and what has been the key all these years. “We like each other a lot. We love each other a lot,” he said. “And we’ve been down the road, and we’ve seen many, many hardships as families do, as we all do.”
“But watching someone grow up with you and grow old with you is a very spiritual journey,” he continued. “To watch each other change … whatever it may be, the hair, the waist. But it’s the love in the heart.”
Brosnan praised his wife for always being by his side and for supporting his career from the moment they met.
“She allows me to go out into the wild blue yonder and do what I do as a man, as an actor, [she] always has,” he added. “Keely is a journalist, a reporter. She’s an artist in her own right. And as a woman, she has made a family for our sons.”
We wish this beautiful couple a lifetime of happiness, love, and laughter. They’re definitely an example of how true love can thrive in Hollywood!
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The pain that comes with losing a child is unmatched. When something this terrible happen, bereaved parents tons of difficult and unexpected emotions, from shock and disbelief, to anger, guilt, and profound sadness.
At the same time, they find unique ways to grieve and pay tribute to the child they lost.
A young mother in Huntsville, Alabama was heartbroken over the loss of her baby. She felt like her entire world collapsed, but she knew she needed to stay strong, as much as something like that was even possible.
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Wanting to honor her late child, she decided to get a tattoo with a symbolic meaning and went to a tattoo shop in her town. Unfortunately, her idea of what her tattoo was supposed to look like was met with laughter by the tattoo artists.
Writing on Reddit, she explained how she assumed they laughed at her design because they had no idea what the drawing represented to her. “I suppose because it seemed to them like a “basic white girl” tattoo.”
As she felt deeply hurt, she went to another tattoo shop where she was treated with respect.
The mom shared a photo of the tattoo she got and explained the meaning behind it. It depicted a tree branch on which three birds are perched, and one baby bird can be seen to be flying away. The two adult birds and another smaller bird (presumably her other child) are looking at the baby bird leaving the branch.
The tattoo brought so many emotions at so many people that they couldn’t help but comment under the mom’s story.
“I don’t consider myself very sentimental, but this made me tear up; what a beautiful tattoo,” one Reddit user wrote. “That’s lovely…. Simple. Thoughtful. Well executed. Thank you for sharing. Now I have dust in my eye…,” another added.
We truly hope this mom and her family navigate through this heartbreaking situation.
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A three year old Indiana boy, Noah Brown, is fighting for his life after he was severely bitten by the 12-year-old stepson of his father.
Namely, Noah’s parents have been divorced, and on the day of the harrowing incident, the toddler was supposed to be taken care of by his father.
The father, however, left Noah in the care of his stepson who was supposed to babysit the three year old.
Noah, who has been described by his family as a very energetic boy, started crying and that made the babysitter angry, according to Noah’s grandmother, Candy King.
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She explained that the 12-year-old babysitter was by no means a suitable person to be left in charge of Noah because he experienced anger issues in the past.
Unfortunately, in order to prevent Noah from crying, the babysitter started hitting him with a belt and threw him towards the bed and his head hit the bed frame of the bunk bed. The 12-year-old then continued to pound the toddler’s head into the wall before Noah finally collapsed completely.
Shortly after this vicious incident, the babysitter was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, possession of personal weapons, and four counts of battery.
Sadly, Noah suffered seizures and needed to be sedated because of the severity of the injuries he sustained.
“He has had to be placed in life support and has had a part of his skull removed due to the intensity of his injuries,” his mother, Michelle Lane, told the Mirror.
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“He has a long road to recovery,” Lane told Fox 59, adding “It’s not guaranteed what his quality of life is going to be but we’re praying and hoping for the best that he comes out just fine.” To make things even worse, she said Noah also is battling Covid-19.
Lane started a petition that asks for the legal age to babysit to be changed in her state to a minimum of 16 years old. She wrote that “there is no law on the age requirement for babysitting a minor in the state of Indiana.”
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The love story between William and Kate dates back to the time they were both students at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
Speaking of the time they first laid eyes on each other, Kate once shared, “I actually went bright red when I met you and scuttled off feeling very shy about meeting you.
“William wasn’t there for quite a bit of the time initially, he wasn’t there from Fresher’s Week, so it did take a bit of time for us to get to know each other.”
As their relationship progressed, they received the entire attention from the media. Kate even made a public appearance with the Royals and attended the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy, which William took part in, along with her family.
And as everyone believed a royal marriage was just around the corner, the two split in 2007.
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Recalling the time of their break up, both Kate and William claimed it was actually good for them because they got to “find themselves.” Kate even said that “you can get quite consumed by a relationship when you’re younger,” as per The Telegraph.
Before the couple announced their engagement, Kate was nicknamed “Waity Katie” and “Lazy Katie.” According to Buckingham Palace officials, it was a reference to the fact that Middleton had recently quit her job to “prepare for her future life.”
Before meeting William and starting a relationship with him, Kate dated other people.
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Harry Blakelock is the man who was said to have broken her heart.
“When Kate arrived in Florence, she was really hung up about Harry,” a source told the Daily Mail in 2020.
“She spoke about him all the time and he seemed to have messed her around quite a bit. He seemed to have blown hot and cold with her when they were at school, and she was always talking about how she could get him back. He was also in Florence at the same time but from what I can remember, nothing happened.”
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Later, he married one of Kate’s friends.
Another of Kate’s loves was a man named Rupert Finch, who was studying his final year of law school when he and Kate Middleton began dating in 2001. The two dated for less than two years but remained good friends and attended each other’s weddings.
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However, her first boyfriend was Willem Marx, whom she met while attending Marlborough College in 2000. The two split shortly after but stayed on good terms and rumors were that he was even invited to her wedding to William years later.
“While Prince William’s first university girlfriend, Carly Massy-Birch, is still waiting for her invitation to his royal wedding, Kate Middleton’s former beau, Willem Marx, has had more success,” The Telegraph reported a month prior to the Prince and Princess’ wedding. They even asked Marx for a comment, to what he replied: “Who told you that I had been invited?” adding that it was a “false assertion.”
Meanwhile, a friend of Kate Middleton’s told the newspaper that Marx was still essential in her life.
“Willem means a lot to Kate,” the friend stated.
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Willem went on to study at Oxford University and began working for the business television channel CNBC.
According to reports he’s now married to television presenter Johanna Botta, who appeared in several seasons of the MTV reality show The Challenge, also known as Real World/Road Rules Challenge, and has a son, Diego.
Based in London and working as a reporter for CNBC, Kate’s ex has covered geopolitical news in Europe. He is said to have dual citizenship, in the UK and The Netherlands. He is fluent in French and Italian, and is believed to speak Spanish as well since his wife is of Peruvian-American descent.
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Botta often shares insights of her life on the social media. Recently, she shared that working as a freelancer helps her balance between her job and her role of a mom.
“Being freelance means always being ready to work and drop plans in a moment’s notice, not ideal I know!” Botta wrote. “But I get to spend so much time with my son, it makes it all worth it. I’m lucky to be in the position to make that choice.”
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In a separate Instagram post, Botta shared what a typical day of their lives looked like during the COVID-19 quarantine.
“Day: childcare. Night: Shoot show. Everything in between: fight with Husband, resent him and then thank him for helping me shoot at night,” she wrote.
Although she mostly posts photos of her son, she did share a photo of herself and her husband last year for their wedding anniversary.
“Sorry no refunds! Happy 8th wedding anniversary to us,” she wrote in the caption.
Kate and Willem didn’t last, but they both found their significant other.
Kate finally found true love with William and despite the obstacles they faced early in their relationship, they stayed together.
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