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I'm the oldest of eight, with five foster siblings. There are pros and cons — I learned a scarcity mindset, but there's so ...

When she ghosted me, I was heartbroken. I bugged everyone for years, asking how she was, crying about how much I missed her. I made many attempts to reconnect that were met with silence or warnings ...

Within 19 days, I experienced both the sudden death of my baby sister and my father. Even though my five siblings and I had different mothers, we all shared the same father, who fostered close ...

I'm nearly 10 years older than my younger siblings, and have always helped take care of them. I've given them baths, fed them, advocated for them at school, and hosted them in my apartment. Having ...

DEAR ABBY: I have a male friend who texts me every morning (“Good morning, beautiful lady”) and sends flower emojis ...

DEAR ABBY: My mom is in her early 80s. More and more often lately, she seems to be avoiding seeing me and my siblings. It wasn’t always like this. She would let me, my husband and our kids stay with ...

I long to share my story with someone I love who might understand. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My brother and sister, both more than nine years older than me, were sexually abused by our father before his ...

"My mother went nuclear and told all my siblings," he said on Reddit Getty A widowed father of four began what he thought was a discreet relationship with his kids' 24-year-old au pair His mother ...

Raised in Brenham, Texas, the Stranger Things star is the second-youngest of five siblings. Her parents, Lori and Casey Sink, ...