Category: Interesting Stories

We got a letter from Barbara. Hello Bright Side! So my sister has this habit of just, dropping her kids on me whenever it’s convenient for her. I don’t have kids, so in her mind that means I’m “always free.” Like, it’s…

After losing her 16-year-old daughter, a grieving mother plans to donate the college fund in her honor, until her estranged stepdaughter shows up demanding the money for herself. When her husband sides…

My fiancé was supposed to be our forever happy place, but instead, he cheated and broke our hearts. Then he demanded I return everything he gave me and my kids… right down…

One of our readers shared a jaw-dropping family drama: she’s renting an apartment from her own MIL. Recently, the woman lost her job, and her mother-in-law first comforted her… only to later turn the whole renting…

Recently, I lost my mom. I knew that my life wouldn’t be the same anymore, but I didn’t expect it to flip that much.” When our reader’s dad remarried someone her age, he expected them to bond like family. But after her new…

Blended families sometimes encounter difficulties in treating all children equally. This was the case for Madison’s family when her husband requested that her daughter skip a family trip, so his son’s girlfriend…

Sometimes, scary things happen to us as adults, and we know right away they’re frightening. But other times, we remember stories from childhood that seemed funny back then. As kids, we didn’t realize how scary they really were. Now, looking…

Some moments pass by unnoticed, while others stay with us forever, etched into our hearts and minds, shaping who we become. In this collection, 12 people open up about real events that changed the course of their lives. These…

My husband, Mike (47M), and I (44F) have been married for six years. Mike has a daughter, Lauren (25F), from his previous marriage. Lauren and I have always had a polite but distant relationship—let’s just say we aren’t…