This is... so spot on and excellent. I really, really resonate with this.

“But the kicker is that we kept those few items we paid for and ... merry Xmas mom and dad!”

I had to think for a minute but then it all came flooding back to me with a laugh - definitely the time I stole a $450 carts’ worth of Xmas gifts for my family from Walmart, got caught, ended up on 2 yrs of probation over it... and still ended up giving the residual gifts to my parents. so we had a bit of a crime ring…

Yes. A quick text saying hey I'd like a nice ceramic frying pan is emotional labor??? Something that was a good descriptor for the burden of doing extra work in an intimate partnership has really like been smushed into meaningless white noise

This is very refreshing. I love this take. I agree that sometimes, for things like this, you need to just let it go and allow them to do what they want. It doesn’t sound like they are being malicious in anyway.

Yess I was literally just thinking about this. I’m sure that most of the commenters would be ok with a book and maybe the maybe could be donated to a charity or something? I usually don't like anthologies but this one would be awesome. 

For some reason that picture is... terrifying? Lol I feel like it’s something out of The ring. 

Both this and the other story have really intrigued me about going to Arizona. 

I love libraries. My current one does not have anything remotely close to a spooky vibe - it’s very small and new and always super busy. But this made me reminisce for my old college library which I most definitely should have spent more time at. It was super huge and had many, many floors, some only accessible by…

Im sorry that the ghost/spirit whatever is upsetting your kid. That would kids me off too. Hopefully you scared it away! Braver than me for sure. 

Ok thanks because I am absolutely terrible at spatial reasoning and anytime I read anything about a,layout or what not it is a big blur to me in my mibd and very cobfusing lol but I still get scared by the story!

Wow I could have never slept in there again after that! How terrifying. 

Thats so crazy. I know creepy back roads like that, my ex lived down a long gravel road in the middle of nowhere and I would always be terrified driving home alone at night. I wonder if the police were ever able yo track who the car belonged to, at least? Like it would have to be registered or at least have a VIN?…

Right? Like checking out the house for what purpose? Coming back to rob the place?

Wow do you think you guys would have went if you knew the back story and that name?! Lol it sound like something from a movie... "hey let's spend the night a5 MURDERING beach" 

Wow. Not even scared just sobbing at work now lol how tragic and touching 

It’s weird because I absolutely hate scary movies I hate being scared but I LIVE for these. Maybe its just because they're written and I like reading. I was just checking yesterday and was worried they weren’t doing it this year!! Woo something fun! 

I Don’t know. I’m a millennial (late 80s baby) and whenever stuff like this comes up it’s bewildering to me. You can never truly know the intimate intricacies of two people’s romantic relationship. Even if they are your parents.  Obviously this person wasn't aware of this long affair and thought the mom was the…

As former social worker ....THANK YOU!! So sick of this still apparently popular myth that courts 'just side with the moms '. Such jack shit. 

I was actually confused by that plot line... mind you I did watch it while working so I had to stop and start it about 50 times lol.