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Wedding planner seats guests alphabetically by first name, separating them from their dates: 'One table was pretty much just women named Sue/Susan/Suzanne who didn’t know each other at all'

JR Atkinson

'The neighborhood she's in is known for people dumping their unwanted pets there': Girlfriend finds a meowjestic Maine Coon cat abandoned all alone and immediately knows that she has to save him

Mariel Ruvinsky

Uncle buys his 13-year-old nephew an entire gaming setup to get payback on his sister's childish boyfriend, forging core memories while the manchild fumes: ‘I didn't plan to go as far as I did, [but] it felt so good’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Group of teenagers rescues a trio of abandoned kittens, then, not knowing what to do, they bring the kittens to the house of a woman who wasn't looking for a cat but ended up falling in love with them anyway: 'I'd say we saved each other'

Mariel Ruvinsky

Taco Bell employee gets offered 2 kittens for $20 each by a customer, falls in love and doesn't hesitate before handing the $40 and taking the kitties home: 'It would have been three if there were three for sale!'

Mariel Ruvinsky

17-year-old refuses to go on girls trip to Southeast Asia because her friends are too inexperienced, friends are annoyed that she's 'ruining their holiday': 'What I was most afraid of was safety issues'

JR Atkinson

Worker finds a half-frozen kitten who was abandoned by its momma sleeping on a forklift in below-zero weather, wraps her in lifesaving warmth as he brings the tiny cat to safety and blankets

Mariel Ruvinsky

31-year-old musician husband calls out wife for not attending every one of his shows, not buying tickets right when they drop: 'Of the like 100 shows he’s played in our home state, I’ve gone to 90-95 of them'

JR Atkinson

‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father's love children

Jesse Kessenheimer

Couple goes on a mission to save a momma cat and her 3 kittens from under their house, decides to foster them for a while but falls in love, adopting the entire litter

Mariel Ruvinsky

'Am I a monster to separate this pair?': Kind woman wants to adopt a friendly stray pregnant calico before winter but worries about leaving behind her bonded unfriendly orange companion, seeks advice online

Mariel Ruvinsky

28-year-old expecting mother forces partner to give up his sports car because she can't drive a manual transmission, he thinks it's unfair: 'I cant understand why she won't learn to drive manual'

JR Atkinson

'Mom decided I needed a 'wake up call'': Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a "Parental Awareness Retreat" in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

'You texted at 5:30pm to say you'd be working late, and she was freaked out by 6:30pm? That's...not healthy': Husband doesn't reply to wife's text for 1 hour, she flips out and considers calling the authorities

JR Atkinson

'I wasn't ready for a new cat': Person who lost their soul-cat gets chosen by a beautiful tabby who marches straight into their home and and decided to stay

Mariel Ruvinsky

'She still doesn't want him, but he's also her baby': Mom who didn't want a cat also didn't want the sweet stray to starve, so she starts feeding him, TNRs him, brings him in when he's hurt, and still pretends she doesn't love him

Mariel Ruvinsky