Relationships

Marriage Counselors Share The Weird, Petty Reasons A Couple Has Made An Appointment

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“I’m a counselor with teenagers and kids. A school staff member dragged these two teens into my office one day, a boy and a girl. Both were clearly upset but definitely didn’t want to talk about it with me. You could have cut the tension with a knife as they sat frozen in their chairs staring at the floor. I saw them and thought, ‘oh fuck, she’s pregnant.’ I’m trying not to panic at how to handle the situation as I finally get them talking and it turns out…. they were just fighting because he sent a text to some girl. A text. At least she wasn’t pregnant.” — maz_lotus

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“My sister in law made an appointment for marriage counseling because her husband greeted their dog before her when coming home from work.” — Freyja_the_derpyderp

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“Not me but my buddy’s wife demanded counseling after he refused to ‘fix’ his habit of leaving the seat up. Apparently the straw that broke the camel’s back was he didn’t realize his poo ‘came back up’ and she fell into the toilet on his old, waterlogged shit.” — Shin-Gouki-

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“My aunt and uncle do weekly visits because my aunt doesn’t like that my uncle masturbates. They have been going for 3 years, and my uncle isn’t gonna budge idk why he keeps paying money to a counselor who clearly isn’t ever going to convince him to stop.” — swearbear91

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“A buddy of mine was in therapy with his wife. She told me later that my friend (let’s call him Gary) has a drinking problem. Me: Wait. What? Since when is Gary drinking. I never saw him drink alcohol.’ Her: ‘That’s the problem.’ Oh Gary, I hope you are fine now.” — GifBeefer

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Patricia Grisafi, PhD, is a freelance writer and educator. Her work has appeared in Salon, Vice, Bitch, Bustle, Broadly, The Establishment, and elsewhere. She is passionate about pit bull rescue, cursed objects, and designer sunglasses.