19-year-old stepson refuses to speak to father’s partner for a year, protests when she won’t pay for him to join them on vacation: ‘He’s had no relationship with me or my daughter’

Adjusting to a parent dating somebody new is something that a lot of kids find difficult. This counts for both younger and older, but in many ways, it can be more difficult with those who have reached the adolescent stage. They are already dealing with the difficulties of that awkward transition to adulthood, and adding …
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Stepmom tries to ground her 17-year-old stepson, gives dad the cold shoulder after he forbids her from discipling his son: ‘This is my last summer with my oldest child’

Does it ever become acceptable for a stepparent to treat their stepchildren as if they were their biological children? As one might expect, the answer is «it depends.» If a stepparent is the only parent their kid has ever known and they call them «mom» or «dad,» it’s safe to assume that they can and …
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A Field Full of Memes To Frolic In

Who doesn’t want to run through an open field with their arms up like Maria in The Sound of Music? I don’t think there’s a single soul alive who wouldn’t want to do that, at least in their own way. Something about being in a wide open space just makes the heart feel free. As …
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A Mouthful of Hilarious Cooking Memes for Amateur Chefs (May 28, 2025)

I have had to cook for a larger number of people recently, and jeez, is that experience stressful. Scaled up, even the simplest of go-to weeknight recipes become whole strategic operations of how many things to chop and when. It makes you really understand why they’re always screaming at each other in professional kitchens, and …
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‘After I moved in with my ex-stepmom, things were quiet for a few weeks. Then, last week my dad asked to meet’: 18-year-old chooses ex-stepmom Dana’s home over her dad’s after divorce faces 2nd wave of backlash – Update

On the last episode of this high schooler’s unfortunate saga, our teenager chose to live with someone who finally treats her like a human, even if they had a rough start, and everyone else lost their minds. But this dad is here to double down. There’s nothing quite like a parent’s emotional baggage, carefully gift-wrapped …
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Funniest Cat Memes for Feline Fanatics (May 28, 2025)

It is kind of hard to believe that there are people out there who don’t like cats. If they are one of those individuals who just don’t like animals full stop, it makes sense, but those who go gaga over dogs or other domesticated species but find that cats leave them cold? It’s odd behavior. …
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Friend refuses to split $1,000+ check at a San Francisco birthday dinner after another friend racked up the bill with family-style platters of seafood, meat, and pricey cocktails: ‘We were each expected to pay $150, I had a $23 pasta and a $10 mocktail’

There’s nothing quite like the modern group birthday dinner to remind you that sometimes, friendship is just a subscription fee with cocktails. You step into a swanky San Francisco restaurant for what you hope will be a laid-back evening, but instead walk straight into a Hunger Games of Venmo requests. Before you can even scan …
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Kids take neighbor’s mail and ‘return’ it to her after claiming they found it, then demand a reward for their act of kindness, neighbor refuses: ‘Please leave’

When we were kids, we constantly came up with easy and creative ways to earn money. The easiest way was to offer our parents our services for housework in exchange for a few dollars. Some kids would wash their parents’ cars, some would fold the laundry, and some would shovel snow, and they get nicely …
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The Funniest Harry Potter Memes of the Week (May 28, 2025)

I don’t know about y’all, but I love A Very Potter Musical. I’m not going as far as to say that it’s superior to the official Harry Potter Broadway show, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, but it’s incredibly close. I love that the original musical can squeeze in the plots of the last four …
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25+ Star Wars Memes for Aficionados of the Force (May 28, 2025)

My personal favorite part of Star Wars is when Luke Skywalker turns around and says, «There’s a war happening. A war… In the stars.» When he said that… it really stayed with me.  So much of the dialogue in our favorite films is instantly iconic. Everyone in their mother knows that «I am your father,» …
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