If you don’t want to hang out with one of the people involved in the trip, why bother going in the first place? Some people love saying they are alone because they have strong boundaries or because nobody is up to their standards, but usually it is because they are so annoying that nobody wants …
Seguir leyendo Mother doesn’t want to invite her sister to a girls’ trip as it is for her daughter’s volleyball tournament, and she never liked being her aunt: ‘I already know how she feels about children, and why would I invite her to a trip that focuses on my kid’
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Teenager ruins aunt’s custom sapphire engagement ring, and her mother demands that she get to keep it because stealing it and having to cut it was emotionally hard for her
This divorce opened a new family estate-sale category in which an ex-wife’s sapphire engagement ring becomes available to whichever teenager can quietly remove it from a jewelry box and get it stuck on a swollen finger The ring was custom-made, expensive, and, as every practical, reasonable, sane person would obviously know, intended to be saved …
Seguir leyendo Teenager ruins aunt’s custom sapphire engagement ring, and her mother demands that she get to keep it because stealing it and having to cut it was emotionally hard for her
Mom expects her sister to pick her kids up from school without asking her if she’s free to do it: ‘My nephew called me asking where I was. I had no idea I was supposed to be picking them up.’
Is she supposed to know through osmosis that she’s supposed to pick up her niblings? Nobody likes to sit in the school pickup line. I remember my mom had to show up to school like an hour early to get a good spot in the school pickup line. If I were to do it all …
Seguir leyendo Mom expects her sister to pick her kids up from school without asking her if she’s free to do it: ‘My nephew called me asking where I was. I had no idea I was supposed to be picking them up.’
20-year-old rents room from aunt, aunt is annoyed when she refuses to babysit her 5-year-old twins for free: ‘They’re great kids, but they’re LOUD’
Do you need to offer free babysitting to your family members? It’s nice to offer help where you can, but it’s probably not something you want to sacrifice your own needs for. When you’re young and in school, your priority should be yourself. There will be enough chance to be responsible for other people when …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old rents room from aunt, aunt is annoyed when she refuses to babysit her 5-year-old twins for free: ‘They’re great kids, but they’re LOUD’
Mom accuses sister of making her and her 5-year-old daughter homeless because she’s moving out of their shared apartment in a year: ‘She makes $14 an hour.’
How is she making her homeless if she’s giving her plenty of time to make new living arrangements? It’s not uncommon for single parents to expect someone in their family to fill the role of a spouse in their household. A single dad might treat his sister like a surrogate mother figure, expecting her to …
Seguir leyendo Mom accuses sister of making her and her 5-year-old daughter homeless because she’s moving out of their shared apartment in a year: ‘She makes $14 an hour.’
‘Well, then you can pay my student loans’: Job-offer dispute turns into family fight after 25-year-old’s mother and aunt keep pressuring her to reject much-needed work, until she snaps
A frustrated comment about student loans came after repeated family pressure over a job offer, and the whole situation has turned into a tense fight about safety, money, and control This family’s selective focus on fear while the actual problem is financial reality is impressive as it is annoying. The job offer this young lady …
Seguir leyendo ‘Well, then you can pay my student loans’: Job-offer dispute turns into family fight after 25-year-old’s mother and aunt keep pressuring her to reject much-needed work, until she snaps
70-year-old aunt wants to take 4-year-old to Six Flags only if his mom doesn’t come too but the kid is scared and only wants to go if mom comes too, so the aunt bails
Aunt wants the kid alone. Kid wants his mom. Aunt pulls the Six Flags tickets like a poker player folding a bad hand. Sounds like a nice lady A relative who treats «quality time» like a Hollywood megaphone outside of a blockaded bank hostage negotiation leads to weird stories. Here, the premise is: No parents …
Seguir leyendo 70-year-old aunt wants to take 4-year-old to Six Flags only if his mom doesn’t come too but the kid is scared and only wants to go if mom comes too, so the aunt bails
Aunt and cousins refuse to pay 16-year-old niece for doing their acrylic nails, leading niece’s mom to confront them: ‘They read her messages without responding’
When someone gives you a service, you need to pay them, no matter who they are to you. My 14-year-old niece loves to spend time with my dogs; they are her absolute favorites. Most of the time, she would come to hang out at our place and simply ignore us for hours. She would take …
Seguir leyendo Aunt and cousins refuse to pay 16-year-old niece for doing their acrylic nails, leading niece’s mom to confront them: ‘They read her messages without responding’
47 and 51-year-old couple refuse to house their 25-year-old niece indefinitely after «a few days» turned into «maybe forever,» with no set plan: ‘My Husband’s sister said her daughter would “probably want her own place eventually”’
You ever notice how «can I stay for a few days» is basically the housing version of «can I borrow twenty bucks»? Sure, technically that’s what got asked. But everyone involved already knows the «borrow» part isn’t the most accurate description, and you’re just watching the negotiation unfold like a haggle loving car salesperson meets …
Seguir leyendo 47 and 51-year-old couple refuse to house their 25-year-old niece indefinitely after «a few days» turned into «maybe forever,» with no set plan: ‘My Husband’s sister said her daughter would “probably want her own place eventually”’
Mom of a 4-month-old refuses to babysit her 32-year-old sister’s 2-year-old, even though she’s a stay-at-home mom: ‘Normally, our mom watches my niece while my sister works.’
She needs to hire a babysitter or take her kid to daycare, because her sister is the mom of a newborn, and can’t handle looking after a 2-year-old who cries all the time and wakes the baby up. Some kids are a joy to babysit, and others are an absolute nightmare. If a parent constantly …
Seguir leyendo Mom of a 4-month-old refuses to babysit her 32-year-old sister’s 2-year-old, even though she’s a stay-at-home mom: ‘Normally, our mom watches my niece while my sister works.’