Nobody likes to work on their day off, even if that «working» is actually a party at your office. Getting there is half the battle. To work, that is. Once you’re there, you might as well be there. But most of the hassle is in getting out of bed, running a comb through your hair, …
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Group of 5 women each refuse to pay back friend $150 for vacation, spend it on her friend’s birthday instead, are confused when she’s upset: ‘Oh… so I paid for everyone for my birthday dinner?’
When you owe a friend money, it’s best to give it back immediately. If you’ve ever found yourself waiting months to pay somebody back, you know you’ve done something wrong. It instantly jeopardizes your friendship with someone if you’re in the red with them. This is why it’s tricky to borrow money from friends in …
Seguir leyendo Group of 5 women each refuse to pay back friend $150 for vacation, spend it on her friend’s birthday instead, are confused when she’s upset: ‘Oh… so I paid for everyone for my birthday dinner?’
Girlfriend pays boyfriend back after borrowing $12K in rent from him, boyfriend refuses to acknowledge she’s repaid him at least double what she originally borrowed: ‘I repaid between $28,800 on the low end and $38,400 on the high end.’
She has repaid him at a higher interest rate than any bank offers. Borrowing money from your girlfriend, parent, or in-laws will likely hurt your relationship with them. It doesn’t matter whether you pay the money back on time or not. The relationship changes from girlfriend-boyfriend to lender-borrower, and that is a totally different dynamic. …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend pays boyfriend back after borrowing $12K in rent from him, boyfriend refuses to acknowledge she’s repaid him at least double what she originally borrowed: ‘I repaid between $28,800 on the low end and $38,400 on the high end.’
Entitled mom refuses to let her son go to friend’s birthday party after being told she can’t bring the entire family to the event: ‘Either we all go or none of us go’
Every class in school has at least one kid with incredibly strict parents who don’t let them do anything and never let them out of their sight. As kids, it always confused us why Henry’s mom came to all of the birthday parties and never let him leave her sight. We also felt kind of …
Seguir leyendo Entitled mom refuses to let her son go to friend’s birthday party after being told she can’t bring the entire family to the event: ‘Either we all go or none of us go’
38-year-old wants 24-year-old sister to skip her own birthday to celebrate her 5-year-old twins despite her already having plans: ‘They live about 1.5 hrs in a rural part of the state’
Birthdays are sacred, even if they’re around other holidays. You know this if you have the misfortune of sharing a birthday with a holiday. It unfortunately happens to a lot of us, and you have to find ways to make it special. If your birthday is in December, this can be difficult. Everyone is already …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old wants 24-year-old sister to skip her own birthday to celebrate her 5-year-old twins despite her already having plans: ‘They live about 1.5 hrs in a rural part of the state’
German parents force 18-year-old to use $4K of his birthday money on his drivers license, let his twin sister keep all $4,500 of her birthday money: ‘They’ve always told me that they‘d pay for my driver’s license for me.’
On one hand, he’s still getting $500. On the other hand, that money was supposed to be a gift. When you’re young, it’s easy to be incredibly juvenile about money. If you have it, you spend it! If you have the money to spend on it, you can certainly afford it! Young spoiled kids have …
Seguir leyendo German parents force 18-year-old to use $4K of his birthday money on his drivers license, let his twin sister keep all $4,500 of her birthday money: ‘They’ve always told me that they‘d pay for my driver’s license for me.’
17-year-old takes grieving mom for birthday dinner, leaves restaurant when she berates the server: ‘The waitress was crying’
Some people handle grief in the most unexpected of ways. Losing somebody close to us is one of the ultimate experiences where we cannot truly understand what it feels like until it happens, and even then. sometimes, the grieving struggle to identify their feelings. While it is an inevitable part of life, that doesn’t make …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old takes grieving mom for birthday dinner, leaves restaurant when she berates the server: ‘The waitress was crying’
Clueless 53-year-old husband gifts his wife a vacuum for her 50th birthday: ‘Not even a lunch or dinner out. We’ve been married 17 years. When he turned 50, I took him to Hawaii.’
It’s one thing if she had asked for it, but she clearly didn’t. Everyone feels differently about gift-giving, and people often have varying opinions about it depending on the occasion and who is giving the gift. I’m sure a dad wouldn’t feel offended if his 11-year-old got him a generic «#1 Dad» mug for Christmas …
Seguir leyendo Clueless 53-year-old husband gifts his wife a vacuum for her 50th birthday: ‘Not even a lunch or dinner out. We’ve been married 17 years. When he turned 50, I took him to Hawaii.’
Grandma throws monthly birthday parties for infant granddaughter, gets mad when her son and wife refuse to attend: ‘She has expressed great disdain and anger when we don’t comply with her expectations’
Birthday parties should not be a monthly thing. They are, by nature, a yearly event. You have to wait 364 days of the year before you get to celebrate your birthday. These are the rules. Maybe, just maybe, you celebrate your half-birthday by getting a cupcake at the grocery store and singing to yourself. But …
Seguir leyendo Grandma throws monthly birthday parties for infant granddaughter, gets mad when her son and wife refuse to attend: ‘She has expressed great disdain and anger when we don’t comply with her expectations’
Dad refuses to buy birthday and Christmas gifts for his kids’ half-siblings, claiming they are not his problem, their Mom demands otherwise: ‘She’s relying on me to pick up the slack’
Every birthday and every Christmas, kids all over the world wait for one thing and one thing only – the presents. Sure, the Christmas break from school is awesome, the birthday cake is fun, and who doesn’t love all the attention? But the real deal is all the gifts you get, the things for which …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to buy birthday and Christmas gifts for his kids’ half-siblings, claiming they are not his problem, their Mom demands otherwise: ‘She’s relying on me to pick up the slack’