Mother admonished for being overly controlling about her daughter’s birthday dinner: ‘Is it wrong that I wanted to do it as a family?’

Often in life, if you hold on to things too tight and try to perfect the situation—trying to please everybody—you’re going to end up pleasing nobody. Especially if, you’re so obsessed with your own thoughts and ideals that you forget to actually even listen to what everyone else is telling you would make them happy …
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36 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (March 3, 2024)

Did you grow up with siblings and a big family? Or were you really into like, books and quiet coloring? For those of us who got thrown into the social deep end of the gene pool. Family parties meant that we had to clean the house ‘til it was spotless, cook weeks’ worth of food, …
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37 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (January 27, 2024)

As a kid, if you ever mentioned to your grandparents that you liked a particular animal at the zoo, they’d never forget it. It’s endearing that they were so thoughtful, but after receiving your 40th pair of socks with owls on them, numerous owl stuffed animals, and the owl t-shirts for every birthday gift, your …
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Uncle Calls His Brother’s 16-Year-Old Stepdaughter ‘Not Gorgeous’ After Calling His Niece ‘Gorgeous’

When you’re a kid, you notice every little nuance about how adults speak to you. If your parents, teachers, or relatives treat you differently from your siblings or your peers in any way, you will pick up on it and stew about it for a while. If your parents call you smart but they call …
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30+ Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (January 5, 2024)

When you think of your siblings, if the first word that comes to mind is a well-intentioned slur, then you probably had a fun childhood. With siblings or cousins who can take a joke, sometimes the banter and fun can go a little too far, resulting in the funniest, most outrageous moments of your life.  …
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31 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (December 31, 2023)

You did it. You survived the holidays! During the holidays, everyone in your family wants a little piece of you, no matter what chip on your shoulder they have to break off. Not every family is completely dysfunctional, but most of us could probably use a stiff brandy after 72 hours of non-stop family time– …
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34 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (December 23, 2023) (CHRISTMAS EDITION)

Spike that eggnog and grab your coping mechanisms, it’s time for Christmas with the whole family! No family is perfect, so when we’re all gathered for a peaceful meal together, we need to remember that we love each other. After bickering in the house for hours over the correct way to cook the mashed potatoes, …
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33 Family Memes That Won’t Steal the Remote

Remember the days of cable television? You couldn’t rewind live television so if you missed a second of your favorite TV show, you actually MISSED it. Because of this, the ultimate torture your sibling could inflict would be to hijack the TV remote and change the channel as soon as the commercials are over.  Sibling …
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28 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (December 10, 2023)

Are you from a ‘fight it out’ family or a ‘sweep it under the rug’ family? If you’re unlucky enough to have both, then maybe you and I are related… If you didn’t think it was possible to ignore problems, while also fighting about them, perhaps you haven’t had enough family dinners. It may sound …
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34 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (December 3, 2023)

The holidays really have us thinking about our families more often than usual. For some people, the holiday season bubbles up feelings of joy, mutual respect, and family fun, but for rest of us, it just makes us think about that one Christmas where grandpa fell asleep on the TV remote and it started a …
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