Eloping can be a dangerous game. If you decide to marry someone you met approximately three days ago, Kim Kardashian style, at a chapel in Vegas, don’t be surprised if you’re googling «annulment» three days later. That is what most people think of when «eloping» comes to mind, but it’s the exception, not the rule …
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‘They asked me how I could be happy being adopted when I had real siblings?’: Adoptee meets biological siblings, gets criticized for not regretting being adopted
Every adoptee has a different experience. It’s easy to think of adoption as a universal good because it gives children consistent and healthy homes, but that’s not always the case. Adoption can be an exploitative industry. Mothers can be coerced into giving up their children against their will. Not all adoptive homes are safe, nurturing …
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‘My uncles are infamous criminals…I thought they bred dogs’: 20 wild family secrets that finally came to light
Every family has its secrets. I have been finding out a lot of family secrets over the last couple of years, and by a lot, I mean 2. That probably doesn’t sound like a lot to you, but for a person who is always trying to figure stuff out about their family before they were …
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Dad forces 18-year-old son to pay rent or get out, allows 22 year old unemployed son to live with him rent free: ‘I’m getting punished for my brothers actions’
If I’ve learned anything from my extended family, it’s that you should not let your adult son live in your house rent-free for years with no job and no prospects. When I was a kid, teenager, and college student, one of my biggest fears was that I would never be able to get a job, …
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32 Family Memes That Don’t Fall Far From the Tree (March 28, 2024)
We all have moments where we question our family’s sanity. When we’re fighting over the remote, struggling to pick a takeout spot for dinner, or sabotaging a cousin’s folding chair at the family BBQ, it’s easy to see how things can go too far. Since we’re all cooped up in this house together all the …
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Entitled sister is banned from family beach holiday after demanding care for her children: ‘She asked if they could go and I said no’
It’s all good to help someone out when they’re in need; this is an essential part of being a family, friend, or even part of a community. However, there’s a distinct difference between offering your assistance to someone who is beyond grateful for a helping hand and being forced to help out someone who feels …
Seguir leyendo Entitled sister is banned from family beach holiday after demanding care for her children: ‘She asked if they could go and I said no’
‘Get extra good locks’: Entitled sister wants to run daycare out of brother’s house despite not paying rent
Living with family can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be the most difficult thing you do together. In my experience, it’s so much easier to get along with your family if you don’t live with them. You can take your time away, engage with them when you want to, and you don’t …
Seguir leyendo ‘Get extra good locks’: Entitled sister wants to run daycare out of brother’s house despite not paying rent
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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