Thanksgiving host puts together a small, cozy dinner after deciding to stay in town for once, and generously extends an invite to a cousin who lives nearby but never really shows up for anything. Cosuin Janice arrives just before the food hits the table, keeps her eyes mostly on her phone through the blessing and …
Seguir leyendo Cousin Janice calls 24 hours after Thanksgiving, demanding leftovers after she treated dinner like a drive-thru, showing up late and leaving early: ‘We were already heading to the concert, we weren’t home. She literally asked if we could come back’
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Cousin babysits 11-year-old from vegan family, feels conflicted when he chooses to eat meat pizza: ‘He’s told me not to tell his parents’
Parental choices do not always reflect children’s preferences. A lot of the time, this is unequivocally a good thing and a crucial part of what being a parent entails. Plenty of kids do not care that much about getting an education or eating vegetables regularly, for example. However, there are instances where the ways in …
Seguir leyendo Cousin babysits 11-year-old from vegan family, feels conflicted when he chooses to eat meat pizza: ‘He’s told me not to tell his parents’
‘Don’t correct him, it disrupts his autonomy’: Gentle-parenting mom lets her 5 and 3-year-old destroy her sister’s house, until the aunt finally snaps after her nephew pours orange juice on her carpet
A mom’s gentle parenting style finally came to a breaking point for her sister when their family was invited to stay at the aunt’s house for two weeks. While their house was getting treatment for a mold outbreak, the aunt stepped up and allowed her sister, brother-in-law, and two young nephews to stay at the …
Seguir leyendo ‘Don’t correct him, it disrupts his autonomy’: Gentle-parenting mom lets her 5 and 3-year-old destroy her sister’s house, until the aunt finally snaps after her nephew pours orange juice on her carpet
26-year-old crashes at cousin’s apartment temporarily, immediately starts rearranging her belongings: ‘My bathroom cabinet, my spice rack, even the books on my shelf’
Rearranging your furniture is one of the elite activities. If you’re ever stuck in your life and need a change of perspective, rearranging your furniture is the perfect way to do that. It’s free to do, and it will completely alter your daily routine. You’d be surprised. I recently moved my bed from one wall …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old crashes at cousin’s apartment temporarily, immediately starts rearranging her belongings: ‘My bathroom cabinet, my spice rack, even the books on my shelf’
After learning her spouse’s cousin was denied the family pasta recipe for being unmarried, wife shares it with her anyway and now in-laws are furious: ‘I don’t think there should be a restriction on a family recipe’
In some families, heirlooms look like quilts, lockets, or dusty boxes in the attic. In this one, the prized inheritance is a pasta and red sauce recipe that’s guarded by an outdated rule: you only get the recipe once you marry into the family. No ring, no sauce. When one newlywed entered the family, she …
Seguir leyendo After learning her spouse’s cousin was denied the family pasta recipe for being unmarried, wife shares it with her anyway and now in-laws are furious: ‘I don’t think there should be a restriction on a family recipe’
‘Budgeting isn’t ‘being poor’ it’s just… responsible’: Wealthy 41-year-old parent refuses to buy her stepdaughter a $2100 designer handbag, then the spoiled teenager accuses her of pretending to be poor
A woman taught her stepdaughter a lesson about being frugal when they were perusing the designer section at the mall. After getting repeatedly spoiled by her other parents, this 17-year-old girl had grown accustomed to the adults in her life telling her «Yes,» so when her stepmom, wealthy in her own right, decidedly told her …
Seguir leyendo ‘Budgeting isn’t ‘being poor’ it’s just… responsible’: Wealthy 41-year-old parent refuses to buy her stepdaughter a $2100 designer handbag, then the spoiled teenager accuses her of pretending to be poor
‘Food is love. And James and Erica have never loved [me]’: 17-year-old refuses to meal prep for his estranged older brother’s family despite pressure from parents who always played favorites
Born when his older brother was already 11 years old, this youngest sibling was always treated like a mistake. Made fun of, pushed around, and regarded as a second-rate citizen by his family, he grew a tough skin when it came to relative relationships, especially with his Golden Child older brother. So when the parents …
Seguir leyendo ‘Food is love. And James and Erica have never loved [me]’: 17-year-old refuses to meal prep for his estranged older brother’s family despite pressure from parents who always played favorites
18-year-old repeatedly catches her teen niece secretly using and wasting her perfumes and toiletries, discovering her untouched bottle of perfume was drained in one month, niece continues despite being warned to stop: ‘This is mine and she knows that’
This aunt seems to have been involuntarily cast in the sister role in this Family Drama…She’s eighteen years old and living with her thirteen-year-old niece, so there are bound to be a few sisterly crossover episodes! Family is family at the end of the day, whether they share parents or not. I have a little …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old repeatedly catches her teen niece secretly using and wasting her perfumes and toiletries, discovering her untouched bottle of perfume was drained in one month, niece continues despite being warned to stop: ‘This is mine and she knows that’
‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father’s love children
A man was feeling the tug of the family spirit this holiday season, and after years of infidelity and apparently no precautions, felt inspired to host a family Thanksgiving with everyone in his family tree… I mean, everyone. The problem is, he has 14 children with multiple women and had the gall to try and …
Seguir leyendo ‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father’s love children
‘Mom decided I needed a ‘wake up call»: Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a «Parental Awareness Retreat» in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead
Add this to the list of conversational no-nos for the holidays: Forcing your children to have children of their own. Oof. Many parents in their 60s start having dreams of grandchildren running around the house. Perhaps bored after their own family has moved out as independent adults, the thought of occasionally having little nibblets pitter-pattering …
Seguir leyendo ‘Mom decided I needed a ‘wake up call»: Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a «Parental Awareness Retreat» in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead