54-year-old dad spends $130K set aside for his grandchildren’s education on a boat because his adult children don’t have kids, adult children freak out: ‘They admitted that they expected me to leave them a good inheritance.’

He has helped them so much; he deserves to have some fun for himself! Inheritance is one of those things that is not frequently discussed in polite society, and for good reasons. It’s kind of a morbid reality that fortunate young people can come into a great sum of money after the passing of their …
Seguir leyendo 54-year-old dad spends $130K set aside for his grandchildren’s education on a boat because his adult children don’t have kids, adult children freak out: ‘They admitted that they expected me to leave them a good inheritance.’

17-year-old refuses to delay college, so her dad can pay for her 11-year-old cousin’s private schooling: ‘My dad has said it will be a struggle to fund both of us simultaneously.’

She shouldn’t have to put her dreams on hold for her cousin. Life can get really expensive if you insist on sending all of your kids to private school. It doesn’t always break the bank to send your kids to private high school for four years, especially when you live in a lower cost-of-living area, …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to delay college, so her dad can pay for her 11-year-old cousin’s private schooling: ‘My dad has said it will be a struggle to fund both of us simultaneously.’

17-year-old brother refuses to drive his sister’s friend to school after she rejected his advances: ‘Continuing to be around Melissa was making it harder for him to move on.’

He was given a level of responsibility that far exceeded his age. Teenagers should not be wholly responsible for getting their peers to school. It’s very noble for a teen to take on driving their friends without cars or their younger siblings, but if that teen gets grounded and loses driving privileges, it shouldn’t mean …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old brother refuses to drive his sister’s friend to school after she rejected his advances: ‘Continuing to be around Melissa was making it harder for him to move on.’

Lottery winner refuses to share the money with his family after they discover he used Grandma’s birthday for the winning numbers: ‘I don’t want to become the family ATM’

Does the family own this combination of numbers? We can never know how we would react to finding out someone close to us just won the lottery. It is a scenario that happens to so few people that there is probably no right or wrong way to go about this. There is no recipe or …
Seguir leyendo Lottery winner refuses to share the money with his family after they discover he used Grandma’s birthday for the winning numbers: ‘I don’t want to become the family ATM’

Mom forbids 16-year-old stepdaughter from sharing a bedroom with her 16-year-old daughter after she repeatedly stole from her: ‘My daughter’s room has been hers since she was little.’

She shouldn’t be rewarded with her own room for her bad behavior either! Some parents treat their kids differently for easily decipherable reasons. If a mom had her first child at 18 and her second child at 34, she will almost certainly be a more mature parent the second time around. She also might be …
Seguir leyendo Mom forbids 16-year-old stepdaughter from sharing a bedroom with her 16-year-old daughter after she repeatedly stole from her: ‘My daughter’s room has been hers since she was little.’

Dad supports his pregnant 18-year-old daughter, celebrating a healthy new grandson and son-in-law despite family pressure to kick them out: ‘The price of living here is baby snuggles’

His ex-wife wanted to kick her out if she decided to keep her baby, but this good dad refused to abandon his teenage daughter, even if it meant risking his new girlfriend. When a teenager gets pregnant, her parents are suddenly in an odd position. Still young themselves, nobody in their 40s is mentally prepared …
Seguir leyendo Dad supports his pregnant 18-year-old daughter, celebrating a healthy new grandson and son-in-law despite family pressure to kick them out: ‘The price of living here is baby snuggles’

Husband making $150K asks his expecting wife who hates her job if she’d become a stay-at-home mom, she feels insulted by the suggestion: ‘I would never stay at home all day.

He didn’t ask her to be a stay-at-home mom because he wanted to clip her wings, but that is how she took the request. It’s no secret that many men have complexes about stay-at-home moms. A considerable population of weirdos consider them the ultimate freeloaders, sitting around at home all day scrolling through Instagram reels, …
Seguir leyendo Husband making $150K asks his expecting wife who hates her job if she’d become a stay-at-home mom, she feels insulted by the suggestion: ‘I would never stay at home all day.

Dad yells at mom for letting their toddler shout and play loudly while he was in a meeting in his home office: ‘I hope whoever was on that call heard you being horrible to your wife.’

How is he supposed to work while hearing so much screaming?  Remember five short years ago when everyone was working from home and laughing about the little idiosyncrasies of that reality? People were much more forgiving of a dog barking in the background during a meeting than they would’ve been in 2018. But now we’re …
Seguir leyendo Dad yells at mom for letting their toddler shout and play loudly while he was in a meeting in his home office: ‘I hope whoever was on that call heard you being horrible to your wife.’

Daughter tells 52-year-old dad it’s disgusting that he’s dating a 19-year-old girl: ‘Have fun being the oldest guy at frat parties.’

He claims that his daughter doesn’t want him to be happy. Age gap relationships are not all bad. Contrary to what puritan Gen Zers tell you, there are plenty of happy unions out there between people who definitely weren’t in high school together. It might be hard to believe if you and everyone you know …
Seguir leyendo Daughter tells 52-year-old dad it’s disgusting that he’s dating a 19-year-old girl: ‘Have fun being the oldest guy at frat parties.’

In-laws insist on meeting newborn days after birth despite new mom’s plea they have a week alone: ‘Having people I’m not all that close with in my space while I’m recovering from childbirth seems like a nightmare to me’

Boundaries exist for a reason, and it’s our job to enforce our own.  We’re all told about the importance of maintaining our own boundaries. It’s not an easy thing to do. We might be used to people-pleasing and compromising on our own happiness to make everything okay. But there are a few instances in which …
Seguir leyendo In-laws insist on meeting newborn days after birth despite new mom’s plea they have a week alone: ‘Having people I’m not all that close with in my space while I’m recovering from childbirth seems like a nightmare to me’