The social role of the stay-at-home mom exists for economic reasons. If one parent makes enough to support their whole family, it’s financially responsible for one parent to do the majority of the household and child-rearing labor, and the other to do the labor that makes paper money. That way, they don’t have to outsource …
Seguir leyendo 37-year-old dad insists stay at home mom of 12 and 14-year-olds get a job so she can support the family after he retires: ‘She called me ungrateful and accused me of not appreciating all the hard work she does in the house’
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28-year-old goes no contact with her parents after they cut off her 8-year-old daughter’s eyelashes while babysitting, chaos ensues when the stepmom calls the child a liar: ‘Marie woke up with pink eye’
Grandparents make excellent free babysitters, but for this 28-year-old, who thought she could always count on Mom and Dad for some much-needed childcare, a bridge was burned. Parents, as expected, are naturally protective of their kids, but you’d think that ever-present grandparent figures would cherish their 8-year-old granddaughter with equal fervor. But this family dynamic …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old goes no contact with her parents after they cut off her 8-year-old daughter’s eyelashes while babysitting, chaos ensues when the stepmom calls the child a liar: ‘Marie woke up with pink eye’
Adult daughter goes no contact after entitled dad demands she repay him $2k child support: ‘He just took my sister on a week long trip to Bali’
It is an unfortunate truth that there are a great number of parents out there who do not live up to the job description of being a parent, and more often than not, that is something that their kids have to deal with for the rest of their lives. Many display the kind of behavior …
Seguir leyendo Adult daughter goes no contact after entitled dad demands she repay him $2k child support: ‘He just took my sister on a week long trip to Bali’
17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: ‘I told him that he was too late’
A lot of absent fathers aren’t total deadbeats. They go to work, pay the bills, and are physically present in the home, but they aren’t emotionally present. They don’t particularly care if their kid is doing well in school, or who their friends are, or if they get to see them before they go to …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: ‘I told him that he was too late’
Dad moves 75-year-old girlfriend into house kids are due to inherit, 43-year-old daughter plans to remove her after his passing: ‘He laid down a huge guilt trip’
Receiving an inheritance is one of the few upsides of going through the traumatic experience of losing a close relative, but it is not always an easy process. Even in the most straightforward of cases, there are all kinds of legal hoops to jump through just to have access to what was promised in the …
Seguir leyendo Dad moves 75-year-old girlfriend into house kids are due to inherit, 43-year-old daughter plans to remove her after his passing: ‘He laid down a huge guilt trip’
Stepdad pushes 17-year-old stepson to accept him as his dad because he has been his father figure for 9 years and his late father was for merely 7 years: ‘He said he deserves to be recognized instead of the ghost.’
When you’re a kid, you’re at the mercy of the adults around you. While some kids have two healthy, rational parents at the helm of their families, others have to operate under a series of absurd rules that do nothing to prepare them for the future. A parent could hypothetically feed their kids nothing but …
Seguir leyendo Stepdad pushes 17-year-old stepson to accept him as his dad because he has been his father figure for 9 years and his late father was for merely 7 years: ‘He said he deserves to be recognized instead of the ghost.’
Dad divorces wife after she refuses to punish her 16-year-old daughter for stealing from his 13 and 15-year-old kids: ‘My kids were so relieved when we moved out, so I knew I made the right choice’
Blended families can exacerbate issues that were already present before the families got blended. If a kid mistreats his parents and they don’t do anything about it, chances are he’s probably going to treat his stepparents and stepsiblings with as much cruelty as he treats his parents, if not more. It’s difficult enough for kids …
Seguir leyendo Dad divorces wife after she refuses to punish her 16-year-old daughter for stealing from his 13 and 15-year-old kids: ‘My kids were so relieved when we moved out, so I knew I made the right choice’
29-year-old pays parents’ mortgage for four years, faces pushback he asks to put his name on the deed: ‘My mom accused me of trying to steal the house’
When it comes to the levels of support between parents and adult children, it’s more common for moms and dads to be offering assistance to their kids, at least when they are younger and finding their feet. However, it can also happen the other way around as well. There are plenty of adult children who …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old pays parents’ mortgage for four years, faces pushback he asks to put his name on the deed: ‘My mom accused me of trying to steal the house’
UPDATE: Childhood friend’s family tries to sabotage a man’s marriage to help their daughter win him back, so he cuts ties with them and saves his marriage, putting his wife first: ‘I was ready to fight’
This woman’s husband must have been quite the catch because he had his childhood friend’s entire family chasing after him like he was «The one that got away.» What this entitled family didn’t realize was that he loved his wife far more than he loved his childhood memories, so chaos ensued when they tried to …
Seguir leyendo UPDATE: Childhood friend’s family tries to sabotage a man’s marriage to help their daughter win him back, so he cuts ties with them and saves his marriage, putting his wife first: ‘I was ready to fight’
‘You’re an adult, figure it out’: Estranged 24-year-old refuses to financially support his parents after they kicked him out of the house as a teen, matching their energy with cold spite
While we’re all technically «adults» at 18 years old, many teenagers are still children at heart. Even after a lifetime of being treated like a person way beyond his years, this 18-year-old still felt like a kid, but his parents didn’t seem to think so and, quite frankly, were tired of supporting him financially. Alas, …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re an adult, figure it out’: Estranged 24-year-old refuses to financially support his parents after they kicked him out of the house as a teen, matching their energy with cold spite