Picking a favorite child is an insane thing for a parent to do. While you can secretly have a favorite child—whether it’s the one you get along with, the easy kid, or just the most mellow child of the bunch—it’s positively unethical and cruel to make that favoritism known in any way. While it’s human …
Seguir leyendo Parents miss their adopted 18-year-old daughter’s graduation ceremony to buy their spoiled 10-year-old a $350 Labubu doll; betrayed teen moves out immediately: ‘Princess was clearly the favorite’
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‘I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband’: Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son’s wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it
I feel like the word «boundaries» has become a buzzword of pop psychology in the last couple of years. It’s all that anyone seems to talk about when it comes to navigating tricky relationships. Everyone is allowed to have boundaries and to keep everyone in their lives accountable to them. You have to respect someone’s …
Seguir leyendo ‘I have zero interest in ever meeting her new husband’: Estranged mom tries to use gift from her affair partner as an olive branch at son’s wedding, is upset when son refuses to accept it
15-year-old cries after her dad calls her 5 and 6-year-old half sisters ‘princesses’ at Disney and refuses to call her one: ‘Taylor is a little too old to be a princess but she’s very pretty’
It’s not easy to be a teenager who knows that they were the «oops» baby, especially when one of their parents has «moved on» and started a whole new family. There’s a right and a wrong way to have kids in two different marriages, and it’s of the utmost importance that you make sure your …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old cries after her dad calls her 5 and 6-year-old half sisters ‘princesses’ at Disney and refuses to call her one: ‘Taylor is a little too old to be a princess but she’s very pretty’
Wife demands her best friend Sarah join the romantic Bali anniversary trip her husband spent months planning and saving for: ‘My wife insists having Sarah with us is the «only solution»’
If love were a motorcycle, a third wheel would add stability. But romance isn’t a bike and life is definitely not the open road. Five years in, and this man thinks he’s cracked the code: surprise his wife with the kind of trip Instagram would call «relationship goals,» complete with private villa, nowhere to hide …
Seguir leyendo Wife demands her best friend Sarah join the romantic Bali anniversary trip her husband spent months planning and saving for: ‘My wife insists having Sarah with us is the «only solution»’
Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’
Adults are obsessed with enforcing gender roles for kids. From day 1, babies are dressed in a very specific way to ensure that no stranger could ever mistake them for being the wrong gender. There’s nothing inherently wrong with dressing your baby girl in pink and not dressing your boy in pink, but if you’re …
Seguir leyendo Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’
Dad of 2 refuses pleas of parents-in-law to be surrogate dad to ex-wife’s 9-year-old son: ‘I wasn’t as good a father as they believed’
A blended family is not necessarily a bad thing. In some cases, it can be an arrangement that works exceptionally well for everybody involved. However, the key factor in these success stories is the effort that gets put into them, and sadly, that is never going to be the case for every single example and …
Seguir leyendo Dad of 2 refuses pleas of parents-in-law to be surrogate dad to ex-wife’s 9-year-old son: ‘I wasn’t as good a father as they believed’
Entitled dad steals a guy’s lunch and gives it to his teenager, then gets 1,000,000-level Scoville karma when his spicy sauce bites back; chaos ensues: ‘This kid chows down before I can even protest’
Spicy food tolerance is a spectrum. Black pepper may seem zesty to some, while ghost peppers barely tickle the peckers of spice-loving fiends. Funnily enough, I believe that this tolerance is a learned trait and over time, anyone can become immune to spiciness—that is, of course, if they’re willing to endure the torturous mealtime ritual …
Seguir leyendo Entitled dad steals a guy’s lunch and gives it to his teenager, then gets 1,000,000-level Scoville karma when his spicy sauce bites back; chaos ensues: ‘This kid chows down before I can even protest’
13-year-old lashes out at class clown for ruining birthday cake, dad clashes with ex-wife who demands she apologize: ‘At 12 years old, she should know better’
Going to school can be a difficult experience for kids for a number of reasons, and quite often, that reason is the other kids. It is very common for them to feel like they don’t get along with their classmates, they don’t behave nicely towards them, or they are simply annoying to be around and …
Seguir leyendo 13-year-old lashes out at class clown for ruining birthday cake, dad clashes with ex-wife who demands she apologize: ‘At 12 years old, she should know better’
60-year-old mom pressures 25-year-old daughter to keep living at home indefinitely because she thinks renting is a waste of money: ‘My 32 and 35-year-old siblings have rented’
For most young adults, living at their parents’ house is cheaper than renting. Even if their parents are charging them a couple of hundred bucks a month in rent, that’s not comparable to a $2000 one-bedroom apartment in price. While it’s financially beneficial to live with your parents, there are certain costs. Living in your …
Seguir leyendo 60-year-old mom pressures 25-year-old daughter to keep living at home indefinitely because she thinks renting is a waste of money: ‘My 32 and 35-year-old siblings have rented’
Dad encourages his kid to kick a stranger’s chair on a plane because he wouldn’t give up the window seat, then the traveler gets payback upon disembarking: ‘Mr. Kicker just acts like I’ve inconvenienced HIM the entire flight’
Kids learn some critical behaviors from their parents. Whether they’re picking up little incongruencies or mannerisms, kids are like a sponge to their parents’ actions—good or bad. This traveler saw bad parenting in action during his recent travels, watching the demise of public decency get passed on from generation to generation over the course of …
Seguir leyendo Dad encourages his kid to kick a stranger’s chair on a plane because he wouldn’t give up the window seat, then the traveler gets payback upon disembarking: ‘Mr. Kicker just acts like I’ve inconvenienced HIM the entire flight’