Entitled parents snap at a hotel employee for stopping their kids from using dangerous fountains as a slide, so he shuts down the pool and kicks them out: ‘That felt very good’

When did ‘We’re guests here’ become an excuse for letting your kids run wild? Working at a hotel during the summer can totally be a challenge. There are too many people and kids running around, so having a thousand eyes is key to making sure that everything is going well. One employee was doing his …
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Mom and 10-year-old son sing loudly during live performance of Hamilton, mom scolds fellow patron who asks them to be quiet: ‘[I’m] not going to ask a kid that loves the show and is super excited to see it to not sing.’

Who do they think they are? If you didn’t grow up going to see theatre shows, you might not have been taught theatre etiquette. If you’re going to see a Broadway show or a local children’s production, the rules are generally the same. You shouldn’t talk during the show; you should applaud after musical numbers; …
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30-year-old moves out of mom’s house and stays in the same city, she demands weekly overnight visits: ‘I want to experience having my own space’

Should adult children have to host their parents whenever they ask for it? Although parenting may be a job that you never truly retire from, the role of a parent changes massively as children grow older. No capable adult needs to have mom waiting on them hand and foot for their every single need, and …
Seguir leyendo 30-year-old moves out of mom’s house and stays in the same city, she demands weekly overnight visits: ‘I want to experience having my own space’

19-year-old is being threatened with eviction by her work-from-home parents for refusing to provide full-time childcare for her toddler brother after her own exhausting days at college and work

Nineteen years old and being told she is ungrateful for not wanting to raise her three-year-old brother while her parents work from home in the next room. 21st-century Cinderella? She helped for years without complaining, grabbing clothes and making bottles when asked, but somewhere along the way the occasional favor became a full job description, …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old is being threatened with eviction by her work-from-home parents for refusing to provide full-time childcare for her toddler brother after her own exhausting days at college and work

Mom demands daughter pay $2000 credit card debt with 0 days’ notice, gets annoyed when she’s upset: ‘She does deserve grace’

Should family be responsible for managing your finances? Most people would like to think that they can rely on their relatives to support them when they are going through a hard time, and often, that will include when they have budgeting concerns. If they have the means and they care about their loved one, it …
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Dad offers to take son and girlfriend on free Europe vacation, girlfriend protests when he ends up charging them $5000: ‘I have barely enough to pay for rent’

You can’t take a holiday unless you have the finances for it. Vacations are great, but the cost of going on one quickly adds up, even for those who are conscious of sticking to a budget. If you want to see the world, you have to dig deep for the price of the flights alone. …
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Stepdad blames teen for his 6-year-old daughter’s constant stealing and problematic behaviors, so she starts documenting every incident to prove it isn’t all in her head

A six-year-old with access to debit cards, cash, electronics, phones, watches, collector’s items, school IDs, perfume, remotes, private writing, and an extraordinary ability to declare herself innocent after every disappearance sounds like a very real problem Because this little girl is being taught that if she looks confused enough, somebody else will be blamed and …
Seguir leyendo Stepdad blames teen for his 6-year-old daughter’s constant stealing and problematic behaviors, so she starts documenting every incident to prove it isn’t all in her head

Parents spend $30K of their daughter’s college savings on a kitchen renovation because she decided to take a year off college: ‘I told her she could attend community college.’

Why would they make it so much harder for her to go back to school?  If your parents paid for your college education, you should consider yourself lucky. A lot of young people feel forced to take out tens of thousands of dollars in student loans because they want a degree, and their parents can’t …
Seguir leyendo Parents spend $30K of their daughter’s college savings on a kitchen renovation because she decided to take a year off college: ‘I told her she could attend community college.’

Entitled, in-debt parents decline daughter’s offer to buy them a $300,000 apartment they would own and let them live in cheaply, then demand she just hand over the cash so they can buy a more expensive condo with unsustainable fees

Money mixing with family comes with strings attached because it’s not a gift but a loan with emotional interest rates When cash gets involved, everyone magically becomes a financial advisor with opinions about how it should be spent.

Entitled mom demands that children stop using the main pool because her kid failed the required swim test: ‘Or you could teach him how to swim’

At summer camp, swim tests are meant for the kids’ safety. All parents want is for their kids to have fun and be safe at the same time. But an entitled mom dares to ask every other kid not to enjoy the main pool just because her kid can’t use it. Reasonably enough, before using …
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