17-year-old forced to move to another country when her “wicked stepmother” denies her move-in request, blaming her history of rampant theft: ‘I don’t want her unsupervised in our home’

This teenager had consistently proven that she was a thief and a liar in her stepmother’s home. Despite having a long-standing, healthy relationship with the girl’s father, this stepmom was always painted as the villain, which is fair to a point. But when her wedding ring went missing along with some prescription meds, this stepmom …
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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’

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, …
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‘They tore open $40 worth of raw hamburger meat’: UPDATE: Mom’s untrained dogs are uninvited from the family lake house trip, but when she brings them anyway, chaos ensues

Why can’t parents just respect their children’s requests for once?  It seems like this mom was determined to ruin the family vacation because she couldn’t stand that her two untrained dogs were being left out. Despite having a dog-sitter lined up, this entitled mom brought her two pups along anyway—against her daughter’s adamant requests—and chaos …
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17-year-old boy refuses to shave his head after his 7-year-old cousin’s cancer diagnosis, then his aunt corners him with sheers in-hand: ‘[My hair] is pretty much the only thing about myself I love’

To some, their hair is their pride and joy—it’s tied to their entire identity. A teenage boy was particularly obsessed with his long hair and spent years cultivating his persona alongside his haircut, and even though he wanted to support his 7-year-old cousin’s cancer diagnosis, he refused. Noticing that his family was performatively shaving their …
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25-year-old brother revokes his $2000 pledge towards his sister’s wedding when she uninvites him for making a joke about the groom: ‘If I’m not good enough for her wedding, then my money isn’t either’

Insulting the groom is a rite of passage in a lot of family weddings, but for this touchy groom, one poorly timed joke was enough to kick his future brother-in-law off the guest list. Perhaps it’s a spicy take on this particular family scenario, but to me, it seems like this was blown out of …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old brother revokes his $2000 pledge towards his sister’s wedding when she uninvites him for making a joke about the groom: ‘If I’m not good enough for her wedding, then my money isn’t either’

‘I’ve always been ‘Auntie’… that’s all she ever knew’: Investigative 25-year-old unearths proof that her biological mother is her mom’s best friend, who helped her parents with their infertility; family drama ensues

Family is more than just a biological attachment, but when this 25-year-old discovered that she wasn’t technically her mother’s biobaby, her familial loyalties were immediately severed. Thrown away with the rest of her trust, she was horrified to learn that her mother not only hid a huge secret about her lineage, but that her mom’s …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’ve always been ‘Auntie’… that’s all she ever knew’: Investigative 25-year-old unearths proof that her biological mother is her mom’s best friend, who helped her parents with their infertility; family drama ensues

‘They’re losing their free help’: Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

Taking on the responsibility of troubled youths is an act of kindness that’ll never be forgotten—especially if you’re the teenage niece who’s expected to take care of all of the foster kids coming through your adopted parents’ household. Hmm, something about this parenting dynamic seems topsy-turvy, but to u/Key_Comfortable6769, a 19-year-old girl who was legally …
Seguir leyendo ‘They’re losing their free help’: Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: ‘She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to ‘keep me»

In a lot of families, being the oldest means that you’re automatically the family babysitter. This stepmother, however, had an estranged relationship, not only with her 16-year-old stepson but with his father as well. Yet, regardless of her failed marriage and her poor relationship with the teen, she felt that 9 years spent helping raise …
Seguir leyendo Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: ‘She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to ‘keep me»