Good kids are taught at an early age that when you receive a gift from someone, you say, «Thank you.» If it’s an ugly sweater from your sister or a knitted blanket that smells like grandma’s smoky, 70s-styled house, it’s good manners to be a grateful gift receiver, even if you hate it. Conceal your …
Seguir leyendo ‘She said it wasn’t good enough’: Family weekend takes a turn for the worse when an spoiled 20-year-old scoffs at a thoughtful second-hand gift from her cousin
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Aunt funds her 10-year-old niece’s $2000 dance camp, the girl bails at the last minute and mom pockets the 75% refund: ‘She already got the money and spent it’
Being an aunt is all the fun of being a parent without as much responsibility. I’m a proud aunt of 4 kiddos and I lavish my affections on them whenever I get the chance. Because I’m saving so much money by not having children of my own, I have a whole fund dedicated to spoiling …
Seguir leyendo Aunt funds her 10-year-old niece’s $2000 dance camp, the girl bails at the last minute and mom pockets the 75% refund: ‘She already got the money and spent it’
‘I didn’t want to fund a dream built on TikTok’: Gen X dad threatens to stop paying for his 19-year-old daughter’s college education after finding out she lied about her ‘Content Creation’ major, sparks debate online about modern parenting
30 years ago, if you told an established, educated businessman that employees could be sitting at home in their pajama pants, hopping on conference calls with their CEO, and raking in $200k per year, they probably would have laughed in your face. Over the last several decades, success—and the path to reach it—has changed drastically …
Seguir leyendo ‘I didn’t want to fund a dream built on TikTok’: Gen X dad threatens to stop paying for his 19-year-old daughter’s college education after finding out she lied about her ‘Content Creation’ major, sparks debate online about modern parenting
Entitled sister goes ‘no contact’ with her parents then demands 50% of the inheritance years later, her older brother refuses to share: ‘I stepped up as the only child’
Is a person entitled to their parents’ wealth simply because they’re related? That’s a question that people left out of the family will have been asking themselves for generations, yet there’s still no clear answer. Alas, when it comes to financial matters entangled with family drama, the only clarity can be found in the bottom …
Seguir leyendo Entitled sister goes ‘no contact’ with her parents then demands 50% of the inheritance years later, her older brother refuses to share: ‘I stepped up as the only child’
‘It just felt fake’: Stepmom corners her 20-year-old stepdaughter into publicly declaring a ‘family pledge’ during her and Dad’s vow renewal ceremony, ends up getting humiliated by her refusal
Nothing feels more disingenuous than getting sideswiped by a pre-scripted family moment. This young woman had spent 7 years dealing with her stepmother’s feigned motherly devotion and found her acts of love very performative. Luckily, over the years, she’d grown a tough skin to keep her stepmother at arm’s length, but when she and her …
Seguir leyendo ‘It just felt fake’: Stepmom corners her 20-year-old stepdaughter into publicly declaring a ‘family pledge’ during her and Dad’s vow renewal ceremony, ends up getting humiliated by her refusal
‘And no, she won’t be eating out’: Vegan sister-in-law demands that her family cook her meals and peanut-proof their house while she stays as a guest, then they shut down her visit
Hosting guests is taxing, but when it comes to family, most of us are happy to bear the burden of visitors. However, this woman knew that her nitpicky sister-in-law’s visit would be particularly brutal, especially after she insisted that they cook, clean, and keep the apartment to her exacting specifications, while she «makes herself at …
Seguir leyendo ‘And no, she won’t be eating out’: Vegan sister-in-law demands that her family cook her meals and peanut-proof their house while she stays as a guest, then they shut down her visit
Entitled mom throws an unwanted gender reveal party for her pregnant daughter and doesn’t even invite her, then steals her pregnancy announcement and tells the whole family behind her back: ‘That’s right! We’re having a girl!’
If you’re in your 20s or 30s (or heck, maybe even beyond), you’ve probably felt the pressure from your parents to have kids. Regardless of how YOU feel about family planning, parents feel entitled to their undying need to become grandparents… At all costs. And once a Boomer has set their sights on grandparenthood, there’s …
Seguir leyendo Entitled mom throws an unwanted gender reveal party for her pregnant daughter and doesn’t even invite her, then steals her pregnancy announcement and tells the whole family behind her back: ‘That’s right! We’re having a girl!’
Aunt refuses to host future family events after her unruly 5-year-old nieces and nephews destroy an irreplaceable heirloom, entitled parents continue to push for ‘family-friendly’ gatherings: ‘[My] house isn’t a daycare’
What has broken cogs, shattered glass, and an ancient vendetta to settle with the in-laws’ kids? This aunt’s priceless grandfather clock. After surviving hundreds of years of meticulous care, this family heirloom was destroyed in a matter of moments by a pair of unruly nieces and nephews, left running feral across this woman’s house while …
Seguir leyendo Aunt refuses to host future family events after her unruly 5-year-old nieces and nephews destroy an irreplaceable heirloom, entitled parents continue to push for ‘family-friendly’ gatherings: ‘[My] house isn’t a daycare’
Mom plays favorites with her identical twin daughter’s late sister, then the 24-year-old sets the lies straight after her mother paints her as the ‘evil twin’ in front of her future in-laws: ‘[Mom] pretends she was an angel who lit up our lives’
Identical twins can be tricky to identify, and even a loving parent can struggle to see the difference between the two. But when the two twins have drastically different personalities—like when one is diabolically cruel, outgoing, and loud, while the other is shy and reserved—the glaring idiosyncrasies in their character stand out more than any …
Seguir leyendo Mom plays favorites with her identical twin daughter’s late sister, then the 24-year-old sets the lies straight after her mother paints her as the ‘evil twin’ in front of her future in-laws: ‘[Mom] pretends she was an angel who lit up our lives’
‘He always made fun of my dad for being quiet and ‘off the grid’’: 28-year-old outdoorswoman denies her family’s demands to give her entitled stepbrother the sentimental mountain cabin inherited from her father, drama ensues
With a childhood full of fond memories of herself and her father spending time in a remote mountain cabin, this woman devoted her life to preserving his legacy. But after inheriting her childhood vacation cabin from her late father, she had to fight off her entitled stepbrother—and the rest of their relatives—with a stick. Just …
Seguir leyendo ‘He always made fun of my dad for being quiet and ‘off the grid’’: 28-year-old outdoorswoman denies her family’s demands to give her entitled stepbrother the sentimental mountain cabin inherited from her father, drama ensues