It’s easy to sit around and contemplate your dream wedding venue. Wouldn’t it be swell to get married in the Metropolitan Museum of Art or at Notre-Dame de Paris? Of course, we know as mere civilians we can’t afford to have a wedding at these places, and the risk of being around such precious artifacts …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: ‘My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare’
Categoría:family drama
‘It feels like my space is never really mine’: 18-year-old puts a lock on his bedroom door and stocks up on food while his mother is abroad due to his extended family, who are living with him, repeatedly invading his room and belongings
Living in a crowded household instills a specific type of anxiety within a young child. You’re never familiar with the concept of personal space and privacy, whether that’s because you were forced to share a room with one too many people out of necessity, or you live with folks who don’t want to grant that …
Seguir leyendo ‘It feels like my space is never really mine’: 18-year-old puts a lock on his bedroom door and stocks up on food while his mother is abroad due to his extended family, who are living with him, repeatedly invading his room and belongings
‘I told them they can’t come back’: Mom bans the neighborhood kids from her house after they let her dog escape 4 times, teaching them the consequences of their negligence
To a dog mom, their pooch is just like anyone else in the family. With their seat at the proverbial family dinner table, family dogs have earned the right to be treated like Mama’s Little Baby. So when this woman—and neighborhood after-school host—found out that some of the local kids were treating her dog like …
Seguir leyendo ‘I told them they can’t come back’: Mom bans the neighborhood kids from her house after they let her dog escape 4 times, teaching them the consequences of their negligence
17-year-old uncle raises his baby niece alone until her mom decides to take over, he accidentally reveals the truth to niece years later: ‘Your mom tried to give you away as a baby’
Finding out your sibling is having a child should be such an exciting moment. Everyone agrees that being an aunt or uncle is the best thing ever. You get to have all the fun, with none of the responsibility, and you get to come back to a quiet and clean home at the end of …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old uncle raises his baby niece alone until her mom decides to take over, he accidentally reveals the truth to niece years later: ‘Your mom tried to give you away as a baby’
‘I pay for everything’: Man threatens to charge his long-time girlfriend $900 in rent for her two kids after he gets yelled at for sharing his parenting opinions
Kids make everything more expensive. Suddenly, instead of paying for two meals at the restaurant, you’re covering a bill of 5+ menu items, soft drinks, and a couple of kids’ menu rejects. Although the joys of parenting often outweigh the costs, sometimes, the lines can be blurred on who is allowed to be a parent …
Seguir leyendo ‘I pay for everything’: Man threatens to charge his long-time girlfriend $900 in rent for her two kids after he gets yelled at for sharing his parenting opinions
‘[I told] my mom I’m not her retirement plan’: 55-year-old mother demands her 28-year-old engineer son fund her many golden years as he deals with student loans and urban rent
Some parents treat retirement planning as producing children and waiting for the ATM pins to mature, a cultural myth that thrives on guilt and nostalgia and hovers in dining rooms like an heirloom nobody wants until the invoices arrive. In this economic pageant stands a twenty-eight-year-old son balancing rent, student loans, and the privilege of …
Seguir leyendo ‘[I told] my mom I’m not her retirement plan’: 55-year-old mother demands her 28-year-old engineer son fund her many golden years as he deals with student loans and urban rent
‘[He] isn’t my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn’t her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him
The reality of life is that it can turn on its head, leaving you feeling battered and scarred from the unpredictability of it all. Losing a loved one is hard. You rarely ever see it coming, and if you do, it doesn’t really change anything. Dealing with grief and loss at a young age primes …
Seguir leyendo ‘[He] isn’t my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn’t her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him
‘This set off a domino effect’: Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries
The dynamic between stepsiblings can be tricky. Sure, Step Brothers made it look hilarious with two fully grown man-children beefing over drums and bunk beds. But in real life, it’s rarely that entertaining. Especially when the kids come from wildly different households. One set might be used to iPads, lacrosse gear, and spring break trips, …
Seguir leyendo ‘This set off a domino effect’: Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries
Twin gets snubbed out of his brother’s engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: ‘I was only invited for optics’
Twins are tight. Often boasting of their twinnish connection and their mind-reading capabilities, twins have a connection that many siblings will never truly understand. A twin is like an extension of yourself, and to avoid getting too spiritual about it, twins share their experience in life as a duo from the moment they enter this …
Seguir leyendo Twin gets snubbed out of his brother’s engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: ‘I was only invited for optics’
Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: ‘I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids’
Once you become a parent, a lot of your freedom gets swallowed up. As a single person, I could hypothetically take a year off from all my responsibilities and travel the world, and it wouldn’t significantly impact anyone other than me. Sure, I’d have to save up and find someone to sublet my room for …
Seguir leyendo Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: ‘I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids’