family story – Mesploto

Mom tells the father of her 10 and 13-year-old daughters that her 2nd husband is more of a man and a better father than he’ll ever be: ‘My daughters were there. I’m so tired of them hearing Trevor just belittle James.’

Kids are smarter than we treat them. If there’s a rancid vibe in the room during Christmas with your extended family, and you, as parents, don’t acknowledge it, the kids will still pick up on it. They will wonder why they have such a terrible time at Grandma’s house, thinking they’re not doing a good …
Seguir leyendo Mom tells the father of her 10 and 13-year-old daughters that her 2nd husband is more of a man and a better father than he’ll ever be: ‘My daughters were there. I’m so tired of them hearing Trevor just belittle James.’

It’s difficult to accept that you’ll never get back something that was stolen from you. If your best friend stole $500 from you and refuses to pay you back, you might think for one solitary second that if they just apologized, admitted they were wrong, and paid you back in full with interest, your relationship …
Seguir leyendo 50-year-old refuses to forgive his father for badmouthing his late mother and swindling him out of his $16K inheritance when he was 25-years-old: ‘His sister is now asking me to forgive him’

Ever since I was a little kid, I have been highly trained in the art and science of receiving presents. My sister and I would get the same lecture from our parents every year when we were driving to our birthday parties: «No matter what you get, whether you like it, hate it, or already …
Seguir leyendo Ungrateful woman rejects the blanket her sister-in-law crocheted for her because she made a mistake in the pattern: ‘She looked down at it and said that it wasn’t done until it was perfect’

Money is such a tricky topic to broach, especially among family members. You can get away with never really talking about specific finances with your friends, but with family, it’s inevitable. It’s even more inevitable when you travel together and do things together regularly. Some people are strict splitters: you put down two cards at …
Seguir leyendo Mother of 6 charges sister’s family $250 for staying at her house for a weekend: ‘I did a grocery run before arriving. I never wanted to be a burden on her.’

You can only do so much to help someone who can’t help themselves. We all like to believe we’d be incredibly giving to others in a crisis, housing our friends and relatives with nowhere else to go and supporting them through difficult times. In reality, most of us cannot afford to do that. You’re way …
Seguir leyendo Family of 5 tries to move into cousin and his pregnant wife’s house, despite only meeting her twice and not inviting them to their wedding: ‘Rachel says we would rather see three kids end up on the streets because I’M greedy’

Living with family can be a beautiful thing, but it can also be the most difficult thing you do together. In my experience, it’s so much easier to get along with your family if you don’t live with them. You can take your time away, engage with them when you want to, and you don’t …
Seguir leyendo ‘Get extra good locks’: Entitled sister wants to run daycare out of brother’s house despite not paying rent

Being a step-parent is a tough role to fill. You can have all the best intentions in the world and still end up alienating the child because at the end of the day, it’s not up to you, it’s up to them. Step-parents can have beautiful relationships with the kids in their lives, but just …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s too bad she didn’t take no an answer’: Stepmom forces mother-daughter relationship on kid despite her wishes