When did we all collectively decide that we were going to spend an arm and a leg on birthday gifts for our friends, especially in this economy?! Forget a homemade birthday cake and a gift card to Dunkin‘, you’re expected to chip in hundreds of your well-earned smackaroons so your entire friend group can gift …
Seguir leyendo New parents refuse to chip in for a Gucci bag and $3500 birthday dinner after entitled friends ask them to: ‘These expensive group gifts are not something we feel comfortable doing anymore’
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Roommate wants girlfriend of 2 months to move into 2-bedroom and pay $0 extra rent, doesn’t understand why roommate refuses: ‘I don’t think it’s fair for me to subsidize her living here’
Having roommates can be a tough dynamic. You have to learn how to share a space respectfully. Sure, you may have shared a space with family members growing up, but living with a non-family member is different. They might have different needs and expectations when it comes to their living situation. Maybe they require a …
Seguir leyendo Roommate wants girlfriend of 2 months to move into 2-bedroom and pay $0 extra rent, doesn’t understand why roommate refuses: ‘I don’t think it’s fair for me to subsidize her living here’
High schooler wins $500 Staples gift card at hockey game, is forced to split it with friend’s entitled family, ends up with less than $20: ‘Her family was sneaky and got a laptop for over $480’
There are lessons you learn in high school, and then there are the ones that come with a $500 price tag and a lifetime ban on inviting freeloaders to hockey games. This unlucky teenager, armed with playoff tickets and the naïve optimism of youth, found himself the unwitting host to a family who saw generosity …
Seguir leyendo High schooler wins $500 Staples gift card at hockey game, is forced to split it with friend’s entitled family, ends up with less than $20: ‘Her family was sneaky and got a laptop for over $480’
Woman backs out of group mountain trip when entitled friend Jay changes Airbnb and assigns an air mattress as her bed: ‘Alex and Sam seemed to understand, but Jay got annoyed’
Group vacations always start with optimism and end with someone clinging to an inflatable mattress, wondering if friendship is really worth spinal compression. In this case, our protagonist is the only one with a driver’s license, a job waiting on Monday, and apparently, the last shred of reason left in her friend group. All she …
Seguir leyendo Woman backs out of group mountain trip when entitled friend Jay changes Airbnb and assigns an air mattress as her bed: ‘Alex and Sam seemed to understand, but Jay got annoyed’
Entitled bride demands wedding guests only wear beige or gray, best friend refuses to attend because she looks bad in those colors: ‘I look like a ghost in a burlap sack.’
It’s expected that you make some sacrifices for the weddings of those close to you. You’d probably rather use your precious PTO to go on a vacation for yourself instead of spending it traveling to Piedmont, South Dakota, to watch your cousin get hitched, but you use your PTO anyway because you love her. We’ve …
Seguir leyendo Entitled bride demands wedding guests only wear beige or gray, best friend refuses to attend because she looks bad in those colors: ‘I look like a ghost in a burlap sack.’
31-year-old helps new mom friend care for her newborn twins every day for 2 weeks, mom freaks out when friend’s husband says she’s too sick to help: ‘I didn’t forbid her from going. I just protected her when she was too tired to stand up for herself.
There’s an art to asking somebody for help. If you have to ask a friend to do you arduous favors for free on a nearly constant basis, then you probably need to hire someone to help you. It’s one thing if you’ve agreed on a schedule and your friend or loved one isn’t pressured into …
Seguir leyendo 31-year-old helps new mom friend care for her newborn twins every day for 2 weeks, mom freaks out when friend’s husband says she’s too sick to help: ‘I didn’t forbid her from going. I just protected her when she was too tired to stand up for herself.
‘He’s not on the lease, doesn’t pay rent [but] I wake up he’s in the kitchen, I get home from work he’s on the couch’: Roommate’s boyfriend moves in rent-free and quickly takes over the apartment, forcing fed-up housemate to demand he move out
They say you can’t choose family, but that’s not the only thing you can’t choose because none of us would choose to live together with some random person, their boyfriend, and unacceptable dishes and laundry habits. In this lovely living situation, your rent covers not only your own misery but also the silent audition of …
Seguir leyendo ‘He’s not on the lease, doesn’t pay rent [but] I wake up he’s in the kitchen, I get home from work he’s on the couch’: Roommate’s boyfriend moves in rent-free and quickly takes over the apartment, forcing fed-up housemate to demand he move out
Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
If you ever want to watch your adult friends regress to the politics of middle school gym class, just suggest a shared vacation rental and wait for the bedroom negotiations to begin. The couples in this friend group claim territorial rights faster than you can say «queen-sized bed.» And single traveling members of the group …
Seguir leyendo Single friend refuses his Europe vacation buddies’ demands he sleep on a couch while couples get private rooms, the couples instantly back off when he suggests upgraded accommodations: ‘I don’t like sharing bedrooms, we are not children’
‘Naturally, I claimed the master’: Friend pays 16% of the accommodation costs for a vacation with 5 others, then unilaterally claims the only master bedroom in the house because they “called it,» friend drama ensues
Friend vacations can make or break a friendship. Traveling with someone really brings out their little idiosyncrasies that we can often overlook on a day-to-day basis. Maybe your bestie doesn’t clean their dishes, or they sleep until noon every day, or they like to play white noise on 100% volume when they sleep—not every buddy …
Seguir leyendo ‘Naturally, I claimed the master’: Friend pays 16% of the accommodation costs for a vacation with 5 others, then unilaterally claims the only master bedroom in the house because they “called it,» friend drama ensues
Lake house vacation host Tina treats her friends like unpaid staff, demands they cook, clean, and entertain her kids, then gets mad when they leave early: ‘After 3 days of being treated like hotel staff, we packed our stuff and left’
Between summer fun and passive-aggressive servitude stands Tina’s lake house, an Airbnb in spirit but run by the management style of a 19th-century manor. Guests arrived with coolers full of food, wallets already lightened for utilities and groceries, and even their own bedding in tow, ready for some lakeside leisure. Instead, they landed a starring …
Seguir leyendo Lake house vacation host Tina treats her friends like unpaid staff, demands they cook, clean, and entertain her kids, then gets mad when they leave early: ‘After 3 days of being treated like hotel staff, we packed our stuff and left’