Every family who celebrates Christmas has their little version of tradition. They’ve honed their ritual– what they eat, where they go, and when they open presents. Some folks go to church the night before, some on the day, and some don’t go at all. Some eat a traditional roast and some mix it up. Santa …
Seguir leyendo ‘Am I being unreasonable?’: Overbearing grandparents want daughter-in-law to haul 2-year-old and 1-year-old’s Christmas presents to their house on Christmas morning, doesn’t understand why daughter-in-law is hesitant
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‘I’m pretty sure my mom stole my grandma’s identity’: Granddaughter discovers a $20K check from her 81-year-old grandmas bank account made out to her mom, mom screams when she confronted her
Back in the day, you had to be genuinely sneaky to be a scammer. There were no websites with people’s credit card information available for any old schmuck to purchase. In the 20th century, you had to pick a pocket or snag a fat juicy wallet off the ground and make some magic by purchasing …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’m pretty sure my mom stole my grandma’s identity’: Granddaughter discovers a $20K check from her 81-year-old grandmas bank account made out to her mom, mom screams when she confronted her
‘They said mom was a lunatic and should be ashamed of herself for ruining my life’: 16-year-old calls out grandparents after they claimed her mother abandoned her because she was hospitalized for post-partum psychosis after she was born
PPP, or postpartum psychosis, is a severe condition that isn’t discussed enough. Most of us have heard of postpartum depression, where mothers (and, more rarely, fathers) feel low energy, anxious, and downright sad after the birth of their child. Much like garden variety depression, it can make it challenging to complete essential tasks and is …
Seguir leyendo ‘They said mom was a lunatic and should be ashamed of herself for ruining my life’: 16-year-old calls out grandparents after they claimed her mother abandoned her because she was hospitalized for post-partum psychosis after she was born
Mom uses 16-year-old daughter’s college fund to pay for mental health treatment after she stole a car and crashed it, paternal grandparents admonish mom for using their late son’s money: ‘It’s favoritism by taking from her account and not her siblings’
College funds are different in every family. Some kids don’t get a cent for their education, and some parents put thousands of dollars away in a protected 529 Fund so that it cannot be used for anything other than education. I’d say that most families are somewhere in the middle, with some having their kids’ …
Seguir leyendo Mom uses 16-year-old daughter’s college fund to pay for mental health treatment after she stole a car and crashed it, paternal grandparents admonish mom for using their late son’s money: ‘It’s favoritism by taking from her account and not her siblings’
Mom allows 5-year-old daughter to dress herself for kindergarten, grandma is horrified at the clashing patterns of her outfits: ‘She thinks kids will start to think my child is the weird one’
Kids are very opinionated about how they dress. When my little sister was in preschool, she wore the same rainbow dress nearly every single day. There was nothing you could say to her to get her to change when she had her heart set on that dress. Our mom was willing to accept that this …
Seguir leyendo Mom allows 5-year-old daughter to dress herself for kindergarten, grandma is horrified at the clashing patterns of her outfits: ‘She thinks kids will start to think my child is the weird one’
Parents return to abandoned 17-year-old raised by grandparents, demand to know if their other kids are getting the same amount of inheritance: ‘I just shut the door on them’
While it isn’t something that should ever happen, some kids really draw the short straw when it comes to their parents. There are plenty of people out there who are moms and dads on a technicality, but their behavior says otherwise. It’s a sad but not uncommon state of affairs. One 17-year-old has had the …
Seguir leyendo Parents return to abandoned 17-year-old raised by grandparents, demand to know if their other kids are getting the same amount of inheritance: ‘I just shut the door on them’
Aunt bans children from family gatherings at her home, despite her 4 and 6-year-old nephews being the only kids in the family: ‘If this becomes the norm, what happens for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas?’
It’s not easy when rules that feel targeted at you are implemented. I empathize with the mom in this story because her kids’ exclusion feels a bit like high school. She is the only person in the family with young children, and her sister decided to implement a «no kids» rule for gatherings at her …
Seguir leyendo Aunt bans children from family gatherings at her home, despite her 4 and 6-year-old nephews being the only kids in the family: ‘If this becomes the norm, what happens for holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas?’
‘Do you like to refuse to show empathy?’: Judgmental grandmother refuses to take care of 3-year-old and 4-year-old while her son takes 1-year-old on a trip, calls it ‘favoritism’
Favoritism is not something you want to get accused of as a parent. If you have more than one kid, you should do your best to love them and support them equally, since they’re all your kids. And it’s just a good example to set for them. But it’s also incredibly common that parenting styles …
Seguir leyendo ‘Do you like to refuse to show empathy?’: Judgmental grandmother refuses to take care of 3-year-old and 4-year-old while her son takes 1-year-old on a trip, calls it ‘favoritism’
Dad spends his 16-year-old son’s inheritance from his late mother on his 4-year-old daughter’s medical treatment, grandparents stop helping dad: ‘They said he had some nerve stealing their daughter’s money and spending it on his child’
It disgusts me how many people get away with stealing money from children. They are the most vulnerable group of people, and there are virtually no consequences for stepping all over them and taking the little they have. If parents decide to broadcast their children’s lives on their YouTube channel, sharing private information and making …
Seguir leyendo Dad spends his 16-year-old son’s inheritance from his late mother on his 4-year-old daughter’s medical treatment, grandparents stop helping dad: ‘They said he had some nerve stealing their daughter’s money and spending it on his child’
Stepmom refuses to spend $1000 on gifts from her baby to her 8 and 9-year-old stepdaughters, grandparents accuse her of not caring about the girls: ‘My husband said it’s just another negative for our son if we don’t’
Getting a new sibling can be a big transition for kids, but do you know what’s an even bigger transition? Getting two new siblings, one from your mom and one from your stepmom, within a few weeks of each other. A stepmother of eight and nine-year-old girls recently took to Reddit because she doesn’t know …
Seguir leyendo Stepmom refuses to spend $1000 on gifts from her baby to her 8 and 9-year-old stepdaughters, grandparents accuse her of not caring about the girls: ‘My husband said it’s just another negative for our son if we don’t’