There is no use being coy about it: a pretty large percentage of the human population exists by accident. Planned babies are not the norm for every family, no matter how careful a couple might try and be with their family planning. While it is true that an unexpected pregnancy can wreak havoc on the …
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Grandma breaks into 19-year-old granddaughter’s house when she’s not home and riffles through her belongings: ‘Just because she occasionally feeds me doesn’t give her the right to do this’
There’s something so unnerving about someone going through your things without asking. When I was a kid, 95% of my arguments with my sister were about this exact issue. I would want to borrow some of her clothes for school. I would take them without asking because she was still sleeping, and she would get …
Seguir leyendo Grandma breaks into 19-year-old granddaughter’s house when she’s not home and riffles through her belongings: ‘Just because she occasionally feeds me doesn’t give her the right to do this’
Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’
Society is stringently designed around the nuclear family. This system makes it easy to treat families as economic units that are intrinsically tied together and emotionally bonded above all other bonds. Maintaining the nuclear family is difficult to do and often not beneficial for the members of said nucleus. Any child of parents who «stayed …
Seguir leyendo Mom moves 13-year-old daughter away from her grandparents, aunts, and uncles to be closer to her husband’s family, gets angry when she wants to move back after she turns 18: ‘Mom said most teenagers would kill for the stuff they gave me since we moved’
25-year-old mom-to-be refuses to let estranged parents be grandparents after they favored her childhood enemy over her: ‘They said we were going to make her feel wanted and welcome’
As a general rule, most people do not do something as drastic as going no contact with close family members unless they have a very good reason for it. To leave behind those who you grew up with or who raised you is often no easy decision, even when you have the worst kind of …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old mom-to-be refuses to let estranged parents be grandparents after they favored her childhood enemy over her: ‘They said we were going to make her feel wanted and welcome’
‘He was a stranger to me’: Dad abandons 4-year-old son to be raised by his grandparents after his mom passes, wants him back when he’s 10 so his 2nd wife can be his ‘mom’
Therapists are not always the bees knees. As a member of Generation Z, I’m constantly hearing my peers talk about how going to therapy is a green flag and will make you a better person. It’s like church for Zoomers. I’m not necessarily convinced that therapy makes anyone more virtuous than anyone else. The function …
Seguir leyendo ‘He was a stranger to me’: Dad abandons 4-year-old son to be raised by his grandparents after his mom passes, wants him back when he’s 10 so his 2nd wife can be his ‘mom’
Married couple asks their 30-year-old roommate to leave the apartment for a week so they can have a «staycation» while their kid is at his grandparents: ‘They want me to stay at their parent’s house’
Most people have roommates during a very particular time in their lives. College students have to share a room with a complete stranger in their first year. This person will either be their future best friend, a fatal enemy, or a distant memory. In later collegiate years, having roommates not only makes your off-campus apartment …
Seguir leyendo Married couple asks their 30-year-old roommate to leave the apartment for a week so they can have a «staycation» while their kid is at his grandparents: ‘They want me to stay at their parent’s house’
Parents refuse to name their baby ‘Henry’ after his paternal grandfather, grandmother berates them for not following family tradition of naming male heirs ‘James’ or ‘Henry’: ‘She said I was breaking a tradition that went back hundreds of years’
I’ve never understood naming the men in your family the same thing, generation after generation. It’s confusing, and IMHO, it dilutes the significance of the name. If everyone is John, then the original John is just one of many. I like passing down family names through middle names. My mom’s middle name is «Wainwright,» after …
Seguir leyendo Parents refuse to name their baby ‘Henry’ after his paternal grandfather, grandmother berates them for not following family tradition of naming male heirs ‘James’ or ‘Henry’: ‘She said I was breaking a tradition that went back hundreds of years’
Grandparents demand a share of late grandson’s life insurance payout, claiming it’s what he would have wanted, his wife refuses: ‘This money was meant for our children’s future’
When a family is well-functioning, when every member of the family contributes equally and cares about each other wholeheartedly, there is not much you would not do for each other. If you truly are a united family, nothing can stand in your way, and it is a beautiful, yet extremely rare, thing to have. It’s …
Seguir leyendo Grandparents demand a share of late grandson’s life insurance payout, claiming it’s what he would have wanted, his wife refuses: ‘This money was meant for our children’s future’
5-year-old shunned by her step-grandparents spends 12 years watching them spoil her three older step-siblings, ends up calling them out as a teenager for their favoritism: ‘I was left watching kids play together while I was ignored’
There’s nothing worse than the feeling of being left out. This stepdaughter endured a full family shunning for 12 years before she finally snapped. Although her step-grandparents probably thought she’d grow out of her resentment for them, they were totally wrong. Being the black sheep of the family is strange. While you’re still a part …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old shunned by her step-grandparents spends 12 years watching them spoil her three older step-siblings, ends up calling them out as a teenager for their favoritism: ‘I was left watching kids play together while I was ignored’
Entitled in-laws ask for their grandson’s Social Security Number so they can continue getting food from food bank, despite their grandson living 500 miles away: ‘They want the number so they can access something else, like foodstamps or a new credit card’
It’s important to keep secrets from some people, even if you think they’re your closest confidants. I love my friends more than anything in the world, but I’m not going to just tell them the password to my Vanguard account or my Social Security Number. It’s not that I don’t trust them, but there’s no …
Seguir leyendo Entitled in-laws ask for their grandson’s Social Security Number so they can continue getting food from food bank, despite their grandson living 500 miles away: ‘They want the number so they can access something else, like foodstamps or a new credit card’