As a culture, we’re pretty afraid of aging. There’s a whole industry dedicated to ameliorating the fears of showing signs of aging. We sell creams, treatments, and procedures to keep us looking «young.» We’re dedicated to staying in the loop, in the know, and keeping up with what the kids are doing. This can get …
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Father refuses to force his 5-year-old and 9-year-old kids to accept his mother’s unpleasant, unreliable boyfriend: ‘That wasn’t up for discussion’
Family can’t be forced, that’s a fact. Family isn’t about DNA, nor is it about legal bounds. Family is about who makes you feel good, supports you when things get tough, and has your back through thick and thin. Our friends, pets, teachers, etc., are our family members if we want them to be. When …
Seguir leyendo Father refuses to force his 5-year-old and 9-year-old kids to accept his mother’s unpleasant, unreliable boyfriend: ‘That wasn’t up for discussion’
17-year-old moves in with his grandparents after his neglectful parents who constantly make him babysit announce they’re having a 7th kid: ‘My parents are angry because they don’t have help’
Birth order can affect what kind of life you have. Even though I am technically an older sister, I cannot earnestly claim the strife that older sisters in large families claim. My younger sister is only two and a half years younger than me, and I was never expected to take care of her. For …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old moves in with his grandparents after his neglectful parents who constantly make him babysit announce they’re having a 7th kid: ‘My parents are angry because they don’t have help’
18-year-old high schooler refuses to walk at graduation, have a graduation party, attend a graduation dinner, or go on a graduation trip: ‘As you can imagine, no one is on my side’
Graduations can be hit or miss. There’s something beautiful about the end of an era being marked by a big celebration where you don a funny hat. It gives a sense of completion to all of the years you spent slaving away on your degree. My graduations were hit and miss. I liked my high …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old high schooler refuses to walk at graduation, have a graduation party, attend a graduation dinner, or go on a graduation trip: ‘As you can imagine, no one is on my side’
16-year-old tells his dad’s ex-wife/affair partner that he wouldn’t live with her if she was the only option he had, grandparents scold him for making her upset: ‘Dad’s parents are saying I’m turning into a really evil and cruel person’
It’s incredibly easy to overstate the dubious morals of cheaters. I don’t think that Ingrid Bergman should’ve spent as many years of her career as she did in retreat from Hollywood for the sole crime of having an affair, mainly because that affair-turned-marriage created someone as wonderful as Isabella Rossellini. If you’ve been tuned into …
Seguir leyendo 16-year-old tells his dad’s ex-wife/affair partner that he wouldn’t live with her if she was the only option he had, grandparents scold him for making her upset: ‘Dad’s parents are saying I’m turning into a really evil and cruel person’
Dad demands his 15-year-old artist daughter delete all of her art because it features her late mother and not his wife and 2 kids: ‘I didn’t delete it and I was grounded for 3 weeks because of it’
It’s so sad to watch parents s*ck the joy out of things their kids enjoy. So many kids would be delighted playing school sports in a casual, fun environment, but because their parents don’t want them to unless they’re going to be the best at them, many kids don’t even bother playing sports in the …
Seguir leyendo Dad demands his 15-year-old artist daughter delete all of her art because it features her late mother and not his wife and 2 kids: ‘I didn’t delete it and I was grounded for 3 weeks because of it’
22-year-old woman steals money from her already generous grandparents, accuses her 21-year-old sister of ruining her life when she exposes her: ‘She’s been texting me, calling me a traitor’
Stealing is a part of culture that has been normalized to some degree. How many Gen Zers have you met who regularly steal from Walmart or similar large corporations because a bottle of travel hairspray won’t affect their bottom line? I’m not sure if stealing nail polish from Dollar General is a slippery slope to …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old woman steals money from her already generous grandparents, accuses her 21-year-old sister of ruining her life when she exposes her: ‘She’s been texting me, calling me a traitor’
Parents force teenage son to move in with his grandparents across the country after his 17-year-old sister gets pregnant and needs help raising the baby: ‘They claim they’re trying to spare me’
When you grow up with siblings, you often find yourself being blamed, or even paying, for your siblings’ mistakes. If you are a middle child (like yours truly) you are constantly paying for your older and younger sibling’s misdeeds, until you get used to basically being the family’s scapegoat. Is it fair? Absolutely not. But …
Seguir leyendo Parents force teenage son to move in with his grandparents across the country after his 17-year-old sister gets pregnant and needs help raising the baby: ‘They claim they’re trying to spare me’
Stepmom refuses to claim stepdaughter’s kid as her grandchild, is confronted by stepdaughter when she complains about never becoming a grandmother: ‘They could always have been yours too, but you didn’t want to be their grandma’
Many families don’t care if they’re a mix of step-relatives, half-relatives, and full-bio relatives. At the end of the day, family is what you make of it, not the DNA that you share with them. Sometimes, the best family anyone has is their chosen family, who might not even be tethered to them by a …
Seguir leyendo Stepmom refuses to claim stepdaughter’s kid as her grandchild, is confronted by stepdaughter when she complains about never becoming a grandmother: ‘They could always have been yours too, but you didn’t want to be their grandma’
Kind grandma runs in-home daycare for her 5 grandchildren, gets accused of neglect by her entitled son-in-law because she didn’t follow his inane rules: ‘I can’t watch more than 1 additional child while babysitting [his baby], I can’t cook’
Childcare is one of the most expensive parts of raising a young kid. Some parents’ entire paycheck only covers childcare, forcing them to choose between forking up the cash or sacrificing their long-term career. As the incoming Vice President has said, grandparents can be a cheap alternative to daycares that take mortgage-sized payments every month. …
Seguir leyendo Kind grandma runs in-home daycare for her 5 grandchildren, gets accused of neglect by her entitled son-in-law because she didn’t follow his inane rules: ‘I can’t watch more than 1 additional child while babysitting [his baby], I can’t cook’