‘I was made to be used as spare parts’: 32-year-old refuses to donate her kidney to an estranged brother after a lifetime of being used for replacement body parts for his terminal illness

Golden Children get whatever they want from their parents. In the case of this 32-year-old woman, who was literally born to be a buffer body for her terminally ill older brother, her parents decided even before she was born that she would become a second-rate child. The Golden Child, however, her older brother with brain …
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‘No, you don’t need protein coffee’: The TikTok protein craze makes everyone, even couch potatoes, eat like body-building gym bros

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon. You’ve been craving a brownie for what seems like forever after an especially laborious workday riddled with unanswered emails and back-to-back Slack messages. To your surprise, you see a small basket full of individually wrapped snacks in your office kitchen. Your prayers have been answered; Your sweet tooth, soon …
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Man signs 2 month lease with brother to get medical treatment 500 miles away, excludes partner of 10 years from contract: ‘He acted like our shared plans were never real’

Secrets can cause the downfall of even the strongest relationships. People like to say that what you don’t know can’t hurt you, but the problem is that it is much easier for the truth to be uncovered when lives are merged to the extent that they are in most serious relationships. Some do a pretty …
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50-year-old caregiver refuses to let her 52-year-old diabetic bedbound husband, who sleeps 20 hours a day, come on the family cruise vacation with her and her 2 daughters: ‘He’s mad and sulking.’

It is incredibly difficult to be responsible for the full-time care of another adult. That is how many people make their living, which is, unfortunately, not as well-paid as it should be; however, many people do this work for their family members for free. It’s not like there’s a season where somebody who requires full-time …
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38-year-old daughter refuses to let 65-year-old father move into purpose-built in-law apartment because of childfree stepmom: ‘They joked about kids being ungrateful, expensive, needy’

Rebuilding a life after a divorce is often difficult. The relationship that a person most likely thought was going to be forever didn’t work out, and now they have to figure out how to make things work without it. Assuming they want another partner, they have to experience all the drama of the dating game …
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Mom feeds 13-year-old girls pizza, donuts, and chips at sleepover, other moms call her a ‘lousy mother’ for feeding them junk: ‘[She said] her daughter would no longer be coming to any events at my home’

Is it just me, or has everyone gotten a little weird about the food their kids eat? I mean, parents have presumably always been a little bit conscious about what they’re feeding their children. It’s one of the biggest jobs of parenting. But it seems as though in the last couple of years, the amount …
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20 Funny Hospital Reviews From the Front Lines of Healthcare

It’s hard to say if there really is such a thing as a ‘good’ hospital experience. A place you only ever go to when you’re sick or injured is never going to be a shining example of fulfillment and joy, no matter how many cheerful clipart health & safety notices they decorate the ward with. …
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23 Funniest Memes for Young Adults Bravely Booking Their Own Doctor Appointments

Listen, we get it, it’s annoying. To have to take time out of your busy schedule to call some place that just yells at you every time you go. You try to tell them you’re drinking more water, so your anxiety can’t be due to dehydration, but they don’t believe you. You try to tell …
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23 Ergonomic Back-Pain Memes to Give Your Funny Bones Some Lumbar Support

Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries—Why does my back hurt all the time?  Now as chronic back pain survivors can all attest, we’ve asked ourselves this question many times. However, the answer is right in front of us, or rather, right behind us. Curled up in front of our laptops like a kebabed shrimp on a stick, …
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25+ Hydration Memes for Remembering to Drink Water

Why is it so hard to remember to drink water? We all have our ways that we trick ourselves into doing, but it doesn’t seem to come naturally for most of us. Sure, we’ll chug down some h2O when we’re thirsty, but it’s difficult to hit the recommended ~100oz of water every single day. There …
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