Families love a good ambush reunion. And this family’s plan involves letting Dad show up and hoping everything magically gets forgiven when his daughter, the one who booked the reunion, the one who Dad doesn’t speak to for four years, sees him. Great plan A truly masterful plan until the daughter who did the booking …
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17-Year-Old Niece Gets a $200 Ticket Driving Her 54-Year-Old Uncle’s Car, 17-Year-Old And Her Mom Expect Uncle to Pay For it: ‘She said it’s my responsibility as an adult.’
Why should the uncle have to pay for it if he wasn’t the one speeding? You can’t always trust people with your car. It doesn’t matter how much they beg and plead: a car is not something that you should lend out to just anybody. You need to be able to trust that the person …
Seguir leyendo 17-Year-Old Niece Gets a $200 Ticket Driving Her 54-Year-Old Uncle’s Car, 17-Year-Old And Her Mom Expect Uncle to Pay For it: ‘She said it’s my responsibility as an adult.’
Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
Why is she taking his video games away instead of addressing the underlying problem? Many parents think their kids should be directing their own lives. They think their 3-year-old will let them know when they’re ready to be potty trained, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Kids need their parents to plan their …
Seguir leyendo Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
Dad refuses to make the school lunches his 3, 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids requested while their mom was out of town on vacation: ‘I am not making 4 separate gourmet lunches.’
Is the mom being too accommodating to her kids, or is the dad being lazy and uninvolved? When I was a kid, I got the same lunch basically every day. I got a sandwich, baby carrots, and an apple. As an adult, I continue to eat lunches that are minimalist and easy to make, not …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to make the school lunches his 3, 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids requested while their mom was out of town on vacation: ‘I am not making 4 separate gourmet lunches.’
Roommate is late on rent for 8 months, flips out when friend tells mom she owes her $1400: ‘I’m not a bank’
A person can only run from their responsibilities for so long. Living with others can be a challenge no matter what the relationship may be. We all have our quirks that may be bearable for some and totally enraging for others, and whenever we decide to move in with somebody, we are taking the risk …
Seguir leyendo Roommate is late on rent for 8 months, flips out when friend tells mom she owes her $1400: ‘I’m not a bank’
Dad didn’t feed his 5-month-old baby while Mom was out for hours, claiming it was because she didn’t leave instructions: ‘Had I not come home, baby wouldn’t have eaten for 5 hours or more.’
He knew she would be gone for that long, and she had left instructions! One of the most important decisions you can make in your life is who you get married to. If you get married to the wrong person, and you will know if you do, you need to make sure you don’t have …
Seguir leyendo Dad didn’t feed his 5-month-old baby while Mom was out for hours, claiming it was because she didn’t leave instructions: ‘Had I not come home, baby wouldn’t have eaten for 5 hours or more.’
Single mother of twins refuses to pay for overpriced commemorative shirts their school ordered without consent and handed to kids as gifts, leading half the PTA to join her
Like way too many institutions, schools have mastered the art of the surprise invoice Some schools have figured out they can just order stuff and send parents the bill later. Kids show up wearing commemorative shirts the teacher handed out as rewards. Then the invoice hits your email the next day like a surprise morning-after …
Seguir leyendo Single mother of twins refuses to pay for overpriced commemorative shirts their school ordered without consent and handed to kids as gifts, leading half the PTA to join her
Mom accuses sister of making her and her 5-year-old daughter homeless because she’s moving out of their shared apartment in a year: ‘She makes $14 an hour.’
How is she making her homeless if she’s giving her plenty of time to make new living arrangements? It’s not uncommon for single parents to expect someone in their family to fill the role of a spouse in their household. A single dad might treat his sister like a surrogate mother figure, expecting her to …
Seguir leyendo Mom accuses sister of making her and her 5-year-old daughter homeless because she’s moving out of their shared apartment in a year: ‘She makes $14 an hour.’
29-year-old daughter refuses to lend mom more money after she used $1500 loan toward a new car for her brother
Would you lend your family money if they lied about the way they used it? Lending somebody money is a big deal. The general rule of thumb is that you should never lend an amount of money that you would be uncomfortable never receiving back. This is true, even with family. You never know what …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old daughter refuses to lend mom more money after she used $1500 loan toward a new car for her brother
Parents forbid 15 and 21-year-old daughters from accessing their inheritance if they weigh more than 150 pounds: ‘This will not hold up in court.’
In what world is this enforceable by law? Nobody is entitled to an inheritance from their parents or grandparents. If you’ve proven time and time again to be totally irresponsible with large sums of cash in a way that’s harmful to yourself and others, I wouldn’t blame your parents for giving their life savings to …
Seguir leyendo Parents forbid 15 and 21-year-old daughters from accessing their inheritance if they weigh more than 150 pounds: ‘This will not hold up in court.’