Would you spend two thousand dollars on your sister’s bachelorette party? Why are other people’s weddings so expensive? It’s their celebration, so why should you be taking on the financial burden of it? This is such a common issue, though, and it deserves attention. You’re allowed to draw boundaries around what you can and can’t …
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20-year-old daughter refuses to keep paying for parents’ internet bill despite them claiming they can’t afford it without her: ‘We are in bankruptcy’
Are adult children obligated to help their parents out if they are struggling financially, or is it not the children’s responsibility? That is what the 20-year-old daughter below is wondering…
Lawyer mom helps 23-year-old son win his personal injury lawsuit, asks for 15% of the money, and for him to reimburse her for his college tuition: ‘15% is a massive amount of money to give away.’
What do children owe their parents? Parents owe everything to their children, but what do children owe to their parents? In some cultures, adult children live with their parents into their 30s, or until they get married. That arrangement is set up with the expectation that the adult children will care for their parents in …
Seguir leyendo Lawyer mom helps 23-year-old son win his personal injury lawsuit, asks for 15% of the money, and for him to reimburse her for his college tuition: ‘15% is a massive amount of money to give away.’
CEO calls employees ‘a family’ in a meeting, refuses to give top-performing member of the family a $1.50 raise the same day: ‘I’m currently doing the workload of 2 people.’
He is so unbelievably phony It can be difficult to tell if the higher-ups at your company are being 100% honest with you. You’re not in the room when they discuss the precise figures for operational costs, revenue, and profit. You only know what they tell you, and what they tell the public, but sometimes …
Seguir leyendo CEO calls employees ‘a family’ in a meeting, refuses to give top-performing member of the family a $1.50 raise the same day: ‘I’m currently doing the workload of 2 people.’
Woman joins friends’ international trip last-minute, only to discover the friend who is planning the trip refuses to book her any tickets: ‘I don’t trust her’
Every friend group has the one who always pays for everyone’s tickets and bookings, and the one who never pays them back. Eventually, these friend groups tend to hit a crisis when the first friend grows sick of the second friend and finally sets their foot down, which causes chaos for the rest of the …
Seguir leyendo Woman joins friends’ international trip last-minute, only to discover the friend who is planning the trip refuses to book her any tickets: ‘I don’t trust her’
Ballet teacher charges $55 for mid-year performance, parent gets annoyed when 11-year-old daughter only performs for 10 minutes: ‘The teacher was performing for 30 mins’
What parent wants to go to their kid’s recital to watch the teacher instead? Going to a child’s various performances and games is one of the many responsibilities of an involved parent. Arguably, it can be one of the more fun ones; all it requires is sitting in a crowd or audience and potentially getting …
Seguir leyendo Ballet teacher charges $55 for mid-year performance, parent gets annoyed when 11-year-old daughter only performs for 10 minutes: ‘The teacher was performing for 30 mins’
Boss fires employee after he told the payroll lady that he didn’t get paid for his 1st day of work: ‘I’m sorry Jan chewed you out for not doing your job, but did you have to take mine?’
He got fired because she was momentarily embarrassed. If your best friend told you that they got fired from their job, what would you assume? Would you assume that their boss is evil, and made a decision that was utterly misguided? Or would you assume that your bestie said or did something that got them …
Seguir leyendo Boss fires employee after he told the payroll lady that he didn’t get paid for his 1st day of work: ‘I’m sorry Jan chewed you out for not doing your job, but did you have to take mine?’
Grandma applies for $1200 housing credit in mom-of-3’s name, gets offended when she doesn’t give the money to her: ‘I didn’t ask her to do this’
Family is supposed to help family, but this isn’t always a simple equation. Many people are unlucky enough to have relatives who totally exhaust their goodwill when it comes to supporting them, and they have to draw the line somewhere. Others find themselves in difficult scenarios because of the actions of family members, and they …
Seguir leyendo Grandma applies for $1200 housing credit in mom-of-3’s name, gets offended when she doesn’t give the money to her: ‘I didn’t ask her to do this’
Friends plan trip to Tennessee mountains and spend $1000 each, one disinvites the other because he wants to bring his new girlfriend: ‘I don’t want to spend a week in the woods with someone I don’t know’
Does a financial contribution to a vacation give a person the right to make last-minute additions to the guest list? While going on a trip somewhere is supposed to be a relaxing and fun endeavor, it does come with its stressful moments. One of these is that planning anything other than a solo vacation means …
Seguir leyendo Friends plan trip to Tennessee mountains and spend $1000 each, one disinvites the other because he wants to bring his new girlfriend: ‘I don’t want to spend a week in the woods with someone I don’t know’
Landlord demands tenant’s keys to his car because he ‘owns the asphalt’: ‘I am still trying to process the level of entitlement’
Does your landlord deserve the keys to your car? The answer is pretty much a resounding «no.» But that doesn’t stop landlords from doing what they do best: overreaching in their tenants’ lives. Just because you own the parking space doesn’t mean you own the car. This is a pretty basic understanding of ownership and …
Seguir leyendo Landlord demands tenant’s keys to his car because he ‘owns the asphalt’: ‘I am still trying to process the level of entitlement’