The social role of the stay-at-home mom exists for economic reasons. If one parent makes enough to support their whole family, it’s financially responsible for one parent to do the majority of the household and child-rearing labor, and the other to do the labor that makes paper money. That way, they don’t have to outsource …
Seguir leyendo 37-year-old dad insists stay at home mom of 12 and 14-year-olds get a job so she can support the family after he retires: ‘She called me ungrateful and accused me of not appreciating all the hard work she does in the house’
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Woman refuses to give her financially irresponsible sister a $10k loan after she blew through her $50k inheritance on a shady wellness coaching program selling detox teas: ‘I used mine to pay off debt and save for a house’
Every family has that one financial black hole who treats inheritance money like Monopoly cash and views relatives as personal ATMs with unlimited overdraft protection. These fiscal disasters possess an almost supernatural ability to transform windfalls into worthless ventures, chasing trends with the dedication of cult members and the business acumen of caffeinated toddlers. They …
Seguir leyendo Woman refuses to give her financially irresponsible sister a $10k loan after she blew through her $50k inheritance on a shady wellness coaching program selling detox teas: ‘I used mine to pay off debt and save for a house’
21 Glorious Grocery Store Gags To Look At After Finding Your Mom In Aisle 4
We all understand the trauma of losing your mom in the grocery aisle…She said meet at aisle 4, you heard aisle 5…and suddenly you’ve unlocked years full of wounds to overcome. Name a better feeling than seeing her oblivious face 7 seconds later. Not even the end of Averger’s Endgame saw a reunion like this. …
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17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: ‘I told him that he was too late’
A lot of absent fathers aren’t total deadbeats. They go to work, pay the bills, and are physically present in the home, but they aren’t emotionally present. They don’t particularly care if their kid is doing well in school, or who their friends are, or if they get to see them before they go to …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to forgive dad for prioritizing his 2nd wife and her kids over him after he lost his mother when he was 13: ‘I told him that he was too late’
Entitled sister demands her late father’s house despite never lifting a finger for his care, while her sibling manages the real work: ‘She knew the situation we were all in and still skirted around asking him for money’
There are family dramas, and then there’s the kind that deserves its own six-part prestige miniseries, preferably starring a supporting cast of exhausted estate lawyers and starring your sister as the patron saint of Entitlement.
28-year-old dad refuses to lend baby stroller to 35-year-old brother, brother ignores him and takes the stroller anyway, leading to a family dispute when dad demands it back: ‘You’re stealing from a baby’
If you know people with kids, and you plan on having kids yourself, you can rest assured that they will happily give you so much free baby stuff. Whether it is clothes, a crib, or a stroller, everyone has at least one hand-me-down they got from their loved ones, and if it helps them save …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old dad refuses to lend baby stroller to 35-year-old brother, brother ignores him and takes the stroller anyway, leading to a family dispute when dad demands it back: ‘You’re stealing from a baby’
‘We went no contact with her immediately’: 27-year-old 5-time mother finally snaps after a decade of relentless boundary-breaking from family friend Tracy, who treats every pregnancy like her personal drama and refuses to take a hint
Look, I’m a guy. Which means I have never been pregnant, and barring some radical advances in medical science or a lost bet with the universe, I never will be. Still, you don’t need the nine-month immersive simulation, multiplied by five sequels, to understand why the woman at the center of this ordeal has every …
Seguir leyendo ‘We went no contact with her immediately’: 27-year-old 5-time mother finally snaps after a decade of relentless boundary-breaking from family friend Tracy, who treats every pregnancy like her personal drama and refuses to take a hint
Entitled siblings pressure 80-year-old mom for imaginary inheritance money and demand her house, unaware she’s secretly leaving her house and 5 acres to animal rescue instead: ‘[They] are convinced mom has a secret stash of money’
Entitled siblings approach inheritance planning like treasure hunters convinced their elderly mother operates a secret Swiss bank account from her modest home. These adult children have transformed grief into greed, somehow believing that calling someone «Dad» for a few years creates automatic inheritance rights to property they never helped purchase or maintain. Family vultures circle …
Seguir leyendo Entitled siblings pressure 80-year-old mom for imaginary inheritance money and demand her house, unaware she’s secretly leaving her house and 5 acres to animal rescue instead: ‘[They] are convinced mom has a secret stash of money’
Stepdad pushes 17-year-old stepson to accept him as his dad because he has been his father figure for 9 years and his late father was for merely 7 years: ‘He said he deserves to be recognized instead of the ghost.’
When you’re a kid, you’re at the mercy of the adults around you. While some kids have two healthy, rational parents at the helm of their families, others have to operate under a series of absurd rules that do nothing to prepare them for the future. A parent could hypothetically feed their kids nothing but …
Seguir leyendo Stepdad pushes 17-year-old stepson to accept him as his dad because he has been his father figure for 9 years and his late father was for merely 7 years: ‘He said he deserves to be recognized instead of the ghost.’
Dad divorces wife after she refuses to punish her 16-year-old daughter for stealing from his 13 and 15-year-old kids: ‘My kids were so relieved when we moved out, so I knew I made the right choice’
Blended families can exacerbate issues that were already present before the families got blended. If a kid mistreats his parents and they don’t do anything about it, chances are he’s probably going to treat his stepparents and stepsiblings with as much cruelty as he treats his parents, if not more. It’s difficult enough for kids …
Seguir leyendo Dad divorces wife after she refuses to punish her 16-year-old daughter for stealing from his 13 and 15-year-old kids: ‘My kids were so relieved when we moved out, so I knew I made the right choice’