Family chews out niece for refusing to let 17-year-old college student share her NYC apartment: ‘They haven’t offered me anything in return’

Living in dorms is one of those American college rites of passage that a lot of us wouldn’t trade for the world. Sure, there are compromises. You have to learn how to share space, you might have an annoying roommate, you might face a sexile. But these are all growing experiences that aid you on …
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‘You want a my child free wedding’: Bride throws child-free wedding, deliberately excluding her 17-year-old niece, the only ‘child’ in the family

I understand the appeal of a child-free wedding. After all, wedding ceremonies require the spectators to sit still and shut up, and wedding receptions usually have a lot of drunk people staying up late. Kids can’t always handle either of those situations, and sometimes it’s best to be better safe than sorry.  There isn’t always …
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‘She had a crying fit’: Uncle gives bratty niece leftovers instead of pizza, invokes wrath of sister-in-law

One of the few things that can be more difficult than parenting is parenting somebody else’s child. It’s fair to say that parents have widely differing standards when it comes to how kids should behave, and how to deal with it when they’re being difficult.  Many moms and dads have had disagreements with how caretakers …
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Mom Takes Niece in for a Month, Gets Blamed By SIL When She Likes Her Aunt’s Household Better

Going over to your friend’s house when you’re a kid can be incredibly eye-opening. It’s easy to believe the delusion that all of your buddies have similar relationships with their parents until you get in the car with their mom, and they start saying, «yes ma’am» to everything she says. Or worse, if your friend …
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Kid Expertly Shuts Down Karen In Face Off With Her Aunt

The only thing worse than encountering a Karen in the wild is having the displeasure of living next to one. Having a neighbor with an attitude problem is a recipe for a near-permanent headache, because you’re never going to hear the end of pretty much everything that you are apparently doing wrong just by virtue …
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