If you’re part of the large fraction of folks who grew up with a stepparent, you’ll understand where the 17-year-old in this next story is coming from. It’s difficult to adjust to a new parental figure in such a formative period in your life, but it’s doubly difficult when they refuse to give you the …
Seguir leyendo ‘I wasn’t living with him and his kids’: 17-year-old kid moves in with grandparents after neglectful mother allows her boyfriend and his 2 children to ‘trash’ their room repeatedly without consequence
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Single mom expects her 26-year-old sister to leave work 15 minutes into her shift so she can help watch her two children, sister refuses and sets strict boundaries: ‘I was yelled at and then hung up on’
When our family members are in need of our help, we provide it out of the kindness in our hearts. At the end of the day, we don’t want to see our loved ones struggle through a difficult point in their lives—if a little help allows them to make it through their hardship, that’s no …
Seguir leyendo Single mom expects her 26-year-old sister to leave work 15 minutes into her shift so she can help watch her two children, sister refuses and sets strict boundaries: ‘I was yelled at and then hung up on’
‘She said it wasn’t good enough’: Family weekend takes a turn for the worse when an spoiled 20-year-old scoffs at a thoughtful second-hand gift from her cousin
Good kids are taught at an early age that when you receive a gift from someone, you say, «Thank you.» If it’s an ugly sweater from your sister or a knitted blanket that smells like grandma’s smoky, 70s-styled house, it’s good manners to be a grateful gift receiver, even if you hate it. Conceal your …
Seguir leyendo ‘She said it wasn’t good enough’: Family weekend takes a turn for the worse when an spoiled 20-year-old scoffs at a thoughtful second-hand gift from her cousin
Aunt funds her 10-year-old niece’s $2000 dance camp, the girl bails at the last minute and mom pockets the 75% refund: ‘She already got the money and spent it’
Being an aunt is all the fun of being a parent without as much responsibility. I’m a proud aunt of 4 kiddos and I lavish my affections on them whenever I get the chance. Because I’m saving so much money by not having children of my own, I have a whole fund dedicated to spoiling …
Seguir leyendo Aunt funds her 10-year-old niece’s $2000 dance camp, the girl bails at the last minute and mom pockets the 75% refund: ‘She already got the money and spent it’
Greedy 37-year-old son secretly dips into mother’s $700k inheritance after she gave him a house, mother cuts him out of the inheritance entirely as a result: ‘He kept using his children as an excuse’
When you’re on the path to getting over $50k in inheritance money along with a home, would you be begging for more? I guess your answer depends heavily on what your siblings, if any, receive as well. That’s the funny thing about wills and inheritances—they tend to single people out. At the end of the …
Seguir leyendo Greedy 37-year-old son secretly dips into mother’s $700k inheritance after she gave him a house, mother cuts him out of the inheritance entirely as a result: ‘He kept using his children as an excuse’
Grandparents introduce son’s affair partner as ‘the mother of our precious grandson,’ son flips out that she didn’t correct them even though it’s true: ‘I just didn’t want to cause a scene or embarrass anyone’
Life is long, complicated, and never quite goes how you expect it to. No one as a kid plans to have an affair with their married coworker, bear their child, and then have to take that baby to a family barbecue with their affair partner and his husband, but hey… life happens. The best you …
Seguir leyendo Grandparents introduce son’s affair partner as ‘the mother of our precious grandson,’ son flips out that she didn’t correct them even though it’s true: ‘I just didn’t want to cause a scene or embarrass anyone’
‘Not a single moment of their trip had been about me’: Entitled family living abroad leaves 23-year-old woman’s graduation early after ignoring her for majority of their visit, woman decides to call off her trip to visit them in Germany as payback
The more you’re surrounded by entitled family members who couldn’t care less about you or your life milestones, the more you’re desensitized to it. Even still, you’d hope that your parents, aunts, and uncles can pull it together for one day to honor your academic achievements, which are no easy feat. They’ll likely fail miserably, …
Seguir leyendo ‘Not a single moment of their trip had been about me’: Entitled family living abroad leaves 23-year-old woman’s graduation early after ignoring her for majority of their visit, woman decides to call off her trip to visit them in Germany as payback
22-year-old daughter refuses to give stepmom, formerly her father’s affair partner, a ticket to her college graduation because she only wants those ‘important’ to her to attend: ‘It was my graduation and I was going to be selfish about it’
Graduating from college is no easy feat. College is a new world and is quite difficult to adapt to when you’re coming from high school immediately before, but once you’ve done it, it seems like you were made to be an academic. Naturally, you want to share this major achievement with your closest family and …
Seguir leyendo 22-year-old daughter refuses to give stepmom, formerly her father’s affair partner, a ticket to her college graduation because she only wants those ‘important’ to her to attend: ‘It was my graduation and I was going to be selfish about it’
American godmother refuses to help Vietnamese godchild apply to American universities, but helps her younger sister with worse grades: ‘[She used] her husband’s connection to ask for scholarship’
Life isn’t always fair, but you don’t always want to know that, especially when you’re young. You also don’t want to let that notion get in the way of fighting injustice wherever you see it. You don’t have to accept your conditions as normal, you can (and should) push for better. Especially when injustice exists …
Seguir leyendo American godmother refuses to help Vietnamese godchild apply to American universities, but helps her younger sister with worse grades: ‘[She used] her husband’s connection to ask for scholarship’
‘»You don’t own a name»’: Entitled sister-in-law claims she will name her baby after woman’s late 7-year-old daughter, then doubles down when woman calls her out
Grief is a weird, sensitive thing. No single person grieves exactly the same as another, and that’s because we’re all different in the way we feel and process emotions. Losing a loved one, especially prematurely, is never an easy thing to go through; you’d hope that the family you have around you is supportive in …
Seguir leyendo ‘»You don’t own a name»’: Entitled sister-in-law claims she will name her baby after woman’s late 7-year-old daughter, then doubles down when woman calls her out