To a dog mom, their pooch is just like anyone else in the family. With their seat at the proverbial family dinner table, family dogs have earned the right to be treated like Mama’s Little Baby. So when this woman—and neighborhood after-school host—found out that some of the local kids were treating her dog like …
Seguir leyendo ‘I told them they can’t come back’: Mom bans the neighborhood kids from her house after they let her dog escape 4 times, teaching them the consequences of their negligence
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‘[He] isn’t my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn’t her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him
The reality of life is that it can turn on its head, leaving you feeling battered and scarred from the unpredictability of it all. Losing a loved one is hard. You rarely ever see it coming, and if you do, it doesn’t really change anything. Dealing with grief and loss at a young age primes …
Seguir leyendo ‘[He] isn’t my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn’t her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him
Twin gets snubbed out of his brother’s engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: ‘I was only invited for optics’
Twins are tight. Often boasting of their twinnish connection and their mind-reading capabilities, twins have a connection that many siblings will never truly understand. A twin is like an extension of yourself, and to avoid getting too spiritual about it, twins share their experience in life as a duo from the moment they enter this …
Seguir leyendo Twin gets snubbed out of his brother’s engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: ‘I was only invited for optics’
Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he’s not everyone’s favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’
How does one know if they’re the family favorite? After all, if you are the golden goose, you probably have always been the favorite of the bunch. So, you wouldn’t really know any other way of life other than all of the special treatment you received growing up. Your siblings, if they haven’t brought it …
Seguir leyendo Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he’s not everyone’s favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’
‘Nothing would make me share the same airspace as him again’: 21-year-old son refuses to reconcile with his older stepbrother, who terrorized him to no end when they were children
Picture this: Your family blends with another family, and you’re six years old. You don’t really know what it means for Mom to have found a new husband, and you, a new Daddy. All you know is that you’re going to be getting a brother. That’s a bit exciting, isn’t it? You get to share …
Seguir leyendo ‘Nothing would make me share the same airspace as him again’: 21-year-old son refuses to reconcile with his older stepbrother, who terrorized him to no end when they were children
‘Guess who’s been behaving ever since?’: Mooching sister-in-law loses WiFi privileges after disrespecting the house rules about cleanliness
Living with someone can bring out the worst in a relationship—especially with adult family members. When it comes to family, after every holiday or family dinner, we’re reminded of all of the reasons we moved away from home in the first place. Your parents are judgmental, the kitchen is a war zone, and your sibling …
Seguir leyendo ‘Guess who’s been behaving ever since?’: Mooching sister-in-law loses WiFi privileges after disrespecting the house rules about cleanliness
‘»You’re the only one not on your phone tonight»’: 30-year-old daughter puts cellphone on ‘Do Not Disturb‘ during a family dinner, her mother scolds her for refusing to get her phone to share photos of her recent travels
This age of technology has made it impossible to talk to someone, face to face, for more than 30 minutes. Instead of searching for the twinkle in someone’s eyes when you compliment them, you comment under their latest Instagram flick with an emoji that speaks a thousand words. Goodbye, mediocre literacy rates! Hello… even more …
Seguir leyendo ‘»You’re the only one not on your phone tonight»’: 30-year-old daughter puts cellphone on ‘Do Not Disturb‘ during a family dinner, her mother scolds her for refusing to get her phone to share photos of her recent travels
25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 17, 2025)
They say that raising a child takes a village. Well then, where the heck is the village? Is it two towns over? Helloooo? Just kidding, I know it’s all around. The «village» is whatever you need it to be. It’s your parents who become live-in help during the first month of your child’s life. It’s …
Seguir leyendo 25+ of the Funniest Parenting Tweets of the Week (July 17, 2025)
Parents caught giving the Golden Child $75,000 with no strings attached after loaning their eldest daughter $7000 with interest, parental favoritism drives sisters apart: »Oops, I’m in trouble’
When you’re not the Golden Child of the family, it’s always made painfully obvious. Unbeknownst to literally every one of your other family members, the painful stab of being the secondary sibling stings a little more with each reminder. So when this 32-year-old woman discovered her family’s dark, $75k secret pact, she was not only …
Seguir leyendo Parents caught giving the Golden Child $75,000 with no strings attached after loaning their eldest daughter $7000 with interest, parental favoritism drives sisters apart: »Oops, I’m in trouble’
Parents miss their adopted 18-year-old daughter’s graduation ceremony to buy their spoiled 10-year-old a $350 Labubu doll; betrayed teen moves out immediately: ‘Princess was clearly the favorite’
Picking a favorite child is an insane thing for a parent to do. While you can secretly have a favorite child—whether it’s the one you get along with, the easy kid, or just the most mellow child of the bunch—it’s positively unethical and cruel to make that favoritism known in any way. While it’s human …
Seguir leyendo Parents miss their adopted 18-year-old daughter’s graduation ceremony to buy their spoiled 10-year-old a $350 Labubu doll; betrayed teen moves out immediately: ‘Princess was clearly the favorite’