‘She said I had to use the name, her daughter deserved that’: Bereaved mother freaks out when adult son refuses to name his daughter after his late baby sister

Grief is a messy and complicated thing we all have to go through at some point. It’s rarely something that someone can get over in a matter of months or weeks. It’s a long and winding road, with low lows and the capacity for high highs.  While the maxim «there’s no wrong way to grieve» …
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Cruel aunt messes with nephew’s new betta fish, receives ultimate ‘Godfather-style’ revenge: ‘That is some scorched earth kind of petty’

Fish are friends, not instruments in generational warfare. I’ve never owned a fish, but from what I hear, it’s like having any other type of pet. You get attached. They become like family. Sure, they’re tiny and you can’t pet them, but I’m sure they offer emotional support in their own special way. Like anything …
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18-year-old mom abandons kid to pursue acting, comes crawling back years later begging her ex and 14-year-old son to take her back: ‘She said I shouldn’t rub salt in her wound’

Whenever I think about a parent abandoning their child, the iconic scene from There Will Be Blood comes to mind. The young preacher Eli Sunday forces Daniel Plainview, the greasy oil baron who left his deaf son on a train to San Fransisco, to admit in front of the congregation that he abandoned his child. …
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Dad forces 18-year-old son to pay rent or get out, allows 22 year old unemployed son to live with him rent free: ‘I’m getting punished for my brothers actions’

If I’ve learned anything from my extended family, it’s that you should not let your adult son live in your house rent-free for years with no job and no prospects. When I was a kid, teenager, and college student, one of my biggest fears was that I would never be able to get a job, …
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Boyfriend farts in his girlfriends face, can’t understand why she leaves the dinner: ‘I’m making this a bigger deal by trying to punish him’

I am part of the silent (but deadly) majority who thinks farts are funny. I was a huge South Park fan growing up, and so many of my favorite episodes included Terrance and Phillip, the fictional Canadian comedy duo who are obsessed with farting on each other. If you’ve never seen a Terrance and Phillip …
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‘She believes I inflicted trauma on her’: Mother hides daughter’s college acceptance and scholarship from her, accuses her of traumatizing her for being angry about it

«Trauma» can be a dime a dozen these days. There are a lot of people out there who will use traumatic experiences as an excuse for acting badly instead of doing to hard thing of working through said trauma. I think that’s one of the biggest problems with our modern conception of mental health. Identifying …
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‘I dropped a full pizza onto a man’s lap’: 20+ funniest stories from servers about cringy mistakes they made on the job 

Every server out there has thousands of stories from the job, some funny, some infuriating, and some so cringy that they keep them up at night. I’m talking about times when a server embarrassed themselves so much in front of customers, that no one is ever going to forget it. But even if a story …
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Worker making $15 an hour gets doubly overpaid, earning $30 per hour: ‘What would you guys do?’

If you were getting paid for a job you quit months ago, would you tell anybody? Everyone likes to think of themselves as a Frank Abagnale Jr.-type figure who can scam their way out of anything without getting caught for years and years, but I’m not so sure about that. Most of us are not …
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Man Demands Girlfriend Financially Raise His Kids, Then Refuses to Put a Dime Toward Raising Hers

Being in a relationship where both parties have kids from previous marriages can be daunting. It isn’t easy to make space in your life for a whole other family, but if your relationship is a priority, then it’s worth it. Sure, moving in together and bringing two families together can be hard, especially if it …
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Foster Parents Demand 33 Year Old Son Move Back in So They Can Benefit From His Income

There is a reason foster care has gained such a questionable reputation. A lot of people play the system to make some extra money off these kids. One 33-year-old man recounted his troubled upbringing in foster care, where he was asked to leave at 18 due to the end of a paid fostering scheme by …
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