Once family, always family… right? Family can be a permeable idea. You’re born into one that you didn’t get to choose, and that’s one version of family. Then there is the extended network of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and distant 3rd cousins. Maybe you see them often, maybe you’ve never met them. But they are …
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Business owner refuses to give sister $15k raise after she helped them more than double their profits, claims $80k is enough: ‘I gave her a $3.5k Christmas bonus’
Working with family is not an easy task. There’s a reason they say not to mix business and pleasure, because you’re bound to run into a crossroads one day where you’re going to have to decide what’s more important to you, and nobody likes to be backed into a corner. Family should come first, but …
Seguir leyendo Business owner refuses to give sister $15k raise after she helped them more than double their profits, claims $80k is enough: ‘I gave her a $3.5k Christmas bonus’
Doctor aunt tells 16-year-old niece not to become a pediatrician, her sister reprimands her for ‘discouraging’ her daughter’s practical career path: ‘Just telling the truth’
Career advice is everywhere, even when you’re not looking for it. The internet is full of people telling you what you should do with your career. What you should wear to an interview, what you should say, when you should say it, what fields to go into, and which ones to avoid. Then there are …
Seguir leyendo Doctor aunt tells 16-year-old niece not to become a pediatrician, her sister reprimands her for ‘discouraging’ her daughter’s practical career path: ‘Just telling the truth’
38-year-old and pregnant girlfriend want to move into brother’s 4-bedroom home for 6 months, tells the whole family he’s moving in before brother agrees: ‘I gave up my childhood for you. And you can’t even give us a few months of help?’
Living with family isn’t the easiest. They have a way of getting under your skin, unlike anyone else. They know what buttons to press, and they have no hesitation pressing them. This is why, when you eventually move out, you probably want to protect your space. You want to make sure that your home is …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old and pregnant girlfriend want to move into brother’s 4-bedroom home for 6 months, tells the whole family he’s moving in before brother agrees: ‘I gave up my childhood for you. And you can’t even give us a few months of help?’
Dad forces 15-year-old son to drop out of high school and work for the family business, tells the state he’s homeschooling him: ‘He was bragging about how our state doesn’t check that an education is actually being provided.’
This poor kid is going to be behind in life because of his dad’s bad decision-making. In some countries, the point of a high school education is not to ensure everyone gets the same basic knowledge, but to separate the academically inclined from the not-so-academically inclined and put both groups on paths better suited to …
Seguir leyendo Dad forces 15-year-old son to drop out of high school and work for the family business, tells the state he’s homeschooling him: ‘He was bragging about how our state doesn’t check that an education is actually being provided.’
Digital nomad denies her presumptuous sister’s family a 3-month stay in her home abroad, gets cut off for her lack of hospitality: ‘How dare you give a time limit’
When a family member is coming into town to visit, it’s only a matter of time until they overstay their welcome. This woman assumed her sister living abroad would host her and her entire family for 3 full months, but before they even set foot in another country, they became unwanted guests. Any aunt living …
Seguir leyendo Digital nomad denies her presumptuous sister’s family a 3-month stay in her home abroad, gets cut off for her lack of hospitality: ‘How dare you give a time limit’
14-year-old yells at his 15-year-old brother for throwing away all the food in the house that has sugar in it because he’s going on a diet: ‘I need orange juice in the morning for my iron supplements.’
He has no right to dictate what everyone else in the house eats. If you grew up in a family where your parents were frequently going on diets, you know what it’s like to have the contents of the pantry radically change overnight, only for it to go back to normal after a few months. …
Seguir leyendo 14-year-old yells at his 15-year-old brother for throwing away all the food in the house that has sugar in it because he’s going on a diet: ‘I need orange juice in the morning for my iron supplements.’
38-year-old wants 24-year-old sister to skip her own birthday to celebrate her 5-year-old twins despite her already having plans: ‘They live about 1.5 hrs in a rural part of the state’
Birthdays are sacred, even if they’re around other holidays. You know this if you have the misfortune of sharing a birthday with a holiday. It unfortunately happens to a lot of us, and you have to find ways to make it special. If your birthday is in December, this can be difficult. Everyone is already …
Seguir leyendo 38-year-old wants 24-year-old sister to skip her own birthday to celebrate her 5-year-old twins despite her already having plans: ‘They live about 1.5 hrs in a rural part of the state’
‘Don’t correct him, it disrupts his autonomy’: Gentle-parenting mom lets her 5 and 3-year-old destroy her sister’s house, until the aunt finally snaps after her nephew pours orange juice on her carpet
A mom’s gentle parenting style finally came to a breaking point for her sister when their family was invited to stay at the aunt’s house for two weeks. While their house was getting treatment for a mold outbreak, the aunt stepped up and allowed her sister, brother-in-law, and two young nephews to stay at the …
Seguir leyendo ‘Don’t correct him, it disrupts his autonomy’: Gentle-parenting mom lets her 5 and 3-year-old destroy her sister’s house, until the aunt finally snaps after her nephew pours orange juice on her carpet
26-year-old brother refuses to pay for his 20-year-old sister’s wedding after paying for his 23-year-old sister’s wedding: ‘She said, «Just pay and get done with it.»‘
He’s not made of money. It’s very easy to think of something as «not that expensive» if you aren’t paying for it yourself. Who among us hasn’t watched an episode of Say Yes to the Dress where the budget was $3000 and thought, «Wow, they’re so cheap,» even though we would never spend more than …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old brother refuses to pay for his 20-year-old sister’s wedding after paying for his 23-year-old sister’s wedding: ‘She said, «Just pay and get done with it.»‘