Would you let your kids do this? If you didn’t grow up having to share a bedroom into your teens, you have no idea what that experience is actually like. Sharing a bedroom with your little sister is pretty untraumatic when you’re five and your sister is three, but as you age, it can be …
Seguir leyendo 12-year-old girl asks parents if she can share a room with her 14-year-old brother instead of her 11-year-old sister: ‘I’m not 100% convinced by this arrangement.’
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Brother lets divorced sister stay at his studio apartment for 3 weeks, asks her to sleep on a dog bed: ‘»I just left a marriage and you’re putting me in a dog bed like a stray you decided to keep.’
Is it as bad as it sounds? Hosting someone at your house is not always easy. It’s easy if they’re only staying at your house a couple of days, and they’re generally low-maintenance. I have never had a problem with my college friends crashing on my couch for a weekend, and that’s probably because they’re …
Seguir leyendo Brother lets divorced sister stay at his studio apartment for 3 weeks, asks her to sleep on a dog bed: ‘»I just left a marriage and you’re putting me in a dog bed like a stray you decided to keep.’
Golden child cousin plans elaborate Mother’s Day for aunt without her kids, they call her out for stealing their thunder
Do you have a cousin who steals your thunder? Family can be tough to deal with even in the best of circumstances. You all likely have differing personalities and different ways of dealing with conflict, and when you put them all in one place, things are bound to get a little bit hairy. This is …
Seguir leyendo Golden child cousin plans elaborate Mother’s Day for aunt without her kids, they call her out for stealing their thunder
Uncle refuses to babysit for rambunctious nephews because they broke his $1500 television, brother refuses to pay or apologize
They say «kids will be kids,» but that doesn’t mean you have to take care of them for free. You might love the kids in your life, but that doesn’t mean you want them running around wrecking your stuff. Stuff that you worked hard to own. As a non-parent, you might be accustomed to the …
Seguir leyendo Uncle refuses to babysit for rambunctious nephews because they broke his $1500 television, brother refuses to pay or apologize
Sister with 1-year-old insists on moving in with her brother and his wife, insists they pay the lion’s share of the $1800 rent
Would you split the rent unevenly just to help out a family member? You’re a nice person. You help people out when you can, especially people you care about. It makes you feel good to know that you can assist someone through the difficult journey that is life, and know that they would likely do …
Seguir leyendo Sister with 1-year-old insists on moving in with her brother and his wife, insists they pay the lion’s share of the $1800 rent
Woman disinvites late brother’s widow to Christmas, claims she’s not family anymore because of her previous behavior, separating her from her 6-year-old stepson: ‘She doesn’t get forgiveness for past crimes just because something bad happened to her’
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 …
Seguir leyendo Woman disinvites late brother’s widow to Christmas, claims she’s not family anymore because of her previous behavior, separating her from her 6-year-old stepson: ‘She doesn’t get forgiveness for past crimes just because something bad happened to her’
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.’