36-year-old sister racks up unfinished classes and short-lived jobs while her parents foot every bill and let her hang around for years, confident someone else will handle the mess when retirement rolls in. Days blend into each other with routines built around scrolling and sleeping, and every fresh start funded by a parental safety net …
Seguir leyendo Parents approaching retirement fund house 36-year-old daughter who never held a steady job, leaving her 29-year-old brother worried about inheriting the responsibility: ‘I have my own life’
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25-year-old daughter provides for her family while working full-time from home, gets criticized by mom for putting a “Do Not Disturb” sign at her door: ‘She just barges in to talk’
My husband and I have very few rules in our marriage, but here is one of them: On the day that I work from home every week, he must work from his office. He cannot be in our home when I am supposed to work from there; he is simply too distracting. Considering that even …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old daughter provides for her family while working full-time from home, gets criticized by mom for putting a “Do Not Disturb” sign at her door: ‘She just barges in to talk’
‘If Cheri wants to continue this toddler-like temper tantrum, she is welcome to stay home alone on Thanksgiving’: Grandmother refuses to take down family photos for her son’s new wife, who throws jealousy-fueled ultimatums
Insecurity is one thing most people just power through quietly, but when it starts demanding control over how someone else decorates their own living room, maybe it is time for a serious gut check. Grandmother has a house stacked with pictures. Hundreds of them. Kids, grandkids, random family trips, the works. Five of those photos …
Seguir leyendo ‘If Cheri wants to continue this toddler-like temper tantrum, she is welcome to stay home alone on Thanksgiving’: Grandmother refuses to take down family photos for her son’s new wife, who throws jealousy-fueled ultimatums
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’
Teenager lashes out after parent accidentally wakes him up an hour early after daylight saving time change: ‘He got upset and told me that I’m just making up excuses’
Some mornings, the universe just decides to mess with your routine. Daylight saving time spins the clock, and suddenly the parent is up an hour early, running on gut instinct and sleepy autopilot. Out comes the text, then the gentle knock, and before anyone knows it, the teenager is wide awake way too soon, confusion …
Seguir leyendo Teenager lashes out after parent accidentally wakes him up an hour early after daylight saving time change: ‘He got upset and told me that I’m just making up excuses’
Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she’s paranoid they’ll start dating if they don’t feel like siblings: ‘They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don’t.’
They should feel grateful for their amicable relationship and leave it at that. You can’t force a sibling relationship between two stepchildren, and you can’t force a stepmom or a stepdad to be accepted into a parental role by the child they’re step-parenting. While it can be difficult for a parent when their child seemingly …
Seguir leyendo Mom pressures 16-year-old son to see his 16-year-old stepsister as his sibling because she’s paranoid they’ll start dating if they don’t feel like siblings: ‘They treat us like siblings and want us to feel like siblings, but we don’t.’
German parents force 18-year-old to use $4K of his birthday money on his drivers license, let his twin sister keep all $4,500 of her birthday money: ‘They’ve always told me that they‘d pay for my driver’s license for me.’
On one hand, he’s still getting $500. On the other hand, that money was supposed to be a gift. When you’re young, it’s easy to be incredibly juvenile about money. If you have it, you spend it! If you have the money to spend on it, you can certainly afford it! Young spoiled kids have …
Seguir leyendo German parents force 18-year-old to use $4K of his birthday money on his drivers license, let his twin sister keep all $4,500 of her birthday money: ‘They’ve always told me that they‘d pay for my driver’s license for me.’
Brother becomes legal guardian of his little sister and raises her as his own, his wife demands he kick sister out when she turns 18: ‘She’s a burden on us’
Siblings who go through a tough childhood together and come out stronger on the other side tend to be overly protective of each other. They grew up in the same household, and they understand each other better than anyone else. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that they would do anything for each other. That is exactly …
Seguir leyendo Brother becomes legal guardian of his little sister and raises her as his own, his wife demands he kick sister out when she turns 18: ‘She’s a burden on us’
Remote worker refuses to babysit during work hours after her sister belittles her “online job” and takes her flexibility for granted: ‘She started acting like I am free by default because «you are at home anyway»’
What nobody tells you about working from home, and what our customer support professional just found out, is that when you work from home, some relatives figure you have loads of free time and no actual responsibilities. Customer support is not just clicking boxes and sipping coffee all day. The schedule is packed, your boss …
Seguir leyendo Remote worker refuses to babysit during work hours after her sister belittles her “online job” and takes her flexibility for granted: ‘She started acting like I am free by default because «you are at home anyway»’