Absentee Father Accuses a Single Mother of Attempting to ‘Seem Like the More Caring Parent’ Because She Refused to Let Him Contribute to Their 12-Year-Old Son’s Legacy Bank Account

Being a single parent is an impossible job, made more complicated by full-time work, hundreds of earmarked parenting books, and a deadbeat ex who won’t leave you alone. While I get it that parents want to be a part of their kid’s lives, when it became a competition with your ex about ‘who’s the best …
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26-year-old single mom living at her parent’s home asks to switch bedrooms with her 18-year-old brother for the second time, gets offended when he says no: ‘She was meant to be saving for the past year to move out’

When I was a student, my biggest fear was being unable to get a postgrad job and being forced to live with my parents. It’s not that I don’t like hanging out with them, but the guilt and shame of potentially being a leach to the people I had been a leach to for 22 …
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‘She’s at a hard age’: Grandma provides free childcare for grandkids but entitled daughter flips when she asks for a break, internet assures her she’s an amazing grandmother

They say it takes a village to raise a kid, and in some sense, it’s true. Children are not easy. You have to not only keep them alive and from hurting themselves by accident, but you also have to make sure they learn how to blossom into a decent human being. It is a lot …
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Manipulative single mom lives with twin sister rent free, expects her to pay for daycare and all other baby expenses: ‘I’m not Lucas’s dad, I shouldn’t be expected to change my life for him’

Nobody likes to admit how easy it is to be taken advantage of by your loved ones. We all like to think that if our families need anything, we will be there to help them out for as long as they need us, but that’s a slippery slope to having your brother, his wife, and …
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Resident invites new neighbor to dinner only for her to later complain about the cooking to other neighbors: ‘She expects me to make her steaks’

I have been living in a 12-floor building with hundreds of residents for about a year and I cannot tell you the names of more than five of my neighbors. When I moved, I thought I might meet people in the elevator and get familiar with them, but I hardly ever see anyone, and for …
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Single mom cries baking cupcakes for own birthday, causes controversy on the internet: ‘You have to have a man to enjoy baking yourself a cake?’

Romantic relationships aren’t everything in life, but there is no denying that they can often seem very important. This is especially true when it comes to the difficult task of raising kids. It’s still rare that a parent sets out to bring up their children alone, but that’s exactly what millions end up doing anyway.  …
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30 Funny Memes For Single Parents Who Still Find Humor in The Occasional Chaos

Parenthood is quite difficult as it is, but it’s even more challenging when you’re doing it on your own. The dedicated single moms and dads of the world deserve gold medals for all of the things they have to do in their lives. Plenty of single parents are busy working full-time jobs to provide for …
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