Who do they think they are? If you didn’t grow up going to see theatre shows, you might not have been taught theatre etiquette. If you’re going to see a Broadway show or a local children’s production, the rules are generally the same. You shouldn’t talk during the show; you should applaud after musical numbers; …
Seguir leyendo Mom and 10-year-old son sing loudly during live performance of Hamilton, mom scolds fellow patron who asks them to be quiet: ‘[I’m] not going to ask a kid that loves the show and is super excited to see it to not sing.’
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Dad wins 15,000 tickets at an arcade, arcade refuses to give him 4000 of the tickets he won: ‘The arcade is one of my favorite places to go with my son.’
Should he just let it go, or fight the arcade on this? When I was a kid, nothing was more thrilling than racking up a bunch of tickets at the local arcade and trading them in for a toy I never really played with. I remember getting a pair of fake handcuffs from the local …
Seguir leyendo Dad wins 15,000 tickets at an arcade, arcade refuses to give him 4000 of the tickets he won: ‘The arcade is one of my favorite places to go with my son.’
Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
Why is she taking his video games away instead of addressing the underlying problem? Many parents think their kids should be directing their own lives. They think their 3-year-old will let them know when they’re ready to be potty trained, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Kids need their parents to plan their …
Seguir leyendo Mom takes away 13-year-old son’s video games because he keeps accidentally wetting himself while playing: ‘This should be resulting in a trip to the doctor.’
29-year-old daughter refuses to lend mom more money after she used $1500 loan toward a new car for her brother
Would you lend your family money if they lied about the way they used it? Lending somebody money is a big deal. The general rule of thumb is that you should never lend an amount of money that you would be uncomfortable never receiving back. This is true, even with family. You never know what …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old daughter refuses to lend mom more money after she used $1500 loan toward a new car for her brother
Childless 40-year-old invites his mom friend and her 11-year-old daughter to his 41st birthday party, excludes her 7-year-old son: ‘You managed to make this incredibly messy.»
Why is he inviting some kids to his birthday party, but not others? When you’re a childless adult in your 40s, you start to have a hard time keeping up with your friends who have kids. Often, they are preoccupied with their children and their activities, especially in the first couple of years of their …
Seguir leyendo Childless 40-year-old invites his mom friend and her 11-year-old daughter to his 41st birthday party, excludes her 7-year-old son: ‘You managed to make this incredibly messy.»
Mom Forces 17-Year-Old Daughter and 16-Year-Old Son to Catch 1 Fish Before She Buys Them Cars: ‘When They Were Little, They Wouldn’t Even Try Fishing Because it Looked Hard.’
Is she teaching them responsibility, or is she making them jump through arbitrary hoops? It’s important to teach teenagers that they’re not entitled to expensive, material things. Just because everyone else in their class is getting a brand-new car the day they turn 16 doesn’t mean they will get the same privilege, and honestly, that’s …
Seguir leyendo Mom Forces 17-Year-Old Daughter and 16-Year-Old Son to Catch 1 Fish Before She Buys Them Cars: ‘When They Were Little, They Wouldn’t Even Try Fishing Because it Looked Hard.’
Dad Insists 16-Year-Old Community College Student Son Give Him His School Laptop So He Can Sell It: ‘My Dad Has Been Unemployed Since He Was 35.’
He’s just jealous that his kid is more hardworking than he’ll ever be, and he wants to sabotage him. I will never understand parents who intentionally clip their children’s wings for their own selfish reasons. They will sabotage career opportunities and relationships that can benefit their kids in the long run merely because it makes …
Seguir leyendo Dad Insists 16-Year-Old Community College Student Son Give Him His School Laptop So He Can Sell It: ‘My Dad Has Been Unemployed Since He Was 35.’
‘I haven’t been on a date for 6 years’: Retired, divorced dad asks his unemployed 25-year-old son to stay elsewhere for one night so he can have a date at home, and the son gets angry about it
A man in his sixties finally gets a date on the calendar for the first time since disco was apparently still cool, and his 25-year-old, still-lives-at-home, doesn’t-pay-rent, gets-a-monthly-allowance son treats the whole thing like a scheduling inconvenience he’s personally offended by. Here’s the setup: two grown adults, one apartment, one bathroom probably, and only one …
Seguir leyendo ‘I haven’t been on a date for 6 years’: Retired, divorced dad asks his unemployed 25-year-old son to stay elsewhere for one night so he can have a date at home, and the son gets angry about it
Desperate mom asks strangers on the internet to babysit her 6-year-old son for free because she needs a break from him: ‘He gets out of camp at 2:30 and I’m dread it.’
This is a disaster waiting to happen. If you’ve never been a parent, you don’t know how easily you can get sick of your kids. Of course, you love your kids and want to spend time with them, but if you’re spending 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with them, you will want …
Seguir leyendo Desperate mom asks strangers on the internet to babysit her 6-year-old son for free because she needs a break from him: ‘He gets out of camp at 2:30 and I’m dread it.’
Mom discovers money owed to 35-year-old son on unclaimed property website, then demands 50% of the findings, son refuses: ‘I thought you were kidding’
What is a finder’s fee? And does it apply in this situation? When I was thirteen, I was on a caravan trip with my family, and I found a big stack of rolled bills someone had dropped near our campsite. I was so excited, I thought I had won the lottery. It was a lot …
Seguir leyendo Mom discovers money owed to 35-year-old son on unclaimed property website, then demands 50% of the findings, son refuses: ‘I thought you were kidding’