A vacation with your family and a vacation with your friends are two wholly different experiences, and usually, people enjoy one much more than the other. Your family can be great, but going on a trip with them is a lot, and not many people are ready to take on that challenge. Your friends, on …
Seguir leyendo Planner of friends’ international group trip demands to add her family to the vacation, other participants refuse to allow them to join: ‘She didn’t tell us she’d be bringing extra people’
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‘You’re rich now, you can pay for me’: Newly part-time-employed woman cancels a weekend trip after her friend expects her to pay half of her costs
This newly employed young woman finally earns a bit of independence with a part-time job and a modest income. Then comes a trip invitation from a friend, a weekend getaway marketed as fun but priced in emotional guilt. Everything seems lighthearted until one friend’s wallet suddenly develops stage fright. She announces she can’t afford her …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re rich now, you can pay for me’: Newly part-time-employed woman cancels a weekend trip after her friend expects her to pay half of her costs
Grandma tells 40-year-old mom she likes her 4-year-old daughter more than her 3-year-old daughter: ‘She didn’t see anything wrong with saying that she preferred one of them.’
Even if you do prefer one grandchild over the other, you should never tell their mother that. None of us likes to think of ourselves as someone who would rank other people in their head. But come on, we all do it. We all have a favorite sibling with whom we like to hang out …
Seguir leyendo Grandma tells 40-year-old mom she likes her 4-year-old daughter more than her 3-year-old daughter: ‘She didn’t see anything wrong with saying that she preferred one of them.’
Single mom demands roommates take her 8-year-old son on their road trip, they refuse, she bans them from using the shared kitchen in response: ‘You’re being selfish’
We all know that it’s best to maintain a friendly relationship with your roommates and ensure that everyone is happy living under the same roof. We all also know that that is much easier said than done, and that more often than not, your roommates don’t really allow you to happily share a roof with …
Seguir leyendo Single mom demands roommates take her 8-year-old son on their road trip, they refuse, she bans them from using the shared kitchen in response: ‘You’re being selfish’
‘I am not rich. I’m a tour guide’: Group skips paying their friend back for an organized trip he planned, then accuse him of public shaming when he posts receipts in their group chat
Trying to get a group of friends together for Wednesday drinks is hard these days, but this guy managed to get his crew to go on along weekend trip to another city. Bravo. Only problem is,he didn’t manage to get his money back. Turns out settling up the funding part was basically a lost cause. …
Seguir leyendo ‘I am not rich. I’m a tour guide’: Group skips paying their friend back for an organized trip he planned, then accuse him of public shaming when he posts receipts in their group chat
27-year-old vilified when she cancels a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Japan because his mother decided to tag along: ‘This is OUR trip, she invited herself without permission’
A woman experienced every young lover’s nightmare: The parental third-wheel. While getting to know your potential future in-laws is a must for most people in the dating world, going on vacation with her boyfriend’s mother wasn’t exactly what this 27-year-old had in mind. After scrounging together enough money for her dream vacation to Japan, this …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old vilified when she cancels a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Japan because his mother decided to tag along: ‘This is OUR trip, she invited herself without permission’
Sister refuses to attend family vacation after discovering her sisters expect her to cover ¼ of the cost, despite being the only sibling without kids: ‘It is unfair to charge me the same as a family of 4’
As the only person in my family without kids of my own, I know how divisive that little detail can be. Being the only single person in a family, the only one without a core family of their own, can be quite isolating, and in some cases, can be expensive as well. Take the woman …
Seguir leyendo Sister refuses to attend family vacation after discovering her sisters expect her to cover ¼ of the cost, despite being the only sibling without kids: ‘It is unfair to charge me the same as a family of 4’
Sibling backtracks on agreement to split gas cost with brother on family trip after brother “forces” them to wait in the car while he gets fast food: ‘He’s not getting that money’
Being the only one in the group who needs to save money is annoying. Nobody wants to be the one to refuse to go out because they can’t afford it, or skip fun group activities because they know they can’t spend any money on them. That being said, you can’t expect your friends to give …
Seguir leyendo Sibling backtracks on agreement to split gas cost with brother on family trip after brother “forces” them to wait in the car while he gets fast food: ‘He’s not getting that money’
17-year-old declines to go on family camping trip, protests when they stay 4 days longer than expected and he runs out of food: ‘They weren’t there the next morning, or the day after’
Independence is a skill that has to be taught. Almost nobody is born with the innate knowledge of how to manage living on their own and attending to all of their basic needs. Once upon a time, every single one of us was pretty clueless on the matter. Some people also have the misfortune of …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old declines to go on family camping trip, protests when they stay 4 days longer than expected and he runs out of food: ‘They weren’t there the next morning, or the day after’
Clueless 53-year-old husband gifts his wife a vacuum for her 50th birthday: ‘Not even a lunch or dinner out. We’ve been married 17 years. When he turned 50, I took him to Hawaii.’
It’s one thing if she had asked for it, but she clearly didn’t. Everyone feels differently about gift-giving, and people often have varying opinions about it depending on the occasion and who is giving the gift. I’m sure a dad wouldn’t feel offended if his 11-year-old got him a generic «#1 Dad» mug for Christmas …
Seguir leyendo Clueless 53-year-old husband gifts his wife a vacuum for her 50th birthday: ‘Not even a lunch or dinner out. We’ve been married 17 years. When he turned 50, I took him to Hawaii.’