18-year-old wants 22 and 25-year-old deadbeat family members to crash at her and her boyfriend’s apartment, boyfriend puts his foot down: ‘They cannot stay baby. I’m sorry.’

Family isn’t always easy to deal with. And I’ll take «Understatements of the Century» for 200, Alex. Family is everything. They teach us how to exist in the world and show us who we are. But sometimes we’re born into difficult situations. You didn’t do anything to «deserve» it, but here you are, trying to …
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Woman repeatedly donates money to lazy 19 and 20-year-old neighbors who refuse to get jobs, neighbors steal her fishing boat without asking: ‘I told her to stop trying to help these people, they’re just going to keep on walking all over her’

Enablers are some of the nicest, sweetest people you’ll ever meet. They always want everybody to be happy and are willing to make the most ridiculous decisions imaginable because they genuinely believe they’re doing the right thing. They are eager to enable bad behavior from their kids, spouse, or friends because it maintains the illusion …
Seguir leyendo Woman repeatedly donates money to lazy 19 and 20-year-old neighbors who refuse to get jobs, neighbors steal her fishing boat without asking: ‘I told her to stop trying to help these people, they’re just going to keep on walking all over her’

26-year-old sister quits her job and moves in with brother, expects him to provide all her meals and host her rent-free indefinitely: ‘She’s a grown woman who is mooching off of your kindness’

You always want to help out family when you can. Odds are they were there for you at some point in your life and so you wanna return the favor. You love them, and you know you can always rely on each other. This is especially true if one of you is hitting a rough …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old sister quits her job and moves in with brother, expects him to provide all her meals and host her rent-free indefinitely: ‘She’s a grown woman who is mooching off of your kindness’

33-year-old dad demands partner pay travel costs to pick up 10-year-old son 7 hours away , she refuses: ‘I feel like I’m being taken advantage of’

Finances are a controversial topic in many relationships. From who pays for the first date to how the household expenses are split, the combination of money and relationships can attract some strong opinions and create crises for couples. While many people agree that there must be shared finances within serious relationships, there is a limit …
Seguir leyendo 33-year-old dad demands partner pay travel costs to pick up 10-year-old son 7 hours away , she refuses: ‘I feel like I’m being taken advantage of’

28-year-old tries to evict uncle who has been living in the basement of the $400K house she inherited from her grandma: ‘My uncle thinks that he is entitled to inherit the house instead of me’

The question of who to will a house to is a tricky one. A lot of aging people plan on willing their house to their family member who is the least financially responsible so that they’ll at least have a stable place to live or a solid chunk of change to help get their life …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old tries to evict uncle who has been living in the basement of the $400K house she inherited from her grandma: ‘My uncle thinks that he is entitled to inherit the house instead of me’

Dad fakes sick for 2 months to avoid going to work, blames mom for them not having enough money to buy their 15-year-old daughter a new iPhone: ‘I am also unable to work because my youngest is 6 months old’

A kid faking sick to avoid going to school usually means that something bigger is going on with them. One might assume that a kid would do this because they’re lazy and avoidant by nature, but that’s not usually the case. If a kid is constantly saying they have a stomachache, despite there being no …
Seguir leyendo Dad fakes sick for 2 months to avoid going to work, blames mom for them not having enough money to buy their 15-year-old daughter a new iPhone: ‘I am also unable to work because my youngest is 6 months old’

‘Just take the job’: Unemployed husband turns down $90K job offer because he thinks the salary is humiliatingly low, despite having a mortgage and 2 kids in private school to support

If you’ve been in the job market for more than 5 minutes, you know that you sometimes have to accept a worse job than you previously had. Maybe you got fired and had to take a position that paid $10K less than before. If you are laid off and want to provide for yourself no …
Seguir leyendo ‘Just take the job’: Unemployed husband turns down $90K job offer because he thinks the salary is humiliatingly low, despite having a mortgage and 2 kids in private school to support

Older sister kicks out her unemployed 24-year-old brother and his pregnant girlfriend after they mock her sick husband for cooking and not having a job: ‘Cooking is a weird hobbies for a big guy (6’3) like him’

It’s important to care for family members during their time of need. So many people move to live near their parents as they age because they have a sense of duty towards caring for them and helping, even when their parents don’t ask for help directly. But there’s a big difference between helping and enabling …
Seguir leyendo Older sister kicks out her unemployed 24-year-old brother and his pregnant girlfriend after they mock her sick husband for cooking and not having a job: ‘Cooking is a weird hobbies for a big guy (6’3) like him’

25+ Job Search Memes Avoiding Writing Cover Letters

Looking for a job is one of the hardest things that most of us have to go through. There’s the obvious element: it’s annoying to have to continually sell yourself, to put so much effort into something that will likely get looked at for 15 seconds, and to feel the mounting pressure of money lost …
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Working wife leaves cleaning duties to her unemployed, stay-at-home husband, finally caves after he doesn’t clean for a whole year: ‘Our house is disgraceful and I’d be mortified if anyone came to visit’

There is much online discourse about the damage of parentifying young kids, wherein youth are given adult responsibilities such as disciplining their younger siblings or being forced to watch after them for developmentally inappropriate amounts of time. Even if you’ve never been parentified, you can immediately tell that there’s something off about it. If a …
Seguir leyendo Working wife leaves cleaning duties to her unemployed, stay-at-home husband, finally caves after he doesn’t clean for a whole year: ‘Our house is disgraceful and I’d be mortified if anyone came to visit’