Couple asks 26-year-old friend to shave her armpit hair before their beach wedding, claims it will be ‘distracting’ for other guests: ‘They are accusing me of trying to take attention away from their wedding’

Everyone is in charge of their own body hair, end of story. We all get to decide what, if anything, we want to do with it. And nobody else gets the right to tell us what to do. Sure, there are certain social expectations, but we get to decide whether or not we’re going to …
Seguir leyendo Couple asks 26-year-old friend to shave her armpit hair before their beach wedding, claims it will be ‘distracting’ for other guests: ‘They are accusing me of trying to take attention away from their wedding’

43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’

Right intention, wrong time and place. It’s not very socially encouraged to be proud of your acne. Teenagers are put on intense medications like Accutane and do everything in their power to hide their acne from their peers. Not only does acne make you feel unattractive, but it can also be physically painful.  One of …
Seguir leyendo 43-year-old mom insists on wearing pimple patches to her sister-in-laws wedding to show her 13-year-old daughter that it’s okay to have acne: ‘She has struggled with cystic acne her whole teenage and adult life.’

Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

Other people’s weddings are not about you. Plain and simple. Sure, it’s fun to dress up and party with your friends, but ultimately, you’re there to celebrate the couple. They should be the focal point of the evening, not you. But this is difficult for some folks to internalize. They see a wedding as an …
Seguir leyendo Bride calls out 39-year-old who claims she can’t afford a wedding gift but spends $500 on her outfit: ‘We’re almost 40 now and her prioritizing looking hot has long since become sad’

24-year-old plans a nostalgic Thanksgiving cabin trip, but her mother freaks out mid-restaurant dinner, pushing the daughter to cut holiday short: ‘She blew up this whole trip because of miscommunication’

Like many other holiday stories, this Thanksgiving trip starts out soft and sentimental and then slowly slides into the same old family drama rerun. Daughter drives four hours to a cabin that meant a lot when her dad was alive, brings her little brother, tries to give everyone a sweet weekend of swimming, dinners out, …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old plans a nostalgic Thanksgiving cabin trip, but her mother freaks out mid-restaurant dinner, pushing the daughter to cut holiday short: ‘She blew up this whole trip because of miscommunication’

Cousin Janice calls 24 hours after Thanksgiving, demanding leftovers after she treated dinner like a drive-thru, showing up late and leaving early: ‘We were already heading to the concert, we weren’t home. She literally asked if we could come back’

Thanksgiving host puts together a small, cozy dinner after deciding to stay in town for once, and generously extends an invite to a cousin who lives nearby but never really shows up for anything. Cosuin Janice arrives just before the food hits the table, keeps her eyes mostly on her phone through the blessing and …
Seguir leyendo Cousin Janice calls 24 hours after Thanksgiving, demanding leftovers after she treated dinner like a drive-thru, showing up late and leaving early: ‘We were already heading to the concert, we weren’t home. She literally asked if we could come back’

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.’

School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

She didn’t even have a whole honeymoon. She only took one extra day off! PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off any days of the year they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve …
Seguir leyendo School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’

Sister destroys $200 worth of Christmas gifts for 18-month-old nephew, then claims it was to force more charity giving, getting herself cut off: ‘[She said] we “went overboard” on the amount and “needed to be grateful and give more to charity”’

Holiday spirit in this family looks like seven little presents for a toddler and one grown adult throwing a moral tantrum in the guest room. Parents buy about two hundred dollars worth of toys and clothes for an eighteen-month-old who finally gets the idea of ripping open wrapping paper. Gifts are tucked away, charity already …
Seguir leyendo Sister destroys $200 worth of Christmas gifts for 18-month-old nephew, then claims it was to force more charity giving, getting herself cut off: ‘[She said] we “went overboard” on the amount and “needed to be grateful and give more to charity”’

Woman complains about her $80,000 parent-funded wedding, leading to a heated argument with a friend over gratitude: ‘She didn’t have to take their money, she wants to act like some sort of martyr because she made concessions’

Tears splash onto the dining table as the woman with the six-figure wedding recounts nightmare after nightmare about an event most people would trade a year of their lives to attend. Lavish flowers, catered meals, tuxedos imported from somewhere fancier than anyone in the room, and still the whole day registers as a trauma, not …
Seguir leyendo Woman complains about her $80,000 parent-funded wedding, leading to a heated argument with a friend over gratitude: ‘She didn’t have to take their money, she wants to act like some sort of martyr because she made concessions’

‘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