This mother-in-law doesn’t understand the meaning of boundaries, crashing her son’s romantic getaway and effectively ruining her daughter-in-law’s hard-won, child-free romantic cruise. Creating boundaries with your parents is a great first step into adulthood. As you put some distance between yourself and the person who changed your diapers when you were a baby, you can …
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17-year-old labels 25-year-old successful sister a ‘charity case’ after she refuses to help their mom with rent, claiming her success was all due to connections: ‘She acts like she’s better than us’
Many people these days believe that in order to succeed in life, you don’t really need talent anymore, all you need is to know the right people. Connections are much more important now than actual skill, which means that without knowing people who can help you get ahead, you don’t really stand a chance of …
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‘She looked at me like I had three heads’: 16-year-old daughter refuses to help mom with housework, claims mom should take on the ‘motherly duties’, leading mom to start paying her for the help
Different parents have different approaches to educating their kids on taking an active part in the housework and chores. Some parents teach kids from a very young age that housework duties are just a part of living in their household, and every child should help out equally with chores around the house. Other parents present …
Seguir leyendo ‘She looked at me like I had three heads’: 16-year-old daughter refuses to help mom with housework, claims mom should take on the ‘motherly duties’, leading mom to start paying her for the help
34 Girly Memes for the Most Feminine Girlypops
Over here at Memebase, we have a lot of meme lists about fandoms typically populated by men. Even though I am a woman privy to some of those fandoms, the girlies deserve some memes of their own, especially in a world that prioritizes Star Trek memes over Steel Magnolia’s memes. I am here to provide …
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Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
15-year-old refuses to move states with dad after years of being used as a free babysitter for stepsiblings, dad throws a fit in response: ‘He’s more worried about free childcare than being a dad’
Some parents are not fit to be parents, and they make it highly apparent. They may not mean to, but since they are not fit to be parents, they make a lot of decisions that are more for themselves than they are for their children. If you ever heard a parent (or at least a …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old refuses to move states with dad after years of being used as a free babysitter for stepsiblings, dad throws a fit in response: ‘He’s more worried about free childcare than being a dad’
17-year-old son refuses to comply with new stepmother’s demands to become a united family, blames it on dad for his lack of care and parenting: ‘It’s way too late’
When we were kids, possibly the most common game we all enjoyed was what we used to call «playing house». «Playing house» usually meant a few kids would get together and decide to act as if they were a family of their own. Each kid would be assigned a role – one would be the …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old son refuses to comply with new stepmother’s demands to become a united family, blames it on dad for his lack of care and parenting: ‘It’s way too late’
Mansplainer legal advisor quotes female’s lawyer’s own work to her without knowing, gets angry when she reveals the truth: ‘He explained all of it to me in details, like I was a first year law student’
Mansplaining is a new-ish term for a phenomenon that’s been happening I’m sure since the dawn of time. A woman trots along, minding her business, engaging in an activity she probably knows a thing or two about. Then bam, there’s a man beside her saying, «Well, actually…» or «You should really try…» or «Common mistake …
Seguir leyendo Mansplainer legal advisor quotes female’s lawyer’s own work to her without knowing, gets angry when she reveals the truth: ‘He explained all of it to me in details, like I was a first year law student’
Stay-at-home mom causes controversy claiming accomplished professional friend in her 40s regrets breaking up with her ex because he wanted kids: ‘She’s really struggling»
It has long been debated whether women can have it all in terms of maintaining both a family and a successful career. With some exceptions, the answers seem to range from a flat no to kind of, but only if they’re willing to prioritize different things at different times. Also, there are plenty out there …
Seguir leyendo Stay-at-home mom causes controversy claiming accomplished professional friend in her 40s regrets breaking up with her ex because he wanted kids: ‘She’s really struggling»