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26-year-old aunt admits to 14-year-old nephew that he is adopted, faces backlash from older brother and wife: 'I'm not a parent, so I don't understand the gravity of what I've done'

Ally Perry

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31-year-old woman considers ending relationship with partner of 3 years because his 14 and 12-year-old kids continually reject her: 'I want to be a mom'

Ally Perry

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32-year-old stepdad ends marriage with his widow wife when she and her 12 and 13-year-old kids continually give him the cold shoulder: 'Her priority was spending time with her late husband's parents and siblings'

Emmy Pratt

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Neglectful dad demands 16-year-old son spend more time with step-siblings, son moves out to live with grandparents instead: ‘If you wanted me to be their brother, you should have been a better dad’

Bar Mor Hazut

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 8, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Husband’s napping drives sleep-deprived 28-year-old stay-at-home mom to breaking point: ‘I think a nap just ruined my marriage’

Etai Eshet

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‘This ring was left to ME’: Sister refuses to give up a precious heirloom ring she inherited from Grandma so that her brother can propose with ‘something sentimental,’ delulu parents side with the Golden Child

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘My dad would be disgusted with what she did’: 17-year-old son refuses to defend his mother against paternal grandparents after she gives his late father's belongings away to her new stepchildren

Lana DeGaetano

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'I do more than most fathers': 37-year-old husband fails to take care of 6-year-old and 4-year-old for a couple hours while wife is away, gets upset when wife calls him out

JR Atkinson

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Stepmom insists 16-year-old stepson calls her mom and lets her adopt him after being married to his dad for 1 year, gets offended when he refuses: 'I already have a mom'

Ally Perry

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Eldest brother cuts off his ‘struggling’ siblings after he finds out they've been freeloading for years despite a secret stash of money: ‘[I was] paying for their education, food, and other necessities while working to keep myself afloat’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'What exactly where they expecting?': Wife kicks out her husband's cousins after she becomes the punchline of an unfunny April Fool's joke, he supports her completely and they break contact with the family

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Childfree 24-year-old aunt refuses to babysit for her sister's energetic 2, 4, and 7-year-olds while she's working from home, gladly babysits her brother's calm 6-year-old twins: 'I can’t watch a difficult kid while I work.'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman tricked into a SAHM role after her MIL conspires with her husband, brainwashing him into forgetting their pre-baby agreements to maintain both careers and get a nanny: 'Now my husband refuses to lift a finger because he's the ‘provider’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Estranged father demands son allow him to see his grandson, son agrees only if dad's new wife stays out of it, dad refuses: ‘You're trying to keep him away from me’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Grandma sneaks off with her 6-month-old grandchild to get a secret baptism against the parents' will, loses babysitting rights as soon as Mom and Dad find out: ‘She had no right to take my child anywhere without telling me’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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