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17-year-old boy refuses to shave his head after his 7-year-old cousin's cancer diagnosis, then his aunt corners him with sheers in-hand: ‘[My hair] is pretty much the only thing about myself I love’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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28-year-old receives inheritance from late father, stepmom insists she share it with her younger stepsiblings: 'Dad put both of them through college while I paid for mine myself'

Ally Perry

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42-year-old single dad snaps at 20-year-old daughter for being uncomfortable with him dating multiple women at once: 'After everything I gave up for you, after years of putting you and your sister first, this is what I get?'

Emmy Pratt

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‘I’ve always been ‘Auntie’… that’s all she ever knew': Investigative 25-year-old unearths proof that her biological mother is her mom's best friend, who helped her parents with their infertility; family drama ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They're losing their free help': Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.'

Elna McHilderson

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Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

Ally Perry

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Mom lives in father's home with 3-year-old son, protests when younger brother proposes him, his girlfriend and child move in: 'I thought I could go back'

Ally Perry

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Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother's illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: 'I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: 'She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to 'keep me''

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[He] isn't my dad… I never got to meet my dad’: 17-year-old daughter tells stepdad that he isn't her real father, her mother continually tries to pressure her into having a father-daughter relationship with him

Lana DeGaetano

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'This set off a domino effect': Mom bans kids from bringing their expensive toys over step-sibling jealousy, so they choose to live with dad who respects their boundaries

Isabella Penn

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Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: 'I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids'

Emmy Pratt

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13-year-old stepdaughter cries after her step-mother puts more effort into decorating her 3-year-old brothers room than her room: 'She accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine."'

Emmy Pratt

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'Guess who’s been behaving ever since?': Mooching sister-in-law loses WiFi privileges after disrespecting the house rules about cleanliness

Jesse Kessenheimer

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