"I only went on this trip to spend time with my family who I rarely see."

If you could choose between homemade and fresh pasta and a slice of ordinary pizza, what would you choose? Honestly, I feel silly even asking this question, because I cannot understand why anyone would choose the pizza, especially if the pasta cost them nothing, and it would make their friend really happy. This question comes from this Reddit story, where a group of friends were invited to a dinner party at a couple's house. While the couple was cooking pasta for dinner, one of the friends deci…

"Now sister in law can only use the place if she gets confirmation that none of us will be there, so basically never. She’s still freaking out..."

Every household has its own way of dividing the housework among family members. Some parents view housework as an important lesson for their kids, so they make sure their kids are just as involved in house chores as they are, making it easier for the kids when they go off and live independently. Other parents don't mind if their kids do not take part in chores and allow them to learn their ways when they are older and live on their own, which they argue is also a way of preparing them for the r…

Once someone leaves your life, you owe them nothing.

Boundaries

Every day you get older, the more it dawns on you that your parents are just people, which might help you come to terms with everything that happened in your childhood. Or, it might make you resent them even more because they decided to become parents when they had no idea what they were doing. Recently, I passed the age my mom was when she had my older sister, and it made me wonder how she managed to do it when I could not feel further away from having kids of my own. Thankfully, I do not rese…

"My entire life I’ve always been the outsider and they made sure I knew that, harshly. It was worse whenever I succeeded in life."

We all like to say that we don't care about our birthdays, that we don't mind if people forget, or if we only do something quiet and chill. However, in reality, we always end up secretly getting excited about our birthdays and expecting the world to be extra kind, as if it owes us something on the day we are born. Do we actually get special treatment on our birthday though? Well, in most cases, not really. The world doesn't really owe us anything on that day, and how it ends up usually depends…

Just imagine all the roses getting mercilessly stomped

What else could she possibly need?

"They said they didn't want to live with the guilt"

Your primary focus should always be your family. Having stated that how would you respond if you discovered overt favoritism in the family? The sister who is frustrated is described in the story below. The original poster (OP) was helping her parents book a trip for the whole family. The parents voiced concerns about how they might not have enough money to pay for each sibling. Therefore, out of kindness, OP proposed that each child cover their own expenses, relieving her parents of the financi…

She needs to spend more

Don't you sometimes wish everyone would live by that one sentence from Lilo & Stitch – ‘Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten'? Life would be much better if people treated their family members like the beloved Disney movie and fought for one another no matter what. I am sure the kid who wrote this Reddit story would have loved for his family to fight for him and show him that they care, but sadly, that is not the case. OP (original poster) is only 17 years old, a…

It had to be said.