family drama

Stepmom expects 26-year-old son to fund her bills with his inheritance, loses it when he says no: 'my dad made it clear that money was for me'

Isabella Penn

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Woman asks for a special 40th birthday for a whole year, husband gives her coffee, flowers, and a Groupon instead, driving her to divorce him after years of being undervalued: ‘It’s not so much about the gift but about the effort’

Etai Eshet

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Entitled mother points out that her teen daughter’s “Gucci” birthday purse from her 15-year-old boyfriend is a fake, only for her husband to defend the boy and accuse her of being materialistic, sparking family tension: 'I felt like it was tacky'

Emma Saven

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‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father's love children

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Grown daughter blocks her mom on a tracking app after surprise visits and nonstop monitoring that crosses from caring into control: ‘She drove 90 minutes and surprised me because she saw my dot at home’

Etai Eshet

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Sibling changes the lock to their house after parents give a key to 34-year-old unemployed brother, refusing to let him stay: ‘Then I gave him our parents' key'

Bar Mor Hazut

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34-year-old dad forbids ex-wife from putting a tracker on their 10-year-old son while he travels out of the country with him: 'I think she wants to be able to track me.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom demands healthcare worker sister-in-law drives 6-year-old daughter to school, gets upset when she refuses: 'She knows I work irregular shifts'

Ally Perry

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‘Actions are loud’: Parents of tantrum-throwing iPad-kid toddler kick sister and her husband out during a family trip, refusing to reimburse them for nearly $10k

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman changes locks while boyfriend is out of town after he secretly gives his sister a key to her house: 'I came home to find her in my kitchen cooking dinner'

Isabella Penn

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‘I'm cancelling the vacation’: Dad refuses to take his wife's ex's kids on family vacation to Disneyland, wife insists they join, even though they are not her kids

Bar Mor Hazut

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17 y/o son refuses to be a part of his estranged father's new family after losing his mother: ‘I was forced to be [in the family] against my will’

Lana DeGaetano

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Deadbeat mom insults 16-year-old son for saying his 14-year-old sister is his only sibling, despite his 3 half-siblings: 'I told her my sister is the one who counts, not her other kids.'

Emmy Pratt

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Single mom forces homeschooled 14-year-old sister to watch her 1-year-old baby all day every day, only pays her $40 for 2 weeks of babysitting: 'I have to do school during the night.'

Emmy Pratt

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Decent earner creates a fake bank account to ward off mooching family members, his wife accidentally spills the beans to them years later: ‘They'd come to me like an ATM machine’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Mom decided I needed a 'wake up call'': Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a "Parental Awareness Retreat" in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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