family drama

‘I’m not [making] the same mistake twice’: Frugal older brother refuses to cosign on a mortgage for his irresponsible 29-year-old sister after narrowly escaping financial ruin from an ex-wife's deceit

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom forces 18-year-old daughter to shoplift from Target for her, gets angry when she refuses to visit home after she got arrested: 'I almost lost everything because I trusted my mom'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom steals iPad from her 8-year-old daughter and gives it to her stepdaughter, dad calls the police and reports her for theft: 'Her view is sisters should help sisters out'

Emmy Pratt

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30-year-old woman refuses to postpone her long-planned honeymoon after her 26-year-old sister-in-law schedules their wedding date for the same weekend, causing family drama as she intends to skip the wedding: '[Said we're] sabotaging her big day'

Emma Saven

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‘I’m sick of being lied to and ignored but used when they need something’: 37-year-old mom cuts off her 21-year-old son and sister after being left out of a secret birthday party and used as a fallback for favors

Etai Eshet

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17-year-old daughter refuses to invite neglectful parents to school event in her honor after she wins an art competition, they show up anyway: ‘I ignored them and walked away’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Mom books expensive restaurant for 27-year-old daughter's birthday, she considers disinviting her boyfriend without telling her: 'I'd rather not third wheel them'

Ally Perry

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Stepmom refuses to hand over her stepson's family heirloom gold rings after holding onto them for ‘safekeeping,’ then tries to give him other rings as a replacement: ‘This is a huge betrayal of trust’

Lana DeGaetano

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33-year-old woman refuses to host Thanksgiving again after her 35-year-old brother’s family trashed her home and offered no help, sparking a family feud over holiday hosting and responsibilities: '[They said] it's just one messy weekend'

Emma Saven

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Man refuses to co-sign mortgage of younger sister and fiancé following divorce, family gets offended: 'I thought I was being the nice guy'

Ally Perry

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Irresponsible mom abandons two babies with her 23-year-old sister, then comes back 6 years later with a new family, demanding involvement in the babies' lives again: ‘I looked after these children myself’

Lana DeGaetano

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Man nearing retirement refuses to use his savings to fund in-laws' expensive lifestyle, unwilling to support them after years of their irresponsible spending: ‘I worked my whole life to save this money, I don’t feel like enabling this fantasy lifestyle’

Etai Eshet

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Stepmom demands 17-year-old son write a nice card for dad's birthday, son gives him a list of all the times he fails as a dad instead: ‘It was the gift of having his eyes opened’

Bar Mor Hazut

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In-laws ruin family Disneyland trip by excluding couple who gifted them the passes, forcing them to drive separately and cover their own expenses: ‘They basically planned our gift trip without including us’

Etai Eshet

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27-year-old man refuses to join his 59-year-old mother’s “last family vacation” cruise when she purposely excludes his fiancée, sparking a family conflict over loyalty and her attempt to maintain old dynamics: 'Put me in position to choose between them'

Emma Saven

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22-year-old bans her 18-year-old brother from her engagement party for refusing to get a haircut: ‘Her reasoning was that she didn't want me to embarrass her in front of her fiancé's family because of how I looked’

Etai Eshet

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