family dynamics

‘She was always one of the villains in my eyes’: 25-year-old daughter refuses to empathize with half-siblings and bio dad's mistress-turned-wife after he cheats again

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I just don’t want to change the way we live’: Parents refuse to allow son and his girlfriend to move into their vacation home in Ireland, son goes dark on communication

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I will never trust her again’: Mother-in-law unapologetically redecorates pregnant daughter-in-law's home and trashes her prized possessions without her consent

Lana DeGaetano

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34-year-old man refuses to financially assist irresponsible sister in debt after she blows through a $20k loan under her father's name on a failed business: ‘[She] hadn't made a single payment on her loan in the past SIX MONTHS’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I was their judge. I was their jury’: 36-year-old son claps back at family after they try to worm their way back into his life despite disowning him 15 years prior

Lana DeGaetano

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‘He was always our father’s favorite’: Man cuts off contact with family after 30+ years of ‘golden child’ brother's exclusionary tactics

Lana DeGaetano

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24-year-old woman disowns problematic stepmom due to years of ‘aggressive’ behavior toward her, revokes her ‘grandma’ title: ‘She'll be grandpa's wife they never see’

Lana DeGaetano

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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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Mother threatens to disinvite brother-in-law from family vacation if he doesn’t quit picking on her 9-year-old and 16-year-old kids: ‘He has to stop NOW or he’s not coming’

Lana DeGaetano

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Soon-to-be dad tells estranged family to get lost after they try to weasel back into his life solely because he and his wife have a kid on the way: ‘Where were they when I needed them?’

Lana DeGaetano

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36-year-old stepmom forces 18-year-old stepdaughter to babysit her 3-month-old baby onto her without asking, won't take no for an answer: 'I have woken up to her crib in my room'

Emmy Ward

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17-year-old refuses to meet his absent dad's baby after his ex wife constantly harasses him begging him to have a relationship with his half-sibling: 'She's been calling me names and saying only a monster wouldn't love their own sibling.'

Emmy Ward

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Entitled wealthy sister demands Christmas gifts for her 16-year-old and 14-year-old children but won't buy them for her 6-year-old and 4-year-old niece and nephew because she's "saving up" for a vacation: 'I expect her to get my kids something'

Brad Dickson

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18-year-old woman forced to take 16-year-old stepsister on her Spring Break trip with friends after dad and stepmom invite her without asking : 'Now my dad’s wife is texting me, saying I’m being selfish and that my stepsister is devastated'

Brad Dickson

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Mother tells 16-year-old daughter she's not "celebrated" because she doesn't do anything worth celebrating, teen gets even more upset: '[She] said she feels like it’s unfair we celebrate [her brother]'

Brad Dickson

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Parents refuse to name their baby 'Henry' after his paternal grandfather, grandmother berates them for not following family tradition of naming male heirs 'James' or 'Henry': 'She said I was breaking a tradition that went back hundreds of years'

Emmy Ward

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