family dynamics

Divorced dad pays off family home in place of child support and leaves his 21-year-old kid half of the house, her mother demands she surrender her half so she has full ownership: ‘I would be kicked out immediately’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘It's as if they think that they are entitled to using our apartment as a motel’: Ungrateful family of 3 actively attempts to squat in 16-year-old's family's ‘tiny’ apartment before they go on vacation

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled mom abroad insists she visit her daughter when she's unavailable, then tries to guilt-trip her by threatening not to visit at all: ‘She reacted negatively, exactly how I knew she would’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘My brothers told my dad it was like they weren't there’: 16-year-old girl refuses to give her stepmom the ‘girl mom’ experience after she witnesses her stepmom emotionally neglecting her half-brothers

Lana DeGaetano

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Late grandfather names 21-year-old granddaughter ‘sole heir’ of all of his assets, her 29-year-old estranged brother insists he is entitled to half of the inheritance: ‘[He] moved out at 18 and basically vanished’

Lana DeGaetano

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20-year-old college student refuses to allow estranged stepsister to move into her shared off-campus apartment, her father tries to hold his financial contributions over her head: ‘He said I was being selfish and ungrateful’

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled parents blame family member after their 18-year-old daughter fails to board a flight they were all on: ‘She's stuck alone in the airport terminal until the next flight’

Lana DeGaetano

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Future mechanical engineer promises to help little brother pay for college, but is worried that their siblings will be jealous and ruin everything: ‘It's really just a matter of wanting to make sure he has the same opportunities we all got to succeed’

Lana DeGaetano

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Accountant advises his parents to exclude his financially incompetent sibling from their will after sibling leaves them stuck with a $100k student loan: ‘My dad started getting harassed by the loan servicer’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘All I see is blatant irresponsibility’: Parents of 4 refuse to provide financial assistance to their financially inept son, who deprioritizes household necessities and, instead, unwisely spends his money on things like $600/mo DoorDash orders

Lana DeGaetano

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Teen saves up cash to take entire family on a trip to Florida, ungrateful mother tries to switch the original vacation plan to a Disney trip: ‘At this point I’m over it because she’s changed hotels 3 times’

Lana DeGaetano

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14-year-old admits to stealing cash from his brother's room for over 2 years, so the brother considers demanding his enabling parents to pay back what he stole in full: ‘It's frustrating to have to hide my own things in my own room’

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled mother threatens to kick out 17-year-old daughter and boasts she will receive 100% of her husband's assets if he passes, daughter begs to differ: ‘Staying silent feels unbearable’

Lana DeGaetano

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Teen son refuses to apologize for his ‘part’ in his father missing the birth of his half-brother, who was born while the teen and his dad were having quality bonding time away from his stepmom

Lana DeGaetano

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‘It feels like my space is never really mine’: 18-year-old puts a lock on his bedroom door and stocks up on food while his mother is abroad due to his extended family, who are living with him, repeatedly invading his room and belongings

Lana DeGaetano

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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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