family dynamics

Stepmother refuses to miss 17-year-old stepson's graduation despite kid's bio mom telling the school that she is not allowed to attend: ‘Her son still wants me there’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I don't want to feel like I'm raising someone else's legacy’: Husband asks pregnant wife to name their child after his late ex-wife, she refuses because she wants her daughter to have her own identity

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled brother-in-law expects to stay expense-free in husband and wife's Honolulu home indefinitely, wife demands he pay $150/week moving forward: ‘That's way less than what it's costing us’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘They made no effort to be there for anything else’: Grandson cuts off entitled grandparents 5+ years ago after they ignored his strict boundaries, then want back into his life when he's graduating from a prestigious university

Lana DeGaetano

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26-year-old daughter cuts off family after 20+ years of parental favoritism toward her 34-year-old half-sister: ‘My parents [are] not going to change’

Lana DeGaetano

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47-year-old father asks son to cosign $500k loan, but refuses son's demands to make him sole beneficiary on father's insurance policy in return: [He] called me a greedy brat’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘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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