family dynamics

18-year-old drops hyphenated last name belonging to his stepfather, his mother tells him she's deeply ashamed of his decision: ‘It was forced on me’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I was kind of flabbergasted’: Entitled MIL criticizes man's driving skills, even though he's doing her a favor by driving her to every family holiday reunion

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I feel like I can't relax in my own home’: Entitled sister-in-law uses emergency key to rearrange woman's furniture while she's at work, woman calls out her strange behavior

Lana DeGaetano

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Entire family contracts hand, foot, and mouth disease but insists they still attend Thanksgiving dinner, host says no: ‘They're still contagious’

Lana DeGaetano

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Father splits the assets in his will equally among his 2 daughters and son, wife says it's not fair because of wealth inequality: ‘They're all my kids’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘It hits me I have no idea who these people are’: Man attends lakeside family BBQ, only to realize he was at the wrong family's celebration for 40 minutes

Lana DeGaetano

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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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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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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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Daughter refuses to attend Thanksgiving at her mother's girlfriend's apartment after months of emotional turmoil: ‘Feels so odd’

Lana DeGaetano

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18-year-old son refuses to babysit his dad's girlfriend's 5, 7, and 10-year-old kids after she tries to guilt him into it: ‘I stood by my answer’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mother's several-week stay at 26-year-old son's apartment turns into a 4-month residency, he refuses to let her stay any longer: ‘I'm starting to feel like a guest in my own home’

Lana DeGaetano

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Toxic family vilifies woman for refusing to attend their Thanksgiving celebration for the 3rd year in a row because of how they treated her in the past: ‘[They said] I was intentionally trying to hurt my mom’

Lana DeGaetano

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Niece refuses to share late grandma's secret pierogi recipe with her aunt after she finds out her aunt sold her sentimental dollhouse for $800: ‘She just didn't think I deserved to have it’

Lana DeGaetano

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67-year-old refuses to pay for his brother-in-law's kid's college tuition after he steals $30k from him: ‘I was done helping him forever’

Lana DeGaetano

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29-year-old tech-savvy son threatens to remove mother from family cell plan after she continually responds to scam texts, triggering fraud locks on his accounts: ‘[She] asked me to stop being dramatic’

Lana DeGaetano

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