family dynamics

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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Grandfather sticks up for 16-year-old after his parents criticize him for his video game career aspirations, his golden child 14-year-old brother refuses to accept he's not everyone's favorite: ‘He gets spoiled rotten’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Nothing would make me share the same airspace as him again’: 21-year-old son refuses to reconcile with his older stepbrother, who terrorized him to no end when they were children

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I am done being the family's unofficial secretary’: Woman deemed ‘communicator’ of family group chat misses aunt's medical emergency due to work, entire group chat tries to guilt her into staying in the chat

Lana DeGaetano

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‘"You’re the only one not on your phone tonight"’: 30-year-old daughter puts cellphone on ‘Do Not Disturb‘ during a family dinner, her mother scolds her for refusing to get her phone to share photos of her recent travels

Lana DeGaetano

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Man's ungrateful brother, his wife, and 2 kids ignore him after he makes a home-cooked meal for all of them, so he throws the dinner in the garbage: ‘I wasn’t their servant’

Lana DeGaetano

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24-year-old and their fiancé contemplate moving out of shared home because their parents and adult siblings turned a short stay into a permanent living situation: ‘It's time to finally move forward with our own life’

Lana DeGaetano

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Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson's baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: 'She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.'

Emmy Pratt

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60-year-old mom pressures 25-year-old daughter to keep living at home indefinitely because she thinks renting is a waste of money: 'My 32 and 35-year-old siblings have rented'

Emmy Pratt

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Woman attends family friend's funeral instead of brother's baby shower, her mother gives her the silent treatment despite brother confirming he's not upset: ‘She's hurt this was my choice’

Lana DeGaetano

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World traveler refuses to allow his sister, her husband, and their children to live rent-free in his house while he's away, they insist they'll move his belongings to the garage so they can move their things in: ‘I'm not a landlord’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Why do I have to be punished because of their allergies’: Mom and stepdad only allow kid to eat what their dairy and shellfish-allergic step-siblings eat, even on special birthday occasions

Lana DeGaetano

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‘He was never going to tell her’: Kid exposes father's affair to their mom while on an upstate family vacation, father blames kid for ‘destroying the family’

Lana DeGaetano

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