family dynamics

'I had zero remorse': Mother treats her daughter to Korean BBQ because they both share a love for Asian cuisine, but her husband insists the rest of the family attend and tries to ruin their dining experience

Lana DeGaetano

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Entitled family expects pregnant woman to sacrifice half of her $50k house deposit to buy her sister an apartment, she refuses: ‘We wouldn’t be able to buy our house as the mortgage repayments would be too expensive’

Lana DeGaetano

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Father buys son a luxury car for his 16th birthday, then his ex-wife scolds him for refusing to financially contribute to her new family: ‘Why would I be the one to buy them a car?’

Lana DeGaetano

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28-year-old son refuses to take on $250k debt from his parents’ two unstable family businesses, but might end up to selling their family home to make ends meet: ‘If I co-sign for this debt, I'm legally responsible for it’

Lana DeGaetano

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21-year-old daughter refuses to sign on as a potential legal guardian to her estranged dad's new 4-year-old stepchild: ‘My life is separate from them... I have no wish for anything closer’

Lana DeGaetano

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Single mom allows her kids to skip their uncle's celebration of life because their father's new girlfriend will be in attendance: ‘[My son] expresses that he does not want her there’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘I felt like collateral damage in their attempts to cut my mom out’: Paternal family cuts contact with woman and her mother following a divorce, so the woman tells her cousins the truth about how they treated her over 8 years later

Lana DeGaetano

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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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