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31-year-old mom of a 4 and 8-year-old tells her 42-year-old husband she doesn't want a 3rd kid because he doesn't take care of the kids they have, he insults her and storms off to his mother's house: 'I have no desire to be a single mom of a 3rd child'

Emmy Pratt

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Kind man pays for struggling 17-year-old student's work shoes and asks for nothing in return, sparks others to share times they experience kindness from a stranger: ‘Pay it forward.’

Elna McHilderson

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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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Mom lives in father's home with 3-year-old son, protests when younger brother proposes him, his girlfriend and child move in: 'I thought I could go back'

Ally Perry

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Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother's illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: 'I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Emmy Pratt

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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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Stepmother demands custody of her estranged 16-year-old stepson so she can have help babysitting his half-siblings; he refuses: 'She said she raised me for 9 years and should be allowed to 'keep me''

Jesse Kessenheimer

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24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn't seen her since she was 10 years old: 'He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.'

Emmy Pratt

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Overseas family asks cousin to contribute £150 to wedding she's not attending, says it's 'charity': 'I am deeply unmotivated to contribute'

JR Atkinson

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29-year-old bride demands her cousin let her host her wedding in her pottery studio, badmouths her to her family when she refuses: 'My studio isn’t licensed for events like that and the cleanup would be a total nightmare'

Emmy Pratt

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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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17-year-old uncle raises his baby niece alone until her mom decides to take over, he accidentally reveals the truth to niece years later: ‘Your mom tried to give you away as a baby’

Bar Mor Hazut

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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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Twin gets snubbed out of his brother's engagement celebrations and repeatedly left out of family events after moving to Portland, so he skips the wedding entirely: 'I was only invited for optics'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: 'I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids'

Emmy Pratt

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