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Middle child refuses to reconnect with the family who disappeared during his deployment, and resurfaced years later only to ask for money: ‘I called all of them, sent letters, and tried to visit just to find that the house was already being rented out’

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Southern California father, tired of 24-year-old college dropout barista daughter’s requests for money, insists on asking about her return to school every time: ‘She is wasting the opportunity to have an easier path we worked so hard to provide for her’

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25-year-old grad school graduate leaves his sister and brother-in-law’s camera-filled Los Angeles home after brother-in-law calls him ungrateful for blocking the indoor security system with a toy for privacy on a date: ‘I just wanted a little dignity’

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Wife’s romantic plans derailed by mother-in-law, who confuses Valentine’s with Mother’s Day, believing it’s for her, tries to force her way into their home, and breaks in when they’re celebrating: ‘When we got back, we noticed the front door was open’

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Sister invites family to an all-expenses-covered 2-day luxurious beach resort trip before flying to the UK, abruptly leaves with husband over a swimsuit dispute and sticking everyone with sky-high bill she promised to pay: ‘So much for “our treat”’

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Man living in a 200 square-foot studio inherits his grandparents’ house, but his freeloading aunt moves in rent-free with a secret lease his dad signed, demands she leave: ‘I lived in a shoebox, and she moved into my house while renting out her own’

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Mother-in-law tries to move in with her son, and evict her daughter-in-law from her own home with a poorly faked notice, has her grand plan spectacularly backfire: ‘She canceled the moving van and they had to haul her stuff back to her house’

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41-year-old unemployed, dependent brother demands the entire inheritance from his 28-year-old sibling after years of freeloading, igniting a family clash: ‘He’s been jobless for years and basically lived off our mom, all he did was to mooch, I snapped’

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Estranged bio mom tries to force 17-year-old to reconnect with her, her new husband, and kids through lawyers and legal threats, but he refuses any relationship, crushing her blended family fantasy: ‘I don't feel guilty, we're not family’

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Woman cuts ties with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law after grandma secretly adds peanuts to a pie to test her allergic 14-year-old’s “resilience,” resulting in an ER trip: ‘I was quick to grab the EpiPen. We were rushing to get Macy to the hospital’

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23-year-old woman plans a long-awaited family beach trip with her parents and 21-year-old sister, purposely not inviting her 19-year-old stepbrother Jake after he ruined the last summer’s amusement park vacation: ‘ Jake tagged along. It was a DISASTER’

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60-year-old grandma plans vacation for herself while 12 and 10-year-old grandchildren are in school, daughter chews her out for not being available to babysit: 'She should not be assumptive'

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Creative Home cook refuses to attend her mother-in-law’s Mother’s Day dinner after being shamed for budget-friendly meals by her husband and his mom: ‘I told him he can cook for himself, packed a bag, grabbed our daughter, and went to stay with my sister’

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Woman fed up with being the household’s sole financial manager and ATM for her husband and mother-in-law, finally quits handling the money: ‘I pay all the bills, buy all the food, I'm the one who gives her money when she overspends, I was done’

Etai Eshet

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Soon-to-be dad kicks out his wife’s 26-year-old best friend Lena after she admits she wishes she had his baby and “joked” about always loving him, but his pregnant wife sides with Lena: ‘[She] disrespects our relationship’

Etai Eshet

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First-time father to 3-month-old baby shuts down his mom’s demands for solo babysitting rights, after grandma disregards his parenting choices and invents feuds with in-laws: ‘she and my dad are not allowed to watch the baby alone’

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