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22-year-old recent grad spends 80% of their paycheck on rent, can't understand how fellow professionals get by on entry-level pay: 'How is this sustainable?'

Emmy Ward

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Mother-in-law refuses to see daughter-in-law's remote programming job as 'real,' calls her out at a family barbecue: 'Yeah, and that [...] paid off your son's student loans'

JR Atkinson

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High school acquaintance asks 27-year-old woman if she can have her old food stamps now that she doesn't qualify for them anymore, gets angry when she declines: 'She told me I was being stingy and privileged now that I have a job'

Emmy Ward

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29-year-old refuses to let her fiancé lend his sister $10K from their wedding fund for her wedding fund: 'You guys are already paying for your own wedding, what’s the difference?'

Emmy Ward

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'I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.': Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

Emmy Ward

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47-year-old father asks son to cosign $500k loan, but refuses son's demands to make him sole beneficiary on father's insurance policy in return: [He] called me a greedy brat’

Lana DeGaetano

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Woman lends $1200 Macbook to friend, after months they claim they lost it and offer $100 as compensation: 'Friends think I'm being petty and putting money over friendship'

JR Atkinson

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'I don't mind paying about $2k': Boyfriend wants to charge girlfriend $1000 in rent and utilities despite her being in full-time nursing school

JR Atkinson

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College girl immediately regrets offering to pay for a struggling stranger's groceries after they dash back into the store to gather more supplies: 'I am just a poor freshman who was just trying to do something nice'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Uncle promises to help pay for niece's college tuition, goes back on his word 8 years later now that he has his own child: 'Michael Scott did the exact same as you'

JR Atkinson

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24-year-old woman refuses to use $7k from her inheritance that's reserved for her education to front the cost of friend's medical bills: ‘I needed that money for my education’

Lana DeGaetano

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Deadbeat dad uses his wife's tax return to pay $7000 worth of unpaid child support without telling her: 'I thought he was making regular monthly payments. We were expecting a refund, but only $175 was deposited.'

Emmy Ward

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Woman invites her significant other on girls trip to Seattle despite sister's wishes, thinks it's okay because her SO is a woman: 'If they broke up, I would not interact with her again'

JR Atkinson

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Tax Day Memes for Procrastinators Asking for an Extension on April 15th

Emmy Ward

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Siblings refuse to hand over portions of their inheritance to sister in need after her husband plans to sell their late mother's house and pocket the profit: ‘[He] wouldn't hear us out’

Lana DeGaetano

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Parents buy 18-year-old daughter a $65K Jeep after originally agreeing to pay 25K-30K, befuddles their 27-year-old son who previously offered $5K for car payments: 'The 5k won't even last the summer'

Emmy Ward

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