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30-year-old pays off student loans by spending $47,000 and emptying 401k: 'I'm starting at $0 again'

Ally Perry

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Gym-goer takes 25-minute "everything shower" at their $130/month gym, ignores repeated knocks on the door: 'Gym showers are for getting the basics done, not spending almost 30 minutes deep conditioning your hair'

JR Atkinson

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Employee resents contributing to office gifts in workplace with high turnover, looks for a way to avoid it: 'I've contributed to over 10 birthdays'

Ally Perry

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'My boss stole my gift money': Manager collects money from employee to give to sick coworker, they return having never received anything

JR Atkinson

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Wife spends $47,000 on designer accessories, maxing out all 4 of her husband's credit cards, one day after their wedding: 'You're supposed to take care of me. That's how marriage works.'

Emmy Pratt

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19-year-old protests when boyfriend takes her to birthday dinner and expects her to pay for it: 'I pay for all our dates'

Ally Perry

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Roommate insists on keeping apartment at 80°F in the winter and refuses to bundle up, roommate develops hack to trick the thermostat: 'She also told me she doesn't even look at the cost of her electricity'

JR Atkinson

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Corporate client makes businessman work 2 months of unpaid overtime, pay large invoice he sends by mistake 1 year later: 'The worst working experience of my life'

Ally Perry

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16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: 'She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.'

Emmy Pratt

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29-year-old woman cuts off jobless fiancé's access to her bank account after he buys a Tesla with her money, claiming it's a business investment: ‘I fell for it completely’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: 'My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.'

Emmy Pratt

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Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: 'He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: 'If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign'

JR Atkinson

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Ex boyfriend refuses to return $500 he 'borrowed' for Steam Deck he never paid back after tumultuous 5-year relationship: 'I even lowered the amount he owed me so he’d pay me 500 instead of the almost 700 my part actually cost'

JR Atkinson

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'I've given them over $400k': Parents throw party to 'retire' daughter from paying their bills after a decade, then she shuts down demands to hire brother after he gets fired and arrested

Isabella Penn

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20-year-old works 2 jobs while living with family, protests when mom insists she pays $1000 rent with a $125 increase every 6 months: 'She is starting to take it too far'

Ally Perry

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