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Scammer charges roommate $1000 per month after telling him the rent is $1600, roommate discovers the rent is actually $1000: 'The landlord says we're short on rent because he only gives the landlord $800 a month.'

A female hospitality worker smiles while holding a clipboard behind a counter with a coffee machine behind her

Customer gives restaurant worker $5000 tip, manager demands they split it between every employee: 'Am I selfish to want to object?'

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Stepdad refuses to pay for his stepchild's college at the expense of his kid's college funds: 'My wife says it’s not fair that my child will have enough money for 4 years at college and her child will not.'

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Job applicant ends Zoom call after recruiter calls their salary expectations 'cute': 'We expect 50-hour weeks, but the base rate is non-negotiable'

A young woman graduating with a degree in theater who has no idea how difficult it's going to be to pay off her student loans.

25-year-old daughter asks mom to pay off all her student loan debt for her Theater degree with her $200K inheritance, but mom refuses: 'I knew she wasn't the next Broadway actor.'

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Middle-aged dad asks his teenage son for money, instead of going out and getting himself a job.

16-year-old refuses to give his unemployed 53-year-old father $200 a month for gas money: 'If you weren’t this bad off before I got a job, why are you now?'

A man and a woman lean over a balcony on a tropical building, with the man pointing to something

Vacationer agrees to allow girlfriend's friends to join them on holiday, changes mind when they demand he pays $2800 each in travel costs: 'They are calling me a miser'

Son refuses to pull Mom out of assisted living so he can afford helping in-laws with financial situation: ‘They want me to move my mom into our house’

Son refuses to pull Mom out of assisted living so he can afford helping in-laws with financial situation: ‘They want me to move my mom into our house to save costs’

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An older couple sits at a table together, looking at something the man is pointing to on his cell phone

Son-in-law refuses parental offer of $150k house down payment that comes with the condition of creating a postnup: 'My parents saw my aunt go through something similar'

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Man refuses to accept $150k from his in-laws to help pay for a downpayment because they demand a post-nup in exchange, sparks debate about family gifts: 'Money comes with implied strings'

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A middle-aged husband is contemplating whether he and his wife can afford to retire on $5M in a few short years

47-year-old husband thinks he won't be able to afford to retire on $5 million in 7-10 years: 'If we can’t live on $200k a year, then we have a spending problem.'

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A man and a woman sit together in a living room, going over papers with an open laptop in front of them

Rich family demand poorer sibling pitches in $1500 for mom's 70th birthday vacation, get offended when he refuses: 'They have to meet us at our level'

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29-year-old making $177K considers quitting his full time job to pursue Roblox full-time: 'I created a Roblox game that did well, it reached over 410K visits within 1.5 months.'

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Landlord wants $250 extra per month because city finally cleaned up trash pile across the street: 'It is just a blatant cash grab because he did not do a single thing to earn that money'

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A young unemployed woman is stressed about her phone bills because she needs to pay them to attend a phone interview.

Job seeker considers skipping phone interview because she doesn't have enough money to pay her phone bill: 'I desperately need a job.'

Stepdad decides he's going to kick his wife out of the house for stealing from her daughter's college education fund that he set up for her.

Stepdad kicks mom out of his house for stealing the money he set aside for his 14-year-old stepdaughter's education: 'The issue wasn't the money. It was that she lied to me repeatedly.'