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Brother fights to become guardian of 17-year-old sister, refuses to return sister’s birth certificate and social security to their mother, who demands it: ‘I have been defacto guardian since she was 14 and I was 23’

Etai Eshet

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College student refuses to keep sharing her location with parents after they stop paying her tuition, they tell her she is no longer welcome at their house: ‘I'm paying for my own life now’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I wasn’t comfortable giving this information’: PhD student refuses mother-in-law’s demand for her birth details for astrology matching, worried it sets a precedent for future boundary issues

Etai Eshet

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Woman reunited with her late mother's antiques at a charity store, spends $300 to honor her mom's memory and to donate to a good cause: 'I donated these tables, I'd like to buy them back'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Aunt gets roped into babysitting nephews for 8 hours, despite parents' promise to be gone for only one, she lets the kids do whatever they want while waiting: 'Not really my problem'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘She chose my birthday to fight about this’: Teen turns mom’s birthday Starbucks stop into a loud public yelling argument about hating her own name

Etai Eshet

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (January 17, 2026)

Elna McHilderson

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Stepmom refuses to let 11-year-old stepdaughter name her half-sister after he late mother, dad pressures stepmom to use the name: 'If we don't name our kid that, his daughter may not like the baby.'

Emmy Pratt

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Mother kicks out 24-year-old son after he calls her his retirement plan when she asks him to start paying $400 in rent a month: '[He] still lives at home rent-free. Spends his money on gaming, eating out, and new tech'

Etai Eshet

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27-year-old refuses to become guardian of his younger half sister after years of no contact and repeated family pressure: 'I didn't hesitate to say no. Repeatedly'

Etai Eshet

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Daughter refuses to sell the house she inherited from her father to pay for mom's failed business debt, mom ignores her and puts the house up for sale anyway: ‘This is the only option’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Controlling mom shows up crying at her 24-year-old daughter’s job after 23 missed calls, accusing her in front of coworkers and boss: ‘She was crying in the lobby, telling the receptionist that her daughter abandons her’

Etai Eshet

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30-year-old man confronts mom after she holds his college degree hostage for nearly 10 years: ‘She claimed ownership of something… I worked hard for’

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom sends unwanted son to work on foreign farm, resulting in him making a fortune through hard work, he refuses to share the profit with the family: ‘Make your own money’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Mom demands 25-year-old daughter drive her to work after they start working in the same place, daughter refuses, claiming she needs space: ‘I'm living, breathing, and working with my mother’

Bar Mor Hazut

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40-year-old mother to young child left exhausted by husband insisting on turning on bright lights and leaving his phone buzzing all night, calling her requests for quiet “controlling”: ‘It wakes me up, though it does not seem to bother him’

Etai Eshet

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