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 ‘I am not your private ATM!’: Brother Takes Advantage of Sister’s Kindness and Drains Her Savings for Personal Gain

‘I am not your private ATM!’: Brother Takes Advantage of Sister’s Kindness and Drains Her Savings for Personal Gain

Your first focus should always be your family. Having stated that when is it appropriate to set limits and draw lines? The story below is an account of a distressed sibling. The original poster (OP) has a secure job and a married life. As a result, OP and her husband were more than willing to comply and share the load when her younger brother approached her and asked for financial support. Everything was going great at first; the brother had returned the money, and everything was going accordin…
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Woman Withholds Financial Assistance From Pregnant Daughter in an Effort to Teach Her a Lesson, Daughter Accuses Her of Bad Parenting

Woman Withholds Financial Assistance From Pregnant Daughter in an Effort to Teach Her a Lesson, Daughter Accuses Her of Bad Parenting

Your first focus should always be your family. Having said that, who do you rank higher on your list of priorities—your spouse or your kids? The daughter of the original poster (OP) is stubborn. At the youthful age of 18, OP's daughter married her high school sweetheart. The two of them had two children together. Sadly, the daughter's first marriage ended, and she moved on to remarry a few years later. Instead of living in the now and appreciating each moment, OP's daughter is obsessed with sta…
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Dad offers to watch his 2 young kids for the day, huffs and puffs when his wife doesn't prepare dinner: 'Why can't you just do it, I helped all day with the kids'

She assumed he meant the whole day
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Parents force 15-year-old to take care of and constantly include his younger sisters, gets angry when he tells the truth in family therapy: 'I said they can't stand me having fun without my sisters'

He deserves to be a kid too
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'You need to start paying me for the stress I have to put up with you': The wildest parenting texts of the week (July 16, 2024)

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'I got 2 kids, 1 is smart n 1 is non smart. What should I do?': The wildest parenting posts of the week (July 15, 2024)

Who's not smart?
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‘Ask [your] foster children for help’: Forsaken biochild refuses to give money to bankrupt parents after years of fostering ran the family bank account dry

Is he holding a grudge from childhood? Yes. Is it totally justified? Also yes.
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Crunchy mom horrifies with refusal to get her newborn child a birth certificate: 'This + homeschooling = entire lost generation'

Not a sensible idea
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'Unpopular opinion but more parents need to hear that they’re doing a bad job': Dad criticizes parents for posting their toddler's meltdowns on TikTok

They hated him because he spoke the truth.
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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (July 9, 2024)

It's wild what people will say to each other.
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (July 8, 2024)

The Mommy Facebook Groups are never boring
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UPDATE: Daughter Sues Parents After They Use Her College Funds for Brother's Wedding, Tearing the Family Apart

UPDATE: Daughter Sues Parents After They Use Her College Funds for Brother's Wedding, Tearing the Family Apart

A college degree is considered somewhat of a luxury. Having stated that how far would you go to guarantee that your education is of the highest caliber? The individuals you love the most, will you let them go? An update to a long-since-posted piece can be found below. The original poster (OP) goes into great detail on how her parents broke her trust and deliberately destroyed her future. In order to cover expenses for her older brother's wedding, OP's parents had completely depleted her college…
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The Wildest Parenting Texts of the Week (July 2, 2024)

Who says that to their kid?
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The Most Entertaining Parenting Posts of the Week (July 1, 2024)

Poor kiddo
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Grandmother scolds mom for not buying her 8-year-old son a new iPad after he punched and broke his: 'It's unfair younger son has a tablet and older son doesn't'

Actions have consequences
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Humiliated couple gifts $100 after 7-year-old asks for gifts at no-gift party, parents ponder whether they should return the money: 'Everyone gasped'

Kids got a future in sales
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