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'I didn't sign up to be their retirement plan': 19-year-old's parents demand she pays them 30% of her paycheck every month to reimburse them 'because they raised her', she refuses and gets deemed ungrateful

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I don't have a legal responsibility for this child': Dad refuses to raise youngest child after discovering he is not the biological father, mom claims the child deserves the same care as their other kids

Bar Mor Hazut

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Husband asks wife and teen daughter to turn off music from a concert he insisted he join them for despite mom planning a girls night: 'So we ride home in silence'

JR Atkinson

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Childfree 30-year-old refuses to babysit for sister with 3 kids under 7 after she tells her she doesn't know real stress: 'Did you really just call me a free trial version of a human being?'

Ally Perry

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Mom spends son's college tuition money, promises to pay him back as long as he doesn't tell dad: ‘For four years I thanked him for the money while I took out loans’

Bar Mor Hazut

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The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 15, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

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Dad flips out when wife refuses to babysit 11, 7, and 6-year-old stepsons so he can attend bachelor party: 'The kids are terrors, so babysitting does not come cheap'

Ally Perry

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'Things went off the rails': 50-year-old woman loses her entire pension and savings to a scam artist, then turns to son for financial support, his wife refuses to help her

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I really don't know her or her kids': Father tries to force his 17-year-old son to accept his new step siblings after years of reminders that he is a parental burden, teen gives him a wedding ultimatum

Jesse Kessenheimer

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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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Mom of 3 shocked after husband says no to 10-year anniversary date because mother-in-law was too busy to babysit, then spends the day with her instead: 'Then I had to juggle word and parenting'

Isabella Penn

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‘He was always our father’s favorite’: Man cuts off contact with family after 30+ years of ‘golden child’ brother's exclusionary tactics

Lana DeGaetano

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59-year-old dad demands his daughter pay him back for the child support he contributed over the years, she calls him out on years of neglect: 'He loves to tell me this on days like my birthday'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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24-year-old woman disowns problematic stepmom due to years of ‘aggressive’ behavior toward her, revokes her ‘grandma’ title: ‘She'll be grandpa's wife they never see’

Lana DeGaetano

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19-year-old locks her bedroom door while family visits to keep little cousins out, only to be scolded by grandmother about it: ‘They have a right to be inside your room’

Bar Mor Hazut

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23 Best Parenting Memes of the Week for Witty Moms and Dads That Are Funny and Doing the Best They Can (April 12, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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