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'I feel like a "cash cow"': German man feels used as his girlfriend quits stable job for failing business, refuses to send 2 and 4-year old kids to full-time childcare, and pressures him to marry for financial security

Etai Eshet

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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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Mom of 11-year-old twins refuses school's demands to provide identifiers so that teachers could tell the kids apart: ‘That can easily be done by asking the child his name’

Bar Mor Hazut

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58-year-old father buys 26-year-old daughter a luxury bag she doesn't want, sends her the bill for it weeks later: 'It's WILD that he's trying to make you pay for a gift he bought you'

JR Atkinson

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Dad complains of anger when spending more than 70 minutes a week with kids, bemoans having to play baseball with 4-year-old son on a Saturday: 'I just don't want to be there'

Ally Perry

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Son leaves mother at airport with no ticket or plan after she refuses to leave his house and follow travel plans, ending 40-year pattern with silent goodbye: ‘She’s 70 now and has zero contact with 2 of her 3 kids’

Etai Eshet

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Wealthy son loans father money to keep his business, until son discovers father removed him from his will, leading son to sell the loans to dad's business competitor: ‘I saddled him with debt’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Parents pressure teenage daughter go to expensive out-of-state school instead of her in-state choice, call her a 'spoiled brat' for accepting their help: 'I want to know I can stand on my own two feet'

JR Atkinson

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10-year-old brother throws a tantrum after trying to blow out the candles on 18-year-old sibling's cake, sibling leaves their own party after mom takes brother's side: ‘Everything went downhill’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Grandmother scolds son for playing with his 2-year-old daughter, falsely claims they are neglecting 4-month-old son: 'She said we're spoiling her to the detriment of our son, and that he needs it more'

JR Atkinson

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Aunt refuses to homeschool nephew after discovering he struggles with school, despite being a homeschool teacher for her own kids, his dad calls her out

Bar Mor Hazut

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19-year-old college student requests struggling mom pay $650 in sorority dues, gets upset when she refuses: 'I already pay half of her tuition'

Ally Perry

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Entitled 29-year-old son expects to inherit a 50% share of his stepmother's home, even though his father has no claim on the property: 'He blew up'

Lana DeGaetano

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38-year-old mom of 5 keeps her part-time job a secret from her husband, he claims he doesn't care to learn: 'NEWSFLASH! It's not all about you, bro!'

JR Atkinson

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Dad refuses to pay for his 17-year-old daughter's boyfriend of 2 months to go on their family vacation to Europe: 'My daughter is mad at me and it’s honestly ruining the whole vacation for me.'

Emmy Pratt

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4-year-old asks mom if she could take a break from being mad 2 days in a row: 'I feel like I’m ruining my kids. I do not want to be the mad mom.'

Emmy Pratt

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