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A boss calls his employee's emergency contact on his day off because he didn't answer his phone.

Employer calls employee's emergency contact to ask if he can come into work: 'Employer just called my mom to ask if I'd come in, because I didn't answer. I'm 30 years old.'

A furnished basement that houses elderly parents, their son, his girlfriend, and his child

Homeowner lets her parents, brother, brother's girlfriend, and nephew live in her basement, parents demand she let her brother's family move upstairs: 'I work from home as a therapist and see clients upstairs.'

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Teenage girl looking sad in the camera while wearing a hoodie after her mom told her she couldn't buy a new hoodie with her own money

62-year-old dad scolds 16-year-old daughter for buying a $60 hoodie with her own money because he's unemployed and getting his PhD: 'Seriously, in our financial state?'

Tweet over picture of rapper GloRilla and her sister

GloRilla's sister calls rapper out for not financially supporting her parents and 10 siblings: 'My mama is still working at FedEx.'

Mom and dad look disappointedly at the camera after their son rejects the money they plan to give him

Wealthy son asks his 60-year-old parents not to leave him any money in their will because his brother and sister are greedy: 'My parents seem offended that I don't want their money.'

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Older sister sitting in front of an easel painting

19-year-old sister refuses to let her 15-year-old brother take her artwork and claim it as his own: 'My brother scratched out my initial and write his own, as well as writing his name on the back of the canvas.'

Sister with poor credit demands sibling cosign on a car loan for her, claiming she needs a new car despite her financial situation, sibling refuses: ‘The loan would fall on me’

Sister with poor credit demands sibling cosign on a car loan for her, claiming she needs a new car despite her financial situation, sibling refuses: ‘The loan would fall on me’

A man and a woman who had an affair play Dungeons & Dragons together

Wife cheats on her husband, demands her husband let her stay friends with her affair partner because he is the Dungeon Master of her Dungeons & Dragons group: 'Therapy has now shifted into separation.'

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Happy teenage girl writes fanfiction on her laptop while sitting on her bed

14-year-old refuses to delete her fanfiction despite her parents' insistence that it'll look bad to future employers: 'I’m a 40-year-old accountant who reads fanfiction on my phone during my lunch break. Employers don't care.'

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Mom stands up to her MIL, limiting babysitting privileges after she self-righteously derails the grandson's binky-weaning progress: ‘She didn't respect [my] rules'

A group of daycare student sit on the carpet while watching Veggie Tales on the TV

Dad gets daycare teacher fired after she lets her students watch Veggie Tales: 'Now there's a backlash against me. It's all my fault she got fired. They're just animated vegetables.'

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Dance teacher refuses to let the only boy in class quit lessons after he claims he's too busy to keep going, his dad stands up to teacher on his behalf: ‘We're leaving’

Dance teacher refuses to let the only boy in class quit lessons after he claims he's too busy to keep going, his dad stands up to teacher on his behalf: ‘We're leaving’

Baby boomer parents starting small business with their laptop

Bankrupt boomer parents ask adult sons to put their names on legal documents so they can open an IT firm: 'They don't understand how much money need to put into their business'

Young man looking around Los Angeles after moving there for his first full-time job

Parents scold 22-year-old son for wanting to move to the city for his job instead of continuing to live at home: 'I just don’t want to be 25 and still living in my childhood bedroom.'

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3 older siblings tell 16-year-old brother that he's the reason they grew up in poverty: 'They told me if I had never been born, everyone's lives would be so much better, and it's not our parents' fault.'

Successful musician refuses to use his savings to pay off in-laws' mortgage, leading their home to be foreclosed, family resents the decision: 'You could easily pay it'

Successful musician refuses to use his savings to pay off in-laws' mortgage, leading their home to be foreclosed, family resents the decision: 'You could easily pay it'