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Unemployed 23-year-old delays parents' retirement by refusing work or school, leaving older sibling worried they will still be dependent when parents need care: ‘My parents complain to me but do not choose to do anything’

Etai Eshet

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Oldest sister flies home for Christmas, gets pushed from the spare room for golden child Bailey and her cats, spends the trip in an Airbnb, and plans a solo trip this year instead: ‘I was upset when my mom uninvited me, I decided go on vacation alone’

Etai Eshet

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Mom demands 17-year-old babysit 12 and 4-year-old siblings during her honeymoon, protests when she refuses because she has to attend college: 'She insisted it was a one time thing'

Ally Perry

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‘She asked if she could stay with me again “just for a bit.” I told her no right away’: Older sister refuses to host her sister again after a “two-week” breakup stay turned into 9 rent-free months of mess, borrowed clothes, and eaten groceries

Etai Eshet

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Helicopter-mother demands that her sister let her sheltered teen daughter, Emily, move into her spare bedroom as a "practice dorm" for the 8 months before college, niece begs aunt to refuse, sparking family tension: 'Not giving Emily a safe transition'

Emma Saven

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‘Her behavior has gotten out of control. She yells at my mom for cooking my favorite meals’: Younger sister spirals over attention and money delusions, while her 29-year-old sister visits home on medical leave to recover

Etai Eshet

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Sibling backtracks on agreement to split gas cost with brother on family trip after brother “forces” them to wait in the car while he gets fast food: ‘He's not getting that money’

Bar Mor Hazut

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17-year-old refuses to cook meals for his estranged 28-year-old brother and his 3 kids after he ignored him his entire life: 'He ignores my birthdays, he ignores me at Christmas, he never invites me to parties.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father's love children

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Sibling changes the lock to their house after parents give a key to 34-year-old unemployed brother, refusing to let him stay: ‘Then I gave him our parents' key'

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘I'm cancelling the vacation’: Dad refuses to take his wife's ex's kids on family vacation to Disneyland, wife insists they join, even though they are not her kids

Bar Mor Hazut

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Deadbeat mom insults 16-year-old son for saying his 14-year-old sister is his only sibling, despite his 3 half-siblings: 'I told her my sister is the one who counts, not her other kids.'

Emmy Pratt

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'Mom decided I needed a 'wake up call'': Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a "Parental Awareness Retreat" in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Dad refuses to buy birthday and Christmas gifts for his kids' half-siblings, claiming they are not his problem, their Mom demands otherwise: 'She's relying on me to pick up the slack’

Bar Mor Hazut

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16-year-old stops his chore of cooking for family 2 nights a week after his sister keeps destroying meals and parents except him to start over every time: 'She'll try over and over again until she can win'

Isabella Penn

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Woman excluded from stepdaughter’s Thanksgiving at her big new house, decides to host her own holiday dinner for her kids instead of attending the main family gathering: ‘It was very obvious she didn't really like that I was there’

Etai Eshet

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