Living with someone rent-free always comes with strings attached. Maybe it's a family member doing you a favor, and if so, you should be expected to contribute more of your fair share of chores, if you're able. When you're not someone's child, you don't get the privilege of being completely taken care of. This is one of the tricky things about living with family. You have to strike the right balance of being respectful and out-of-the-way. One man didn't quite have that balance nailed and ran in…

He should have been more careful with his money

Hosting a party at your house is no small potatoes . It requires a lot of cleaning and preparation, being a little nervous about people spilling, and having to be the last one there. Hosting can take it out of you. This is why we usually reserve it for special occasions. We host parties because we want to-- there's a holiday we want to celebrate or someone special we want to honor. But if the house is ours, the agency is ours to say yes or no. That's why it's such an imposition to ask to host s…

"My sister and I aren’t close, and I feel like she’s asking out of entitlement, not need."

Blended families don't always blend

They've created a monster

2 years too late

Not in the mood, sis

Babysitting is no simple task, that's why we pay babysitters and nannies the big bucks. Children, especially toddlers, can be notoriously difficult to wrangle. You need the right amount of patience, level-headedness, and willingness to tire yourself out. Not to mention it's a huge amount of responsibility. If something goes wrong, you need to be ready to snap into action. This is why it's no fun to ask someone to babysit at the last minute. Unless you're a seasoned pro or a parent yourself (eve…

Set boundaries

Who do they think they are?

Taking family time to another level

Sometimes a grudge comes up for seemingly no reason . Someone just starts to treat you differently and you have no idea what happened. You rack your brain for reasons you might have spited them and you come up empty. Did you fail to wave back at them on the street one day? Did you accidentally say something off-color at a party? Did you just happen to look at them the wrong way and now everything is different? You may never know. It's especially hard when this happens in your own family because…

Sounds like a soap opera

Everybody is allowed to have the wedding of their dreams, within reason. It's your day, so you get to do what you want. And if that means having no kids attend, then that's your prerogative. But you can't then be surprised when certain family members decline to attend. If you have a kid-free wedding, you also have to commit to it before you send the invitations out. You can't change your mind last minute. Weddings are expensive, time-consuming affairs for everyone involved, including the guests…

Is he just free-spirited or plain ole irresponsible?