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'You can play house [with] my dad, but don't patronize me': 26-year-old puts Dad's new 28-year-old girlfriend in her place when she starts acting like a strict stepmother on family vacation

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Stepmom invites herself to mother-son dinner with 15-year-old stepson's football team, biomom wants her to stay away: 'This is going to be really really hard for you'

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14-year-old girl can't read above a 1st grade level, can't understand why literacy is necessary in life: 'When I’m an adult, I’ll just know how to read'

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Widower pressures his 2nd wife to name their newborn after his late wife and late daughter, gets angry when she refuses: 'I don't want my kid to have the same name as the woman I'm always compared to'

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Stepmom refuses to let her 8 and 10-year-old step-daughters take her last name despite their desire to do so: 'It would make no sense to change their name to mine'

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30-year-old stepmom refuses to adopt her 12-year-old stepdaughter because she doesn't think they're close enough: 'Her mom passed when she was 2! This woman is the only mother she's got.

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17-year-old forced to move to another country when her “wicked stepmother” denies her move-in request, blaming her history of rampant theft: ‘I don’t want her unsupervised in our home’

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‘My brothers told my dad it was like they weren't there’: 16-year-old girl refuses to give her stepmom the ‘girl mom’ experience after she witnesses her stepmom emotionally neglecting her half-brothers

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13-year-old stepdaughter cries after her step-mother puts more effort into decorating her 3-year-old brothers room than her room: 'She accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine."'

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16-year-old tells her mom she makes her feel like an orphan because she constantly favors her 8-year-old stepdaughter: 'I lost dad and then I lost her to her stepdaughter'

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18-year-old lies about which college she's attending to make sure her codependent step-sister doesn't follow her to the same school: 'Mom told me I wasn't thinking of what was best for Charlotte'

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Dad forces 21, 23, and 27-year-old children to call his wife "bonus mom," refuses to let them call her anything else even though it makes them uncomfortable: 'Our dad says it “makes her happy” and to just do it.'

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Dad punishes 13-year-old daughter for calling her classmate "poor" by making her go to school with extremely bad hygiene for 3 days: 'No shower, no deodorant, no brushing of teeth, and reused clothes'

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Stepmom tries to ground her 17-year-old stepson, gives dad the cold shoulder after he forbids her from discipling his son: 'This is my last summer with my oldest child'

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16-year-old sells her 37-year-old stepmother's vintage prom dress behind her back so she could buy new headphones: 'The dress is 100% silk, one of a kind, and the brand doesn't exist anymore'

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'It just felt fake': Stepmom corners her 20-year-old stepdaughter into publicly declaring a ‘family pledge’ during her and Dad's vow renewal ceremony, ends up getting humiliated by her refusal

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Brother invites 22-year-old sister out for her birthday, refuses to cover the bill even though he had every year before: 'If you invite your friend out to dinner and they order a ribeye are you still paying?'

Brother invites 22-year-old sister out for her birthday, refuses to cover the bill even though he had every year before: 'If you invite your friend out to dinner and they order a ribeye are you still paying?'

'I don't think this job aligns with my principles': Job applicant walks out of interview after hiring manager tells her that the role involves unpaid overtime

'I don't think this job aligns with my principles': Job applicant walks out of interview after hiring manager tells her that the role involves unpaid overtime

23-year-old daughter refuses to babysit five younger siblings, moves to new apartment and concierge finally stops family from coming in unannounced: '[They] called the cops'

23-year-old daughter refuses to babysit five younger siblings, moves to new apartment and concierge finally stops family from coming in unannounced: '[They] called the cops'

‘I’m not ruining my trip because she didn’t plan ahead’: Niece refuses to cancel her vacation despite her entitled aunt insisting she needs to stay behind to babysit

‘I’m not ruining my trip because she didn’t plan ahead’: Niece refuses to cancel her vacation despite her entitled aunt insisting she needs to stay behind to babysit

‘[I] just want to paint the difference’: 4-months postpartum, new mom discovers the glaring differences with “helpfulness” between her mother and mother-in-law

‘[I] just want to paint the difference’: 4-months postpartum, new mom discovers the glaring differences with “helpfulness” between her mother and mother-in-law

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