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Stepdad drains his 19-year-old adopted son's college fund to give the money to his 16-year-old biokid instead, then he accuses the teen of 'breaking the family': 'No, dude, you did that all by yourself'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I’m being treated like an ATM just because I married into their family': 27-year-old working mom earns a bonus at work and decides to save the money for her son's future, then gets accosted by her sister-in-law to cover her wedding costs instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘This is my house, my family, and my child’: Estranged childhood friend insults a 29-year-old mom's parenting tactics with her 5-year-old, gets kicked out of the house, and blocked as a result

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Son-in-law hides a vasectomy from his disapproving MIL for 47 years, spends a lifetime loving his wife instead of giving her grandkids: ‘We just kept her hanging’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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39-year-old dad plans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to his homeland with his family, then the in-laws tag along and complain about how much they have to walk: 'Half a mile in, he was struggling'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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63 and 65-year-old parents gaslight their daughter into letting them to move into her newly renovated granny flat, she refuses: ‘And I was going to pay because they were saving their money for travel’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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19-year-old expected to preoccupy his 2-year-old niece while his older sister ‘takes a mom break,’ gets berated after leaving toddler unattended, despite explicitly sharing he had other plans: ‘She was ignoring me, so I just left'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'[She] decided my bathroom was her personal Sephora': Skincare thief gets taught a lesson about personal property after helping herself to her sister-in-law's potent prescription serum

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Our flat is unlivable’: Brother disappears on a 2-week vacation after promising to help with his sister's remodel, ends up tasting his brother-in-law's revenge when he leaves their apartment demolished

Jesse Kessenheimer

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UPDATE: Aunt invites her nephew to her 6-year-old son's birthday party without revealing that he was expected to be unpaid entertainment, then roasts him online when he refuses: 'I was never booked, just invited'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Golden Child brother inherits his late Mom's entire estate, then expects the sister who was cut out of the will to pay for the funeral: ‘[She] didn't want us daughters to have anything’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I'm not paying $200 for people who weren't invited': Fiancé's family brings along uninvited guests to a pre-wedding dinner, then expects the groom to fork up the cash to pay for their meals

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'It's not 'just a house,' it's MY house': Entitled 30-year-old groom steamrolls his brother's boundaries, inviting 14 friends over to his home just to save $200 on a hotel on the wedding day

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Close Friend Stories Sell an Exclusivity That's all an Illusion

Emmy Pratt

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‘I will be going with or without him': Wife refuses to spend a 3rd consecutive Christmas with her in-laws after missing her home country for years, she responds to her MIL's guilt-tripping by booking a solo flight to visit her family

Jesse Kessenheimer

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