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'I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.': Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

Emmy Pratt

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Aunt refuses to host future family events after her unruly 5-year-old nieces and nephews destroy an irreplaceable heirloom, entitled parents continue to push for ‘family-friendly’ gatherings: '[My] house isn't a daycare'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom plays favorites with her identical twin daughter's late sister, then the 24-year-old sets the lies straight after her mother paints her as the ‘evil twin’ in front of her future in-laws: ‘[Mom] pretends she was an angel who lit up our lives’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘He always made fun of my dad for being quiet and 'off the grid’': 28-year-old outdoorswoman denies her family's demands to give her entitled stepbrother the sentimental mountain cabin inherited from her father, drama ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[Mom] said I have no sense of familial obligation’: Condescending parents bail on their daughter after a breakup, she's forced to live in her car for months, then refuses to pay for a vacation to Florida for a family reunion; fallout ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled aunt demands her 22-year-old nephew share his $500 graduation gift with his dropout cousin, then Mom backs up his decision to refuse: 'Then maybe your kid should graduate first'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Dad bought him for me, not her kid': 17-year-old goes no-contact with her mom after she gives away a sentimental heirloom toy from her late father to her 3-year-old half-sister, stepdad threatens to kick her out

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘My mom thought she'd get a grandkid out of it’: Pregnant stepsister comes back and steamrolls a 16-year-old girl's life, the teenager refuses to live with an evil tyrant and moves back in with Dad

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Stepmother threatens to kick out her 19-year-old stepson when he refuses to blend families, he pulls an uno reverse and reminds her that he inherited their house from his late-biomom: 'I laughed at her audacity… It is my house'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I didn't sign up to be their retirement plan': 19-year-old's parents demand she pays them 30% of her paycheck every month to reimburse them 'because they raised her', she refuses and gets deemed ungrateful

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I really don't know her or her kids': Father tries to force his 17-year-old son to accept his new step siblings after years of reminders that he is a parental burden, teen gives him a wedding ultimatum

Jesse Kessenheimer

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59-year-old dad demands his daughter pay him back for the child support he contributed over the years, she calls him out on years of neglect: 'He loves to tell me this on days like my birthday'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘This ring was left to ME’: Sister refuses to give up a precious heirloom ring she inherited from Grandma so that her brother can propose with ‘something sentimental,’ delulu parents side with the Golden Child

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Eldest brother cuts off his ‘struggling’ siblings after he finds out they've been freeloading for years despite a secret stash of money: ‘[I was] paying for their education, food, and other necessities while working to keep myself afloat’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'What exactly where they expecting?': Wife kicks out her husband's cousins after she becomes the punchline of an unfunny April Fool's joke, he supports her completely and they break contact with the family

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Woman tricked into a SAHM role after her MIL conspires with her husband, brainwashing him into forgetting their pre-baby agreements to maintain both careers and get a nanny: 'Now my husband refuses to lift a finger because he's the ‘provider’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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