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‘My mom said I was ungrateful’: Parents expect their 24-year-old to pay their bills after he moves out, but he refuses so he can finally become independent

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I told him the day he was born was the worst day of my life': 62-year-old sister who helped deliver her younger brother 55 years ago gets upset when he tells the story of his birth at her 40th anniversary party

Emmy Pratt

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32-year-old mom rents a room in friend's house, wants to ban friend from bringing men around her 12-year-old son: 'If you don't like who she brings home, you need to move out'

JR Atkinson

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Mom constantly ignores introvert kids' request to not announce their birthdays, they give her a taste of her own medicine: 'My brother and I kept this up for months'

JR Atkinson

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28-year-old exposes her parents' favoritism by hiding her job promotion from them so they never have a chance to make it about the Golden Child older sibling: 'Oh, your brother could afford a house at your age'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I genuinely don't think he'd be a good culture fit': Woman in male-dominated field is hesitant to hire her former coworker who constantly belittled her

JR Atkinson

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Woman ices out friend for not supporting her "AI music career," friend refuses to engage: 'She's using plagiarized slop and pushing it off as something real'

JR Atkinson

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23-year-old refuses to pay $20/day to stay in friend's apartment while she looks for a job, won't contribute anything to the household: 'Your friend is the one using you'

JR Atkinson

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Wife safeguards her home from a freeloading 26-year-old brother-in-law, then her husband insists otherwise, so she leaves him in charge of babysitting the guests: 'He's responsible for cleaning, meals, entertainment, etc.'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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16 and 18-year-old turn against Dad's new wife when she threatens to end the co-operative coparenting rhythm between their bioparents:

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Twitch streamer is arrested in Japan following car accident, man laughs at friend's concern for her wellbeing: '[She] claimed I was being misogynistic'

JR Atkinson

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'These kids are being used as a cute front to fund luxuries that parents should be paying for': 5 and 6 year-old kids run lemonade stand every day into the school year, sparking neighbor's concern and suspicion

JR Atkinson

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'I told her if she’s not ready by 7:30, I’ll just leave': 34-year-old aunt becomes chronically late to work after offering to drive her niece to school because her tardy sister doesn't respect her time

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Dad stops paying child support for his 6-year-old daughter when his ex-wife starts using the money for dating, sparking debate in the comments about parental responsibility: ‘Be a man, support your kid’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'This is supposed to be fun, not a debt collection service': Family birthday tradition gets ruined when the group chat takes "mandatory" $25 donations too seriously

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Pulling the “family” card, like what family?!’: Biomom abandons her 4-year-old son, then 17 years later asks him to donate money to help pay for her new family's medical treatment

Jesse Kessenheimer

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