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25-year-old grad school graduate leaves his sister and brother-in-law’s camera-filled Los Angeles home after brother-in-law calls him ungrateful for blocking the indoor security system with a toy for privacy on a date: ‘I just wanted a little dignity’

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Wife’s romantic plans derailed by mother-in-law, who confuses Valentine’s with Mother’s Day, believing it’s for her, tries to force her way into their home, and breaks in when they’re celebrating: ‘When we got back, we noticed the front door was open’

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Sister invites family to an all-expenses-covered 2-day luxurious beach resort trip before flying to the UK, abruptly leaves with husband over a swimsuit dispute and sticking everyone with sky-high bill she promised to pay: ‘So much for “our treat”’

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Man living in a 200 square-foot studio inherits his grandparents’ house, but his freeloading aunt moves in rent-free with a secret lease his dad signed, demands she leave: ‘I lived in a shoebox, and she moved into my house while renting out her own’

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Mother-in-law tries to move in with her son, and evict her daughter-in-law from her own home with a poorly faked notice, has her grand plan spectacularly backfire: ‘She canceled the moving van and they had to haul her stuff back to her house’

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41-year-old unemployed, dependent brother demands the entire inheritance from his 28-year-old sibling after years of freeloading, igniting a family clash: ‘He’s been jobless for years and basically lived off our mom, all he did was to mooch, I snapped’

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Estranged bio mom tries to force 17-year-old to reconnect with her, her new husband, and kids through lawyers and legal threats, but he refuses any relationship, crushing her blended family fantasy: ‘I don't feel guilty, we're not family’

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Woman cuts ties with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law after grandma secretly adds peanuts to a pie to test her allergic 14-year-old’s “resilience,” resulting in an ER trip: ‘I was quick to grab the EpiPen. We were rushing to get Macy to the hospital’

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23-year-old woman plans a long-awaited family beach trip with her parents and 21-year-old sister, purposely not inviting her 19-year-old stepbrother Jake after he ruined the last summer’s amusement park vacation: ‘ Jake tagged along. It was a DISASTER’

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Creative Home cook refuses to attend her mother-in-law’s Mother’s Day dinner after being shamed for budget-friendly meals by her husband and his mom: ‘I told him he can cook for himself, packed a bag, grabbed our daughter, and went to stay with my sister’

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Woman fed up with being the household’s sole financial manager and ATM for her husband and mother-in-law, finally quits handling the money: ‘I pay all the bills, buy all the food, I'm the one who gives her money when she overspends, I was done’

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Big city man refuses to be his small-town cousin’s personal tour guide and Airbnb host when she shows up uninvited and demands another free stay at his place, then sends him Uber and hotel receipts expecting him to pay: ‘I never met this woman before’

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Soon-to-be dad kicks out his wife’s 26-year-old best friend Lena after she admits she wishes she had his baby and “joked” about always loving him, but his pregnant wife sides with Lena: ‘[She] disrespects our relationship’

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First-time father to 3-month-old baby shuts down his mom’s demands for solo babysitting rights, after grandma disregards his parenting choices and invents feuds with in-laws: ‘she and my dad are not allowed to watch the baby alone’

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First-time mom demands her mother-in-law stop calling herself “Mom” to her newborn baby after she posts publicly with the caption “Mommy’s girl,” then forced to ban in-person visits when grandma refuses: ‘She hasn't apologized’

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Brother demands his construction worker sibling spend their inheritance on a total home overhaul for a house he won’t live in, forcing the handyman to refuse and lawyer up: ‘My contractor aunt convinced him it’s time to remodel the entire house’

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