sibling rivalry

Adult daughter refuses to bring $100 minimum plate for family Thanksgiving to match the cost of $300 turkey, decides not to attend instead to make a point: 'The way it was presented and the fact that it wasn't agreed to beforehand makes me upset'

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Aunt takes 11-year-old niece on vacation after her parents take her 4 brothers on vacation to Mexico, leaving her behind: 'We spent a day in Disney World, went to 2 Broadway shows, spent most of our time [...] on the beach'

Brad Dickson

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Father and stepmother-to-be demand that 15-year-old sign a "family contract" to "accept" and be a part of their new blended family: 'Dad is creating a new family, just not my new family'

Brad Dickson

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19-year-old confesses to his mother that he resents the fact that she remarried when he was a child: 'I resented her for remarrying when she made life worse by marrying a guy with more kids and all that debt'

Brad Dickson

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19-year-old discovers his mother lied and concealed his existence from his biological father, the truth tears his family apart: '[The truth] has ruined my relationship with mom and my parents' marriage is done'

Brad Dickson

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19-year-old brother tells his 24-year-old single mother sister to raise her own child if she has a problem with how he is helping her after she critiques his assistance: 'He got mad and said that I have no right to judge her parenting'

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36-year-old gamer brother argues he shouldn't have to pay rent while living with his 34-year-old sister and husband after he has already been kicked out of various other family members' homes: 'I practically laughed at him and told him absolutely not'

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18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

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Bride refuses to let her fiancé give his 26-year-old sister $10k for the sister's wedding out of their own wedding budget that they saved for 5 years: 'I’m not about to let him throw $10k at someone'

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Younger sister gets the ultimate digital karma from her older sis with email spam: 'I ended up putting her email into almost 50 different newsletters and subscriptions to bog up her email.'

Christiana Maimone

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Parents and 20-year-old brother insist that 18-year-old university student give $2700 of her own savings for her school to her brother to pay for his rent debt: ‘He owes $2,700 in rent and my mom expects me to cover it’

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old wonders if she's wrong for not letting her 14-year-old “horse girl” sister ride in her car since she refuses to ever take off her dirty cowboy boots: ‘I woke up at 6 am to catch the bus for my first 2 years of high school'

Brad Dickson

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Brother and sister-in-law name their baby an identical "matching" name to couple's already-born baby, forcing them to change their baby's name: 'We'd pretend to keep the original name until there was zero risk of SIL changing my nephew's name'

Brad Dickson

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Dad demands 16-year-old daughter replace 16-year-old stepbrother's expensive noise-cancelling headphones after she intentionally breaks them, wife and daughter think he's being unfair: 'I don’t think you get to break someone’s stuff and not pay for it'

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Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Brad Dickson

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Parents force 18-year-old on vacation to Africa to reconnect with his heritage and family, he brings his PS4 with him on the trip and complains the entire time: '[They] forced me into something I was clear I didn’t want'

Brad Dickson

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