Babies

Mother-in-law refuses to call daughter-in-law by her preferred name, so she teaches her toddler to call her grandma a name she doesn't like, meemaw: 'The entire 11 years my MIL has used my whole name'

María Cetra

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35-year-old woman shares her chosen baby name with her 38-year-old sister, sister has her baby first and takes it, woman stands on principle and uses the name anyway: 'My sister is very annoyed that I followed through with the name'

Brad Dickson

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35-year-old Mom defends her child after her sister stole her name for her own twins: 'The 3 of them practically share a name'

Remy Millisky

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36-year-old new Dad texts list of rules for meeting his newborn baby: 'Please avoid... comparing him to other babies'

Remy Millisky

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Daughter-in-law told she's not ready to be a Mom because she can't drive

Remy Millisky

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Mother "fires" her own mother from babysitting her child after she goes behind her back and cancels free play classes: 'She describes it as chaos and insists that a walk around the block or a trip to the library is just as good'

Brad Dickson

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Update: 27-year-old Dad of 2-year-old ignores wife, leading to awkward meal with friends : 'He told me that I was overreacting and that it’s a normal part of parenting'

Remy Millisky

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28-year-old husband gives expensive stroller to sister-in-law: 'He said she needs it more than we do'

Remy Millisky

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27-year-old refuses to watch 22-year-old sister's baby: 'I am not his second parent'

Remy Millisky

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23-year-old wife demands 24-year-old husband take their 5, 3, 1, and 2-month-old children to school as he recovers from surgery: 'He looked at me like I was joking. I wasn't.'

Remy Millisky

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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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Mom questions etiquette of bringing 3-week-old newborn to childfree wedding: 'Newborns (to my mind) are basically nonexistent'

Remy Millisky

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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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Mother kicks entitled family out for gatecrashing her son's private birthday party and stealing food: 'That doesn't matter, my children want some food'

Brad Dickson

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Aunt met with indignation for taking her 11-year-old niece on 10 day vacation when her parents take 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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Parents charge young adult $87k in "back rent" they claim was accrued over 5 years of living with them: 'They don’t need the money, and I genuinely thought the “rent” was a budgeting exercise'

Brad Dickson

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