family dynamics

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘She's literally holding [grandmother's] things hostage’: Aunt convinces her aging mother to sign over the deed to her house before she passes, then isolates anyone in the family who opposes her

Lana DeGaetano

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Overbearing parents insist college-bound teen to keep her Life360 location on so they can see what she's doing at all times, teen wants to disable the feature so she can stop feeling surveilled: ‘They're a bit overbearing and controlling about where I go’

Lana DeGaetano

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Licensed builder replaces mother-in-law's roof without a written contract, and she fails to pay them the $18,800 they are rightfully owed: ‘She comes up with excuses and gives the runaround every time I talk to her about payment’

Lana DeGaetano

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Concerned mother refuses to financially support her daughter's acting aspirations in Los Angeles for a year, despite paying for her other children's college expenses: ‘We agreed to support our kids through college’

Lana DeGaetano

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Man's family undertakes 5-year-old daughter of their late housekeeper, but man refuses to let her live rent-free in their family home almost 20 years later: ‘She still lives in that house, but I want to sell it now’

Lana DeGaetano

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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'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old rejects his stepmother and her family after they treated him like an outsider since he was 5 years old, despite his dad's demands that he consider them family: 'I was left out and they were angry I was even there'

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old gets forced out of the house by his parents for telling his 15-year-old sister that she is their favorite child: 'Sometimes they just let my sister choose what we should do for my birthday'

Brad Dickson

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20-year-old daughter stops contributing time and effort toward her physically impaired granddad after her family lazily and solely relies on her to be his caretaker, despite her being a full-time college student: ‘I don’t think it’s fair’

Lana DeGaetano

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Update: 16-year-old discovers that her father has taken $300 cash from savings jar on top of the rising rent that he has been charging her, her boss agrees to help her: 'He said that since I’m his daughter, he’s entitled to the money I make'

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old forced to babysit stepmother's kids for 6 hours on his day off, he leaves the house instead, forcing the stepmother to cancel her plans: 'She was trying to guilt-trip me about canceling'

Brad Dickson

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‘It is not my responsibility to fund someone else's child’: Self-supporting woman refuses to make monthly financial contributions to her brother and his pregnant wife, her mother ostracizes her as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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28-year-old freeloader brother expects successful sibling to let him live rent-free in their apartment while they're abroad, then gets their parents to pressure them, too: ‘He acts like it's already decided’

Lana DeGaetano

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17-year-old refuses to invite her stepmother to her graduation party, leading to the resurfacing of older disagreements in the family: '[Her dad is] threatening not to show up at all if [her stepmother] isn’t welcome'

Brad Dickson

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Adult grandchild cooks Thanksgiving meal for their grandmother after other family members claim they can't make it to dinner, then family drops in day-of to dine and dash: ‘My grandmother and I barely had anything left for a full meal’

Lana DeGaetano

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