Distant family members might not reach out to you for birthdays, but they will reach out when they need a big favor.

At this point, the couple should legally be entitled to the land they've paid to maintain. When you purchase a large sum of property, you assume the legal documents are correct. Forty years ago, a husband and wife purchased five acres of farmland from the previous owners. They've lived on the land for the past four decades, paying insurance and taxes on the land, even paying thousands of dollars to repair old buildings that were part of the property, only to find out it didn't belong to them. 

Something is really bugging this couple, and it's the name of their daughter. Specifically, the fact that she was named after a genus of cicada without the wife's knowledge. See, the husband is an entomologist (insect scientist) and made a suggestion for their daughter's name when the pair had run into complications with the previous name they were interested in. The problem is that when the husband made the name suggestion, he did so while withholding the fact that the name was actually a genu…

“It's YOUR wedding. Full stop.”

“You must fit into my childhood expectations"

Not every concertgoer buys their tickets in advance … Some people will wait until the very last minute to try and see their favorite artist. The price of concert tickets has never been higher, with prices regularly soaring into the triple or quadruple digits. Even for the worst seats with partially obstructed views, you can still expect to shell out a ton of money to see your favorite artist. In recent times, certain musical acts have become so popular that getting tickets to see them means wai…

We all know the famous phrase - “Money can't buy happiness”, and we all surely felt like this statement could not be far from the truth. Many things that make a person happy require money, so it's hard not to look at money as the source of one's happiness and contentment in life. But there still is more to life than just making money. For example, if all you do is make money, and you have no free time to actually spend that money in ways that make you happy, then what is the point of all your h…

To savor the fleeting periods of freedom between, you hustle throughout the year. It's a vacation here, a vacation there that helps us get through the trials of life. What would you do, then, if your manager abruptly declared that you were no longer qualified for vacation time after you had scheduled time off? The story below is an account of frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) has been thinking about her family vacation for the last six months. But as the departure date drew nearer,…

Customers want to think they're always right, but cashiers and retail workers know the truth. A lot of the time, the customer is just wrong. And nobody wants to be confronted with the fact that they've just thrown a petty fit over a minor issue , only to be proven totally wrong. Throwing a tantrum rarely solves your problems if you're older than five years old. When adults do it, it's majorly embarrassing. It gives us second-hand cringe to watch people get red in the face over minor issues, lik…

Family dynamics can be weird, even the ones you marry into.

Entitled people possess the uncanny ability to make things that have nothing to do with them completely about themselves, wielding their victim mentality to try and recruit sympathetic people to their cause in order to ultimately get things their way. This man's stepmother decided that his decision to name his child after his late mother was a slight against her, despite it having nothing to do with her and merely being an effort to honor his mother's memory.

Teens are some of the sassiest people on Earth. Just ask their parents! Teens are at an age where they're still considered kids, so they crave independence and freedom from their parents. But since they still rely on their parents for everything, they've still got to be home by 9 PM or take the trash to the curb each week. Since they're still young and learning, they often say or do things that are wildly sassy. Maybe you were like that as a teen, and if not, chances are you knew someone who wa…

Cruise ships: floating palaces packed with tourists and plague that light up the oceans and terrorize whatever small port they happen to land in. You'd have to consider yourself mighty important indeed to think that one of these floating fortresses would forestall its scheduled course in order to accommodate your unfortunately entitled person... Sure, let's leave 3999 people waiting while the 4000th takes their time making your way back to the dock according to their own time. Sure, it's a toug…

Tacky doesn't even begin to describe this aunt's wild behavior at her family member's home . If you visit your grandparents frequently, you get to know their house like the back of your hand. You probably cook with them or spend time lounging in their living room, and unexpected visits might be commonplace. But when a member of the family who keeps their distance suddenly shows up and tries to make themself at home, it's going to raise some eyebrows. This aunt was not even related to Grandma by…

This woman wonders if her magic-loving husband is about to do a disappearing act with all of their money. One woman took to Reddit to ask for advice on a really bizarre situation brewing between her, her husband, and his friend Chris. It's a doozy. She's been with her husband for 8 years, and they have two young kids together, supported only by his income. But now her husband is insisting on following his dreams, probably thanks to a new friend. Now, let's break this down a little, because by t…

The old man was warned! It's funny how in every family, there are certain events with each family member has a completely different recollection of the sequence of events. Sure, perspective is obviously a subjective phenomenon, but facts are also facts. In this case, this Redditor's father very clearly lost his own wrench, but the old man wound up convincing himself that his son was responsible. Of course, as with all recurring conversations within family dynamics, the son got frustrated by thi…