The holiday season might be just around the corner, but this family does not have much to celebrate these days. After the 17-year-old daughter of the family managed to convince her parents to let her go on a trip with some friends, her father mentioned that he would be on a “business trip” in the same city that weekend and could check in on her. Well, it turns out that she needed to be checking in on him because, on the final night of the trip, the Redditor went out to dinner with her friends,…

Having fun with money is the easy part, but saving it and spending it wisely can take a lifetime to learn. No matter how much money you make , it may never quite seem like enough. There are so many bills to pay! Gas, electric, water, car payment, mortgage, rent, groceries… the list goes on and on. That's why it's nice to have a little treat every now and then, to take away the sting of giving away your hard-earned paycheck to strangers. Maybe you get a $7 latte or a $60 new outfit. However, som…

Fighting fire with fire.

Up next, read about how this snow shoveller got some excellently petty revenge on a neighbor who stole their parking spot, writing that they “must have poured about ten gallons of water on his car .”

One older sister has ruined her own chances of getting cheap gifts this year. She could've easily gotten some excellent prices through her younger sister's job, but she insisted on being impolite. Some people, like the older sister in this story, think that retail work isn't “hard work." That couldn't be further from the truth! Of course working at a store is a real job, and employees might even break a sweat while working. There are clothes to fold, customers to assist, boxes to unpack, floors…

It's never fun when you have a guest who acts like she's the host. It takes a particular kind of human being to have that mentality during a family gathering, but if there's any event that attracts this type of personality, it's most certainly Thanksgiving. Here , we have an entitled sister-in-law who insisted on making a number of Thanksgiving dishes despite the fact that the Redditor expressed a desire to take the lead, as she was the host after all. On top of this tension going into the day,…

Cook for yourself, then!

Happy Turkey Day —I hope you're already stuffing your face with turkey and mashed potatoes! No matter what food you're serving up on Thanksgiving Day , the important thing is who you're sharing it with. Maybe you're the one who cooks, and dozens of relatives show up to bring side dishes, share family news, and watch the football game. Or maybe you're the one going to a parent or aunt or uncle's home, bringing a side dish of your own and joining your cousins in a sports game outside. Some folks…

Memories are a funny thing in that each memory is shaped and reformed every time you recall it, making them easily susceptible to suggestion. Essentially, every time you recall a memory, you destabilize it and partially “destroy” it with your brain, then completing a process called reconsolidation to re-store it with your current thoughts and emotions added. As a brief tangent, this one one of the reasons why witness testimony is so problematic. This fluidity and fallibility of memory and abili…

This mom isn't 100% sure that she's doing the right thing here. After her son ate an inordinate amount of pizza, she turned to the internet to steer her in the right direction. After that, read about the ridiculous requests that hotel guests had, like one guest who “demanded a room upgrade because ‘their aura didn’t vibe' with the one they booked.”

This person has a serious chip on their shoulder about their wife's debt issue. Right off the bat, the topic of debt can make people really jumpy. No one likes to talk about what happens when you keep spending because it's fun, only to realize that you're sinking deeper and deeper into debt. As the debt balloons, it makes you sad, and that makes you want a little treat. The cycle continues, and it can be difficult to break. But with the right support and a good plan in place, there's still hope…

After saving up for a trip for ages, this family suddenly realized that had a few unwanted guests trying to tag along. No one ever said it'd be easy to plan a family trip ! There are so many details that go into bringing a trip to fruition. Step one, though, is usually knowing who is going on your trip. This person, u/Altruistic_North1050, thought they were planning an 8-day trip with their husband and two kids , but then her sister-in-law got involved. It would seem that the husband's side of…

Regardless of whether or not you've achieved immaterial enlightenment or are neck deep in the current iteration of the social-media-fueled consumerist frenzy, it's more than likely that you possess things that are your favorite. Chances are these items have some sort of sentimental value—a keepsake from a loved one or photographs that are irreplaceable despite having no measurable value. They may have some monetary value, too, regardless of whether or not you'd ever want to sell them. Heck, may…

It really should go without saying that you can't just go around renaming people just because you don't like their name for some reason. Even if—no, especially if—that person is a foster kid under your care. Some things like this are so outrageously laughable and out-of-pocket that they would be silly if they weren't so cruel… This 16-year-old foster child found himself facing hostility from his new foster family's extended family, who apparently came to the decision that his name, “Nico,” was…

They left her everything for a reason.

Now that Thanksgiving is around the corner, it's time to prepare yourself for some dad jokes. Perhaps your father is inclined to make the cheesiest, most cringeworthy remarks around the dinner table every year. If that's the case, then you need to start bracing yourselves now (mentally, emotionally, and spiritually). Or perhaps you're the Dad in this situation, and you're looking for some new jokes you found online to recite as your own to your kids with the hopes of earning even the slightest…