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17-year-old forced by mother and stepfather to spend his inheritance on his step-siblings: 'The money is a lot. Like I could [easily] be debt-free going to college […] My mom knew about the money but can not access it.'

Brad Dickson

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Entitled grandmother reaches out to daughter after being estranged for 20 years to meet newborn: 'She suddenly wants to play grandma? I was so angry!'

Ben Weiss

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’He was never around me enough for me to care about him’: 15-year-old son decides to move away with mother without saying goodbye to his estranged father and half-siblings

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old stepdaughter lays claim to stepmother's heirloom bracelet, says she already considers it to be hers after being told she couldn't have it: '[She] later told my husband I was treating her like she wasn’t family, and now he’s on her side too'

Brad Dickson

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26-year-old single mother demands to stay in in her 17-year-old sister's college dorm room with her and her roommate: 'Plus, a baby crying all night in a shared dorm?'

Brad Dickson

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15-year-old commanded by stepmother and father to sign a "family contract" declaring devotion to their new blended family: 'They want us to not only accept the wedding but to accept each other as family and commit to being close'

Brad Dickson

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‘She is a sad excuse for a mom’: Pregnant daughter ‘cuts ties’ with mother after she refuses to watch her grandchild during multiple family emergencies

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom demands 21-year-old daughter covers her rent debt to keep her from getting kicked out, daughter refuses to help: ‘It's not my responsibility’

Bar Mor Hazut

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21-year-old woman helps her mother by shaming 11-year-old kid sister into cleaning her room, saddened to find their relationship changed: 'My sister now hates me, but if it makes Mum’s life easier, I can live with that'

Brad Dickson

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30-year-old refuses to trade vacation days with 35-year-old coworker for her family trip: 'Just because I don’t have kids doesn’t mean my time off is any less valuable'

Ben Weiss

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8-year-old son refuses to accept dad's new fiancée and attempts to sabotage their relationship, leading fiancée to consider canceling the wedding: 'Is it worth it to marry him?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Now I’m coming for you': 27-year-old homeowner defends her father against a condescending HOA, transforming into an honorable Karen after they disrespect him

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Entitled sister-in-law demands her 10-year-old gets first pick at weekly family dinner party, brother-in-law snaps and puts her in her place: ‘[I used] my thundering voice’

Elna McHilderson

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17-year-old daughter refuses to apologize to divorced parents for protesting their divorce when she was 7 years old: ‘[Mom] said I was a manipulative child who used tears to get her own way...’

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old tells dad's ex-girlfriend that she doesn't want to see her 6-year-old daughter anymore: 'Her daughter really liked me and saw me as her sister and she's sad she never sees me now'

Brad Dickson

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Jealous stepmother throws out all of 18-year-old's mother's things, teen rescues them from the trash sparking confrontation: 'She tried to get the police involved and accused me of stealing'

Brad Dickson

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