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Dad and stepmother insist 17-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter cut ties with dad's ex-girlfriend, with whom they have a deep connection: 'Me and my sister never got close to [my stepmother] like we did [with dad's ex-girlfriend]'

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Mom blames 17-year-old daughter for her divorce from teen's stepfather when the teen rejects her stepfather as a father, despite him being in her life since she was 10 years old: 'He told mom he couldn't live without being a parent'

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Mother draws backlash for telling her 15-year-old son that he couldn't take his stepmother to his mother-son football team event: 'She's not his mom, nor did she have the respect to call/text me and ask how I felt about it'

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18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

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32-year-old coworker demands that 25-year-old employee give her his scheduled PTO days so that she can vacation with her 2 young children, telling him it's more important for her cause she's a parent: 'It's not my responsibility to fix her mistake'

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Parents force to 19-year-old college student daughter to keep her Life360 tracking app turned on, she tells them that she is turning it off after they track her every movement: 'It's uncomfortable knowing that wherever I am, they're probably looking'

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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'

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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'

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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'

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Neighbor demands homeowner buy her 8-year-old son a new bike because her son left his bike in the homeowner's yard overnight and "ruined" it when his sprinklers turned on: 'She threatened to call the cops, and I said go ahead'

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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'

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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'

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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'

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18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

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17-year-old sets her mother and her mother's husband straight when they get upset at her for telling others that he isn't her dad: 'My mom's husband isn't my dad'

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Father refuses to offer financial support or inheritance to his illegitimate love child, his brother steps in to ensure the child is cared for: 'I have been personally sending money; I'll never let him hear the end of it'

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