sibling rivalry

19-year-old discovers his mother lied and concealed his existence from his biological father, the truth tears his family apart: '[The truth] has ruined my relationship with mom and my parents' marriage is done'

Brad Dickson

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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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36-year-old gamer brother argues he shouldn't have to pay rent while living with his 34-year-old sister and husband after he has already been kicked out of various other family members' homes: 'I practically laughed at him and told him absolutely not'

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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'

Brad Dickson

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Bride refuses to let her fiancé give his 26-year-old sister $10k for the sister's wedding out of their own wedding budget that they saved for 5 years: 'I’m not about to let him throw $10k at someone'

Brad Dickson

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Younger sister gets the ultimate digital karma from her older sis with email spam: 'I ended up putting her email into almost 50 different newsletters and subscriptions to bog up her email.'

Christiana Maimone

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Parents and 20-year-old brother insist that 18-year-old university student give $2700 of her own savings for her school to her brother to pay for his rent debt: ‘He owes $2,700 in rent and my mom expects me to cover it’

Brad Dickson

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17-year-old wonders if she's wrong for not letting her 14-year-old “horse girl” sister ride in her car since she refuses to ever take off her dirty cowboy boots: ‘I woke up at 6 am to catch the bus for my first 2 years of high school'

Brad Dickson

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Brother and sister-in-law name their baby an identical "matching" name to couple's already-born baby, forcing them to change their baby's name: 'We'd pretend to keep the original name until there was zero risk of SIL changing my nephew's name'

Brad Dickson

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Dad demands 16-year-old daughter replace 16-year-old stepbrother's expensive noise-cancelling headphones after she intentionally breaks them, wife and daughter think he's being unfair: 'I don’t think you get to break someone’s stuff and not pay for it'

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Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Brad Dickson

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Parents force 18-year-old on vacation to Africa to reconnect with his heritage and family, he brings his PS4 with him on the trip and complains the entire time: '[They] forced me into something I was clear I didn’t want'

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Update: Parents ask 30-year-old to donate $15,000 that she didn't know she had to her 22-year-old brother for his schooling: 'I’d turned down opportunities because no help was available. I just wish I’d known'

Brad Dickson

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Brother and sister-in-law demand 17-year-old sister watch their 2-month-old newborn baby for a full day so they can attend a wedding: 'My brother was visibly annoyed and started ranting to my family '

Brad Dickson

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"Unschooling" aunt hires 23-year-old niece to tutor her homeschooled 13 and 9-year-old children, doesn't like it when she's told that she's the problem: ‘She started crying, said she didn’t feel very supported, and hung up’

Brad Dickson

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Mom gets mad at uncle for enforcing the rules of his house with her 11-year-old son while the boy is staying with him and not letting him keep his PS5 in his room, and making him share with his cousins: 'He just didn't want to share the system'

Brad Dickson

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