'You're not entitled to this spot!': Top Stories of Entitled Karens, Neighbors, and Family Members

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jan 1, 2024 2:00 PM EST

Now that the year has come to a close, let's look back at some of the most memorable stories of entitled people and their ridiculous tantrums. 

From a neighbor who claimed someone else's parking spot indefinitely to a sister-in-law's outlandish demand… from a former landlord's unnecessary request to a guy who ran off with his brother's ex … let's just say that 2023 was not short on entitled behavior. Hopefully, people remember what it is to be generous, or at the very least decent, next year.

These stories were compiled from Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit and were the most popular posts on this subreddit from this past year, and you'll see why. Keep scrolling below for the best reactions in the comments section. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this collection of stories where managers fired their employees for ridiculous reasons.

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  • 01

    #1: This neighbor who thinks she's entitled to OP's parking spot

    r/r/Entitled People Posted by u/Nagi Naoe101 Neighbor's mother wants my husband's parking spot permanently S Our car was stolen in June and then returned to us at the end of July. It's being worked on and my husband has had to tell our neighbor's mother who visits she can no longer park in our parking spot.
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  • 02
    All well and good until today when I am coming home from some errands. The lady is on our stoop asking for my husband and if there is a way he can extend her parking allowance in our spot.
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  • 03
    She explains she is moving into the townhouse next to us to help care for her grandkids and she sees that our car as a lost cause. She has said that us losing our car was great so she can park closer to the townhouse and not have to park on the street.
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  • 04
    What I told her and what my roommate/landlord has told her is thus, "the car is being returned and enstated in October and you have until then to make arrangements." This woman who I am assuming has NO SENSE of reality said the chances of our car ever working is nil and that we should just GIVE HER the parking spot. (Our townhouses have assigned parking and guest parking spots are adjacent)
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  • 05
    I told her she has to wait till my husband comes home and talk to him. She literally said she won't talk to him and will just take the spot whenever she wants regardless if we get our car working or not. (Car is currently at my husband's father's being worked on) I know it seems petty but I am considering calling a tow truck the next time she does this.
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  • 06
    UPDATE: Neighbor who is the son of the woman has gotten involved and sided with us on the matter. He also had told his mother to park in the guest parking spots from now on or do not come here at all. She also lied to me about moving in (big surprise). So far I was given a blessing if she does it again to call a tow truck. We did have someone park in our spot, but he asked if it was OK, he was part of a home inspection because one of our neighbors is selling his townhouse and was only there for
    via u/NagiNaoe101
  • 07

    #2: This woman who felt entitled to her sister-in-law's baby

    r/r/Entitled People Posted bv u/Angel6984 Entitled SIL wants custody of my baby S Background: Me (36f) SIL (40f) I've been married to her brother for over 10 years and there's always been some jealousy and resentment from her. She's always felt like I had the life she wanted, not necessarily with her brother, but the marriage, family, job stability etc. I have 3 kids 10f, 8m, 3 months female.
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  • 08
    She got married last year and they decided to start trying for a baby, but she was unfortunately told that she can't have children naturally. She was understandably devastated and the family comforted her as best as we could. We recently had a family dinner and in the middle of it she says "Angel698 I think it's really unfair that you got to have 3 kids and I can't have any. Your baby is my last chance to raise a child so I think you should give her to me during the week so I can create a mother
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  • 09
    Before I could respond the entire table erupted with everyone talking at once so I took my older kids upstairs. When I got back to the dining room her husband was asking what the is wrong with her and why would she even think to ask that. She was trying to justify herself when I asked them to leave. I also said that she's no longer welcomed at my house or around my children until she gets help. She started screaming that I don't deserve my life or my children and that I stole her baby from her.
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  • 10
    Her husband and MIL kept apologizing and dragged her out of the house still crying and screaming. Now my kids want to know why their aunt wants to take the baby. Edit: I've been reading the comments but it's too many to reply to so here are a few points.
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  • 11
    1. We have a security system and cameras already installed and no one has keys to our house 2. I will not be able to get a restraining order as this one incident isn't enough to justify it. 3. My husband and I spoke to the older kids about it the same night and we'll be having another talk with them to reinforce that SIL is not a safe person anymore. 4. Our country does not have the right to bear arms and I also have no interest in getting a 5. I'll be informing the school and daycare of the iss
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  • 12
    For those questioning the validity of the post I completely understand. If I had heard about this last week I wouldn't believe it either, but it's unfortunately the situation I'm currently dealing with.
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  • 13

    #3: This landlord who demanded to have OP's personal washer/dryer

    r/r/Entitled People . Posted by u/Ian_Moves_Out Entiled Ex LandLord Demand I Leave Behind The Washer And Dryer I Paid For. M Orignally I posted this on AITA. But someone said it might belong here. So yeah here it is. So for the past 2 years I 25m lived in a small apartment building. The apartment didn't have laundry room for the building when I moved in but did come with hooks up for a washer and dryer in the apartment so I to bought them myself because I work for a wildlife sanctuary and I get
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  • 14
    Just the other day I had to chase down and wrestle one of our wild boars Bacon (we didn't name him that he came with that name) who love to escape his pen and thinks it funny to play chase. I got me completely dirty. I was covered in grass stain and mud. So I very much need them.
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  • 15
    My boyfriend and I just got engaged, and since my lease was up, I moved into his house with him. I finished moving everything out of my old apartment yesterday, and I thought nothing about taking my washer and dryer with me as I had bought them. (My boyfriend had some, but they were old and kept breaking down and were costing too much to have fix.)
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  • 16
    Well I woke up this morning to mutiple miss called from My old landlord, I left my phone number and new address in case any mail was delivered to my old places. I called him back, and He asked me why the washer and dryer were gone. I explained that I took them with me
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  • 17
    He started freaking out, saying that he had put that the place had a washer and drying in the ad for the place. Apparently, I have raised the rent due to them. He started to demanding I bring them back because the new clients he has set up to move and had already signed the lease are not interested in the place without them. Even threaten to call the police if I don't take them back
    via u/Ian_Moves_Out
  • 18
    I got angry and told him that I would do no such thing, reminding him that they belonged to me. I bought them, and I still had the receipts from when I bought them. As well as text from him when I moved that explaining I was buying them myself. He again threatens to call the police. I told him to do it and see what happened and hung up at that point.
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  • 19
    Personally, I don't think I'm in the wrong. I bought them and they weren't cheap so I feel I have the right to take them. My boyfriend is on my side, but today, the co- worker said they think I the for not telling the landlord I was taken them. In my opinion, that should have been obvious. I paid for them why I would leave them.
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  • 20
    Well my landlord went through with calling the police. Because the next day they showed up today. Honestly, nothing really note worthy happened. I explain to them what was going on and show them the reicpt for the washer and dryer as well as the text from the landlord I had from when I told him I was buying them the cops took my statement and left. My boyfriends father is a lawyer, and he is going to be contacting my landlord and sorting everything out. He advised me not to respond to said landl
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  • 21

    #4: This brother

    r/r/Entitled People Posted by u/throwaway6789123451 My brother slept with and ran off with my ex and now wants an invite to my wedding, getting my parents uninvited in the process M For the record, I tried posting this 3 days ago but my account was too new. I(24m) wasn't even going to make a post about this, but my brother, who I'll call Turk(25m), made 4 posts about it, so I thought I should share my side of the story. I'll use the same names he did for the sake of simplicity. My fiance is "Mar
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  • 22
    A little over 5 years ago, my brother started dating Maria, my (now) fiance. 3 months after they started dating, they set me up with her (now ex) best friend, Jen. The 4 of us did a lot together since the girls were best friends. Turk and Maria dated for a year, and Jen and I dated for 9 months. At the end of our relationship, I came home early and found Turk and Jen having in my bed. After I processed the situation, I called Maria because I'd want to know if I was in her place. She came over, a
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  • 23
    They dumped us, and I found out 2 days later, started dating each other. It broke me. I came home to find my brother my girlfriend only to run off with her. I had to move back in with my parents. It was infuriating because they kept talking about how happy Turk and Jen were. Throughout the next couple of months, Maria and I started talking. We were two people in similar situations, and we found some comfort in each other.4 months after we got dumped, Maria and I officially started dating. 6 mont
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  • 24
    Anyway, moving on to now. Maria and I are engaged and getting married in September. My parents were invited until my mom called me and threatened to not come if I didn't invite Turk. I told her to not bother coming regardless. In my mother's eyes, Turk can do no wrong. When he I and started dating my ex, I told my parents everything he did and my mom tried defending him. Our relationship isn't the greatest but it was somewhat decent. After I uninvited my parents (I only uninvited my mom but my d
    via u/throwaway6789123451
  • 25
    Like I said before, Turk posted about this situation here on reddit aswell and apparently my parents told him that Maria and I were getting married and that started this whole thing of them getting uninvited. He's stopped calling me but he's blowing up my phone with texts begging me to re-invite my parents and possibly give him an invite. So yeah, I just wanted to get my side out there.
    via u/throwaway6789123451
  • 26

    #5: One more Karen parking tale!

    r/r/Entitled People . Posted by u/QuailPuzzled1286 Middle aged Karen parked in the mother parking spot and confronted me about how I'm not entitled to it?!?! S Hey there this happened yesterday at my local Loblaws. Most grocery stores here in Canada have a few "expectant mother's" parking spaces that are intended for pregnant women, or parents with babies to use. They are generally closer to the door usually beside the handicapped spaces or cart carrel.
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  • 27
    I am currently 7 months pregnant and was following a Lexus into the parking lot and I planned to use one of these spaces, the Lexus ahead of me took this space. I didn't think much of it and parked about 4-5 spaces down from it. As I'm walking into the store the woman in the Lexus, mid 60's, saw that I was very visibly pregnant and says "oh I'm so sorry I didn't realize" and laughed at me.
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  • 28
    I'm hormonal and it probably wasn't necessary but I responded with "you're obviously not that sorry since you parked in a spot you shouldn't have!" She proceeded to get about a foot from me and scream at me “.. you, you're not entitled to this spot" I was caught off guard and started crying (not proud of this but the hormones are intense sometimes)
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  • 29
    Thankfully bystanders don't like it when people yell and physically intimidate a pregnant lady and about 5 people came over to rip her a new one. Telling her she's way out of line and I'm the only person they see who is entitled to the space. One gentleman (my hero)actually called her a Karen she got back into her car and left.
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  • 30
    I just don't understand why she felt the need to confront me, did she think apologizing for her intentionally behaviour would make her look less like a Karen? Like I wasn't going to say anything I just assumed she needed it because she had a baby or whatever, but she didn't. So that's my crazy Karen story, mild compared to most here but it was honestly scary.
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