boundaries

Student tries to set boundaries with roommate who oversteps with her time and belongings, stands firm despite tension: 'I’m learning to say no without feeling guilty'

Cata Holmes

24-year-old couple move out of household with close friends who don't pay or clean, sneakily takes the roommate's neglected cat with them: '[We wrapped] him in a blanket so they won't know.'

Celeste Mello

‘I went behind her back’: Cat-sitter makes executive decision to take kitty for emergency treatment, cat owner accuses her of overstepping boundaries

Blake Seidel

28-year-old boyfriend unoficially moves in to his gf's apartment rent-free, roommate makes him pay up: '[It's not] fair for me to pay the same'

Celeste Mello

Yes-man finally says 'no,' following his girlfriend's advice to stop being a pushover when she demands he dogsit for 8 days

Jesse Kessenheimer

18-year-old forbids 13-year-old sister from coming over to her house after she cut her doll's hair: 'She’s old enough to know right from wrong and this was unforgivable.'

Emmy Pratt

Tenant forced to change apartment locks after discovering friend made copies of his keys while cat-sitting, friend insists it was for his safety: ‘You don't trust me’

Bar Mor Hazut

'I don’t see the issue if he’s just in my room': Woman refuses to let roommate’s on-again, off-again boyfriend stay rent-free in their apartment while her roommate travels, after she gives him a spare key to "feed the cat"

Emma Saven

Mom insists her 20-year-old daughter living at home share her finances with her, lectures her on her spending: 'You want freedom to spend your money without your mom's meddling? Move out.'

Emmy Pratt

Helicopter-mom demands access to daughter's college emails as a way to "check on things", when her daughter refuses, she guilt-trips her over paying for college and all the years spent raising her: 'I feel that there is a line for what I owe her'

Emma Saven

Woman gets fired on the spot for getting entitled coworker arrested for stealing her $1800 ergonomic office chair: 'He refused. So I called the cops'

Ely Bulnes

31-year-old IT professional refuses to be family’s unpaid tech support any longer, starts invoicing relatives with a “Family Tech Menu” of fees for his help, sparking backlash from entire family: 'You're turning into a landlord for computers'

Emma Saven

Thanksgiving host puts holiday dinner tradition on hold after family starts treating her home like a free hotel: 'You're ruining Thanksgiving for everyone'

Ely Bulnes

'My daughters aren't thieves!' Dad stands up for teenage daughter's privacy, refuses to unlock her door until intrusive cousins move out

Ely Bulnes

6-year-old Thanksgiving tradition put on hold when woman refuses to cook or share recipes after husband's family disparages her cooking: 'Don't bite the hand that feeds'

Ely Bulnes

Woman turns table on boss by refusing to work weekends despite pressure from him and coworkers: 'They really hyped up the work life balance'

Ely Bulnes