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Widowed stepmother of 5 and 7-year-old boys refuses to be the legal guardian of her sister's kids if anything ever happened to her and her husband: 'I can't handle 2 more traumatized children, not tomorrow, not in a year, never again.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad fakes sick for 2 months to avoid going to work, blames mom for them not having enough money to buy their 15-year-old daughter a new iPhone: 'I am also unable to work because my youngest is 6 months old'

Emmy Pratt

Entitled mom throws an unwanted gender reveal party for her pregnant daughter and doesn't even invite her, then steals her pregnancy announcement and tells the whole family behind her back: ‘That’s right! We’re having a girl!’

Jesse Kessenheimer

25-year-old feels guilty hiding girlfriend from dad because she's a single mom to her 4-year-old son: 'She says she feels like I'm ashamed of them'

Ally Perry

Dad makes 17-year-old's room into guest room, takes offence when he doesn't want to sleep on air mattress during exam week: 'During school, I'm exhausted'

Ally Perry

Husband secretly supports his mother with 50% of his salary, then begs her best friend not to tell her when they find out the truth, drama ensues: ‘He needs to come clean’

Jesse Kessenheimer

34 Side-Splitting Dad Memes for Fathers Flexing Their Funny Bone

Briana Viser

13-year-old lies about his mom having a new boyfriend so that his dad will take full custody of him, dad doesn't find out about lie until months later: 'She wasn't dating anyone and my son had lied about her mother no longer wanting him at home'

Emmy Pratt

Expecting dad asks his 38-year-old stepmom if he and his girlfriend can move into her unfinished basement for the first 3 years of their baby's life so they don't have to pay rent and she can babysit: 'I laughed'

Emmy Pratt

Aunt refuses to host future family events after her unruly 5-year-old nieces and nephews destroy an irreplaceable heirloom, entitled parents continue to push for ‘family-friendly’ gatherings: '[My] house isn't a daycare'

Jesse Kessenheimer

16-year-old eats half of 14-year-old cousin's $140 birthday cake before the party, doesn't get invited back the next year, mom refuses to step in: ‘[The cake] cost me around $140’

Brad Dickson

Dad insists 31-year-old immigrant daughter sends him $30000 to repay debt, snubs her and her husband when she refuses: 'I used to send 75% of my salary home to support my family'

Ally Perry

40-year-old Dad loses it at entitled MIL after she refuses to let her 10-year-old grandson wear the glasses his eye doctor confirmed he needs: 'Oh, you don't need those!'

Ben Weiss

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (May 6, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Mom plays favorites with her identical twin daughter's late sister, then the 24-year-old sets the lies straight after her mother paints her as the ‘evil twin’ in front of her future in-laws: ‘[Mom] pretends she was an angel who lit up our lives’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Child refuses to attend grandmother's funeral because she didn't treat them like a ‘real grandchild’, then calls father out on hypocrisy when he remembers her as a good person: ‘She treated us with a lot of toxicity’

Lana DeGaetano