family drama

Mother-in-law schedules Christmas party 3 days before her daughter-in-law’s, with the same guests, starting a festive standoff over who gets to host the family celebration, pushing the 53-year-old wife to boycott the dinner

Etai Eshet

Mom forces 19-year-old daughter to use her $7000 of scholarship money to buy her grandma a new trailer home: 'She says she will pay me back, but I don't trust her.'

Emmy Pratt

Dad promises 14-year-old son a Japan trip if he maintains a 3.5 GPA and saves $3000 by the time he's 18, reneges on offer after he maintains a 3.7 GPA and saves $5000: 'Let's do a road trip somewhere in the US instead.'

Emmy Pratt

28 Relatable Posts for the Siblings Forced to Share a Room Over the Holidays

Isabella Penn

'She asked me if I would pick her daughter up every Friday and babysit until 8 p.m.': Mom shuts down ex-husband and his mistress after they demand free childcare for his affair partner’s kid

Isabella Penn

‘She submitted paperwork claiming she’d raised me’: Estranged aunt Linda shows up at her niece’s home after vanishing for 12 years, demanding she lie to help her get a caregiver credit government program money, but the niece refuses

Etai Eshet

New mother refuses to lend money to help her in-laws fix their car, claims she needs to provide for her newborn, husband takes his parents' side: ‘He has held a grudge’

Bar Mor Hazut

34-year-old places a lien on her brother’s house after he and his wife refuse to repay the $85,000 she gave them, and ban her from Thanksgiving in the kitchen she funded: ‘I've been helping them financially for years’

Etai Eshet

17-year-old goes on a girls trip with besties, only to discover her father having a romantic dinner with another woman: '[He] begged me not to tell my mom'

Ben Weiss

Mom lashes out at daughter after she uninvites her from family Christmas when she plans to bring her live-in boyfriend of 1 month: 'She makes horrible life decisions'

Ally Perry

Son-in-law makes wood-fired pizza from scratch, in-laws say they've "already eaten" and will microwave it later, he throws it in the trash instead: 'That's a deliberate middle finger'

JR Atkinson

Entitled mother tries to change the itinerary of her child's 3-week dream trip to Germany into something she wants instead, child tells her to get over it or get out: ‘Get on for the ride or not come at all’

Lana DeGaetano

Couple with 7 shared children clash when the husband disowns 2 of his kids and tries to rewrite their will so his remaining son inherits a larger portion of their estate, but his wife refuses: ‘I want our will to provide our shared children equally’

Etai Eshet

Entitled monster-in-law gets called out by illustrator for trying to make her daughter-in-law look "ugly" in family Christmas portrait: 'She immediately asked for a full refund and accused me of ruining her Christmas gift'

Ben Weiss

‘I've been covering $3,000 of his expenses every single month’: 28-year-old sister shuts down her dad’s dinner toast, revealing she’s been secretly paying her brother’s bills for 18 months after her dad calls her lazy, praises him as the family success

Etai Eshet

Mom locks her 19-year-old daughter’s $50,000 inheritance into a 5-year savings account to keep it safe from reckless purchases: ‘Her boyfriend was spending the money’

Etai Eshet