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'If I hand it over, he'll avoid working for even longer': 24-year-old stands his ground after unemployed brother asks for a $1,000 loan to pay rent despite refusing to get a job

I totally understand that hunger can be nerve-wracking, especially when you’re seeing everybody else eat except you, but manners exist for a reason, and that reason is belonging. When a restaurant delays your order long enough, you start to feel that if you leave, you’d wasted all the time you already spent waiting, but at the sa

Man gets tired of waiting, cancels his order at restaurant, goes looking for other food while fiancé and family are still eating, and now they are angry at him: ‘Can you please wait for 20mins. I said wow’

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40-year-old man refuses to babysit his sister’s gentle-parented kids, and she calls him “selfish” and a “terrible person”: ‘I don’t want them causing chaos to my family’s peaceful life’

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‘I feel very alone sometimes, I pay for both of our living expenses’: 58-year-old divorced dad demands the same financial support from his daughter that she gives her mom, despite barely contributing to her upbringing or education

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Dad goes two months without meeting his newborn grandkid, then plans an unannounced visit, and daughter considers letting him drive hours to an empty house: ‘He can’t remember my kids’ names'

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Sister-in-law steals from relatives, refuses to return $90 DVD set until confronted by parents: 'Every time they come for dinner, something is missing'

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22-year-old Gets First Job, Parents Demand She Contributes $3000 a Month to Their Mortgage

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Expecting mom receives baby shower gifts, protests when sister demands to use them for her baby: 'I would like our baby to be the first one to use her presents'

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Do we get married to please family and friends? I don’t think the concept of marriage is independent of gatherings and celebrations; the origins of marriage as a ceremony are directly linked to community, family, and groups. It was originally a celebration precisely orchestrated within society and a ritual that symbolized a passage from one role inside it

A couple gets secretly engaged, then secretly married, and ends up disappointing their loved ones when they eventually find out: ‘From our perspective, we didn't do it to exclude anyone or because we don't love our families and friends’

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Fiancée walks out of birthday dinner when brother-in-law won't stop talking about her partner's ex: 'I tried to set a boundary'

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Wife spends $10,000 hosting husband's unemployed sister for 3 months after she books the trip without asking, husband calls her "cheap" when she sets a spending limit for future visits: 'I’ve started feeling resentful towards this setup.'

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Money is a sensitive topic Maybe this will only be understood by people who have gone through a hard time economically. The woman who posted this story mentioned growing up with financial stress, and I can relate. Some people react to that financial instability growing up by becoming super cautious and responsible with money, and others do exactly the opposite; they become extreme spenders and compensate by spending all they couldn't spend while they were growing up. Paradoxically, the second a

20-year-old woman exposes her 21-year-old sister by saying she always pays for everything: ‘She got upset and said she never knew I thought like that, and maybe I should start taking money from her’

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Retired Dad moves 10 hours away from daughter, then demands she and her family travel to visit him, daughter refuses: ‘We have a 1.5-year-old who hates driving’

I don’t know how I feel about this story because I think an innocent person is paying for somebody else’s mistakes. The resolution here is clear: What should be drying the countertop should be one of the boyfriend’s belongings, but I don’t think the brother is seeing things clearly.

24-year-old man uses his sister's towel to clean the sink’s countertop in revenge for her boyfriend always leaving it wet: ‘I just get her towel and dry the sink (and floor if he lets it get wet too) with it’

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37-year-old refuses to take over $40K Parent PLUS loan her father took out without her knowledge 20 years ago, sister dismisses her $400-a-month concern: ‘Figure it out’

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Retail manager owns business with brother, demands to buy him out when he starts micromanaging: 'He's been really disrespectful'