family drama

22-year-old adoptee in France gets contacted by an alleged bio-brother who pushes for money and other favors, and gets blocked after escalating demands: ‘It’s not okay to ask for money after 2 days’

Etai Eshet

16-year-old demands his divorced parents show up to his school competition together despite them being no contact, his step parents get involved and refuse to let relative spouse see the other: 'I always wished they could go to the same thing'

Briana Viser

14-year-old shortens her name to mirror her late mother's name, only for her father, who encouraged the name change prior, to forbid it when he remarries a jealous woman: 'She wanted that extra connection to her mom'

Lana DeGaetano

16-year-old quits photography class after his parents force his 14-year-old sister and 12-year-old brother to join it too: 'I'm not allowed to do anything with friends or go anywhere without my siblings'

Emmy Pratt

‘I want him to feel at home’: Sister demands brother allow her dog to sleep in his room while he is staying in her apartment, he refuses, family takes sister's side

Bar Mor Hazut

Unemployed 28-year-old lives on his dad's farm rent-free, assumes he'll be able to move into his brother's house after their dad kicks him out: 'I can't see him homeless, but I can't take him in either.'

Emmy Pratt

She texts me from random numbers asking for money’: Man cuts contact with narcissistic mother after she racks up nearly $50k in credit card debt in his stepfather's name, gets into a screaming match with his wife, and irresponsibly purchases an $1800 dog

Lana DeGaetano

Bride's sister refuses to give up her vacation days to do "unpaid maid of honor duties" before the wedding, bride accuses her of choosing a trip over family: 'I love my sister, but I also love not burning myself out.'

Ely Bulnes

34-year-old husband tasked with watching his kids for 20 minutes while his wife makes dinner, chaos ensues: 'I do this all day by myself AND work'

Ben Weiss

Maid-of-honor asks bride to 'tone down' her wedding dress because she 'doesn't want to be overshadowed': 'She went quiet and then said it was “too revealing”'

JR Atkinson

'4 people could easily kick in $6 a month': Mooching sister-in-law hands out her family's Netflix password to all of her college roommates, so her brother's wife kicks her out of the account

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Our honeymoon cabin is just for us': 26-year-old little sister demands a room in her brother's honeymoon cabin to recover from plastic surgery, but her future sister-in-law forbids the imposition

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I'm not coming back': Nanny with dog allergies pretends to quit to make a point to family when they get new puppy, she gets a taste of reality when they replace her

Briana Viser

Divorced parents refuse to be in the same room as each other and their new partners, even if it means missing their 16-year-old son's competition: ‘I want mom AND dad’

Lana DeGaetano

Man banishes his mother-in-law from his family home after she digs through their trash and confronts his wife about their infertility struggles: ‘[It’s] none of her business'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Lana DeGaetano