family drama

16-year-old boy defends younger sister against uncle's unrelenting teasing, mom bans him from the family vacation: “This is about you being mean to your niece because her dad isn't home”

Ely Bulnes

Estranged father’s wife demands money he sent to his 21-year-old daughter, claiming her children deserve it: ‘This woman said I was selfish and entitled, and I stole from her kids’

Etai Eshet

Estranged father demands son allow him to see his grandson, son agrees only if dad's new wife stays out of it, dad refuses: ‘You're trying to keep him away from me’

Bar Mor Hazut

40-year-old father and teacher leaves 15-year-old daughter's musical early, family refuses to go to the musical at the school where he works: ‘He had not bothered to sit through his own daughter's [performance]’

Brad Dickson

‘Unhinged’ mother-in-law cancels engaged couple's honeymoon hotel reservation, lies to save face, then gets disinvited from their wedding: ‘My heart doesn’t wanna see her for the next five years’

Lana DeGaetano

Soon-to-be dad tells estranged family to get lost after they try to weasel back into his life solely because he and his wife have a kid on the way: ‘Where were they when I needed them?’

Lana DeGaetano

Ex-wife chastises father for not comforting 15-year-old daughter more after she stole her 16-year-old stepsister's heirloom necklace: 'Any more comforting would be coddling, and she needs to learn from this'

Brad Dickson

Grandma sneaks off with her 6-month-old grandchild to get a secret baptism against the parents' will, loses babysitting rights as soon as Mom and Dad find out: ‘She had no right to take my child anywhere without telling me’

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Suddenly I owned 50% of my parent's apartment': 24-year-old inherits property after his estranged bio father passes, claiming what's his after a lifetime of being sidelined by his mother's favoritism for his half-brother

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘The house is in shambles’: Stepson poorly renovates a home his stepmom fixed up for him, so she gives her bio children bigger homes and refuses to satisfy his request for a better house

Lana DeGaetano

19-year-old aunt gets pressured into babysitting sister's kids while sister goes on vacation, she refuses, leading sister to cancel the trip altogether: ‘You ruined my trip’

Bar Mor Hazut

Single dad berates his 15-year-old son's 17-year-old girlfriend after he finds them together after he forbade them from dating until his son's grades improved: 'If I ever catch you two together again, it won't be pretty for either of you'

Emmy Pratt

After opposing daughter's destination wedding, mom comes around and pays for a luxury family trip to the location, daughter becomes suspicious: 'She's trying to upstage my wedding'

Bar Mor Hazut

‘I’m not his personal ATM’: 35-year-old brother accuses young sister of ruining his life when she refuses to fund his "lifestyle" because it’s his "artistic journey"

Etai Eshet

22-year-old niece demands $50k from uncle for extravagant destination wedding after he says he'll "help" to pay for it: 'I sat them down and said I’d contribute $15,000, which I thought was a pretty generous amount. But they both seemed really upset'

Brad Dickson

20-year-old sister agrees to take custody of her 11, 12, and 14-year-old siblings, enrages their dad who's forcing his 2nd wife into the mother role: 'The best place for them is with two parents'

Emmy Pratt