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Haven’t we all done something like this in high school? Pretending to really like a band for someone to notice us, becoming a skater to belong in a group, dyeing our hair because our crush likes blondes…OK, I might have gone too personal there, but this is an example of the same type of behaviour. Instead of about a crush, it’s about a father-in-law’s approval. In the end, it’s all the same, a never-ending search for love. I'm feeling romantic today, lol.

Man spends 4 years pretending to have an obsession with a very niche hobby just to get his father-in-law's approval: 'For the first year, we sat in agonizing silence during every family gathering. I was desperate'

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Widowed mom plans to marry her boss 4 years after losing her husband, her 15-year-old son explodes weeks before the wedding and gives her an ultimatum: cancel it or lose him

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When your family thinks you're too young to demand your own bed The practical explanation might be simple: ‘They’re the youngest, they’re more flexible, they’ll manage’. Sometimes, when you are the youngest sibling, you’re forced to remain in a babyfied position. This is probably not on purpose; it’s just a way of functioning that got stuck when you were a baby.

24-year-old youngest sister refuses to go on family vacation due to sleeping arrangements: 'Since I am the youngest sibling, I have to put up with whatever option was the most inconvenient'

I love you, therefore I feed you Food can look different in different cultures, but it always means practically the same thing. Humans have gathered around food since forever and have also constructed countless rituals surrounding it. Feeding is one of our first contacts with the world around us when we’re babies and are fed by our mothers. Most of the time, food signifies love, community, connection, nurture, interdependence, etc.

52-year-old woman is constantly pushing her homecooked food onto 60-year-old sister and 80-year-old dad: 'We don't want her pickles!'

Sometimes parents perceive one child as more competent, intelligent, or strong; as a result, the other children under the same roof are favoured and protected, while the other is expected to endure and handle everything as an adult would. In the story below, I think the brother who tells it was put in this position because he's the oldest and witnessed the family's hardest times.

38-year-old parents demand their least favourite child defend them and his spoiled siblings against the rest of the family: 'They have become such spoiled brats and my parents act surprised when people call it out'

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Aunt demands free 24/7 help from 21-year-old niece while she crashes on her couch despite dad paying aunt on daughter's behalf

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Boss denies employee's leave for father's memorial service: 'It was an undue stress on the team'

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35-year-old daughter dumbfounded by her aging father's demand that she take her 9-year-old half-brother on vacation to France with her family and own 8 and 4-year-old children: 'We wanted the trip to be just us and our kids'

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Woman refuses to watch her step-sister's 5 and 6-year-old children after being left with the children overnight the last time she watched them: '[She] didn't come back until Monday, 3 hours after I should have gone to work'

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'Update: She booked the venue out from under us...': 31-year-old bride reluctantly accepts $25,000 gift from her future mother-in-law, who proceeds to hijack the wedding, hiring a "secret" wedding planner and secretly booking their desired venue

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Uncle refuses to babysit for rambunctious nephews because they broke his $1500 television, brother refuses to pay or apologize

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Sister with 1-year-old insists on moving in with her brother and his wife, insists they pay the lion's share of the $1800 rent

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Son tries to make parents sign away 150K retirement savings to fund struggling “startup,” but his older brother exposes him and saves their financial future

41 text pictures, 3 cat pictures | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat, and ‘I had a bad gut feeling the whole trip, but trusted my MIL wouldn't be neglectful.’

Woman left hurt and angry after trusting her mother-in-law to watch her cat, only to return from a week-long trip to a total nightmare: 'I feel guilty for leaving him in bad hands with someone I am supposed to trust.'

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19-year-old daughter refuses to help her struggling mother with rent and bills despite working full-time and spending her paycheck on steak, shopping, and subscriptions

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35-year-old sister gifts her 25-year-old sister cash for her wedding, then demands it back, pushing the bride-to-be to refund the money and cut contact before her big day