family

26-year-old bride-to-be tells stepmom she's not her ‘bonus mom’ when she refuses to include her in a day of wedding dress shopping with her biological mother: ‘She needs to know her place’

Lana DeGaetano

17-year-old sets her mother and her mother's husband straight when they get upset at her for telling others that he isn't her dad: 'My mom's husband isn't my dad'

Brad Dickson

Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother's illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: 'I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Emmy Pratt

Father refuses to offer financial support or inheritance to his illegitimate love child, his brother steps in to ensure the child is cared for: 'I have been personally sending money; I'll never let him hear the end of it'

Brad Dickson

Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

Ally Perry

Teen saves up cash to take entire family on a trip to Florida, ungrateful mother tries to switch the original vacation plan to a Disney trip: ‘At this point I’m over it because she’s changed hotels 3 times’

Lana DeGaetano

Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.'

Elna McHilderson

16-year-old forced to go to family therapy because she doesn't get along with stepsister of the same age, she demands she lives at her mom's house full-time: "I don't wanna be BFF's with her"

Briana Viser

36-year-old woman refuses to cancel holiday getaway with 41-year-old boyfriend despite him lacking the funds, he refuses to let her treat him: "He says I make him feel small"

Briana Viser

17-year-old cancels trip to Destin, Florida after mom insists they go to Disneyland instead, the internet supports her decision: "At this point I'm over it"

Briana Viser

Responsible tenant told to move out for a week, with only a 50$ compensation, after homeowner tells him he needs the room for extended family coming to town: 'He told me to stay with my mother for five days'

Emma Saven

17-year-old boy refuses to shave his head after his 7-year-old cousin's cancer diagnosis, then his aunt corners him with sheers in-hand: ‘[My hair] is pretty much the only thing about myself I love’

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I’ve always been ‘Auntie’… that’s all she ever knew': Investigative 25-year-old unearths proof that her biological mother is her mom's best friend, who helped her parents with their infertility; family drama ensues

Jesse Kessenheimer

'They're losing their free help': Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

Jesse Kessenheimer

24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn't seen her since she was 10 years old: 'He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.'

Emmy Pratt

Kind man pays for struggling 17-year-old student's work shoes and asks for nothing in return, sparks others to share times they experience kindness from a stranger: ‘Pay it forward.’

Elna McHilderson