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Cousin Janice calls 24 hours after Thanksgiving, demanding leftovers after she treated dinner like a drive-thru, showing up late and leaving early: ‘We were already heading to the concert, we weren’t home. She literally asked if we could come back’

Etai Eshet

Son writes a poem about his late mom for school, then discovers his teacher sent it to his stepmom thinking it's about her, stepmom demands he apologize: ‘She got her hopes up’

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17-year-old adopted son discovers parents set up college fund for 14-year-old sister, but not for him, he confronts them after they refuse to talk to guidance counselor: ‘That's none of your business’

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Retired Army warrant officer loses it on Thanksgiving guests who mock his service and his wife, delivering a speech that clears the room: ‘My dad said something that just set me off’

Etai Eshet

Grandma tells 40-year-old mom she likes her 4-year-old daughter more than her 3-year-old daughter: 'She didn't see anything wrong with saying that she preferred one of them.'

Emmy Pratt

‘If I pay for it, it's mine’: Daughter refuses to let mom read her therapy homework after mom claims she's entitled to it since she pays for therapy, mom reads it anyway

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Mother-in-law demands her son and his New York native wife, who is expecting a baby, move to Virginia after living in NYC for 10 years: 'She said outright it’s only fair that we move to Virginia now.'

Emmy Pratt

‘He asked me why I wasn’t helping financially. I answered honestly’: Oldest daughter refuses to help her brother pay parents' mortgage after being raised by her grandmother, explaining she does not feel she owes them

Etai Eshet

‘She brags how she is ahead of the game for retirement and stuff’: Older sibling pays parents' bills while 26-year-old sister lives at home rent-free, travels to Japan, so the sibling tells them if they keep subsidizing her, they’ll cut financial help

Etai Eshet

Single mom demands roommates take her 8-year-old son on their road trip, they refuse, she bans them from using the shared kitchen in response: ‘You're being selfish’

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16-year-old refuses mom's demands to use her weekend job earnings to buy essentials for stepsiblings, grandparents get involved: ‘I didn't give her any money’

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Aunt and uncle insist on getting custody of their 8-year-old niece for Thanksgiving and Christmas despite not contacting her for the entire year since her father's passing: 'They said I was keeping her away from them.'

Emmy Pratt

Sister destroys $200 worth of Christmas gifts for 18-month-old nephew, then claims it was to force more charity giving, getting herself cut off: ‘[She said] we “went overboard” on the amount and “needed to be grateful and give more to charity”’

Etai Eshet

Dad allows his 7-year-old daughter to stay up all night after she constantly resisted her 10 PM bedtime, cries from exhaustion during her after-school activities: 'My wife questioned my parenting technique.'

Emmy Pratt

Mother and sister insist on visiting hospitalized son in Boston after his surgery to "care for him," but instead turn the trip into a vacation filled with sightseeing, shopping, and a Wicked premiere: 'They were on vacation, not visiting to support me'

Emma Saven

Future stepmom demands dad put a stop to his daughter's picky eating habits by following her parenting rules, considers leaving him when he refuses: ‘This is how I become the evil stepmother’

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