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Mom locks her 19-year-old daughter’s $50,000 inheritance into a 5-year savings account to keep it safe from reckless purchases: ‘Her boyfriend was spending the money’

Etai Eshet

'She’s doing it on my dime, I can’t afford this’: Mom lets her son’s girlfriend move in rent-free, pushed to set a strict budget after 21-year-old Carmella starts cooking fancy, pricey dinners at the mom’s expense

Etai Eshet

Grandma hides kids' Christmas toys from Santa so they'll like her presents more, leading parents to forbid her from giving gifts altogether: ‘She wants the attention’

Bar Mor Hazut

63-year-old dad decides to “practice” retirement by moving in with daughter for a month, micromanaging her home and routine until she ends his visit cold: ‘After 5 days I told him I didn’t think the month-long trial run was going to work’

Etai Eshet

Entitled mom refuses to let her son go to friend's birthday party after being told she can't bring the entire family to the event: ‘Either we all go or none of us go’

Bar Mor Hazut

24-year-old plans a nostalgic Thanksgiving cabin trip, but her mother freaks out mid-restaurant dinner, pushing the daughter to cut holiday short: ‘She blew up this whole trip because of miscommunication’

Etai Eshet

Dad refuses to force his popular 14-year-old daughter to sit at lunch with her twin sister, who eats alone every day: 'Sara needs to learn to make it on her own and basically not piggyback off Mia.'

Emmy Pratt

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’

Bar Mor Hazut

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’

Bar Mor Hazut

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

Bar Mor Hazut

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