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Woman lets newly-single sister stay with her rent-free, she sleeps until 1pm and get angry when sister makes her 7 and 4-year-olds breakfast: 'Wake up and take care of your [...] kids'

JR Atkinson

Marine refuses to have shared bank account with girlfriend after both she and her parents continuously suggest it, his parents think their request is bizarre: 'We’re not married, not even living together'

Emma Saven

Mom of 3 pressures husband into having a 4th baby after they'd previously agreed to stop at 3: 'I wouldn’t have a strong connection to the baby because I didn’t want another baby in the first place'

Emmy Pratt

‘Is it normal for moms to be jealous of their own daughters like this?’: Daughter makes $500 after working for her father and her mother loses it, falsely claiming that he never gives her any money

Lana DeGaetano

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (July 1, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

Parents berate mom for feeding their kids cake and soda at her son's 6th birthday party: 'If you don’t stay at the party or say anything about dietary restrictions, can you really be upset afterward?'

Emmy Pratt

Parents let 3 rowdy sons interrupt couple's first dance at their wedding, let them play with fireworks unsupervised: 'Love that she was taking photos of them interrupting the first dance instead of parenting'

JR Atkinson

26-year-old woman refuses to continue babysitting sister-in-law's kids after discovering she and MIL regularly criticize her, husband takes his sister's side: 'It's not a big deal'

Bar Mor Hazut

26-year-old daughter refuses to go on the family beach house vacation after 23-year-old stepsister demands to get the bigger room and dad agrees: ‘He said I was being territorial’

Bar Mor Hazut

Brother and sister-in-law name their baby an identical "matching" name to couple's already-born baby, forcing them to change their baby's name: 'We'd pretend to keep the original name until there was zero risk of SIL changing my nephew's name'

Brad Dickson

Stepmother stops 18-year-old stepdaughter from using one of her cars after daughter's car breaks down, insisting she needs to get a job instead: 'She is now a lazy adult'

Bar Mor Hazut

‘This isn't a punishment, this is consequences’: Scorned 27-year-old daughter refuses to view her mother's affair partner-turned-husband as a father after the pair destroyed their family

Lana DeGaetano

32-year-old pregnant woman kicks sister out of baby shower and blocks her on social media after she insists that her baby name, Audrey, is outdated: "Tell your sister you'll spell it Auhdreigh. She'll get on board"

Ely Bulnes

‘"Sorry, I’m just a receptionist. I probably wouldn’t know how to handle something as important as watching your daughter."’: Dental receptionist stops babysitting her sister-in-law's child after she ridicules her career

Lana DeGaetano

Son-in-law hides a vasectomy from his disapproving MIL for 47 years, spends a lifetime loving his wife instead of giving her grandkids: ‘We just kept her hanging’

Jesse Kessenheimer

28-year-old father of 2 asks his 22-year-old college student girlfriend to move in with him and pay half of his bills: 'He said “we’d be a family” and that his kids would be like mine in the future'

Emmy Pratt