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'I didn't sign up to be their retirement plan': 19-year-old's parents demand she pays them 30% of her paycheck every month to reimburse them 'because they raised her', she refuses and gets deemed ungrateful

Jesse Kessenheimer

29-year-old stepmother confronted by having to watch her husband's 11, 7, and 6-year-old children so that he can attend his friend's bachelor party: 'I told him that I can’t because I have to go to the gym [...] and honestly, I just don’t want to'

Brad Dickson

'I don't have a legal responsibility for this child': Dad refuses to raise youngest child after discovering he is not the biological father, mom claims the child deserves the same care as their other kids

Bar Mor Hazut

Husband asks wife and teen daughter to turn off music from a concert he insisted he join them for despite mom planning a girls night: 'So we ride home in silence'

JR Atkinson

30-year-old woman refuses to babysit sister's kids after sister treats her like a ‘free trial version of a human being’ for not having kids of her own

Bar Mor Hazut

‘Raise your own kids’: 17-year-old daughter raises 4 younger siblings instead of mom, she reaches a breaking point when her mom gets pregnant again

Bar Mor Hazut

Mom spends son's college tuition money, promises to pay him back as long as he doesn't tell dad: ‘For four years I thanked him for the money while I took out loans’

Bar Mor Hazut

The Most Entertaining Parenting Texts of the Week (April 15, 2025)

Emmy Pratt

40-year-old stepmother asks 18-year-old to babysit 9-year-old stepbrother during her own father's memorial service: 'You lost a husband of 5 years. I lost the man who raised me my entire life. You do the math'

Brad Dickson

Family expects 34-year-old daughter to become mom's caretaker since she's the only girl among four siblings, daughter stands up for herself: ‘I have my own life’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Things went off the rails': 50-year-old woman loses her entire pension and savings to a scam artist, then turns to son for financial support, his wife refuses to help her

Bar Mor Hazut

'I really don't know her or her kids': Father tries to force his 17-year-old son to accept his new step siblings after years of reminders that he is a parental burden, teen gives him a wedding ultimatum

Jesse Kessenheimer

Siblings refuse to hand over portions of their inheritance to sister in need after her husband plans to sell their late mother's house and pocket the profit: ‘[He] wouldn't hear us out’

Lana DeGaetano

Mom of 3 shocked after husband says no to 10-year anniversary date because mother-in-law was too busy to babysit, then spends the day with her instead: 'Then I had to juggle word and parenting'

Isabella Penn

'Parents didn't lift a finger': Oblivious parents let their kid disrupt an all-ages brewery with an annoying bar instrument, then the bartender insists they take it home as payback

Jesse Kessenheimer

17-year-old clashes with mother for not allowing her to "no-call no-show" to her volunteer job among other irresponsible behavior: 'We let her throw a house party recently where it was supposed to be 25 people and at least 100 kids came'

Brad Dickson