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‘Food is love. And James and Erica have never loved [me]’: 17-year-old refuses to meal prep for his estranged older brother’s family despite pressure from parents who always played favorites

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I pay all the bills': 25-year-old breadwinner puts a ‘Do Not Disturb' sign the door of her home office after repeated intrusions from her distracting, freeloading family members

Jesse Kessenheimer

Entitled 28-year-old brother gets miffed because his older sister only permits him to crash on her couch, claiming he deserves the privacy of her home office: 'There is no third room'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Uncle buys his 13-year-old nephew an entire gaming setup to get payback on his sister's childish boyfriend, forging core memories while the manchild fumes: ‘I didn't plan to go as far as I did, [but] it felt so good’

Jesse Kessenheimer

20 Best Mildly Infuriating Moments of the Year (2025): 'Apartment complex filled our pool with dirt... then raised the rent'

Remy Millisky

‘They offered to buy the turkey’: Man with 14 children tries to manipulate his ex-wife into hosting Christmas, but she refuses, hoping to spare her 9 and 11-year-old the heartache of meeting their father's love children

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Mom decided I needed a 'wake up call'': Wannabe grandma secretly signs up her 30-year-old daughter for a "Parental Awareness Retreat" in an attempt to make her want kids of her own, ends up alienating her instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

'It's now Wednesday. She still has my car': Golden Child says she'll return her sister's car after 1 hour, ends up bogarting it for 4 days without permission before coercing the family to side with her

Jesse Kessenheimer

'My job is demanding, I can’t be her nurse': Work-from-home professional refuses to be a full-time caretaker for her 67-year-old mother-in-law after hip surgery, forcing her in-laws to step up

Jesse Kessenheimer

'She kept dumping her kids at my place before dawn': Aunt invoices her sister for $312.47 in babysitting fees after she leaves her 3 and 6-year-old at her doorstep for months at 5:45 AM without asking

Jesse Kessenheimer

Mom squanders her 17-year-old's college fund, so the teen puts herself through school, then when mom asks to move in with her, she refuses: 'I worked full-time, took out loans, and it took me 6 years to get my degree'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'He can't come... that defeats the whole point': 20-year-old excludes her mom's new boyfriend when the 46-year-old parent invites him to their mother-daughter bonding getaway

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I texted, called, DM’d… Nothing': Cousin parks in their relative's driveway, blocking them in for 24 hours, then they get towed after hundreds of messages go ignored

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I’m not [making] the same mistake twice’: Frugal older brother refuses to cosign on a mortgage for his irresponsible 29-year-old sister after narrowly escaping financial ruin from an ex-wife's deceit

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Pay me back': Sister demands a $400 dress reimbursement after getting kicked out of the bridal party for defending her mother from the bridezilla

Jesse Kessenheimer

Aunt demands her sister pay back a $20,000 loan fronted for an IVF procedure, but the entitled new mom guilt-trips her to let it go: ‘That was my savings for a down payment'

Jesse Kessenheimer