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Legend Has It: How ‘Dad Lore’ romanticizes the pursuit of daring adventures for the sake of legendary storytelling

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I’m being treated like an ATM just because I married into their family': 27-year-old working mom earns a bonus at work and decides to save the money for her son's future, then gets accosted by her sister-in-law to cover her wedding costs instead

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘This is my house, my family, and my child’: Estranged childhood friend insults a 29-year-old mom's parenting tactics with her 5-year-old, gets kicked out of the house, and blocked as a result

Jesse Kessenheimer

20+ Mildly infuriating family moments: 'My family... cut up my diploma'

Remy Millisky

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

Four siblings inherit a $700k rental home, but the youngest brother unilaterally evicts the 16-year tenant, who then maliciously complies with a court order that costs them $150k: 'His 3 siblings split the proceeds and he got nothing'

Jesse Kessenheimer

39-year-old dad plans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to his homeland with his family, then the in-laws tag along and complain about how much they have to walk: 'Half a mile in, he was struggling'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘[I] showed up with food, not a shovel’: House guest gets a bait-and-switch, getting invited to a family BBQ just to be coerced into yard work; he refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

'She’ll come when I say she will!': 38-weeks pregnant woman stands up to her overbearing mother-in-law who insists she 'hold the baby in' until she's ready to present herself as a grandma

Jesse Kessenheimer

63 and 65-year-old parents gaslight their daughter into letting them to move into her newly renovated granny flat, she refuses: ‘And I was going to pay because they were saving their money for travel’

Jesse Kessenheimer

Bride-to-be plans her wedding 72-hours in advance then expects her cousin to drop everything to be a 'backup bridesmaid,' flips out when she refuses: 'Congrats, but I’m out of town this weekend'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Groom's entitled sister tries to steamroll a low-key bride, hijacking wedding planning until the bride stands up for herself and kicks her out of the bridal party: ‘She wanted to change our entire color scheme’

Jesse Kessenheimer

20+ Employees who made big mistakes on the job: '[She] printed 500 copies of her gas bill on the company printer'

Remy Millisky

19-year-old expected to preoccupy his 2-year-old niece while his older sister ‘takes a mom break,’ gets berated after leaving toddler unattended, despite explicitly sharing he had other plans: ‘She was ignoring me, so I just left'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'[She] decided my bathroom was her personal Sephora': Skincare thief gets taught a lesson about personal property after helping herself to her sister-in-law's potent prescription serum

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘Our flat is unlivable’: Brother disappears on a 2-week vacation after promising to help with his sister's remodel, ends up tasting his brother-in-law's revenge when he leaves their apartment demolished

Jesse Kessenheimer