tradition

Emma raids her sister-in-law’s home for sweaters, hair straighteners, and face cream without permission, forcing fed-up homeowner to hide valuables: ‘She thinks being family means she can just help herself to whatever she wants from our house’

Etai Eshet

Woman refuses to babysit her nephews after her sister-in-law demands she run a strict summer studies system: ‘I thought I would be taking them out to the park, the beach, watching cartoons together, drawing’

Etai Eshet

Woman demands the entire family inheritance, including Rocky Mountain cabin and southwestern home, while putting in zero effort to care for aging parents: ‘Her retirement plans that she made in her head have been squashed'

Etai Eshet

Parents ramp up their efforts to keep their 24-year-old master’s grad daughter apart from her ex, prompting her to plan to move out and live independently: ‘While we dated, my parents made my life TERRIBLE’

Etai Eshet

Worst Wedding Tradition? Seasoned Guests Weigh in on Cringiest Customs They'd Rather Skip

Ely Bulnes

New wife snaps at mother-in-law when she insults daughter-in-law's attempts to fit into the family traditions, husband must get involved: “You’ll never be accepted fully if you don’t make sacrifices”

Briana Viser

‘I’m tired of footing the bill for a family bigger than our own’: Sister in law moves in with her kids, turns man’s home into a cramped daycare, stops paying, and starts complaining, leaving him desperate to find an exit plan

Etai Eshet

Man shuts down nephew’s birthday after kids break his vintage Transformers figure by sneaking upstairs despite a strict no-kids rule: ‘The box is torn, the toy's missing a leg, and I pretty much freeze’

Etai Eshet

Homeowner refuses to host her sister’s three under-6 kids in her small but cozy home, after years of being treated like the family maid: ‘My sister shows up, dumps her kids in my living room, and plops on the couch until food is served’

Etai Eshet

'This is our marriage. not yours': Wife finally stands up to her husband’s mom, calling out her years of passive-aggressive digs, leaving the mother-in-law stunned

Etai Eshet

21-year-old cuts ties with parents over lifelong habit of breaking bad news on important dates, special events, and birthdays: ‘My siblings think they're just heavily in denial’

Etai Eshet

Las Vegas woman refuses her husband’s demand to move her family into her in-laws' chaotic Maine home: ‘Of the 4 bedrooms in the house, each bedroom has been filled with clutter to the point of them sleeping in their living room instead’

Etai Eshet

Husband is tired of his wife’s self-declared tradition guardian uncle, who targets every woman who marries into the family, policing their choices and handing out lectures on culture: ‘He claims they’re single-handedly destroying family values’

Etai Eshet

Girlfriend draws the line after she finds out her boyfriend’s rich family labeled her a gold digger behind her back and thinks she’s only after their money: ‘His mom was talking about how I’m not the kind of girl they imagined for him’

Etai Eshet

Brother tired of being the family’s go-to problem solver, while his 32-year-old, twice-divorced, financially-unstable sister gets endless passes, finally asks for space: ‘Whenever she messes up, my mom asks me to talk to her and “fix” things’

Etai Eshet

Aunt demands niece give her university acceptance letter to her daughter, claiming the cousin deserves it more: ‘She told my parents I should decline my spot so her daughter could have it. Like it was a raffle prize or something’

Etai Eshet