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Thanksgiving host puts holiday dinner tradition on hold after family starts treating her home like a free hotel: 'You're ruining Thanksgiving for everyone'

Ely Bulnes

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'My daughters aren't thieves!' Dad stands up for teenage daughter's privacy, refuses to unlock her door until intrusive cousins move out

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6-year-old Thanksgiving tradition put on hold when woman refuses to cook or share recipes after husband's family disparages her cooking: 'Don't bite the hand that feeds'

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Woman turns table on boss by refusing to work weekends despite pressure from him and coworkers: 'They really hyped up the work life balance'

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Bride uninvites sister-in-law from wedding after she leaks news of her pregnancy online: 'I had over 50 messages from distant friends and coworkers before I could even process it'

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'There's only one momma in his life, and that's me': New mom stands firm against mother-in-law after she teaches grandson to call her "momma"

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Mom attempts to shoehorn herself and her kids into younger brother's child-free vacation plans, he declines her demands and affirms boundaries: 'It's not that kind of trip, we don't want kids around'

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'My daughter isn't [your] practice child': Sister-in-law "Lila" uses 5-year-old niece as parenting “practice,” mom finally puts a stop to it after overhearing her say “come to mama”

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Retired elderly woman, Marge, repeatedly tresspasses on neighbor's property to tend to the vegetable garden, reacts negatively when asked to stop: '[She's] weirdly territorial about [her] dirt patch'

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Only child kicks parents out of her house on dad's 61st birthday after he does her laundry without her permission, reaffirming their inability to see her as an adult: '[They] blatantly disrespect my boundaries'

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Adult daughter withholds spare key to first home from her mother after growing up in a household with zero privacy: 'She'd go through my room constantly, read my journals, and treated my privacy like an inconvenience'

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Mother-in-law keeps showing up unannounced at night, woman set boundaries by locking her out: 'She's playing the victim'

Isabella Penn

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18-year-old living with 3 families puts lock on his food after seeing people stealing it, his aunt gets upset: “It feels like she’s punishing me for setting boundaries”

Briana Viser

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Overwhelmed husband kicks wife's family out of his home after they continually extend their stay day by day, treating his house like a free hotel: "I want everyone gone!"

Ely Bulnes

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Mother-in-law dumps old junk on new couple under the guise of helping them settle into new home, daughter-in-law puts her foot down on the increasing clutter: "I don't want to live in a museum curated by my MIL"

Ely Bulnes

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"I didn't marry into being a full-time caretaker": Ungrateful 60-year-old mother-in-law stretches 2 month stay into 9 months, expects 33-year-old daughter-in-law to cater to her every whim despite constant criticism

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