"Am I obligated to keep making an effort for someone who just can't or won't reciprocate?"

Welcome, internet gossipers. We have all likely gone above-and-beyond before for a loved one without expecting anything in return. Perhaps you paid for a good chunk of your child's wedding, made yourself available at the drop of a hat for your sister if she needed last-minute, free babysitting, or used your artistic talents to paint a pet portrait for your cat-obsessed relative free of charge. Sometimes it feels good to do something kind for a family member with no strings attached, but the who…

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. No one wants to feel taken advantage of, no one wants to feel like someone is using them or treating them like a doormat. But where’s the line? We all have our own boundaries, but at what point do we cross the boundary of, ‘being nice and generous’ into the territory of, ‘now we’re being used.’ It’s all individual, it’s all up to the person. Lines get skewed when family gets involved. We all know the feeling, and we should all listen to our ins…

can confirm—it is weird...

Just make a Facebook post like the rest of us!

Chronic mooch alert.

The consequences of favoritism.

Sometimes, even family deserves a reality check.

Perfect time for an Irish goodbye!

She knew the rules...

"So she threw a rehearsal dinner bigger and fancier than our wedding at a wedding venue."

If the bride and groom don't care, why should she?

Meeting your partner’s parents for the first time is a total nerve-wracker, unless you're this woman.

"[She] completely took herself out of my life."

I love my sister and I love our relationship, which is why I am smarter than to allow money to get mixed up in that relationship and ruin it. If you also cherish your relationship with your sibling, I advise you to follow suit. Nothing good comes out of mixing family and money, even if your initial plan was to do something kind for each other. The sisters in this Reddit story didn't expect their relationship to end when they decided that one sister would move into the other's apartment, but tha…

Welcome, tea-spillers of the internet. Thanks to the influence of early 2000s rom-coms, Disney movies, and fairy tale books, most little girls dream of having a big, luxurious wedding when they grow up. They envision inviting hundreds of adoring people, wearing a big, poofy princess gown, and dancing in an impossibly large, baroque-style ballroom. Unfortunately, every little girl must eventually wake up to the reality that this sort of wedding would be totally over-budget, a nightmare to organi…