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Parent excludes son's wife from kayaking trip because she can't swim, she takes it personally despite valid safety concerns: 'If she learns how to swim, she can come next year'

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Dad leaves wife and three children for 11-day trip to the Bahamas, missing daughter's eye surgery to relax on a beach: 'He's making me feel crazy for being mad'

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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'

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Wife backs out of Mount Everest trek after husband pays $1600 deposit, shaking new marriage before anniversary: 'He took it as an affront to his planning skills'

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Impatient parents balk at waiting 35 minutes at the airport, busy daughter tells them to get a taxi instead and refuses to pick them up: 'If you had been nice you would be home already'

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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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Bride's sister refuses to give up her vacation days to do "unpaid maid of honor duties" before the wedding, bride accuses her of choosing a trip over family: 'I love my sister, but I also love not burning myself out.'

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37-year-old son refuses to attend parents' 50th anniversary family vacation after they book a dog-free venue, deflects all attempts at compromise: 'I offered to cover a dog sitter for the weekend, but he called that "offensive"'

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Woman ditches boyfriend's family vacation early after feeling "disregarded" when they refuse to compromise on her sleeping needs, father takes her side but boyfriend doesn't: 'Boyfriend doesn't believe my story'

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Mom excludes son's girlfriend from family cruise and plans it on the couple's 3-year anniversary, he chooses to go on the trip: ‘Let’s do one last family vacation before life gets in the way'

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Daughter calls mom a "Dinosaur" after she berates her son, a single dad, for having menstrual products at the ready for his teenage daughters: 'Periods are a private matter and his girls shouldn't be going to him'

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‘Decent people don’t behave that way’: 32-year-old wife embarrasses stranger on family vacation for her parenting style after seeing her kids take all the free soda in the fridge, causing tension in the timeshare

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20 Parenting Posts That Perfectly Capture the Transition Between Summer Chaos and the Back to School Routines

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27-year-old going on vacation clears out fridge and gives free food away to stranger, entitled stranger repeatedly messages her afterwards demanding money, she refuses: 'No good deed goes unpunished'

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Mother-in-law insists that family wear the exact same matching outfits every day on vacation so she can capture the perfect "spontaneous" family photo, daughter-in-law- refuses to participate: 'We decided we would spend our vacation somewhere else'

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Uncle demands that 26-year-old niece cover up tattoos at family BBQ despite the 90-degree weather, he accuses her of setting a bad example for the kids: "It's July. I'm not putting on jeans and a hoodie"

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