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18-year-old girl refuses dad’s last-minute request to babysit half-siblings so he can go on date-night, as she only has a 4-day college break and doesn't want to sit home alone, knowing he can afford a babysitter instead: 'Now [he's] called me selfish'

Emma Saven

Waitress refuses to cover unreliable 23-year-old coworker’s shift after she fakes a family "emergency", so coworker falsely accuses her of being toxic, in an attempt to turn manager and coworkers against her: '[They said] I should be a girl’s-girl'

Emma Saven

Aunt takes her 11-year-old niece on a surprise luxury trip to Miami, Disney World, and New York after the girl’s parents excluded her from family vacation with her brothers to Mexico, sparking drama: 'They said I spoiled her and undermined them'

Emma Saven

30-year-old woman refuses to postpone her long-planned honeymoon after her 26-year-old sister-in-law schedules their wedding date for the same weekend, causing family drama as she intends to skip the wedding: '[Said we're] sabotaging her big day'

Emma Saven

'I have no idea when he'll finally want to take responsibility for his cat': Highschooler agrees to take care of a friend's kitten, but he ghosts him and says it might take 2-3 years

Ayala Sorotsky

Dave tries to gift his brother-in-law, Mark's, 1978 Porsche 911 to his 16-year-old son without permission, so Mark kicks him out and gets revenge by calling Dave's boss, costing him major promotion: 'Who tries to give away a $60,000 asset that isn't his?'

Emma Saven

25-year-old woman, who raised her ex-husband’s youngest brother like her own child, attends his school graduation despite her ex insisting she stay away, causing his new controlling girlfriend to make dramatic scene: 'My ex had struggled to calm her down'

Emma Saven

'Haven't laughed that hard in very long': Neighbor catches local teens on camera stealing and damaging his veggie garden, replaces produce with Carolina Reaper and Birdseye chillies as a deterrent, amused while watching their fiery reaction to eating them

Emma Saven

'This has been a nightmare': When a healthy tree fell from two women's yard during a storm and damaged neighbor’s shed, the uninsured neighbor demanded they pay $5,500 for the damage, suing them when they refused, despite laws claiming they aren't liable

Emma Saven

'We were transparent': Couple sells “untrustworthy” car to coworker for $3,000 in $200 monthly installments, with full disclosure of its history and no warranty, engine fails six weeks later, she demands returning it, but couple claims the sale was final

Emma Saven

Struggling 26-year-old Kira demands her 28-year-old roommate cover her share of rent, but she refuses after discovering Kira's been overcharging her $80 a month for utility bills and pocketing it for herself: 'Secretly adds charges without telling me'

Emma Saven

8th-grade troublemaker picks on 7th-grade girl for dressing alternatively and calls her a witch, so she leans into the accusation and scares him out of his mind: ‘[He] stared at me horrified’

Lana DeGaetano

Student secretly reports cheating to teacher, after group of boys in her Spanish class shared exam paper in advance, later criticized by classmate who claims they “needed to pass,” forcing her to rethink her actions: 'Should I have let karma do its job?'

Emma Saven

'I’m not trying to live in a zoo': 23-year-old man clashes with roommate after discovering he's secretly been keeping a wild squirrel as an “emotional support animal” in their apartment, leading to property damage, man releases squirrel while he's away

Emma Saven

Man lies his way into a job he’s super unqualified for with a fabricated resume, progresses by obsessively self-teaching under pressure through "trial-by-fire", ends up becoming legitimate expert in his field: ‘Ashamed of how I got my foot in the door’

Emma Saven

'Feels so personal and painful': Man considers skipping his brother’s wedding after being blindsided by the news that his brother is marrying his ex-girlfriend of two years, parents claim he's being selfish and immature

Emma Saven