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She Spent Ten Months Waiting to Move Out After Her Landlord Refused to Cover Her Burned Clothes by Claiming the Dryer Wasn’t His, and the Day She Left She Sold Both Appliances and He Demanded She Return Them

ByKristin Stones

Renting a nice house in a nice neighborhood came with what seemed like a perk: a laundry room stocked with a premium washer and a gas dryer. About a month in, that dryer burned an entire load of laundry, actually singeing and charring the clothes. Photos went straight to the landlord along with a request…

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She Runs a Cafe and Her Family Has Started Assuming the Wedding Catering Is Basically Free Because It Would Just Come Out of the Business

ByKristin Stones

A cousin’s spring wedding has brought a specific kind of family pressure into focus. Nobody has directly asked her to cover part of the reception catering yet, but the comments are building steadily, with her aunt specifically mentioning twice that it would be a nice contribution and framing it as something that could just come…

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Her 18-Year-Old Brother Flew Home From a Summer Job in the US To Find $8,000 in Cash and His Brand New Apple Watch Missing From His Checked Bag and a TSA Notification Card In Its Place

ByKristin Stones

Her 18-year-old brother had completed a summer job in the US and was flying home when he discovered $8,000 in cash and a brand new Apple Watch missing from his checked suitcase. Inside was a TSA notification card indicating the bag had been searched, the only piece of evidence connecting the missing items to the…

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She Inherited a Money Pit With Her Brother and He Wants Her To Help Fix It Up Every Weekend for Six Months While She Works 50 Hours a Week and Can Barely Keep Her Own Place Maintained

ByKristin Stones

Their uncle passed away recently, leaving his house in Bloomington to her and her brother jointly. The initial reaction was reasonable optimism, some unexpected inheritance, until the actual condition of the property became clear. The roof is leaking, the electrical system dates back to the 1960s, and the repair list is extensive enough that this…

Young couple arguing over money

She Inherited $35,000 From an Aunt Her Partner Never Met and He’s Already Assuming He Gets Half Based on How They’ve Split Gifts Before

ByKristin Stones

She and her partner have been together 12 years, have two kids together, and have never legally married or shared bank accounts. Their finances have stayed separate throughout the relationship. When her aunt, someone her partner never met and had no relationship with, passed away last year, she left roughly $35,000 directly to her. In…

Father and teenage daughter arguing

She Moved to a New City for Grad School, Signed Her Own Lease, Pays Her Own Rent, and Her Dad Called Her Leasing Office Without Asking Her to Try to Get Her Out of It Because He Thinks Its Unsafe

ByKristin Stones

She’s 24, recently moved to a new city for grad school, and signed a lease on an apartment she pays for herself. Her roommate had already been living there for months before she moved in. She’s never felt unsafe in the neighborhood, and while she’s aware any city carries some level of crime, nothing about…