There are friends, there are co-workers, there are lovers and total strangers. Since no man is an island, we live surrounded by people we like, tolerate or dislike.
But there’s one peculiar group of people we basically spend all our lives with. We constantly catch up during reunions, dinners, or Christmas, spend time together as kids (and adults!), send congratulations cards to each other and feel obliged to be patient no matter how much they’d annoy us. And the fact that we often have little in common except being tied in blood makes it all the more crazy.
This is, of course, when we talk about ‘difficult’ relatives, and not the ones that are seriously our most loved people on earth (I am looking at you, cousin!) So today, we’re diving into the not-the-most-pleasant encounters where people ran into ridiculously entitled family members.
Get ready to fume like this post was a Russian 'banya,’ scroll down through the stories and be sure to share your experience of sharing a family with a person who feels like they inherently deserve more than anyone else!
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My Mother Kicked Me Out Before Christmas But Still Asked Me When She Was Going To Receive Her Gift That I Had Bought Her
Aunt Doesn’t Like That I Asked Her To Pay Shipping
I admire this person calm demeanour, held their sh*t together so well. I'd have delivered the books, with a right hook.
“It's totally OK not to get along with some of your relatives,” Francis Merson, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of the Paris Psychology Centre, told Bored Panda. “In fact, it would be remarkable to get along with the multitude of cousins, aunts, nephews, second cousins etc. that most of us have.”
So no wonder that conflicts happen now and then, and it seems like there’s never really peace in your extended family. “If there's been some kind of conflict with a relative, it can be useful to zoom out from the situation with the following thought experiment... Imagine you're at the very end of your life, and you're looking back on your current situation. What advice would you give to yourself now? To smooth things over with this relative and keep the peace? Or let the relationship slide and move on?”
According to Merson, there's no right or wrong answer to these questions, “but they can take you out of the heat of the moment and prompt you to reflect on which course of action is most in line with your deeper values.”
Mom Asked For 'Old Phone' As Temp For Uncle, Offered Old Phone, Can't Be Too Old Has To Be iPhone 6 Or Above
My Sister Needed A Job
Sister Wants To Squat In Op's Spare Room But Demands That She Stop Practicing Violin That She Plays For Her Job
The clinical psychologist explained that entitlement is an entrenched belief that you deserve more than other people do. “Entitled people often feel that the rules don't apply to them, and they should be allowed to act with impunity. A sense of entitlement can also be involved in Narcissistic Personality Disorder,” Merson explained and added that “Entitled people can often cross people's boundaries, because they think these boundaries don't apply to them.”
Shared My Netflix Years Ago With My Mom And Sister, Then Had An Issue Last Night So I Checked The Recent Devices. Found Out There Were Tons Of People With My Password, Plus Someone Upped My Plan. Reset My Password And Told My Sister I Wasn't Going To Share My Password Anymore. Chaos
Wow. I'm genuinely shocked that a mom would talk to her kid like that over a freaking Netflix subscription.
Sister Sent Me This... She Was Blocked Immediately After
Oh My God, What A Spoiled Brat
When asked how one should deal with an entitled relative, Merson said that you may have to come to terms with it. “If your relative is an entitled person, you might need to accept that you're not going to alter this personality trait by calling them out on their behavior (as tempting as it might be to do so!).”
Moreover, “Entitled people generally react poorly to criticism, and might end up putting all the blame on you,” Merson said. He continued: “So the first question to consider is: would it be wiser and kinder to myself just to let this go? This doesn't mean accepting that what they did was right or OK, but accepting that there's nothing useful you can do about it right now.”
Op’s Ex Wife Doesn’t Want Son To Get A Better Car Then She Does
My Dad Thinks That Him And My Brother Is Entitled To Everything I Own. Even Though I Bought It With My Own Money. This Is Why I'm Gonna Move Out The Second I Turn 18.
My Cousin Asked For Help And I Offered What I Could. It Was Immediate Or Enough So I’m In A State Of Disrepair And Caused Our Grandads Dementia
I'm sorry you are going through this. I am in a similar situation. It never ceases to amaze me how vicious family can become when they think there is money...jackals they are! No offense to true jackals.
That being said, there are some things you can't just let go. The clinical psychologist said that “if your relative has crossed a line that could result in physical or emotional harm to yourself or others, then of course you have to act.”
“In this case, basic assertiveness can be useful. Describe, in simple terms, their behavior, the effect it is having on others—and ask them politely to stop. If they don't stop, then problem-solve the situation by looking after the people who you feel are at risk of harm—which could mean just getting out of there,” Merson concluded.
Homeless Guy & Pregnant Girlfriend Are Above A Job That Pays Above Minimum Wage!
No You Can't Come Grieve Your Sister...
Yes. You are the a*$*holes. My first stepmother had the same name as me. Yeah it was weird seeing 'my' name on the order of service and later on, the gravestone, but nobody made a big deal out of it, certainly not me. To actually deny a family member the chance to say goodbye just because they look like the deceased is extremely selfish. I get that they're grieving, but the only acceptable reason for asking a family member to stay away is if the deceased personally requested it or family history suggests that it would be a bad idea to have certain relatives in close proximity.
The Reason I Associate As Little As Possible With My Half Brother
Some Kids Are The Worst Kind Of Choosing Beggars.
This Is Just Sad
I Had This Lovely Conversation After Getting Multiple Calls From Her. Ladies And Gentlemen, This Is My Older Sister, A Mua, That Has Complained About People Doing The Same Thing To Her That She’s Doing To Me...
When Your Younger Sister Who Lives Rent And Bill Free, With A Job, Wants You To Pay To See Her
Sister Asks Me If I Can Watch Her Kid, Then Asks If I Can Come Get Her And Comes Up With Lame Excuse As To Why She Can't Drop Her Off.
My Girlfriend And I Started Making Furniture To Pay For College, And My Sister Sent Me This Gem
Bratty Cousin Stole My Netflix Password And When I Changed It He Wants Me To It To Him
Cousin Who Has Owed Me $7k For Over 2 Years Suggests I Work As His Real Estate Agent To Get Paid Back
Tax Season And Cb Sister
Family Discounts
My Ex That I Haven’t Talked To In 6 Months Had To Audacity To Ask To Renew My Netflix Account So She Can Use It
Ungrateful Man Shames His Wife On A Public Forum Because The Dinner She Cooked Him Wasn't To His Liking.
Well he can obviously get up and cook his own damn dinner and shut the hell up.
My Sister Wants Me And My Brother To Help Pay For Her And Her Kids To Swim At My Late Father's Pool
If they don't use the pool then why is she asking for it to be opened for her and her family? Idiot.
My Sweet Little Brother Who Begs Me For Money Every Day. He Is 30 And Married And Doesn’t Talk To Me About Anything But Borrowing Money Or Getting Handouts Or Asking If He Can Come For Dinner. The Vm After Was “What Kind Of Sister Let’s Their Brother Go Hungry?” Um, This One
You Don't Need Enemies If You Have Such A Family
At Their Own Mother...
Give My Son A Marker, But Not A Girl Color.
I believe that the problem lies with you. Your son is in for a rough time as he grows up if you insist on indoctrinating him in this manner
Mother Demands You Only Buy Specific Gifts For Birthday And Holiday. For Context, The Child Is Like 4 Years Old
My Unemployed Brother Asking Me To Order Him A Pizza
Entitled Kid Jealous Of His Mom Getting A Car
Ex Wife’s Uncle Called Me Asking To Get Him A Hotel Room, I Declined Because I’m A Broke Millennial But I Was Worried So I Followed Up...
Aunt Asked For Advice On Whether To Buy Or Lease A Car. Someone Was Kind Enough To Post A Link To A Helpful Article. This Was Her Response
She might not feel confident in her ability to understand what the article says. Some people haven't learned independence.
I agree. I dont think this is entitlement. Buying and leasing are hard to understand lots of small print and huge scams if your not careful.
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Honestly, this could be my mom, who is insecure and not that tech-savvy, and sometimes has difficulties understanding matters. It could be the same with this aunt.
“First, tell me what you understand. Then I’ll take a look at it and see if I can add anything to the discussion”
I've read the (long) article and it explains the ins and outs of buying vs. leasing in plain and simple language. But, understandably, it doesn't tell you what is best option in your specific situation. The aunt was just too lazy to read the article and make an informed decision. For those who are interested: https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/buying-vs-leasing
Cb Got An iPhone 11 Pro Max Instead Of An iPhone 12
My Aunt Saw No Harm In Taking My Pops Down From My Shelf And Letting My 4 Year Old Cousin Play With Them While I Was At School
Remembers me of my cousin who let her child play with my figurines when I let them stay in my place for a few days over Halloween. She handed her kids a Final Fantasy figurine from a too shelf and they broke it. That figurine costed like 400$. She was so furious when I asked her to pay for the damage that her (separated) husband had to step in and pay it so she would stop yelling at me.
Well Isn't She A Keeper...
I haven't exchanged rings with my partner to begin with and we're happy about it. Why does it always have to be an overpriced piece of shiny metal with a stone from an African child slavery mine embedded into? Love should be enough, and if you need a ring as a symbol to show it, anything with meaning should be good enough.
My Friend's 13-Year-Old Brother Sent His Wishlist To His Entire Extended Family, And Yeah, They Mocked Him Pretty Good Afterward
Family Member Wants Money. Doesn’t Like It When I Call Her Out
Insane Daughter Wants To Commit Murder To "Save" Her Siblings From Vaccines
My Entitled Dad
Brother Who Refuses To Work Tries To Emotionally Blackmail Me Over Netflix Subscription
My Cousin Who Has No Concept Of Fuel Costs....
My Own Brother...
My Sister Asking For My Netflix When She Is 33 And Lives With My Mom And Dad .
Moral of story here and this thread, if someone ( family member) asks if you have Netflix, say no I’m too busy working to watch
Cousin Demands I Get Him My Medical Marijuana Even Though I’ve Reached My Max
Cb Wants Her Sister's Job She Left Over 6 Months Ago
As if employees have the power to tell their boss that they've decided that they will be replaced by their sister....
My Aunt Asks Me To Pick Up My Cousin At Least 3 Times A Week From Work Which Is A Half Hour From My House, To Drive Back The Other Direction An Hour. Easily A Quarter Of A Gas Tank Every Time. This Was Her Reaction When I Said No Tonight
It's time to let the aunt know she should be looking for other ways to solve cousin's transportation problems.
My Brother Likes To Make Large Sum Bets And Thinks I'll Just Pull Out Of My Savings To Help Pay His Dues
My Stepmom Won Some Money From The Lottery Last Night, This Is What My Dad Had To Say
Seriously?! Complaining About A Free Vehicle When You Don’t Have One? Don’t Know If This Is Truly A Cb But It’s Ridiculous.
My 30 Y/O Sister Getting Mad That I Haven't Done Her Whole University Project When She Asked For Help.
Sister Upset At How I Give Her Free Hbo
It's quite amazing how much time people invest in ridiculous text messages with stupid and entitled people. This conversation could have been done in 5 messages. The last one being: "Set up and pay your own HBO account. Bye."
Mad At Her Uncle For Taking Her Grandma's Car... Because When He Does She Can't Be Driven Around
My Sister, Who Likes To Use My Complex’s Free Gym, Angry Because I Don’t Have The Fob Today
Ultimate 41-Year Old Cb Who Sued His Parents For A Lifelong Financial Support Loses Battle
Her Money Now I Guess
Cb Uncle Who Has No Job Asks For Help The One Time He Talked To Me This Year. Ungrateful When I Couldn’t Send Money A Few Hours Earlier
Thought You All Could Appreciate This. For Context, This Is My Husband’s Cousin Who Lives 40 Minutes Away. I Drove Over Halfway To Meet Her For Nothing. Not Pictured Is When She Repeatedly Asked Me If I Had Taken The Watch To Her Moms Yet.
Reality Star Ifu Ennada Rants Over Relatives With Entitlement Mentality...
I need to stop reading these kind of posts. If I wanted to get angry I would still use Facebook.
Long story short. Our infant dies. My husband is openly expressing his want for his father to help dig the grave (family plot on a mountain here in tn usa) his dad goes about telling him how he has to fix his heater core in his truck. My dad is in Florida and can't make it till the day of the burriel or he would of been there. My husband is devastated. My mil shows up to help him dig the grave. While I'm attending to organizing all the damn flowers and songs and family cause it's my baby I just birthed that died. My dad comes up on the day of the burial and esentually it's me and my husband and my dad covering up the grave. His dad won't even look at him. Two days later my husband quits working with him cause my husband has been clean and sober for 6 years and he is screaming at him on the work site infront of the home owner how he shouldn't go back to being a needle junkie. I lost my s**t. We don't talk to them anymore.
My partner's father was absent for the majority of his life. I didn't even meet him for the first 8 years of us dating. A couple of years ago he was made redundant from his job and received hundreds of thousands of $$$ as a payout. He wasted it all in a matter of months gambling. This year my partner's sister had a baby and the father wanted to come to visit for Christmas to see the baby (the father moved to another state after he left my partner's mother 31 years ago). My partner being a nice person offered for him to stay with us since he now has no money to pay for a hotel. The entire time he was here he did not clean up after himself, would leave dirty dishes on the counter and did not contribute towards any food in the house. He ate everything in our fridge and pantry including several boxes of chocolate my partner received as Christmas presents from his students. And then proceeded to try con my partner into buying him weed. I hope he never comes back.
This triggered me so much after this last week. My parents took us on vacation and my brother’s family didn’t intend on spending any money. I had already paid for excursions for my family. My parents wanted my nieces to do an excursion so they paid for one for my brothers family after having said that was on us to pay for any extras beyond the flight and resort. My bf and I got sick and couldn’t go on an excursion with my son. I asked them to take him and they said yes, but backed out bc my brother was supposed to go on an excursion with my dad (my dad paid for). Then they canceled it and instead of taking my son, they rented a cabana and babysat my nieces all day. Then they didn’t even care to say goodbye to us before we left for the airport. I see how me and my family rate compared to my brother and his.
I made it about halfway through this and go so pissed it stopped. Maybe BP can have a separate site for negative asshole posts. No one needs to read this s**t.
Funny how you clicked on a link to a thread about a special place in hell for entitled relatives but yet you're upset that there's posts about assholes and then proceed to say how you didn't read most of it. This is a free site and no one is forcing you to click on these links....
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What is with all the Netflix drama? It cost about $10 a month. Get it yourself.
sure the food in number 30 does look really bland, but if it bothers them so much they could just put some gravy on it
I feel like a good chunk of these type of posts are made up/exaggerated to get people attention on the internet.
I have known people this entitled, I can assure you that if these stories are indeed exaggerated, they still are a sadly accurate reflection of human greed and lack of empathy/self-awareness :(
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Can someone please tell me what CB means? Cannot find its meaning anywhere except for c**k block ha ha!
Don't live near family. Had one uncle who was a self centred d**k. Came in to a gathering with my Aunt (who was really nice, always seems the way?) Sat down and told my sister to 'get off her ass and get them a drink'. Wish I had been there for her " You have two legs and a f*****g pulse. Get it yourself." reply.
that one about the sister supposedly not paying after they took the kids to the zoo? Absolutely fake. That happened in the UK between a babysitter and the family that hired her.
Yeah and the babysitter's sister is the one who posted it.
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The title says these entitled relatives deserve a special place in hell. Granted, I didn't read every entry carefully, but in my estimation, these people acted rude but don't deserve eternal agony for asking for free stuff.
I need to stop reading these kind of posts. If I wanted to get angry I would still use Facebook.
Long story short. Our infant dies. My husband is openly expressing his want for his father to help dig the grave (family plot on a mountain here in tn usa) his dad goes about telling him how he has to fix his heater core in his truck. My dad is in Florida and can't make it till the day of the burriel or he would of been there. My husband is devastated. My mil shows up to help him dig the grave. While I'm attending to organizing all the damn flowers and songs and family cause it's my baby I just birthed that died. My dad comes up on the day of the burial and esentually it's me and my husband and my dad covering up the grave. His dad won't even look at him. Two days later my husband quits working with him cause my husband has been clean and sober for 6 years and he is screaming at him on the work site infront of the home owner how he shouldn't go back to being a needle junkie. I lost my s**t. We don't talk to them anymore.
My partner's father was absent for the majority of his life. I didn't even meet him for the first 8 years of us dating. A couple of years ago he was made redundant from his job and received hundreds of thousands of $$$ as a payout. He wasted it all in a matter of months gambling. This year my partner's sister had a baby and the father wanted to come to visit for Christmas to see the baby (the father moved to another state after he left my partner's mother 31 years ago). My partner being a nice person offered for him to stay with us since he now has no money to pay for a hotel. The entire time he was here he did not clean up after himself, would leave dirty dishes on the counter and did not contribute towards any food in the house. He ate everything in our fridge and pantry including several boxes of chocolate my partner received as Christmas presents from his students. And then proceeded to try con my partner into buying him weed. I hope he never comes back.
This triggered me so much after this last week. My parents took us on vacation and my brother’s family didn’t intend on spending any money. I had already paid for excursions for my family. My parents wanted my nieces to do an excursion so they paid for one for my brothers family after having said that was on us to pay for any extras beyond the flight and resort. My bf and I got sick and couldn’t go on an excursion with my son. I asked them to take him and they said yes, but backed out bc my brother was supposed to go on an excursion with my dad (my dad paid for). Then they canceled it and instead of taking my son, they rented a cabana and babysat my nieces all day. Then they didn’t even care to say goodbye to us before we left for the airport. I see how me and my family rate compared to my brother and his.
I made it about halfway through this and go so pissed it stopped. Maybe BP can have a separate site for negative asshole posts. No one needs to read this s**t.
Funny how you clicked on a link to a thread about a special place in hell for entitled relatives but yet you're upset that there's posts about assholes and then proceed to say how you didn't read most of it. This is a free site and no one is forcing you to click on these links....
Load More Replies... What is with all the Netflix drama? It cost about $10 a month. Get it yourself.
sure the food in number 30 does look really bland, but if it bothers them so much they could just put some gravy on it
I feel like a good chunk of these type of posts are made up/exaggerated to get people attention on the internet.
I have known people this entitled, I can assure you that if these stories are indeed exaggerated, they still are a sadly accurate reflection of human greed and lack of empathy/self-awareness :(
Load More Replies... Can someone please tell me what CB means? Cannot find its meaning anywhere except for c**k block ha ha!
Don't live near family. Had one uncle who was a self centred d**k. Came in to a gathering with my Aunt (who was really nice, always seems the way?) Sat down and told my sister to 'get off her ass and get them a drink'. Wish I had been there for her " You have two legs and a f*****g pulse. Get it yourself." reply.
that one about the sister supposedly not paying after they took the kids to the zoo? Absolutely fake. That happened in the UK between a babysitter and the family that hired her.
Yeah and the babysitter's sister is the one who posted it.
Load More Replies... The title says these entitled relatives deserve a special place in hell. Granted, I didn't read every entry carefully, but in my estimation, these people acted rude but don't deserve eternal agony for asking for free stuff.
