{"id":83068,"date":"2024-10-01T14:04:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=83068"},"modified":"2024-10-01T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:04:36","slug":"10-people-who-were-stunned-by-what-their-family-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/10-people-who-were-stunned-by-what-their-family-did\/","title":{"rendered":"10 People Who Were Stunned by What Their Family Did"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9\u00a0Timur Weber \/ Pexels\n
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  • My\u00a0ex\u00a0mother-in-law gave my\u00a03\u00a0kids gifts they loved at\u00a0Christmas when they were small.\u00a02\u00a0days later she came to\u00a0the house packed EVERYTHING she got them into bags and took it\u00a0all back to\u00a0the stores, because she was \u201cbroke\u201d.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0nothingis_real\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
  • Many years ago, I\u00a0allowed my\u00a0brother-in-law to\u00a0stay with\u00a0us temporarily, as\u00a0he\u00a0lost his job and his apartment and had nowhere else to\u00a0go. He\u00a0acts nice in\u00a0the beginning. We\u00a0go\u00a0out of\u00a0town for a\u00a0few weeks, and he\u00a0is\u00a0eager to\u00a0watch the house for\u00a0us. We\u00a0come back, he\u00a0has changed all the locks. We\u00a0knock and knock and he\u00a0refuses to\u00a0answer. Suddenly, cops pull\u00a0up, and he\u00a0had successfully evicted\u00a0us from our own property. Had to\u00a0rent another place for 6\u00a0weeks until we\u00a0could go\u00a0through legal proceedings and get back\u00a0in. When we\u00a0did get back\u00a0in, he\u00a0had trashed the house. Milk and eggs on\u00a0the carpets, put raw chicken inside the walls, stolen all the plugs and fixtures, ceiling fans, etc. Sold our appliances, and he\u00a0even killed a\u00a0bunch of\u00a0random stray cats in\u00a0the neighborhood and laid them all around the house. Called the cops again and was told it\u00a0was a\u00a0Domestic\/civil issue and to\u00a0take him to\u00a0small claims court.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0sirdomino\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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    \u00a9\u00a0Alari Tammsalu \/ Pexels\n
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    • I\u00a0have a\u00a0very devoted mother. She would do\u00a0anything for her kids. My\u00a0sister called her one day, saying she had health issues and needed $5000 for the surgery that she\u2019s going to\u00a0need. She tells my\u00a0mom everything: who the doctor\u00a0is, what they are going to\u00a0do.
      \nMy\u00a0mom in\u00a0tears rushes to\u00a0take out a\u00a0loan and immediately heads to\u00a0pay for\u00a0it, where, as\u00a0you might have guessed, finds out my\u00a0sister lied about the whole thing. When my\u00a0mom calls her to\u00a0ask her what\u2019s going\u00a0on, my\u00a0sister yells at\u00a0her for going to\u00a0the doctor\u2019s office first and not just giving her the money and hangs up\u00a0on\u00a0her.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0crunknizzle\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
    • My\u00a0dad started working abroad as\u00a0soon as\u00a0he\u00a0got out of\u00a0high school. He\u00a0didn\u2019t really spend money, but instead just sent it\u00a0all back to\u00a0his mom to\u00a0keep for him, or\u00a0use in\u00a0the event of\u00a0an\u00a0emergency. She used the money to\u00a0keep up\u00a0with bills, then sold their farm and made a\u00a0bunch of\u00a0money.
      \nFast-forward a\u00a0couple of\u00a0years. My\u00a0dad married my\u00a0mom. They had my\u00a0little brother, who was born with respiratory issues. My\u00a0dad asked to\u00a0borrow\u00a0money from his mom to\u00a0pay the medical bills, which were obscene. She told him no\u00a0and that he\u00a0shouldn\u2019t have had a\u00a0kid if\u00a0he\u00a0couldn\u2019t afford\u00a0it.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Dovienya\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
    • My\u00a0grandmother was pretty old and not in\u00a0a\u00a0position to\u00a0live alone, so\u00a0she decided to\u00a0sell her home. This was on\u00a0top of\u00a0the remainder of\u00a0my\u00a0grandfather\u2019s pension, so\u00a0she had about $50000\u00a0or so. She asked my\u00a0father to\u00a0handle all the bank work.
      \nOne day, my\u00a0father called her, asking if\u00a0she was well enough to\u00a0go\u00a0to\u00a0the bank, but his sister\u2019s (my\u00a0aunt\u2019s) boyfriend picked\u00a0up, said it\u00a0was taken care of\u00a0and hung\u00a0up. They had tricked my\u00a0grandmother into putting all that money into their account, which they had no\u00a0intention of\u00a0letting her access.
      \nLuckily, Dad was able to\u00a0explain to\u00a0Nan what my\u00a0aunt did, and the bank (having known and respected my\u00a0grandfather) reversed the transfer.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0mb86\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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      • When I was 17, I wanted a car, so I arranged with my dad to buy his 82 Omega. I worked hard at my menial cashier job that paid $4.25 an hour, and gave him $100 a month for 5 months until I had paid it off. I was so proud!
        \nNow, all he\u00a0had to\u00a0do\u00a0was give me\u00a0the title and let me\u00a0register\u00a0it, but he\u00a0said, \u201cNo, you can\u2019t have my\u00a0car.\u201d A\u00a0month later, he\u00a0sold it\u00a0to\u00a0someone else for $500\u00a0also. I\u00a0had no\u00a0car and was out 500\u00a0bucks. He\u00a0never did give me\u00a0my\u00a0money back.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Unknown Author\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
      • My\u00a0best friend got married, the bride\u2019s side of\u00a0the family said they would pay for the wedding if\u00a0it\u00a0was within reason. So\u00a0they kept everything within reason. Instead of\u00a0paying for the wedding, the bride\u2019s family spent the money on\u00a0a\u00a0vacation and didn\u2019t tell them. So\u00a0they had to\u00a0postpone their wedding because nothing was paid for.
        \nSo\u00a0my\u00a0friend and his wife eventually paid for the wedding themselves. When the big day finally came, the bride\u2019s family gave $150 and an\u00a0I.O.U in\u00a0a\u00a0card saying, \u201cwe\u00a0owe you a\u00a0better gift.\u201d The family has a\u00a0boat, a\u00a0jag, and took another vacation that year.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0fenixqns\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
      • My\u00a0father asked my\u00a0mother for a\u00a0divorce on\u00a0my\u00a0birthday. He\u00a0took everything they had in\u00a0their home, and started dating a\u00a020-year-old. I\u00a0took out a\u00a0$6000 loan to\u00a0refurnish a\u00a0house\u00a0I started renting with my\u00a0mother who passed away 2\u00a0months after moving\u00a0in.
        \nIn\u00a0her final email, she told my\u00a0father to\u00a0give me\u00a0the life insurance, so\u00a0I can pay the loan back. He\u00a0took off with\u00a0it. He\u00a0bought a\u00a0truck and a\u00a0stereo. He\u00a0left me\u00a0broke, with a\u00a0debt\u00a0I couldn\u2019t pay and a\u00a0little brother to\u00a0take care\u00a0of.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0nee178\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n
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        \u00a9\u00a0Ketut Subiyanto \/ Pexels\n

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        • My\u00a0friend was made to\u00a0pay rent to\u00a0his parents by\u00a0the time he\u00a0was 14. He\u00a0never saw a\u00a0movie until his was\u00a015, and always worn handed-down clothes. He\u00a0grew up\u00a0poor, or\u00a0so\u00a0he\u00a0thought, and paid his own way through college. Then, years after graduating, he\u00a0discovered his parents were loaded.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0frugaldutchman\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
        • It\u00a0was Christmastime, and my\u00a0boyfriend got some gifts from his father and his father\u2019s girlfriend for Christmas. His sister got much, much more, due to\u00a0her being really spoiled. The next day, his father took all of\u00a0his gifts back to\u00a0the store to\u00a0buy his sister some more stuff.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0lmpetigo\u00a0\/ Reddit\n
        • My\u00a0sister borrowed a\u00a0large sum of\u00a0money from our retired mother, with a\u00a0promised payback plan. Never made a\u00a0single payment. Mother is\u00a0now down to\u00a0her last dollar, so\u00a0we\u00a0tried to\u00a0get our sister to\u00a0pay her at\u00a0least some of\u00a0the money she owes. A\u00a0few months later, a\u00a0check showed up\u00a0at\u00a0our mom\u2019s made out to\u00a0her for $0.00 and a\u00a0comment on\u00a0the bottom that said, \u201cGet a\u00a0job.\u201d\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0shiny_brine\u00a0\/ Reddit\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          \u00a9\u00a0Timur Weber \/ Pexels My\u00a0ex\u00a0mother-in-law gave my\u00a03\u00a0kids gifts they loved at\u00a0Christmas when they were small.\u00a02\u00a0days later she came to\u00a0the house packed EVERYTHING she got them into bags and took it\u00a0all back to\u00a0the stores, because she was \u201cbroke\u201d.\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0nothingis_real\u00a0\/ Reddit Many years ago, I\u00a0allowed my\u00a0brother-in-law to\u00a0stay with\u00a0us temporarily, as\u00a0he\u00a0lost his job and his apartment and had nowhere …\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":83069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-and-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83071,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83068\/revisions\/83071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}