Entitled Father Wants Son To Pay His Debts After Cutting Him Off 5 Years Ago r/EntitledPeople

[@Mapache095]

Story 1 - LISTEN TO ME OP: they’re threatening you and your mom for money, that’s ILLEGAL! it’s not about if you can or can’t help your dad, they’re doing EVERYTHING WRONG! If they continue, sue!!!!

[@ajarfullofjoy]

Definitely sue. They destroyed property. Windows aren't cheap, and even if they were, doesn't matter. They owe your mom new windows

[@michellemybelle1231]

If dad has time to stalk his son claiming starvation and begging for money, he’s got time to get a damn job.

[@marionmarshall8438]

Yes, four adults and not one job between them.

[@brandi5126]

Story 1: Your father and his family are crazy people. You and your mom are safest never contacting to him again. He just sees you as a bank and so does his family. Pursue all legal avenues to keep all those crazy people away. And find supportive friends to help you through this.

[@condorboss3339]

First story: Even if OP gives his dad the money, he'll be back for more in 90 days (and the rest of the family on that side will have their hands out too). The time to cut him off is now. As the old saying goes: " _Once you have paid him the Danegeld, You never get rid of the Dane_ "

[@TheNormExperience]

This! All giving in will teach them is that harrassement works.

[@phoenixsky6124]

Story 1 if he can’t even be honest about what happened and keeps threatening he doesn’t deserve even a hello. Food banks are great resources.

[@maryudomah4387]

I just noticed Mark is one of the only Reddit Readers who doesn't change curses. More reasons to truly appreciate him.

[@catandrobbyflores]

I agree. Although rslash saying "passionate hugging" is funny.

[@heathermiller6046]

Me too honestly. He reads the story the way it’s written, which keeps it from getting watered down the way it would censored. I know a few narrators who also read the story as-is but I can count them on one hand ✋

[@GabrielleHayes1921]

He also reads the whole story with the actual ages, so I don't feel I have to read along with him I can just listen and be happy with that

[@marionmarshall8438]

He's Australian, like the Scots, he says it as it is.

[@Helenahandbasket1971]

Story one, that Father is never going to be happy with any money he's given. He'll continuously want more. His stepsons are the children he always wanted, not some nerd. Well, that nerd needs to keep his father out of his life.

[@MsUnamusedNerd]

STORY 1: honestly it does not matter if they are related by blood. 0P‘s father made it very clear that his stepson’s are his real children and even got other members of the family to cut off contact with OP. His father only came back into his life because he feels entitled to open Op’s money. He completely abandoned OP and talks shit about him saying he’s a “geeky nerd“ because he works a good job in IT. “Your father never loved you, never has and will never respect you. Do not give him a single penny. If he keeps damaging your property press charges because if you don’t you’re letting him get away with his behavior and he thinks if he keeps doing it long enough you’ll eventually cave and give him money

[@kathybouziane5269]

You don't owe good old dad a dime. He already swindled 50k out of your mom on the house. Also, theres 5 people living in his house and nobody can find a job ? Plus if they are damaging your property , a restraining order isn't enough. Save the threats and take them to the police. Charge them. I'm sure they won't starve in jail ---

[@CooperGal24]

I think we should be more concerned about the stepsons. Whose to say that he won’t pull this stunt on the stepsons and recent wife, then leave them for five years and tries to weasel back into their hearts when the stepsons are big successful workers?

[@kathybouziane5269]

@@CooperGal24 No doubt he will. Entitled AH !

[@janicevango5791]

@@CooperGal24 OP says in the post that his father paid for the stepsons’ university so they must be grown up. I’m only guessing, but maybe they were in on the damage to OP’s mother’s house? My god, what a shower of entitled moochers. They all need to be taught a stiff lesson.

[@CooperGal24]

@@janicevango5791 I've seen too many of these kinds of people on Steve Wilkos.

[@yourneighborhooddeadpool488]

I’m German, British, Italian and Polish and I’m just a WWII joke. I’m impressed by the people who can speak more than one language fluently. I’d love to learn German, Italian, Korean, and Japanese.

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

Omg I’m kinda jealous. German, British, Italian, & Polish are beautiful countries, cultures & amazing individual histories. I wanna learn German too!

[@jadedflames2809]

I'm sorry that you need to deal with that, I can't imagine that at all. But you're epic! I hope you have a lovely day though!

[@neilyb5012]

Dude when you walk into a bar it's like one of those old jokes if your Jewish you'd have the whole set this was when a priest a rabbi a minister an a iman used to be in jokes together there's a funny on about a plane crash you just can't tell anymore

[@yourneighborhooddeadpool488]

@@neilyb5012 I know someone who’s Jewish German and Italian

[@dizzysdoings]

I really wish I could have learned German as a child. My grandfather was from Germany, but he died when I was a baby. I did take a semester in college. I transferred to another college after that and wanted to take more, but they only had Spanish and French, so I took a couple of semesters of French. The professor was horrible! He was from France, and if your accent wasn't the same as his, he took points off your grade. I have some hearing problems due to an inner ear disorder. We had these tapes we had to listen to for our tests. They were almost impossible to understand if you had good hearing! Other people in the class complained about them as well. But to "help" me, he turned the volume up. It made them worse. I had Spanish in high school for a couple of years. That's the only language I've really conversed in other than English. One day, I want to really work on it. I didn't know until too late that my grandmother was fluent in Spanish. My grandparents had been missionaries to South America. From what I understand, my grandmother was the first white woman to visit some of the tribes.

[@ArmyOfFreaks]

Story 1. You don't have a father...you have a gold digger bugging you and he just happens to share your DNA, that's it. DNA doesn't mean he's entitled to you, your money or anything you get or earn.

[@Artem2034]

Also it seems that OPs father met his match, a gold digger marrying into family of gold diggers.

[@isabeljane9789]

To anyone who reads this, I hope today was amazing and tomorrow will be even better, you deserve it ❤

[@jessicapalmer3455]

Same to you sweetie! You wonderful little flower!

[@heatherhogan1114]

WOW, this was the first thing I seen when I clicked on this video. Thank you so much for that, it actually made me smile and warmed my heart. What Jessica stated is true, you are a bunch of wonderful little flowers. 🌹🌺🌷⚘🌸🌼

[@larrykaufman8100]

Thank you and “ back at you”

[@laurenmentink7401]

Thank you.

[@depressedglub32]

Thanks love, I really needed this today 💗

[@wildfyah]

Story 1 Tell yourself that your sperm donor is good and you'll be able to emotionally detach yourself from it. Ignore your friends too, they need to understand the difference between family and relatives and stop forgiving people just because they're related.

[@susanlayton2143]

story 2: I hate people who talk about someone not being able to speak English well or say about ones speaking in a different language that they should speak English (here in the USA). My DIL thanks her grandparents all the time because they taught her Spanish (one set of gp from Mexico) and Italian (the other set from Italy) so she speaks English, Spanish and Italian and is also fluent in ASL. She likes to joke that she learned all the Spanish and Italian curse words first because when her grandfathers get angry they forget they know how to speak English and will walk around cursing in their native languages.

[@JUMALATION1]

In my case, I'm in a VERY fortunate situation when it comes to languages. I belong to a Swedish-speaking Finn minority, so right off the bat I have learned Swedish, Finnish and English in school, with some years studying German, French and Spanish too (not that I can speak those fluently though). And by knowing Swedish and German, I also understand Dutch, Danish, Norwegian and a tiiiny bit of Icelandic. I feel like I'm in the middle of the "language pot" here, and I feel really privileged. My next challenge would probably be slavic languages. I can read Cyrillic but do not understand it :D

[@silverfox1492]

my sister and I speak a broken mix of multiple languages(a result of a combination of being military kids and having relatives/family friends that have non English first languages) we've gotten lots of comments and weird looks when we speak to each other in public especially when we got older and would go places such as the mall(just us if we're with others we speak the group's common language only)

[@dizzysdoings]

I've studied both Spanish and French. And while I'm not as fluent as I'd like to be, I can normally speak enough Spanish to communicate if needed. I was listening to a conversation in Italian once. It was similar enough to Spanish that I was able to understand it.

[@AzraelThanatos]

The bit on not speaking english well is something I sympathize with there for a lot of people. I've learned some of a handfull of languages. However, there are some specific groups who I've heard with some extreme views on german specifically. There is one jewish family nearby that will throw a fit about the german language and will take some kind of crazy steps to not buy anything they can at all connected to german companies, and I only found that out when they went off about an Aldi's opening nearby.

[@llamabrat07]

When people apologize for their bad English, I always tell them no need to apologize, their English is better my *insert what’re their native language is here*. More often then not their English is understandable as long as you take the time to listen carefully. In turn I make sure I speak at a more reasonable speed, not my mile a minute, and am more conscious of enunciation so they can better understand me. I am jealous of those who can speak more than one language, and need to buckle down to learn the languages I want to.

[@Coira2]

Story 3 is the reason why the only donation pool that has ever been allowed at my job was when a coworker died suddenly, and my boss very politely asked for support for her twenty-something son to help cover funeral expenses. No trying to guilt, just a "come by my office if you want to donate." Asking your coworkers to fund your vacation is beyond tacky.

[@Salazarsalsa]

My dad refused to take any fundraiser stuff to work with him. He said he isn't going to put pressure on his coworkers for no reason.

[@tabithavanderpool418]

My parents just straight up didn't let me do those

[@groofromtheup5719]

The fundraising is just getting stupid. seriously, just let me pay $50 instead of being forced to sell $150 "worth" of candy bars.

[@paden1865able]

My brother wouldn't let me go around knocking on doors selling chocolate for a fundraiser, he bought my entire stock and then ordered more. He shared it with the guys in his unit.

[@Kattlarv]

Curious if OP's shit side of the family got in trouble for destroying the house. As, it sounded like OP has them admitting via text (or call) that they were the ones that broke the windows.

[@sophied9294]

It's like the universe is telling me something: the same morning I get a manipulative, gaslighting text from my entitled mum you post this video. Thanks as always Mark, love your work!

[@KimPossibleShockwave]

"I'm a single mother[...]" Unless something tragic happened to her partner e.g. dying, I've little sympathy for people who pull this card. It's not our fault or responsibility that these CC riders don't know what F -ing birth-control it.

[@seeingeyesseelies9545]

Don't breed em if you can't feed em.

[@jackspring7709]

Story 1: Your 'friends' who are telling you to forgive him are not friends. They are AHs. BTW - he's not starving, he's just greedy and trying to guilt trip you. NTA-but you seem to be surrounded by AH's, including your so-called friends. Life's too short to be tolerating toxic people.

[@joimumu]

Op can buy 3 months worth of ramen and send it to his father so they won’t ‘starve’

[@horsepuncher95]

There seems to be cultural differences here which is most likely why the friends are also on the father's side. They need a reality check though

[@susankaempfer8427]

@@joimumu 😂 I’m trying not to laugh this hard but 😆🤣

[@browniewin4121]

1) OP, block, and restraining order, calling cops, pressing charges, that is the way to go. DO NOT FEEL GULTY. He sucks, his family sucks, and so do any friends telling you to forgive and reconcile. NTA, they are. 2) Way to go OP. Some people just suck the life out of every situation, glad you spoke up against the obnoxiousness. 3) Not your responsibility to pay for a coworkers child and the family vacation, especially someone who never contributes towards anyone else, and her entitlement to claim you owe more than you agreed to is beyond crass. What a horribly entitled person, I hope she was given some consequences for her deplorable behavior in the workplace. 4) OP, very professional.

[@a-pop9652]

Story 2 is the equivalent of me laughing in the 10 other languages I’m learning then my native tongue and English.

[@heathermiller6046]

Ten? Wow, go you 😊

[@der23]

Nothing works better at destressing from work than Mark telling reddit stories and a cuddly sleeping cat on my lap

[@testtickles7648]

One of my favorite things about this channel is seeing all those positive, encouraging, and uplifting comments in the comments section. My love to you all! You make my bad days better. Thank you!

[@TsukiKageTora]

So this woman in story 3 thought the donation was per hour so they made their kid work double the hours than intended to further the amount given. I mean if the amount was 10 per hour, and she works an extra 8 hours... that is literal financial manipulation. If someone said x per hour, they probably only thought it would be for x time not x doubled. She should feel ashamed for trying to manipulate the people with the same pay as her to give her the money for a 2,000 trip.

[@threeducks157]

Lol there is this lady in our office that her whole personality is "I'm a broke single mom" my office door is always closed and you can only see me in there is with advance notice at least one hour as I'm quite busy, that not just me tooting my own horn lol my position used to be 3 positions got condensed into one with a massive pay rise. Anyhow the aforementioned lady busts in trough my door one morning and slaps down this paper in my desk, and says "I know you are the richest guy in the office so you can afford to help pay for my daughter senior trip, I mean you can probably buy a car with that watch" my assistant quickly comes in and not so gently asks her to leave me alone and that wait she said was wildly inappropriate. The lady tried twice more even once bringing her daughter to the office (that got her a write up as unauthorized personal during covid was a no) finally gave up when I threaten suspension with out pay

[@jadereynolds8862]

Story 1 - when someone threatens to sue op again he should say he's love to see them try. If they go through with it he should counter-sue for the damage to the house, putting security up and harassment

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Whoever is reading this i send hugs and great vibes. Drink water, eat food, nap, take a break, take care of yourself gosh darn it. And if you don't I swear I will find you and keep you in a cottage and take care of you. 🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

[@charlottevandewalle8836]

Love and hugs back! 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@charlottevandewalle8836 🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

[@novabrilliant4510]

Wish I could send you some of the cookies I made. You are a delightful person ☺️

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@novabrilliant4510 awww thanks 🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

[@egalitarian2207]

same to you, friend. :-) we broken birds fly with strengthened wings

[@raihastorm9105]

Mark: sorry my German viewer Me, German: 👍 (You did better then some of my American friends. Don't feel bad)

[@Darwinsmom]

I found a poem about learning languages that really puts it into perspective. It is called "To Learn A Language" and was written by Shirley Kawahara, with a translation into English by Douglas Petherbridge.. I discovered this poem hanging above the copier in my university anthropology office, which was delightful because Shirley was my grade 4 teacher at Fort Chambly School in Germany. Sometimes I think that growing up as the "other" in a foreign country was the greatest blessing I could have had. I am not threatened by people speaking a different language, because I was immersed in that as a kid. I am not fearful of the "other" because I had been that "other". Beyond that, a language is a precious job skill. All things being equal between two candidates for a position, the one who speaks multiple languages will probably get the job.

[@cheskydivision]

Op your father is abusive and abandoned you. File a police report every time he does something. Cut him out.

[@badkitty4922]

Mark, thank you SO MUCH for being here posting videos so soon after your loss. If doing this helps with your grief and healing, crack on. But, if you need time off, I got your back, luv! Much Love, Light, and Strength to you! Kisses and cuddles for little Miss Poppy!💖💖🙏🙏💪💪😘😘🐕😘😘😘

[@sierralovat5498]

Children dont owe their parents anything. Especially the ones that abandon their children

[@saltytoshiro3685]

Day 109 of reminding Mark that he's amazing and that his work is appreciated ❤️

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Nice

[@ambersunsets2953]

Good work internet stranger

[@viddergrapho8488]

Story 3: as a single mum saving up several thousands of dollars for my friend's wedding in a few months, ABSOLUTELY NOT. I knew a girl kinda like this. None of us were surprised when she got fired.

[@musicallydisneyamvs6731]

Story 1.) The last commenter said it best. Jesus this guy needs new friends, wtf? Story 3.) BITCH!!! Glad she got told down too.

[@youarehere594]

Story one - the father is never going to quit. He'll keep asking and keep threating over and over and over again. Better to contact law enforcement and shut this down quick.

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

Hey you yes you remember to take care of yourself gosh darn it, you are always valid, and I love you and care about you so please take care of yourself 💜💜🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗

[@badkitty4922]

😘😘😘💖💖💖👍👍👍👋👋👋👋👋

[@broken_queer_but_fighting8589]

@@badkitty4922 🤗🤗💜💜🤗🤗💜💜

[@tamsinmoore2111]

Story Three: it reminds me of the movie 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' It's about a dance marathon during The Depression.

[@TheIronwil]

Office Charity: Yeah, this is something I’m glad isn’t allowed in the businesses I’ve programmed for. They had a charity drive at some data-entry job I had back in college, and I wound up getting flak from some coworkers when I chose not to donate. I explained that I refuse to donate to charities due to a general lack of accountability in those organizations, and that I instead donated my time. One time I volunteered for “haircuts for the homeless”. But it got fairly bad at work, until I had enough and flatly told my coworkers that the topic was closed and I didn’t care what they thought about it. I had to get that aggressive about it for them to stop.

[@novabrilliant4510]

Making some chocolate chip cookies. Enjoying some waffle while I do just makes the day better. Thanks Mark. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day.

[@elizabethgeorge7671]

My boyfriend and I were speaking German once I a chipotle and we got the nastiest glare from a woman eating there. All we were doing was talking about what we planned to order smh.

[@ComaLies225]

That last story tho!!!! It’s always a good idea put your ego aside and treat people with kindness and respect because you never know if you’ll ever need them. OP is too kind in hit his story

[@patriciahazeltine9986]

To any family who would damage your personal property, you need to dump them. And sue them for damages. If they feel you should help father and family, let them help first.

[@lisaedwards2542]

I'm a single mother that doesn't give me any entitlement I'm so sick of these Karen's. I would have taken the money back as she's a con artist.

[@bethotoole6569]

That last story was just great Daddy-O! Much love 👍😎

[@sciencenerd218]

More Entitled people! Hell fucking yea!!

[@julianahendrix6005]

Don't don't don't give him money. He is a sleezy scamer .

[@TheLegoDave]

First story: Not your problem

[@toni3548]

The answer to the father wanting his 5 year neglected son to pay his bills, is no, and NTA. He made his own bed, and you helped support the mom that was abandoned as well.

[@thomasjoseph5876]

I would drive over to his house and see how "starving" they really are. I bet they have all the fun things most families have like cars, phones, large tv's etc.

[@danacarter9147]

1st OP's mother is NTA, either, I mean, not only is she his #1 support system, she's his real family. You gotta love her!!!👍👍👍👍

[@sheilabondurant2421]

Get some new friends and go no contact with your father's family. Tell them to pound sand.

[@myrabeth77]

Story 3: Greedy coworker should have spent the money on reading lessons, since she didn't understand the content of a form she carried around for weeks.

[@TheIndigodog]

I quote John Wayne," Help someone in trouble and they will remember you when they are in trouble again."

[@frith.calluna]

Good on OP from story 1 for going to the police. I hope he's made screenshots and videos of everything they did and said to him so far. Those friends who said ''hE's YoUr FaThEr YoU hAvE tO fOrGiVe HiM''. Wtf??? OP's father is an abusive shithead. He burned those bridges and it's not OP's responsibility to repair that relationship. And honestly, I (like everyone else) don't think OP should have a relationship with that man.

[@kendallann4444]

Mark it’s early! That tells me today is going to be a good day! Pebbles is on my shoulder listening too!🐭💜

[@ajb7530]

1st story, OP you don't owe your father nothing. The way he treated you is disgusting behavior.

[@danacarter9147]

That's right, 1st OP. You don't need to be surrounded by toxic people. None of us do.💛👍

[@sorinsilverheart3200]

Hey Mark. Thank you for all you do for us. I got the call yesterday that my grandfather passed from a sudden heart attack and I'm still pretty numb, but your videos are helping a lot. Much love man

[@laurelrhodes744]

Story 3 made me think of this wholesome story. It’s true that fundraising at public schools really helps out a lot of the kids go on trips like science camp and other field trips. I did some volunteer work a few years ago at an elementary school in my area. The older kids had gone to science camp but since it was a school with a lot of low income families, the school covered for many students and had gone into debt. It was about $1,500 total if I remember right, that wasn’t even for 10% of the grade! Our volunteer group spent some time doing fundraising of our own and we were able to raise $1,600 by the time our volunteer week ended! Let me tell you, when we gave that money to the school’s principal she was in *tears*! The best part? We didn’t have to extort any of that money! 🤣

[@maemae527]

Story 3: The only charities I donate to are non profit and are usually LGBT related- I’ve had bad experience with donating straight to people just because they hound you afterwards for more money.

[@whatsername77alis]

Ooo a blue background for the intro. Switching things up 💙

[@kendallann4444]

It’s a pretty color!💙💚

[@heathermiller6046]

Blueberry syrup to accompany those delicious crispy cakes lol 😋

[@TheNormExperience]

Story 1 - if OP got a restraining order for his mother, he needs to also get one for himself against his father for showing up where he lives unwanted, along with the father’s family who are all harassing you. This is harassment, full stop, and it will only get worse until they‘re made to deal with the consequences of their own disgusting actions.

[@Takergal]

Did anyone else think of that Old Spice commercial during the "He looks at her. She looks at him. He looks at her" in story 3?

[@hothotheat3000]

Don’t do it. He’s gonna bounce again as soon as he gets the money. You need to block his number and not respond to any further communication attempts. Anyone who disagrees can pay his debts themselves. And him shitting on your career is absurd. I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t be thrilled to have an engineer as a son.

[@grumpyrhonda6709]

Oh my goodness. I've only recently discovered your channel and whilst listening to you tonight, I hear you read out one of my comments on your stories!

[@frankhooper7871]

I just make it a rule that I _never_ sponsor anybody for anything. If I wish to donate to charity, I'll do it directly. And if the office rules say 'no charity collecting', that should apply equally to poppies.

[@lapsedgoth]

Story 1: I've got a simple rule anyone can follow "don't give money to people who smash your windows." As soon as you do it the once they'll be coming back for more and more. Set your boundaries, if you feel bad for them set up some kind of arrangement. His kids who can't get work can care for your lawn for money, or you can help them find resources to get them working.

[@oldwoman5942]

Your friends aren’t really your friends if they expect you to give your money to your father.

[@RandomTrinidadian]

OP should just let the so called Family sue him, let them waste their money on a pointless case then counter sue for harrassment and emotional damage.

[@laurenmentink7401]

Story 1 = Lawyer, police and lawsuits for Sperm Donor and his family. Story about the charity = Get HR involved when it comes to needs to get time off. I won a contest in high school - 3rd place out of 20 contestants. I got that by combining my great aunt Pauline and my mom. I currently give no craps about hurting people's feelings and I have major "If looks could kill" and RBF on steroids. Got a lot of therapy and assertiveness training. I don't have to come down like an anvil but I know how to do it.

[@vonb4050]

On story 2. My partner's parents were refugees from Vietnam and they taught themselves English. It isn't great but easily understandable if you listen and I get so sad when they apologise for it. I always tell them don't apologise, you speak 4 languages and I only speak one, they should be proud of themselves.

[@carlajones9506]

Tell father he caused family to damage you, your mom and your house. You owe him nothing.

[@martinprochazka3714]

What a bullcrap, if you're starving you don't have the energy to go smashing windows for fun...

[@Audiogeek-kf2ez]

Time to man up and get some private security to go intimadate these losers they are leaches. Tell him the next time you see him , it will be in jail. Be ghost him for life.

[@karenkotick3522]

He will aways ask you for more money. Don't give him a dime. Good luck.

[@Tevikolady]

If someone needs food to feed their family, offer to pick them up, take them to the store, have them buy reasonable groceries (not alcohol, liquor, cigarettes and f*cking lobster) but bare NEEDS and then take them to the family house. If they refuse, they don't need food, they want money. If they need help with rent, go to the housing office or bank and pay it directly, if they refuse, they don't need help, they want money. You can always expose a person's intentions by literally complying with what they claim to need, only for them to realize you are not going to actually hand them over your cash

[@GabrielleHayes1921]

1st story: press harrassment charges against them all and get security cameras with night vision and audio. Maybe even go to the media about it. If your friends think that you should take care of him because of matching dna despite what they're doing, then cut them off Edit: agree, get a damn good lawyer

[@ceciliacalvin9469]

Story 1: sue the family for the all the damages they did on mom’s house times 10.

[@annsnyder4662]

These people that don't like Germans because we fought them in WWII should talk with people that actually went thru it. Most of the German army didnt want to fight for the Germans. They did it to save their families lives.

[@threeducks157]

Owe him a share? Woot? Li literally owe my grandfather for my current financial position he would never ever ask for anything in return, and those friends? Just eww. Also by that ladies logic we would all be mute lol.

[@johnneal7832]

That first one,needs new friends.mine would have went round and kicked the shit out of the lot of them lol

[@east-endjustice7883]

I'd tell them I am willing to help but I'd have to deliver the money in person and speak to them at their homes and after they give me the address I'd confirm it and arrange to blow out every window on all of their homes! Hahahahaha literally no joke, every single one of them involved with the threats of "that's just the beginning" would endure immense property damage and financial loss, maybe even physical too!

[@heathermiller6046]

I call my son’s father a sperm donor too. I didn’t realize other people’s fathers were referred to the same way. I thought I was the only one. TIL...

[@darlieoneeleven]

My favorite response has always been: I am a single parent too and get no child support. I don't try to make my coworkers support my sh*ty taste in men.

[@kathybouziane5269]

Ah yes, school fundraisers. I'd rather give money than buy shit I have absolutely no use for. And as a grandparent I get hit up with as many as 4-5 at a time from all my grandchildren looking at me expectantly. 🙄

[@You_said_what1]

"Peculiar variety of bitch" I cant🤣

[@tinkrebelle]

Story 1: I'd be willing to bet money on sperm donar at the very least being some kind of sociopath or narcissist. He never cared about op he just wanted the money, which is why he barely even bothered to "come crawling back" because he assumed he could just do what he usually does to get what he wants Story 2: This is definitely one of my favorite "they didn't know I knew the language" comeback stories I've heard, good on op for sticking up to the couple! Story 3: That awkward moment when you don't fully understand how your sign-up sheet works and now you have to learn "the hard way" that you can't actually scam people into giving more than they agreed to XD Story 4: ngl I wasn't fully paying attention to this story, but as a chronically indecisive person, the level of wishy-washyness I *did* pay attention to was incredibly unprofessional of that one company. Good on them for being able to find someone new lol

[@roberthicks5454]

I find it funny that his reasoning for the kids starving is that they can not get a job while he supposedly spent the money on putting them in college. There are so many obvious lies in his story. For the story about languages, I have tried many times to learn a new language but have come to realize I have some sort of learning disability in that regard. I think highly of those that know multiple languages.

[@BigfootWithMemes]

You should leave him in my woods I just wanna talk to him

[@thomasjoseph5876]

With a bag of Jack Links Beef Jerky in his back pocket??? LOL

[@shecoda4402]

STORY 1 OP NTA No child owes their parents an income unless the child wants to. He knocked out all the windows of the Mother's house and said this was only the beginning? Does OP have that in writing? That is extortion and extortion is a felony if OP lives in the US. OP should call the police and press charges not just for the damages but for the extortion itself. OP owes nothing to an extortionist.

[@mcyeetus6933]

Just woke up from a nap. Best surprise ever to wake up with this ready watch. Thank you mark

[@msredux]

NTA and those aren't your friends, you don't owe him anything, he cut you out of his life, that's it, if he comes again call the police.

[@anarky4711]

Story 1 - Dad wants help? Send him a food stamp application and a copy of the restraining order.

[@lucasdieugenio507]

For story 1, send dad a cashier's checks for 99 cents

[@yousifahmed5188]

felt so good hearing rhe fourth story and how none the shitty emeployes have no power anymore but seriously who think they can "giveaway' COMPANY FORNITURE that's stealing imo since it wasn't notified by the owner

[@delilahbelle2125]

1st story: even without the harassment, vandalism, threats, and (essentially) blackmail, OP should just ask his sperm donor "why would you want help from a geek anyway? You made it clear I'm no son of your's because I'm a nerd, and all my money/success is a direct result of me being a geek/nerd. Ask your "real sons" for help."

[@nobinary2296]

Story 1) Cut those toxic people out and maybe make better friends. I hate people who try to encourage you to interact with abusive family members. Story 2) I am so jealous. Wish I had been there. That's priceless. Story 3) Uuuugh, hate people like this. Hope the kid grows up better than the Mother. That woman is entitled. The only one I feel bad for IS the child. Story 4) Ooooo, boy. That's some professional revenge right there. Not nuclear, not petty, but utterly professional. There should be a subreddit full of this style of revenge. I know that I would love to see it. (Edit for updates)

[@chloekaftan]

Story 1: god this hit far too close to home for my liking... i had a similar situation with my dad but unlike OP i was decisive with excommunicating him, he was cheating on my mom consistently for as long as i could remember and even after he got exposed by a local radio station for impregnating the family maid and my mom still begrudgingly forgave him, no more than a few weeks her started cheating on her again. on top of that he was very publicly vocal about how he only raised me and my brother to be his golden goose by taking over my moms business so he could get rid of her (he actually said that to my face) so we spared no expense at rebelling against his master plan by dropping out of the college course he wanted and studying animation and game development instead. that crushed his pride a lot so after we did that he tried countless times to be rid of us, except that he couldnt because he knew my brother would literally kill him if he tried. and eventually after a very long time we managed to get rid of him. unfortunately we gave him 100,000$ in the process to leave us alone, which didnt happen since he tried to play the victim a few years later to get monetary support from us. we rejected him, he turned hostile, tried to ruin our business and defame us, it escalated to a lawsuit against him ending with a restraining order, a bunch of paperwork, and the ability to deport him if we so wished. because he has an open case against him he cant escape to another country now like he did in his home country for tax evasion (long before my time) so we messed up his plan-b badly.

[@jaclynsmith4323]

It's so bloody hot out today I just bought 100 water balloons and plan on surprising the kids with a water balloon fight when they get home from school. At least I have something to listen to while I fill these. 😆

[@aliquot8404]

Sounds fun. I hope you don't attract EMs (Entitled Morons) telling you that throwing water balloons promotes violence and antisocial behavior.

[@annac777]

Hahhaha all the people in story 3 are nicer than me, as soon as the woman whined about the donations I would've said "ok, guess you don't want my money" and left

[@SilverMaychan]

That is what I would say too.

[@connienelson1515]

Don't help him. Get a restraining order and keep copies of everything they say and do, especially per the house. Go to a lawyer and find out how to protect yourself and your mom. You need new friends! And new family. Oh yes, get cameras and recording.

[@LunaMane]

At first I wondered why the entitled employees in the last story didn't all just quit, but the more I thought about it they likely realized that if they did no other company would put up with their brown nosing and kick them to the curb.