An unemployed man has said that he resents his parents for giving him $100,000.

Qiaochu Yuan, 35, who has been jobless for three years, took to Twitter to explain that he resents his parents for paying his college tuition, giving him tens of thousands of dollars, and generally spoiling him.

On Thursday, July 15, Yaun said that he had "admitted some things" to himself that were "mostly about money."

"Let's start here: last august my mom gave me $100,000 for my birthday. i resented her for this and also suppressed the resentment [sic]," he wrote, going by the name Magnificent Adult Baby on Twitter.

He explained that he had the realization on an acid trip where he wrote for possibly 12 straight hours.

"The reason you're alive right now and not starving to death on the street even though you haven't had a job in three years is because your parents send you money because they love you," Yuan tweeted.

He said he realized that he was "literally Harry f****** Potter."

"I'm always being protected by my parents' love in the form of money," Yuan said.

Yuan explained that when he ran out of money, the biggest consequence he faced was telling his parents, who had already spent $175,000 on his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology "because they wanted me to have a good education and a good life."

"My parents took care of me materially at the expense of taking care of me emotionally," Yuan tweeted. "It took me until this trip to even kinda experience the money they spent as an act of care."

The 35-year-old wrote that while he understands why his parents gave him so much financial support, they left him "incredibly sheltered in a bunch of ways."

"They never even made me do chores. I was very spoiled, and in retrospect, it wasn't good for me," he said.

Needless to say, the thread did not go unnoticed on Twitter, and people were quick to respond by sharing their own thoughts about Yuan resenting his parents.

One Twitter user wrote: "This was a really hard read. 100k is what my income would add up to after almost a *decade*. My parents had to skip meals to feed me when I was growing up. This thread might have been better to share with a therapist, not twitter [sic]."

A second added: "That is so sad. You know what you could do? REDISTRIBUTE TO PPL IN NEED. I’m a 23yr black queer artist and college student in need. If you don’t know how to make a difference, gone head and give that $$$ to ppl who will [sic]."

A third wrote: "Wow that's rough man, i mean i've been homeless since my apartment burnt down last year but i guess being handed a hundred thousand dollars could give one a sad too [sic].

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A girl whose mom died when she was eight years old opened up to her dad about their daughter-father relationship, and his reaction hasn't gone down well online.

Losing a parent is one of the toughest things that anyone will ever go through, and it also means that somebody has lost their soul mate.

In these times of hardship, the remaining parent and their child should come together and support each other - or so you'd hope.

One woman has taken to Reddit where she has opened up about losing her mother at eight years old, and the impact this had on her relationship with her dad.

Taking to the Am I The A**hole forum, she wrote: "I was 8 when I lost my mom and we were as close as ever but I needed him more. Then when I was 11 he remarried and he became a stepdad to a girl who was 10 at the time. Now, this is where full honesty comes in. I was jealous as hell that my dad was trying to bond with her and that he called her his daughter and us 'his girls' right away."

The Redditor was very candid about her jealousy, noting that she "felt sick" whenever her dad spent time with his stepdaughter, but she noticed that he would eventually start spending more time with his new family than with her.

She recounted an incident where she overheard him speaking: "I was 13 my dad said how much he preferred hanging out with her over me because they had similar interests. He said he couldn't spend enough time with his stepdaughter and he was hoping I would hit the teen phase of not wanting my parents around me that much."

She continued: "Then he admitted he also resented me for not wanting his wife the way her daughter wanted him. He wanted us to be the perfect little family and we looked like a stepfamily where the step is always used because I didn't really want his wife for stuff."

She gave her dad his space and he didn't seem to mind, but when his stepdaughter turned 16 and wanted her own space, he appeared to be crushed by it.

Years later her dad approached her about why she didn't call him to help her move into her new place, and she revealed everything from her jealousy to what he had overheard him saying.

She notes that he seemed "offended" by what she had said and that he said she was "disgusting" for wanting him to not spend time with his stepdaughter.

She concluded: "He also told me he should be allowed to have interests in common with someone other than me. I told him he was. But I was also a kid who lost my mom and clung to my sole living parent.

"He then accused me of manipulating him by saying all that and I told him that he shouldn't have asked a question if he wasn't prepared for an honest answer. He told me I could f*** right off with that attitude and told me to grow up."

People in the comments were not happy with the dad, as one person wrote: "Unfortunately your dad will never understand your side of things. It’s best to walk away to avoid your heart being broken over and over."

A second said: "He clearly didn’t provide you with enough love and reassurance and just expected you to accept them. I could see his position partially up until the point where you share your recent call with him and he just denied it and accuse you of manipulation. He clearly failed to provide enough stability, reassurance and emotional empathy to you."

A third concluded: "Now that you are no longer close, he wants to whine to you about how hurt his feelings are, but he still wants to take zero accountability for his failures as a father. He needs to grow up himself."

What are your thoughts?

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Parents can often be pushy when it comes to having grandkids.

But one couple in India has taken things a step further.

Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, are taking their only son and his wife to court for not giving them a grandchild after six years of marriage, BBC News reports.

The parents argue that they used up all their savings to raise their son and to pay for his pilot's training. They also forked out for his lavish wedding and luxury honeymoon.

Now, they want their dues. In court documents, the Prasads claim that if their son doesn't give them a grandchild within a year, they'll be demanding that he pay them back 5o million rupees ($650,000).

In an interview with BBC Hindi, Sadhana said that not having a grandchild had made life socially difficult for herself and her husband. She claimed that her son's decision not to have a child had opened them up to "taunts from society", adding that he and his wife are inflicting "mental cruelty" on them.

"We had no option but to go to the court. We have been trying to talk to them but whenever we raise the issue of grandchildren, they become evasive. Their decision not to procreate would mean the end of our family name," she said.

Her husband Sanjeev felt the same way, saying: "We are very unhappy. We are retired. We want to be grandparents. We are even willing to look after their children. Grandchildren bring joy into people's lives, but we are being deprived of it."

"My son has been married for six years but they are still not planning a baby," he added. "At least if we have a grandchild to spend time with, our pain will become bearable."

The Prasads' son and his wife have not yet commented on the situation - though court documents suggest that relations within the family are strained to say the least.

In India, a son's responsibility to care for his elderly parents is enshrined in law. The Supreme Court has recognized that sons have a "moral duty and legal obligation" to look after their parents in old age.

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A woman has been reunited with her long-lost daughter after learning her son was marrying her.

Weddings often come with their fair share of drama. From that one guest who always indulges a bit too much to family disagreements that turn the atmosphere tense, it's rare for the day to pass without a memorable moment.

However, even among the usual wedding chaos, some occurrences stand out. In a rather extraordinary turn of events, the groom's mother at a wedding in China made a startling discovery: her long-lost daughter was none other than the bride herself.

Per the Hong Kong newspaper Oriental Daily News, the incident in question occurred during a wedding in Suzhou, located in the Jiangsu province in China.

According to the publication, the mother of the groom noticed something remarkable about the girl her son had chosen to marry.

Namely, her new daughter-in-law had a birthmark on her hand that was remarkably similar to a birthmark shared by the daughter she had lost and given up hope of ever finding.

The groom's mother questioned the bride's parents and asked if the bride had been adopted, and they apparently confirmed that she was, claiming that they had found a baby girl by the roadside and taken her in as their own.

Upon being reunited with her biological mother, and floored by the revelation of her relationship to her, the bride then broke down in tears upon hearing the news.

According to Oriental Daily News, she later told reporters that the moment she found out about her biological family was "happier than the wedding day itself."

For those of you worried about incestuous nuptials, it turns out the groom himself was also adopted - meaning that the now happily married couple are actually not blood related, and the wedding went ahead as planned.

The incident - which took place back in 2021 - stands in stark contrast to the mother-in-law who interrupted her son's wedding after the bride said she loved his flaws.

Footage of the jaw-dropping moment was captured by Sarah Ragsdale, who hails from San Jose in California, back in August of  2020.

Ragsdale later uploaded the footage to TikTok, along with the caption: "My sister's wedding a few years ago. Her MIL has always hated her. She's just [one] of those MILs that feels my sister is taking her son away."

In the dramatic footage, the beautiful bride can be seen exchanging the vows she has written for her husband. However, just moments after completing the vows, her new mother-in-law starts shouting at the bride, stating angrily: "You're not going to say my son has flaws."

The heckled bride responds: "Everybody has flaws and that's why I love him. You can leave. You can get out of my wedding now."

After refusing to leave, another woman approaches the mother-in-law and requests that she exit the room, causing the irate mother to threaten to have them arrested.

During the chaos, the groom - who is perhaps the person I feel the most sympathy for - turns away from his mother and stares at the ground.

He can then be heard telling his mother: "You have the flaws right now. You don't know how to act like an adult."

The video ends with two people attempting to calm the mother-in-law down, telling her "it's not about you, she in love with your son, accept it."

After the footage went viral, Sarah once again took to TikTok to share a follow-up video on the happy couple.

"Because everybody's asking and it’s gone so viral, I just can’t even believe it. Update is they’re married, happy, they have a baby."

She also explained that she removed the video from her account out of respect for her brother-in-law.

Congratulations to the happy couple - trust me, no wedding goes off without a little family drama (speaking from experience.)

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