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GUY TEACHES HIS NARCISSISTIC PARENTS A LESSON AFTER THEY DEMAND HE TRADE HOUSES
AND STEAL HIS AIR CONDITIONERS WHEN HE REFUSES


Jonas Grinevičius and
Austėja Akavickaitė



Many of us have it very good—we’ve got loving, supportive families that we know
have our backs. Unfortunately, not everyone is as lucky. The sad truth is that a
person’s parents don’t always have their best interests at heart. And sometimes…
sometimes they’re so greedy, they’re willing to throw their own kids under the
bus if it gets them what they want. They believe that their kids owe them for
life just because they raised them. That, dear Pandas, is entitlement turned up
to the max.



Redditor u/Plop-Tart-Throwaway, from Arizona, shared a shocking story about his
narcissist parents who wanted to trade houses. And when they didn’t get their
way? They resorted to shameless tactics and even broke the law. You’ll find the
full story below. Grab yourselves a cup of tea and get ready to get angry at the
injustice of it all.

The redditor starts off by explaining how their parents started treating him
very differently once they entered teenhood. While childhood independence is
overall a good thing, these parents took it too far, demanding most of their
kid’s paycheck. And when he didn’t play by their rules, they evicted their own
flesh and blood.


A REDDITOR SHARED A TALE ABOUT HOW HIS ENTITLED AND JEALOUS PARENTS CROSSED ALL
THE LINES



Image credits: Alena Darmel (not the actual photo)


HIS CHILDHOOD WASN’T THE BEST, AND THERE WERE PLENTY OF PARENTING RED FLAGS WAY
BACK THEN













AFTER BUYING A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF, THE SON RECEIVED A VERY PECULIAR OFFER FROM
HIS PARENTS



Image credits: Ketut Subiyanto (not the actual photo)































THINGS LATER CAME TO A HEAD WHEN HIS PARENTS WANTED A HANDOUT. THE SITUATION
QUICKLY TURNED VERY NASTY INDEED



Image credits: Achim Hering (not the actual photo)






















ONCE THE AUTHORITIES GOT INVOLVED, THE MAN DECIDED TO HUMILIATE HIS PARENTS FOR
WHAT THEY DID




Image credits: Tim Pierce (not the actual photo)



























Eventually, the redditor got his own house, not far from his parents. That’s
when the parents decided that they wanted to trade houses. Yup, you read that
right. They were hating the fact that their kid was doing better than them. They
were quickly and firmly told, ‘no.’ However, that’s just the tip of the iceberg,
it wasn’t the end of the story. What happened next was downright disgusting.

Fast-forward a bit and you find the redditor’s parents begging him for a handout
because their air conditioning unit broke. After he refused, he found his house
broken into. The front door locks were drilled off, the place was a mess.
Naturally, the parents denied doing anything wrong. But when the police and the
neighbors got involved, they were suddenly hoping they wouldn’t go to jail.

The price for that was simple justice: give back the ACs, clean up the house,
write an apology, and promise to never ask for anything ever again. The mom and
dad were severely humbled. Meanwhile, their son got cameras for his house so
nothing like this would ever happen again. The cherry on top? It turns out the
parents actually did have enough money for an AC after all.

Childhood independence and resilience expert Lenore Skenazy previously told
Bored Panda that more and more parents try to track and control their kids
nowadays.

“One thing many parents are choosing today is to keep their kids under constant
surveillance, with the help of tech. Whether it’s being able to track their
kids’ movements, read their browsing history, or even scan their texts, parents
have all sorts of new tools to make them seemingly omniscient,” she said that
many parents don’t respect their children’s privacy.

“For the same reason you didn’t want your parents to read your diary, or to
build a treehouse on the branch right next to YOUR treehouse, children need some
space to grow into their own person. Kids need to know they are loved, but they
also need to know they are trusted. They can’t prove that if parents never
actually let them do some things literally on their own, without constant
surveillance,” she said.

“In the past, the only people we electronically tracked were felons on parole.
They had to wear an ankle monitor that the warden could check to make sure they
were where they were supposed to be. The felon knew that this was better than
prison—but it wasn’t freedom,” the expert told us that parents should adopt a
“talk, don’t stalk” approach for everyone’s sake.

“Try to keep the lines of communication open with your kids, and gradually give
them more freedom as they get older and earn it by being responsible. Taking all
independence away for their ‘safety’ is a way to teach them that you don’t think
they can handle anything on their own— how deflating!—and that you don’t trust
them. Would you appreciate a spouse who tracked your every move? Would you feel
trusted? Love requires some trust.”


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I wouldn't trust locks supplied by the parents. Seems like it would have been
super-easy for "Dad" to make copies of keys before installing the locks.


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Yeah, that was my first thought. 2nd was that he needed a couple of hidden
cameras in the common area in case the externals get knocked out & to let roomie
know about them.


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exactly .. i would replace those locks right away even if having the dad install
them may have felt satysfying at the time


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Does anyone actually believe any of this happened?


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My ex-inlaws were like this, so I know people like this exist; it would not
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I have an uncle who is worse than that.


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Prepare for downvotes, but yeah this sounds incredibly fake


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I'm learning to be a bit skeptical, but play along and keep my comments general.
I do it on the off chance that another reader finds themselves in a similar
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The police just waisting 2 hours for a civil matter is not real


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I do believe this kind of thing can happen, and maybe did, indeed, happen to OP,
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K. Anderson
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The police part is what makes it sound unreal. Non of this sounds like how
police would act- they have little patience & don’t see them sticking around for
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The dialog from the cops seemed unrealistic, but I’m clapping anyway


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Grumble O'Pug
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Plus, cops sitting around while they do all this? Please. Cops barely care if
you’ve been robbed and say “civil matter” if it looks like a dispute.


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Which this clearly was. Even on a quiet day it'd be low priority.


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I know how things are here in central California, but I don't know how things
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Yeah this whole thing seems entirely made up. The cops wouldn't just sit there
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I dont 100% trust any story written online, but I could see this happening in
some small town if there is actually police force there, if they dont have
anything to do anyway, at least this way they can say they were "working" :D


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Yup. Town gets small enough and everyone knows everyone, everyone is going to
see each other at the grocery store and the bar and church, everyone's known
everyone else their whole lives, etc. - dispute settlement gets very informal at
times when that's the social dynamic, because the priority shifts to maintaining
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Seems like the cops would be really ticked off at OP for wasting their time


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On the one hand, it sounds a bit out there. On the other hand, parents can be
suuuuuuuuuuuper petty and weird about s**t, so I definitely think it's within
the realm of possibility. I know people who I could see doing this sort of
thing, and if it's a small town, the cops behavior isn't actually out there (a
lot of s**t happens 'informally' when everyone's gonna see each other at the bar
on Friday or at church on Sunday).


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Are you kidding? The police always let random people tell them how to cases. I'm
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Yes parents like this exist, parents who show up for dinner at a restaurant
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My ex-BIL cleaned out my nephew's bank account and ended up in jail when he got
out. My nephew runs his own landscaping business and when BIL got out, nephew
gave him a job and a couple of weeks later stole all his equipment and went back
to jail. BIL is now out of jail again and is, again, working for nephew.


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I was buying it right up until the police let you question the parents and then
hung around all day watching the ac reinstall/locks and mom clean up.


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Where I live, private citizens don't "press charges". If a crime has been
committed, an arrest is made.


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Yes, but you live in reality, not in the creative writing exercise power fantasy
of the OP.


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I wouldn't trust locks supplied by the parents. Seems like it would have been
super-easy for "Dad" to make copies of keys before installing the locks.


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Yeah, that was my first thought. 2nd was that he needed a couple of hidden
cameras in the common area in case the externals get knocked out & to let roomie
know about them.


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exactly .. i would replace those locks right away even if having the dad install
them may have felt satysfying at the time


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Does anyone actually believe any of this happened?


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Rens
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My ex-inlaws were like this, so I know people like this exist; it would not
surprise me in the slightest if this was actually true.


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I have an uncle who is worse than that.


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Prestigous Cactus
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Prepare for downvotes, but yeah this sounds incredibly fake


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I'm learning to be a bit skeptical, but play along and keep my comments general.
I do it on the off chance that another reader finds themselves in a similar
situation and wants validation or advice.


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The police just waisting 2 hours for a civil matter is not real


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Tamra Stiffler
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I do believe this kind of thing can happen, and maybe did, indeed, happen to OP,
but I also got a sense of embellishment, as well.


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The police part is what makes it sound unreal. Non of this sounds like how
police would act- they have little patience & don’t see them sticking around for
this entire show


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The dialog from the cops seemed unrealistic, but I’m clapping anyway


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Grumble O'Pug
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Plus, cops sitting around while they do all this? Please. Cops barely care if
you’ve been robbed and say “civil matter” if it looks like a dispute.


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AndyR
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Which this clearly was. Even on a quiet day it'd be low priority.


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Robert Thompson
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I know how things are here in central California, but I don't know how things
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Yeah this whole thing seems entirely made up. The cops wouldn't just sit there
watching after the OP decided not to press charges.


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I dont 100% trust any story written online, but I could see this happening in
some small town if there is actually police force there, if they dont have
anything to do anyway, at least this way they can say they were "working" :D


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Yup. Town gets small enough and everyone knows everyone, everyone is going to
see each other at the grocery store and the bar and church, everyone's known
everyone else their whole lives, etc. - dispute settlement gets very informal at
times when that's the social dynamic, because the priority shifts to maintaining
group function.


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Seems like the cops would be really ticked off at OP for wasting their time


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On the one hand, it sounds a bit out there. On the other hand, parents can be
suuuuuuuuuuuper petty and weird about s**t, so I definitely think it's within
the realm of possibility. I know people who I could see doing this sort of
thing, and if it's a small town, the cops behavior isn't actually out there (a
lot of s**t happens 'informally' when everyone's gonna see each other at the bar
on Friday or at church on Sunday).


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Are you kidding? The police always let random people tell them how to cases. I'm
sure he does his own surgery too...


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Yes parents like this exist, parents who show up for dinner at a restaurant
uninvited and expect a lavish dinner be paid for them.


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My ex-BIL cleaned out my nephew's bank account and ended up in jail when he got
out. My nephew runs his own landscaping business and when BIL got out, nephew
gave him a job and a couple of weeks later stole all his equipment and went back
to jail. BIL is now out of jail again and is, again, working for nephew.


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I was buying it right up until the police let you question the parents and then
hung around all day watching the ac reinstall/locks and mom clean up.


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Jennifer Millner
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Where I live, private citizens don't "press charges". If a crime has been
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Yes, but you live in reality, not in the creative writing exercise power fantasy
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