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Whether they be older or younger children, this channel features stories about them fighting against all odds despite being pushed aside by their parents in favor of a sibling, often ending in the favorite child becoming a failure despite (more like, because of) their parents' coddling while the child they neglected and mistreated becomes successful under the wing of another person. This warrants Revenge Films its own The Unfavorite page.


  • Mom told me to take the fall for my sister…: Ali was spoiled by her parents in contrast to her older sister Katie who they ignored despite her achievements. They even asked the protagonist to take the fall when Ali was caught shoplifting.
  • My sister slept with my husband…: Ali's family starts to leave both her and her son out when her older sister returns home after her husband, Bob, divorced her for cheating on him. Things escalate when Ali catches her husband cheating on her with her sister in the bedroom, for which their parents demand Ali to divorce him so her sister will marry him instead.
  • Twin sister calls me, "I'm with your fiancé. We're together right now." Me, "What? But...": Karen McCall was ignored by her mother in favor of her sister Minnie for not being as talented at the piano as her, despite Karen herself being the best at sports.
  • My nephew threw rocks at my husband calling him a zombie, but his mom is okay with this presents a deserving example of this: Takako's sister caused her parents trouble, either by stealing her parents' money behind their backs or assaulting Takako whenever she called her out.
  • My dad was screwing my wife. My mom was congratulating them...: Jack was ignored by his parents in favor of his brother Bruce. It all escalated to the point of letting the former's wife Jill cheat on him with his father as they always saw him as a failure. However, when Jill turns out to be infertile, the parents respond by luring Bruce’s wife to their house to have the father rape and impregnate her, ultimately showing they care for their own wishes more than their favoured child.
  • My twin who looks down on me got a plastic surgery and brought her fiancé over: Catherine was ignored and neglected in favor of her younger twin sister Melanie, who always relished in it since childhood. Years later, Melanie got plastic surgery, making her more stuck-up even as it started disfiguring her face.
  • Mother and sister lose their minds when my lawyer tells them...: Emma was neglected and mistreated by her mother, who doted on her sister Jane. However, their father secretly helped Emma through those times; even when he died of cancer, he struck Jane and her mother out of the inheritance in his last will for the latter's cheating, leaving all the inheritance to Emma in the process.
  • My family called me a parasite→They forgot how much I was paying every month: The OP was neglected and ignored in favor of her unemployed, childish older brother Frank, whose parents planned to make the head of the family business.
  • My sister stole my fiancé, so I called everyone...: Nancy was mistreated by her mother Madison in favor of her sister Karen. The reason was that the mother tried to one-up her own sister, who was the FMC's mother. It all escalated when Karen stole Nancy's boyfriend, and their mother sided with Karen.
  • I broke away from my crazy mother-in-law and we started our new and happy life overseas: Amy narrates that her husband Alan was ignored in favor of his unemployed older brother just because the latter was the firstborn.
  • I Found out that I was adopted…: Ali was neglected and ignored in favor of her younger sister Katie after she was born. Years later, their mother told Ali to attend cram school, but it was because she wanted her out of the house, sending her off to her grandparents' house whenever it wasn't a school day. However, the truth unfolded when she searched the family's register for a school trip and found out she was adopted.
  • Got an apartment with my sister…: Ali was ignored in favor of her older sister Katie, who started college. She comments that while their parents were strict toward her concerning curfew, they didn't say anything about Katie breaking curfew.
  • My stepmom constantly looks down on me, and when I was about to leave the house...: Sarah was neglected and mistreated by her stepmother and eventually her father in favor of her stepsister Emily, who they saw as prettier and more diligent than her. However, when she plans to leave the house, Emily reveals that she also plans to leave the house alongside her as they abused her; they wanted her to live the life they wanted her to live.
  • My family treated me like crap…: The OP started off loved by her parents, but when her younger brother Bob was born, they put her aside and spoiled him rotten since they wanted a boy. To make matters worse, their parents kicked her out of their house along with her stuff after graduating high school.
  • "My brother showed up at his engagement party in a wedding dress...": The OP and her youngest cousin were neglected and ignored in favor of her younger brother Gary and her eldest cousin Melinda, since their fathers were male chauvinists who wanted the latter two to marry in order to inherit their own father's company.
  • "She told me that they got divorced because they had different values, but in reality...": Melanie was always compared negatively to her cousin Sarah, who was prettier and had men all over her. While Sarah herself feigned humility whenever their relatives do so, she secretly enjoyed rubbing it on Melanie's face.
  • "My parents never believed in me, but a few years later...": The OP's brother Bob was an extroverted genius kid whom their parents doted on while verbally abusing the OP for being quiet and introverted. When the OP became a successful artist thanks to his friend John and his teacher Mr. Smith, his parents came to beg him for money because Bob became a shut-in after dropping out of an elite university.
  • "My parents treated me poorly": Ali started off loved by her parents until her sister Katie was born when she was six years old and she failed her entrance exam, when she became neglected and ignored. Moreover, they treated her like a slave to make money for them. When she met an old high school friend and presented him to her parents, Katie became the unfavorite and left the house.
  • "My cousin left his daughter with me…": Ali was neglected by her parents in favor of her sister because she forgot things and struggled in school, unlike other kids. Therefore, they dumped her in the OP's house, as he and his wife couldn't have children and decided to adopt. However, they came to take her back years later as their favorite daughter became a delinquent.
  • "My sister stole my fiancé from me and tried to make me look like the bad person": Helen was treated better than Sarah by their parents. They didn't even care when Helen stole Sarah's fiancé Ryan. Sarah exposed the family at Helen and Ryan's wedding, causing everyone to shun them.
  • "Mom told me to not show up at my sister's wedding…": OP's mother hated her since she was born because she looked like her ugly yet brilliant aunt, whom she resented. When she had her second daughter, Ali, who was prettier than OP, she spoiled her rotten and took advantage of their father being always absent because of work to do so. Moreover, the mother always defended Ali whenever she stole OP's things and didn't want the latter in college because of her looks. However, it all came to a head when the abusive hag barred OP from attending Ali's wedding, for which she decided to expose the mother-daughter duo to the rest of the relatives, who refused to attend because of the abuse she heaped on the OP.
  • "My parents loved my younger sister more and tried to get my fiancé to marry her": Mia was mistreated and put aside in favor of Miranda because of the latter's looks. When she introduced her fiancé to her parents, they demanded Mia break up with him so he would marry Miranda instead. When she kept refusing too many times, the couple decided to steal the money from Mia's safe box out of spite only for her to reveal the money was actually for her aunt's house.
  • "My mother secretly abused me so my father wouldn't notice": Melanie's and Nina's mother appeared to be caring for both sisters around her husband. However, she mistreated Melanie while caring for Nina whenever he left for work because she had a closer relationship with her father than with her. However, despite the favoritism, Nina does care about her and gives Melanie some of her food when their mother left her to starve.
  • "My husband was only cold to our eldest daughter. When we did a DNA test...": Ashley was ignored by her father while he doted on her younger sister, Sarah, and the man refused to change his attitude. When it dawned on the OP that her husband suspected her of cheating ever since she accompanied a female coworker to dinner with their boss and said coworker left for the restroom when he saw them, she confronted him about it and wanted to do a DNA test to confirm that Ashley was his child. However, when she did the test, she realized Ashley wasn't related to either parent. When OP investigates, she finds out there was another baby born the same day as Ashley, revealing they were swapped. When she confronted her husband, the bastard revealed that he wanted to have an affair, but his lover had him swap babies under threats of being exposed. Enraged, the OP calls over her in-laws, who chewed him out for his deed before transferring his right to inheritance to their grandchildren, and letting him be thrown behind bars.
  • "My sister tried to steal my fiancé from me but my fiancé chose to be with me": Sarah was forced to constantly tend to her younger sister, Nancy, who had a debilitating medical condition, well into adulthood. Since their parents gave the latter all the attention because of that, she used it to boss the former around and have their parents cow her into submission whenever she refused to cave in. Years later, Sarah announced her marriage to Fred, over which Nancy brought up her condition so that her parents would break the couple up and thus Nancy would be the one marrying him instead.


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