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AITA for forcing my husband to pay for my daughter's piano after he damaged it?
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AITA for forcing my husband to pay for my daughter's piano after he damaged it?

My husband and I have been together for two and a half years. I have a daughter, Callie, who is 13. Piano is her primary interest, and she uses it to express her feelings, especially for her deceased father. Her talent is special, and her grandparents bought her a $6000 piano which thrilled her. The whole family encourages her, but my husband believes she is being distracted from school and...

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AITA for “smuggling” tampons behind my mother’s back?
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AITA for “smuggling” tampons behind my mother’s back?

I turn 16 this summer and I’m female. My mom has had a rule that I’m not allowed to use tampons until I am 18. This past summer I basically gaslit my mom into letting me buy a box. However, there were strings attached: I could only use them when I went swimming. I told my mom that I brought the box to my dad’s house, but I’ve actually been using the tampons and I hide them really well in the ga...

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Mom Says Bye-Bye To Her Brother's Unlimited Free Babysitting Service After She Broke His No-Chocolates-In-The-House Rule And Told Her Kids To Secretly Eat It Anyway
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Mom Says Bye-Bye To Her Brother's Unlimited Free Babysitting Service After She Broke His No-Chocolates-In-The-House Rule And Told Her Kids To Secretly Eat It Anyway

I (37M) am single, childfree and have two dogs (German Shepherd mixes). They are very well behaved and super nice, my niblings (aged 2-13) love them. I have 4 sisters and they have 10 kids total, so I babysit A LOT. I work from home and am pretty much always available to watch the older ones (since I can easily work while they are in my appartment) and when they need care for the little ones, I...

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AITA for punishing my son by taking away his phone after he deleted my daughter's Minecraft world?
Boundaries
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AITA for punishing my son by taking away his phone after he deleted my daughter's Minecraft world?

I (41f) am married to my husband (42m) and we have two kids: our son (11m) who we will call Zach, and daughter (9f) who we will call Lizzie (not their real names for privacy reasons). Lizzie LOVES the video game Minecraft, and has played it nearly every day since we bought it for her on Xbox for her 8th birthday. She is a super artsy kid and loves to create extravagant buildings and structures ...

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AITA for telling my wife I don't care if it's "her turn" we're not naming our son Tuesday?
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AITA for telling my wife I don't care if it's "her turn" we're not naming our son Tuesday?

My wife (28F) and I (28M) have been together since we were 14. We got married at 21 and had our daughter at 25. Last year, we were going through some marriage difficulties and decided a break would be in both of our best interests, we both just need a little time apart after being together for so long. So we split, and in this time my wife felt pretty awful about herself (I initiated the break)...

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AITA for ruining my wife's work and eating the food before she could take pictures of it?
Food & Diet
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AITA for ruining my wife's work and eating the food before she could take pictures of it?

My wife runs a website dedicated for cooking and recipes. She takes pictures of food before we eat whether it's lunch or dinner and posts them on her Insta account. To be honest, I'm annoyed by having to wait so long for her to "get the perfect shot" of the food after decorating it, adding this fork and removing that salad dish. It just takes so long and I lose my appet*te from just waiting ti...

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AITA for telling my wife it would be controlling and inappropriate for her to try and change how my family does Christmas?
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AITA for telling my wife it would be controlling and inappropriate for her to try and change how my family does Christmas?

My wife and I rotate who we spend Christmas with, so one year her family and one year my family. I don't love doing it with her family, and she isn't a big fan of my mother. Our families are pretty different. Her family is much more about the kids. Even the dinner is tailored more to what kids like, the kids each get 1000 gifts and spend Christmas running around my MIL house, making a huge ruck...

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AITA for not saving dinner for my girlfriend and causing her to go to bed hungry?
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AITA for not saving dinner for my girlfriend and causing her to go to bed hungry?

I m28 have been with my girlfriend f29 for 14 months. We're struggling with money issues right now with me being the sole income earner. My girlfriend used to eat restaurant food either by going out or ordering takeout but eversince she lost her job she couldn't do it anymore. I cook twice a week and keep leftovers for busy days since my job is physically demanding and time consuming. My gir...

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AITA for denying my mom access to her grandson because she refuses to help me
Family Conflict
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AITA for denying my mom access to her grandson because she refuses to help me

My husband and I (32f) are first time parents to an 8-month-old son, Jack. I’ve struggled since he was born. I had a difficult pregnancy. My son had colic, and my maternity leave was short. I was diagnosed with PPD and am getting treatment. My husband and I both have demanding jobs. I’d love to quit, but we can’t afford it right now. I don’t have many friends in the state where we live, and...

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AITA for not using my husbands "hilarious" gift?
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AITA for not using my husbands "hilarious" gift?

H (29m) and I (26f) have been married for 4 years. I had a great job in sales before covid, but we found during the pandemic that things just worked better with H at work and me at home (he earns enough to support us both). I never thought I'd end up being a "traditional" wife, but given that he's the breadwinner, I sometimes feel as though i should pick up a lot of the slack at home. I'm not a...

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AITA for forcing my son to see how difficult it is to raise a baby?
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AITA for forcing my son to see how difficult it is to raise a baby?

My son sat me and his mother down last week and told us he had gotten his girlfriend pr****nt. He is only 17 and she is 16. I told him I was proud that he came forward to tell me, but I didn't get too far into the discussion before he told me that they are keeping the baby. Both have not graduated high school, and frankly, both are quite irresponsible. According to him, having a child is "easy...

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AITA for supporting my mom in not including my brother’s son in her will?
Family Conflict
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AITA for supporting my mom in not including my brother’s son in her will?

My mom is getting older and wants to create her will. She’s still capable herself for the most part and also has a lawyer, but she lives with us anyway so I help her with a lot of things including this. I have two teenagers. My brother has a teenage daughter with his wife of 20 years. However, they briefly separated a decade ago and he has a son [9M] from a ONS during that time. They've always...

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