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Man Discovers His Sister's Child-Free Wedding Rule Was a Lie, Ambushes Her at Her Own Wedding
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Man Discovers His Sister's Child-Free Wedding Rule Was a Lie, Ambushes Her at Her Own Wedding

My (46 m) sister Tracy (29 f) and I aren't close, but we have a good relationship (at least before this all happened). Tracy got married recently, and she told me the wedding was child free. I have a daughter Ella (12 f) and asked Tracy if she could come, but she said sorry, she and her partner were sticking to the rules. I managed to arrange for Ella to stay at a friend's house for a coupl...

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AITA for telling my son to leave my house after he announced his engagement?
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AITA for telling my son to leave my house after he announced his engagement?

My son Adam's (24) best friend Carlos (25) pa*sed away over 2 years ago in a car accident, this loss completely devastated Adam to the point where he lost his job, they were like brothers and our family has known his family for years. So we're also very devastated over this loss. Carlos left behind his girlfriend and their now 4 yo son. We don't know his girlfriend too well since he didn't ...

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AITA for not wanting my daughter to marry her cousin?
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AITA for not wanting my daughter to marry her cousin?

My daughter is planning on getting married very soon. However, I found out last week upon doing research on our family tree that my daughter's fiancé is her fifth cousin. I initially didn't know how to break this news to her, but I finally did several days ago. My daughter apparently thought that this is perfectly fine, and that she's still going to marry him anyway. I told her that I don't ...

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AITA for exposing my future BIL's shady past to my family?
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AITA for exposing my future BIL's shady past to my family?

I'm 37F and I come from a close-knit family. I have 2 younger siblings (28M and 27F) and my sister recently got engaged to FBIL (23M) after dating him for around a year. We all know him well and I have always got along with him. He comes from a rough background but he has always been very polite and charming. He doesn't talk about his own family or about his upbringing. My sister said it's a p...

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AITA for telling a teenager that a wedding is significantly more important than her birthday and she needs to grow up?
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AITA for telling a teenager that a wedding is significantly more important than her birthday and she needs to grow up?

I invited my soon to be MIL wedding dress shopping as an olive branch because we don't have the best relationship. She accepted but asked if she could bring her BF's 15 year old daughter "Emily" because Emily loves fashion. Honestly I think it was more of MIL has some anxiety around my family and wanted an ally, so I said yes. Emily is ok but ridiculously spoiled. Her divorced parents are i...

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AITA for telling my husband I won't cook for him again if he chose to eat his coworker's meal over mine.
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AITA for telling my husband I won't cook for him again if he chose to eat his coworker's meal over mine.

My husband (Jesse, 31) has been bringing home meals that his female coworker (Nelly) cook for him. Now I'm not the best cook and Jesse's made it clear but he still eats what I cook everyday. What I noticed with Nelly was that she tends to take every opportunity to point out how weak and taseless my cooking is. Jesse would say nothing except steer the conversation towards som**hing else they bot...

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AITA for my response when asked "why are you still single"?
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AITA for my response when asked "why are you still single"?

I (36 year old single female) get asked this question a lot and since it comes from co workers, extended family, friends of friends then responding rudely by saying "non of your darn business sweety" still didn't seem to work (not anymore lol) I try to keep good relationships with those around me for a number of reasons, but this question just p**ses me off. especially since the reason for why...

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AITA for throwing out my son’s go kart after he hit his sister with it?
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AITA for throwing out my son’s go kart after he hit his sister with it?

My husband and I have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. For Christmas, we got our younger 2 (8f, 10m) these kids electric ride on scooters and our older son (14) a go kart. We told my kids that they need to be careful of pedestrians and other riders and that if they hit someone/som**hing their scooters/go kart would be taken away and if they broke anything, they’d have to work to pay back what they b...

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Teenager Feels It's Unfair Dad Is Pressuring Her To Share An Heirloom Cookbook She Got From Mom With His Child From An Affair
Family Conflict
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Teenager Feels It's Unfair Dad Is Pressuring Her To Share An Heirloom Cookbook She Got From Mom With His Child From An Affair

My mom's grandma started a cookbook before she had kids, my grandma inherited it off her when grandma started having kids and then my mom got it before she had me. My mom gave it to me when she was sick (I was 7 at the time) and d*ed soon after. She told me to be careful with it and that it was special to our family. A couple of years after she d*ed I learned my dad had cheated on her with his...

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AITA for going off on my husband and his mom for taking/keeping my used pregnancy test?
Family Conflict
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AITA for going off on my husband and his mom for taking/keeping my used pregnancy test?

I (f27) found out I was pr****nt very recently. My husband (m34) and his family are beyond happy and excited. From what I heard my husband was married 2 times before but couldn't have kids for 10 years. This is obviously a huge deal for his family because his mom will be a first time grandma with this baby. They threw a celebration dinner for us and as his mom and I were talking about the b...

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AITA for skipping my own wedding to see my d**ng grandma?
Family Conflict
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AITA for skipping my own wedding to see my d**ng grandma?

This actually happened about 5 months ago, but since my girlfriend (no longer engaged) refuses to let it go, and I honestly don’t think I’m in the wrong, I figured I’d ask for an outside opinion. My girlfriend (then fiancée) were engaged to be married about 5 months ago. Now, my biological mother is a useless drug addict that I’ve never cared for nor wished to pursue a relationship with. She...

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AITA for telling my girlfriend that yes, the gym is more important to me than her and her daughter?
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AITA for telling my girlfriend that yes, the gym is more important to me than her and her daughter?

I (32m) have been dating my girlfriend (29f) for about 18 months. She has the cutest little 4-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. As our relationship has progressed I've been spending more and more time at my girlfriend's place, to the point that I've all but moved in with them. This is mostly just because it's logistically easier for me to go to her place since she has a kid and I ...

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