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AITA for Refusing to Let ‘Karen’ Neighbor Use My Pool After She Demanded I Follow Her Pool Rules?
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AITA for Refusing to Let ‘Karen’ Neighbor Use My Pool After She Demanded I Follow Her Pool Rules?

So, I (34M) live in a suburban neighborhood with a decent-sized backyard and a pool. I’ve always been friendly with my neighbors, including “Karen” (mid-40s F) who moved in next door about a year ago. She seemed nice at first, but as time went on, she started to show her true colors. Over the summer, Karen started coming over with her kids, asking if they could use the pool. At first, I did...

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AITA for kicking my SIL out for making my drunk husband feel like s**t?
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AITA for kicking my SIL out for making my drunk husband feel like s**t?

My SIL, her husband and her kid (14) are staying with me and my husband for the next week because there's a family funeral and all hotels were booked out for the blue gra*s fest and Kane Brown concert. We have a big farm house so it's not big deal but SIL is very opinionated. My SIL and my husband have different fathers. Her dad d*ed from liver failure 10 years ago and his death date just p...

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AITA for refusing to replace a drink that my toddler knocked over because the girl was rude
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AITA for refusing to replace a drink that my toddler knocked over because the girl was rude

I was at baggage claim at the airport with my son, who’s 3. We were leaving and as we’re walking away, this girl yells “excuse me!” At me. I turn and she points to her Starbucks drink which is spilled on the floor and says “your kid did that.” I ask my son if he spilled it and he said he b*mped it. The girl says “it was $5” and looks at me expectantly. I was p**sed about how rude she was and th...

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AITA for starting a house project without discussing it with my wife?
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AITA for starting a house project without discussing it with my wife?

My wife, Amy (27F) and I (27M) have a spare room in our home. We’ve gone back and forth since we moved in two+ years ago about what we wanted to do with it, but we never took the initiative to actually implement any of these plans. We already have a sufficient number of guest rooms and an office so the room just sits there, unutilized. I’m not that worried about it, but my wife brings it up no...

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AITA for getting my husband kicked out of the delivery room?
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AITA for getting my husband kicked out of the delivery room?

My husband and I (married for 3 years, together for 7) had our first child 3 weeks ago. She is perfect, and everything I could ever wish for, even if she is a handful. Unfortunately, her birth was complicated. I have always been a private person, and very terrified of pregnancy due to the risks a*sociated. My husband knows this, and I specifically asked him, when we found out about this pregnan...

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Arrogant Couple Urges Elderly Neighbors To Vacate Their Home If They Can’t Deal With The Deafening Noise From Their Kids
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Arrogant Couple Urges Elderly Neighbors To Vacate Their Home If They Can’t Deal With The Deafening Noise From Their Kids

My wife and I bought a house a couple of years ago. It's decent-sized yard and we even have a couple of chickens (this is Los Angeles). We have three boys - 6yo twins and a 9yo. They are kids. They are loud. Not screaming loud. They love playing in the yard and playing at the park literally across the street. My next door neighbors complain all the time about the noise level in the yard and at...

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AITA for not inviting my unsupportive sister to my wedding?
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AITA for not inviting my unsupportive sister to my wedding?

I (24 F) got engaged to Derrick (30 M) one month ago. Prior to that, we had known each other for six months. I know that’s not a long time, but when you know, you know. We are madly in love and ready to commit ourselves to each other fully. My sister (26 F) has a problem with that though. She was supportive of my relationship with Derrick before we got engaged. When I sent her a text telling he...

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AITA for calling the police on my fiance?
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AITA for calling the police on my fiance?

Last night my (35M) Fiance (38F) left in the evening to give a friend's son a ride back to his home. She implied she'd be home before 9. She left at around 7:45. 10:15 rolled around and she still wasn't home. I texted and she apologized to me, saying that her friend's son was actually in the next town over (maybe 30 minutes away) and she was coming home now. 11:45 rolled around and she still...

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AITA for using p**p bags for my daughter's birthday party?
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AITA for using p**p bags for my daughter's birthday party?

My daughter just turned 6. We had a birthday party for her on Sat**day. That morning was pretty hectic. I was outside setting up and suddenly my wife comes outside yelling about how the grocery store screwed up the birthday cake and I didn't notice. All that happened was that they spelled our daughter's name as "Sarah" and it's "Sara" and I said, "who cares, just sc**pe off the H" but she insis...

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Girlfriend Giggled While Her Parents Bullied Me So I Walked Out On Dinner
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Girlfriend Giggled While Her Parents Bullied Me So I Walked Out On Dinner

So, I (30M) have been seeing Maya (27F) for a little over two years now. Things are good between us, but her dad… he’s not exactly my biggest fan. He's one of those guys who thinks he needs to "test" me to see if I'm worthy of his daughter, and honestly, it’s getting old. This weekend, Maya invited me to her parents’ house for dinner. I didn’t want to go at first, but Maya really wanted me ther...

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AITA for telling my daughter she cannot introduce her African American boyfriend to her grandparents?
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AITA for telling my daughter she cannot introduce her African American boyfriend to her grandparents?

My daughter (Anna) has recently started to date an African American man (Jamal). While I'm not exactly what you would refer to as "liberal", he's a nice young man and as long as my daughter is happy, I'm happy. The problem is Anna is rather naive about the community she lives in. While her friends are quite content to see a relationship like hers, more than a few tongues are wagging in the com...

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AITA for breaking up with my girlfriend because of a “caught cheating” prank?
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AITA for breaking up with my girlfriend because of a “caught cheating” prank?

I (26M) broke up with my girlfriend (25F) of 2 years because of som**hing that happened recently, and now my friends are saying I ma*sively overreacted. So, a few days ago, my girlfriend and a close mutual friend decided to play a prank on me. The prank was that they filmed a scenario where I “caught” them in bed together, pretending they were hooking up. They set up a hidden camera in the ...

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