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Cruel Redditor Won't Let Her Ex's Child Spend Christmas With Their Daughter Despite Knowing Her Mother Is Very Sick And Can't Celebrate It
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Cruel Redditor Won't Let Her Ex's Child Spend Christmas With Their Daughter Despite Knowing Her Mother Is Very Sick And Can't Celebrate It

My ex husband and I got divorced 7 years ago. We share custody of our 13 year old daughter. He got married and has a 5 year old daughter with his now wife. His daughter would spend time with my daughter regularly. They adore each other but she doesn't come to my house and they rarely meet up there. The other day he came to drop our daughter off and asked to speak to me. He talked about his w...

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AITA for walking out of a restaurant on my GF?
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AITA for walking out of a restaurant on my GF?

GF and I were having dinner at a restaurant when she got a text from her best friend (who recently gave birth), and she said "omg she got a C section." she works as a nurse so she then explained to me the type of incision they make for that and how it'll leave a scar. I then, as a joke, said "at least she'll still be tight down there." My GF looked confused and then said that was a weird comme...

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New Mom Refuses To Pay For Cousin’s Expensive Blouse After Her Baby Ruined It
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New Mom Refuses To Pay For Cousin’s Expensive Blouse After Her Baby Ruined It

I gave birth four weeks ago, and we decided to have a ''baby ceremony'', where everyone gets to meet our lovely daughter Charlotte. My cousin Alice and her parents were among the guests. The first thing I'll say about her is that she has expensive taste. She's the sort of person who has a *minimum* price range for how much she spends on clothing. She doesn't own anything that isn't designer...

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WIBTA if I didn't let my husband attend the baby shower or birth of our child?
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WIBTA if I didn't let my husband attend the baby shower or birth of our child?

My husband (29yo) and I (28yo) have a daughter (3yo), he was happy when I told him she was a girl. We're having another and when I had my ultrasound, I was told it was another girl, again my husband was Happy. Turns out I was told wrong, and it's actually a boy we're having, my husband freaked out in excitement. His reaction to us having a boy was *nothing* like his either of his reactions ...

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AITA for saying my babysitting rates are $35 an hour?
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AITA for saying my babysitting rates are $35 an hour?

I'm a software engineer, with a full time job and a side hustle of doing freelance coding work in my own time. I've always been the type to have a side hustle I put a lot of my free time into; I get really bored sitting idle. My freelance hourly rates are $60 an hour, and at my full time job, my hourly pay works out to about $40 an hour. So that's how I value my time. Anyway, over Christmas ...

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AITA for making my daughter leave because my husband is attracted to her?
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AITA for making my daughter leave because my husband is attracted to her?

I (55F) have been married to my husband and my daughter's stepdad (63M) for 4 years. My 23 yo daughter and I have a complicated relationship. She has been diagnosed with dissociative ident*ty disorder. She has a lot of trauma from watching me and my husband's horrible marriage go down and was bullied in school. When she told me she was being bullied by p*ers, my view that all children are inno...

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AITA for refusing to leave the room when my husband told me to?
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AITA for refusing to leave the room when my husband told me to?

My husband's best friend (female) got the news of her dog's cancer days ago. My husband would call her everyday til yesterday when she visited. I opened the door for her, greeted her then led her to the living room and went into the kitchen to get a cla*s of water after my husband asked me. I came back and didn't find them in the living room. Turns out they went into the guests room and the ...

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AITA for telling my sister to stop taking showers with her husband in my house?
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AITA for telling my sister to stop taking showers with her husband in my house?

My f32, sister f28, and her husband m32 moved in with us 2 days ago after they lost their apartment to medical debts for their child (my nephew). My husband and I are more than happy to have them stay for few weeks til they get this resolved. However, Yesterday at 7pm, I was in the kitchen when my husband rushed in and said that he saw both my sister and her husband walk out of the bathroom. Th...

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AITA for interrupting my exhusband's birthday and taking my daughter home because she was there without consent?
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AITA for interrupting my exhusband's birthday and taking my daughter home because she was there without consent?

Me F35 and my exhusband M37 got separated 1 year ago, we share custody of our 15 yo daughter. My exhusband has her for certain days, and his birthday didn't fall on one of these days. In fact, it fell on one of the days where my daughter is supposed to be with me. He called me so we could discuss letting him have my daughter on the day of his birthday but I told him no because it is not his da...

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Ent*tled Mom Blasts Sister For Barring Her Diaper-Clad Toddler From Pool Playtime To Avoid Any “Potty Accident”
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Ent*tled Mom Blasts Sister For Barring Her Diaper-Clad Toddler From Pool Playtime To Avoid Any “Potty Accident”

I (F30's) live with my partner and our two kids, ages 7 and 3. My older sister "Ava" (also F30's) and her husband recently purchased a house in the local area. It's a super nice place with a big yard and as you can probably guess from the t*tle, a swimming pool. Ava recently hosted a barbecue at her place. It wasn't a huge event, she invited me, our parents and our other siblings. She men...

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AITA for giving my concert ticket to another girl after my friend said she only wanted to go with me as "friends"?
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AITA for giving my concert ticket to another girl after my friend said she only wanted to go with me as "friends"?

I am 24M and I have a friend who is 21, she is really nice and we've known each other for a year. She is my sister's acquaintance and we met at my sister's birthday party. I have a crush on her although she isn't exactly my type. Lately I feel like I've been getting vibes that she likes me back. Last week I won a raffle and have 2 tickets to see a famous singer perform next month in a nearb...

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AITA for throwing a cup of cold water on my n**ed husband?
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AITA for throwing a cup of cold water on my n**ed husband?

My husband has been tested for ADHD, but he doesn't have it. He has the kinds of problems that are a*sociated with ADHD, however. He says writing lists, making a schedule, setting alarms, etc, is physically painful for him and he'd rather just deal with oca*sional emergencies rather than be proactive. The specific problem; He often forgets to push the shower diverter valve down. You know, the l...

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