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AITA for requesting a paternity test after my wife, joked out of the blue, about our child's paternity?
Parenting
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AITA for requesting a paternity test after my wife, joked out of the blue, about our child's paternity?

We've been together 3 years, been married 1 year, and have an infant. Relationship has been the best of my life and relatively smooth throughout - no red flags. Our child is healthy and happy. We're in a pretty great familial situation currently. We are blessed to really have no real stresses or anxieties. We were at the grocery store and my wife asked me not to purchase som**hing because o...

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AITA for not paying my boyfriend back after he didn't get me the right birthday cake?
Relationship
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AITA for not paying my boyfriend back after he didn't get me the right birthday cake?

I definitely have a bit of a complex about this kind of stuff because of how I grew up—always with my siblings getting what they asked for while I almost never did, and generally feeling like I never "get my turn" at things, so it will be helpful to know if I'm justified or overreacting. My bf and I have been dating for 10 months and it was my birthday yesterday. I put a lot of effort into birt...

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AITA for withholding from my children that my husband had a wife and child before he met me? They’ve just found out and are acting like I’ve betrayed them.
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AITA for withholding from my children that my husband had a wife and child before he met me? They’ve just found out and are acting like I’ve betrayed them.

My children are 17 and 14 respectively, and I’m hoping the fact that they’re teenagers is the reason for their incredibly s**tty behavior. My husband, before he met me, had a wife and a newborn baby that pa*sed away in Canada due to hazardous road conditions that resulted in a 4 car smash up. No one was at fault, it was a horrific disaster, and my husband was devastated as a result and fell int...

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AITA (AWTA) for not giving our granddaughter the same wedding gift as our other grandchildren?
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AITA (AWTA) for not giving our granddaughter the same wedding gift as our other grandchildren?

I(70s F) am the grandmother to 5 wonderful grandkids (3 women and 2 men). The last of my grandkids got married last October. My husband (70s M) and I usually get them a small gift (usually the cheapest thing on the registry), then the day before the wedding, we privately gift them a check for $40k, we prefer that they use it for a house, but we don’t force them to do so. We also ask them to ke...

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AITA forbidding my wife from using my daughters old room
Boundaries
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AITA forbidding my wife from using my daughters old room

This has been an ongoing argument between my wife and I, but it resulted in a huge argument today and I’m starting to wonder if I’m in the wrong. I think it’s impossible for someone in my position to see my wife’s point of view fairly so tell me who’s the a*shole here. I’m also not interested in any relationship advice, our marriage is fine, it’s solely this topic/argument that I’m interested ...

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AITA for not letting my husband sit with us during girls night in?
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AITA for not letting my husband sit with us during girls night in?

My husband (35) is disabled, he's in a wheelchair and is home 24/7. Because he needs me around to a*sist him, I'd have him and his chair nearby while I do laundry or cook or clean. He's with me most of the time except for when I go to the bathroom, but even then he'd complain about me being away for so long. I don't even go shopping, everything gets delivered to our home. I haven't seen my ...

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AITA refusing to let my girlfriend take my son after his mom begged me to?
Family Conflict
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AITA refusing to let my girlfriend take my son after his mom begged me to?

My ex wife and I got divorced (one of the reasons is that she was (still is) married to her job and not me) 3 year ago, We have fifty-fifty custody of our 4 year old son. I've met my current girlfriend almost 2 years ago and we're planning on getting engaged on the end of 2022. My girlfriend adores my son and likes to spend time with him, She'd even let my ex drop my son off at our place becaus...

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Woman Gets Uninvited From Sister's Wedding Because She Couldn't Keep Her Opinion About Ridiculous Baby Names to Herself
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Woman Gets Uninvited From Sister's Wedding Because She Couldn't Keep Her Opinion About Ridiculous Baby Names to Herself

I’m the youngest of three siblings. There’s me (34M), my sister Katie (35F), and my brother Ian (38M). Out of the three of us, Katie is the one who "made it" (her words). She attended Yale law school and is engaged to a neurosurgeon (Daniel) who attended Stanford medical school. Over the years, it’s become clear that Katie looks down on me and Ian because we aren’t as ambitious/successful/crede...

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AITA for offering to help my wife with the dishes?
Relationship
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AITA for offering to help my wife with the dishes?

My wife (26f) and I (26m) both work 4 days a week, I work 12hr shifts and she works 8hr shifts. She would work more, but our daughter (1f) needs to be picked up from daycare. I leave for work before they wake up and some days get home after our daughter has gone to bed. This week, our daughter's daycare provider was sick, so my wife took the week off of work to care for her. I worked an extra d...

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AITA for getting up and walking out of the diner when my boyfriend said that he forgot his credit card?
Relationship
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AITA for getting up and walking out of the diner when my boyfriend said that he forgot his credit card?

I f32 have been dating my boyfriend m36 for 9 months. He has two little children who love going out to eat. We go out once a week and each time he happens to forget his credit card to make a payment. I'd obviously end up paying since we had the kids with us, but honestly it left me broke this month and the month before. I just received my payment for my 2nd job (part time). We agreed to go ...

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AITA for serving myself the biggest piece of meat?
Food & Diet
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AITA for serving myself the biggest piece of meat?

My boyfriend and I have been together for about 2 1/2 years. We live together as of recently (4 monthsish) and we get along pretty well. We have a lot of separate hobbies, and one of mine is hiking. I wouldn't call myself a "peak bagger" but I do like to add mountain summits to my hikes when I can. BF doesn't enjoy hiking more than occasionally so he rarely comes along. For reference, I am ...

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AITA for refusing to babysit my niece and leaving her with a stranger instead?
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AITA for refusing to babysit my niece and leaving her with a stranger instead?

I (F24) am an aunt to my 1 year old niece Ava. My sister and BIL live close to me so I babysit for them sometimes. They don't pay me but I'm happy to do it anyway. On Friday was their anniversary and they asked me 3 weeks in advance if I could babysit, I provisionally agreed because I had nothing else planned. My plans changed however when some of my old college friends told me they were stoppi...

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