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First-Time Mom Listens To Her Mother And Rubs Whiskey On Her Baby's Aching Gums Which Caused Her Husband To Distrust Her Parenting Sk**ls
Family Conflict
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First-Time Mom Listens To Her Mother And Rubs Whiskey On Her Baby's Aching Gums Which Caused Her Husband To Distrust Her Parenting Sk**ls

I 28f am a first time mom. My husband and I have a 6 month old baby who is teething horribly. I was at my mothers home a few days ago and was speaking to her about the teething issues. My mom does some old fashion things and she’s really into herbs and natural healing and such, so she wanted to try rubbing whiskey on my daughters gums. She said she did it to me and all 3 of my siblings. I let ...

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AITA for ordering takeout after my husband tricked me to cook for his kids?
Parenting
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AITA for ordering takeout after my husband tricked me to cook for his kids?

I (F35) have been married to my husband (M37) for 6 months. He has two children (7 and 10) who live with us full time. I work long hours at a demanding job, and although I work from home, I cannot pause my work when asked. My husband often asks me to handle things for the kids or him during work hours, but I insist I am unavailable until my workday is finished, stating the kids are his respons...

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AITA for telling my girlfriend that I don’t like the gift she got me and asking for som**hing else?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my girlfriend that I don’t like the gift she got me and asking for som**hing else?

My girlfriend (22F) and I (26M) have been together for almost 4 years and live together. She has a s**ble career and has bought herself a car and was taught to drive in high school. I was never taught to drive, and it’s not really necessary because I can uber, take the bus, or my girlfriend can drive. She’s offered before to teach me to drive, but I decline because I’m not really interested in ...

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AITA for forcing my vegan daughter to cook meat?
Food & Diet
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AITA for forcing my vegan daughter to cook meat?

My daughter (16F) has been vegan for about a year. Me, my husband and her brother (14M) have tried to be as supportive as possible. We aren't a family that eats meat daily, so it wasn't that hard for me to accommodate her. When I do cook meat, I also make som**hing else for her and keep the side dishes common for all. She does have some seperate dishes, but most are common and I clean it if...

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AITA for saying I can't attend my sister's child free wedding?
Parenting
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AITA for saying I can't attend my sister's child free wedding?

My (25) sister (31), let's say her name's Lisa, is getting married later this year. The wedding is child free. I'm currently pr****nt and at the time of the wedding will have a 5 month baby. I asked Lisa if she could come as well, but Lisa said no. I accepted that and told her I won't be able to attend. I don't feel comfortable leaving my young kid with a sitter and my family would be at th...

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AITA for refusing to let my husbands affair baby live with us for awhile?
Relationship
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AITA for refusing to let my husbands affair baby live with us for awhile?

I married my husband very young. Three years into our marriage we got a divorce, because he had an affair and got his mistress pr****nt. We were split for 5 years, then decided we had changed as people, and reconciled for our daughter(we had before the divorce) and for ourselves, with help of counseling. We’ve now been together 6 years. During the years apart I had another child with a serious...

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WIBTA for selling my son's home because they decided to be childfree?
Parenting
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WIBTA for selling my son's home because they decided to be childfree?

I know the t*tle sounds bad but hear me out. I'm 47F, my husband is 49M, my son is 28M, his fiancee is 27F. When my son proposed, we talked to both he and his fiancee to find out their game plans for the future. We wanted to buy them a house but one question decided *how big*: do they plan on having children? Their answer was "yes", so we did buy them a house, but kept it in our name. Be...

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AITA for telling my brother that he didn't need to share that his wife was in labor in my wedding?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my brother that he didn't need to share that his wife was in labor in my wedding?

My wedding was days ago. My brother attended but his wife didn't. She was nearing her due date to give birth and she didn't come. The wedding was going well. Til my brother recieved a call from his mil telling him that sil was in labor. He told me he was leaving and my wife and I were fine with that but the issue began after he had told one of the guests that sil was in labor. Word spread out ...

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AITA for waking my husband up to drive me to pick up my car when I left my keys in my locker at work?
Relationship
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AITA for waking my husband up to drive me to pick up my car when I left my keys in my locker at work?

A couple of weeks ago I accidentally left my car keys in my uniform pants at work, and left my pants in my locker (I don’t wear my uniform home for multiple reasons. I just bring it home to wash - I have 2). I realized when I got to the subway station, where I’d parked, that I’d left my keys back at work - a half hour train ride and no guarantee I’d be able to get back in the building (it was a...

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AITA for calling my Fiancé's delusional for wanting me to let his mom pick my makeup/look for the wedding?
Family Conflict
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AITA for calling my Fiancé's delusional for wanting me to let his mom pick my makeup/look for the wedding?

My fiancé and I are getting married. He comes from a conservative family and his mom has been up in the wedding planning posing as "supervisor" to oversee and to "catch & eliminate" anything that could be seen as "offensive". After the wedding dress fiasco(I was told to get a dress that wasn't showing too much 'skin'...came the makeup issue. I showed my fiancé some looks I wanted to choose fro...

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AITA for not adding a third bathroom to our house?
Boundaries
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AITA for not adding a third bathroom to our house?

My husband, our daughters (18, 16, 16, 12), and I live in a 4 bed 2 bath house. All of the girls share a bathroom and they’ve been complaining about it for a while. We’ve been saying we’ll convert the laundry room into a bathroom for the twins for a while. It’s an expensive project so we’ve never gotten to it. My husband and I started working on our garage recently and turned it into a gym f...

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AITA for refusing to let my daughter invite her bio dad to her birthday and threatening to cancel it?
Family Conflict
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AITA for refusing to let my daughter invite her bio dad to her birthday and threatening to cancel it?

I'm a mother of a 16 (soon 17) daughter "Kelly". Her bio dad left when she was 4. It's complicated but despite him being away he still sent money or had his family help from time to time. I still struggled a lot raising her til I met my now husband "Christopher". Christopher is like a dad to Kelly. He's the only father figure she had. However, I found out that she's reconnected with her bio...

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