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AITA for not attending my family Christmas gathering because I can’t afford the $250 white elephant gift?
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AITA for not attending my family Christmas gathering because I can’t afford the $250 white elephant gift?

My (29F) family has a tradition where we do a big Christmas get-together every year, and the highlight is the white elephant gift exchange. It’s always been a fun time, but this year my family decided to raise the price limit to $250 per gift. I’m honestly a little shocked. I get that inflation has hit, but that’s a lot of money for one gift, especially for som**hing that’s supposed to be fun a...

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AITA for walking out on my job?
Work
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AITA for walking out on my job?

I(29f) work as a waitress at a restaurant with a point system. It's 1 point if you are late, 3 points to call off with notice, and 5 points for calling off within 4 hours of your shift. This is fine with me as I have no points this year and have only called off once since 2018. I'm the type who covers shifts, stays late and generally just go to do my job. Last week, I ended up calling off a...

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AITA For my reaction when I got home and found my 6 months old daughter wearing the same diaper for 9 hours?
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AITA For my reaction when I got home and found my 6 months old daughter wearing the same diaper for 9 hours?

I 35-F been busy with work (I'm a nurse) and taking care of my 6 months old baby girl and her 6 years old sister. My husband work night shifts-3 nights a week so he's usually sleeping at home during the day. He got himself a ps5 a month ago. He started spending time playing. He used to handle some of the house chorus now all he does is make excuses of how tired he is and how much he needs slee...

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AITA for supporting my wife after my daughter publicly exposed her diary which had "cruel" comments?
Boundaries
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AITA for supporting my wife after my daughter publicly exposed her diary which had "cruel" comments?

I have been remarried for a year now to my wife. I have a 15 year old daughter and a 11 year old son from my first marriage. I also have a 15 year old stepdaughter. My wife has always gotten along with my children very well and has gone above and beyond to integrate our families. And although at first my daughter was very standoffish to my wife, my wife was eventually able to bond with her. On...

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AITA for suing my ex?
Relationship
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AITA for suing my ex?

So I dated a YouTuber. We went out for about a year and it was alright but they were so emotionally invested in their channel that they constantly neglected me and made me feel like I wasn't a priority. Not really important why we broke up, but we broke up. Then I get a bunch of messages from friends about 3 months later telling me to go to their channel. I'm pretty much done with them but ...

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AITA for giving my wife a dirty plate to eat off of at dinner
Relationship
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AITA for giving my wife a dirty plate to eat off of at dinner

My wife is a nurse, and she works long hours; therefore, I handle everything in the household. She has been picking up more shifts recently because the hospital is understaffed. I am the one doing the ch**es, taking care of the kids, making food, and I also work. It's all me. She has one ch**e, and that is when she comes home, she needs to do the dishes. The kids are usually asleep by the t...

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AITAH for calling myself (18F) disabled in front of a disabled person?
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AITAH for calling myself (18F) disabled in front of a disabled person?

Two weeks ago, I started an internship at a data a**lytics firm. Apparently at the beginning of every summer they hold a BBQ to welcome the new interns and give them a chance to get to know everyone outside of work. The BBQ was held at my bosses house and about 25 people were expected to come. My boss had set up a volleyball net and after everyone was finished eating, people started teaming up...

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AITAH for not allowing in-laws to be present on Xmas morning while our kids open gifts?
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AITAH for not allowing in-laws to be present on Xmas morning while our kids open gifts?

Me (28F) and my husband (27M) disagree on how we should handle Christmas mornings. For perspective, I am an only child. Christmas morning was always done at home with my parents, and after opening gifts, we’d head over to my grandparents to celebrate with them. They all still live local. My husband is the middle of 3, and they often had family that lived out of state. So Christmas morning was ...

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AITA For telling my wife that if she wants to bedshare she needs to sleep in the kids beds?
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AITA For telling my wife that if she wants to bedshare she needs to sleep in the kids beds?

My wife and I have been together for six years, she has a thirteen year old and a nine year old. When we first got together they were both still in her bed, they were both relatively small and I worked nights. It was never an issue. Last year I suffered a work injury and now have to sleep on a memory foam mattress. I a*sumed by now both kids would of grown out of cosleeping, but obviously h...

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Child-Free Pet Owner Gifts Their Sister Framed Photo Of Their Dog After Receiving Wall-Sized Tapestry Of Their Nephews' For Christmas
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Child-Free Pet Owner Gifts Their Sister Framed Photo Of Their Dog After Receiving Wall-Sized Tapestry Of Their Nephews' For Christmas

I'm a bit of a jacka*s I will admit, but hear me out. So today I was at my parent's house to celebrate Christmas Eve with my side of the family (as this year I will be spending Christmas with my girlfriend's this year). Anyways, we opened presents up early this morning. Som**hing I should note about my sister is that she LOVES her children. Which is great and I do love my nephews, but every ye...

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I Made My Son Give His New Bike to the Girl He Bullied and My Parents Are Furious
Family Conflict
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I Made My Son Give His New Bike to the Girl He Bullied and My Parents Are Furious

So recently I found out my son "Jacob" (15) pulled an incredibly cruel "prank" on one of the girls I'll call "Ashley" that's in his friend group. I know this girl, she's been to our house and even attended Jacob's birthday party a month ago. She seemed incredibly sweet if not a bit shy. So when my oldest son "Mark" (17) came to me and told me Jacob had asked Ashley out on a date as a prank I w...

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AITA for kicking my friend out at night because she threw up over a horror movie?
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AITA for kicking my friend out at night because she threw up over a horror movie?

My (16F) friends and I have this yearly Halloween tradition where we have a sleepover at my house, turn off every single light, and have a horror movie marathon in my bas**ent. This girl who I’ll call “Thea” recently joined our friend group and came to our Halloween night for the first time yesterday. We started off the night with this film called Barbarian. Thea was terrified throughout the e...

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