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WIBTA if I quit my job, sell my share in company and retire to be a ski patroler? I would essentially leave my adult kids (18 and 22) to fend for themselves with no way to pay for college. Ex wife as well.
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WIBTA if I quit my job, sell my share in company and retire to be a ski patroler? I would essentially leave my adult kids (18 and 22) to fend for themselves with no way to pay for college. Ex wife as well.

So years and years of backstory here. Ex wife has BPD and life with her has been a continuous struggle. We are in the middle of a divorce because while she’s lied, stolen, a**sed, hit, etc... she never cheated. But she crossed that line and enough was enough. Divorce is bitter and ugly. For financial reasons we had set kids college savings up with my wife as custodian. I implored kids to go...

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AITA for giving my child a "culturally inappropriate" name?
Parenting
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AITA for giving my child a "culturally inappropriate" name?

I am black, and my wife is also black. I spent my most of my childhood in the foster system, but for a good part of it I was taken care of by an elderly Russian gentleman (we'll call him Dimitri Petrovitch). While he never formally adopted me, he played a major role in my upbringing, and I am very grateful for all that he has done for me. Unfortunately, he pa*sed away many years ago, and he ne...

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AITA for saying “I love you more than anything” to my daughter in front of my wife
Relationship
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AITA for saying “I love you more than anything” to my daughter in front of my wife

My daughter is 3, and sometimes gets scared I’ll stop loving her when she does som**hing bad(for no good reason mind you, I make sure she always knows why I’m upset, and that I’m mad at her actions, not her). Today she b*mped a gla*s off the table and started crying. She asked if I still love her and I said “I love you more than anything” and gave her a kiss. My wife was watching and storme...

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AITA for my response to my sister's boyfriend's "brutal honesty"?
Relationship
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AITA for my response to my sister's boyfriend's "brutal honesty"?

My F35 sister F27 started dating one of those "brutally honest" guys few months ago. He can be quite rude and make backhanded comments about me and the family sometimes which is bothersome but my sister says he's not malicious but is just the brutally honest time and we should get used to it. I visited my parents house to celebrate my sister's birthday and my husband couldn't come with me becau...

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AITA for refusing to to let my husband's infertile friend name our son?
Relationship
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AITA for refusing to to let my husband's infertile friend name our son?

My husband (m33)s best friend (m37) Will is infertile. He got divorced 2 times because of it and because he lied and hid his infertility. His life hasn't been the same since he found out he can't have kids. He has always had a soft spot for children and when he found out that my husband and I are expecting, he was so thrilled and started buying us gifts and decor pieces that he made from his w...

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My Parents Kicked Me Out For Dating And Now Want To See My Baby—I Said Never
Family Conflict
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My Parents Kicked Me Out For Dating And Now Want To See My Baby—I Said Never

I always had good grades in high-school, was home on time, cleaned the house etc. I never had problems with my parents before this. I went to med school, still living with parents when I was 20, I dated someone who was 23. Dad was against this because be does not believe in dating people far older than you (so like don't date far from your own age) and says I cannot date J. Argument break...

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AITA for telling my husband off for wanting me to let my infertile BIL and his wife experience child birth by being with me in the delivery room?
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AITA for telling my husband off for wanting me to let my infertile BIL and his wife experience child birth by being with me in the delivery room?

My husband's brother (BIL 37) and his wife (SIL 35) struggled with infertility for years after trying so much for long they decided to stop. But started...sort of living the experience of having a child by doing the things that parents do like getting a nursery (they removed it now) buying bany cothes, toys, attending school shows etc etc. I'm 7 months pr****nt, and BIL & SIL has been asking ma...

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AITA for forcing my son to use a bidet and threatening to talk to his friends or take him to the doctor about his underwear
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AITA for forcing my son to use a bidet and threatening to talk to his friends or take him to the doctor about his underwear

For some reason my 14 year old son cannot wipe properly. This was never a concern to me as his mom did the laundry. Unfortunately she is sick right now so I have taken over the household ch**es that she used to handle. My son is still responsible for his and I do mine as well as hers. First day I did laundry I gagged and almost p**ed from his underwear. If he were three and not fully potty t...

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AITA for doing weird/awkward poses whenever my MIL "accidently" walks in on me in the bathroom?
Boundaries
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AITA for doing weird/awkward poses whenever my MIL "accidently" walks in on me in the bathroom?

So, my MIL (I'm a gal btw lol) came to stay with us for few weeks til her home is renovated for christmas. The problem is that she has been randomly walking in on me while I'm in the bathroom. Thankfully not once has she seen me n**ed because I started picking up on her behavior after the second time in a week. She'd barge in, then turns and says "oh sorry" then close the door. I tried talki...

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AITA for buying lower grade steaks when my in-laws visit and serving my mom and dad Wagyu.
Family Conflict
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AITA for buying lower grade steaks when my in-laws visit and serving my mom and dad Wagyu.

My wife and I live far away from both of our sets of parents. We visit them a couple of times a year and they visit us about the same. My mom and dad love food. They will buy pounds of garlic and leave it in a rice maker for a month to make black garlic. They plan their vacations around amazing restaurants. My in-laws are lovely people but boiling chicken drumsticks is fancy for them. And th...

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My Girlfriend Saw My Two Dads and Forced Her Parents to Leave Immediately
Family Conflict
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My Girlfriend Saw My Two Dads and Forced Her Parents to Leave Immediately

I'm 25M, i have two parents. My birth dad (John) who's 48M and my other dad Dwayne who's 45M. I call my birth dad John, "Dad". And I call my other dad Dwayne, "Pops". My birth dad John was married to my mom for a few years, then she left my dad and yeah. They ended up divorcing and now she's somewhere in California, idk where or what she's doing. Haven't talked to her in ages. So dad, an...

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AITA for not waking my husband up for his 5AM walk?
Relationship
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AITA for not waking my husband up for his 5AM walk?

So for the past month, my (36) husband (39) has waking up at 5 every night to have a walk. These walks would take about 2 hours, Side note to mention that this new, he's not trying to lose weight (pretty thin) he's not athletic by nature nor has sports interests or hobbies. infact, he hated doing any type of sport. I'm happy for him since it's an overall positive thing. but yesterday, he ca...

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