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AITA for losing it on my fiancé for disinviting my stepsisters from our wedding?
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AITA for losing it on my fiancé for disinviting my stepsisters from our wedding?

I'm gonna keep it short. I f25 am getting married to my fiance next month. We've had no issues with the wedding planning except the "guest list". Context: I have a large family, I have 2 stepsisters (18, 20) and a biological brother (27) and also a biological sister (30). My fiance argued that the guest list should be cut short and suggested I only invite my "immediate family", I asked him to ...

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AITA for laughing uncontrollably at my son when he asked me to replace a Christmas gift he broke out of anger?
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AITA for laughing uncontrollably at my son when he asked me to replace a Christmas gift he broke out of anger?

My son is almost 17. This Christmas we bought him an expensive computer gaming chair, as he plays a lot of online multiplayer shooters. My son has some anger issues, which he's currently in therapy for, and these shooters tend to bring out his temper more than normal. However, for the past few months he's been keeping it together well, so I figured the chair might be a fair present. I was w...

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AITA for calling my boyfriend an insecure little boy after his repeated jokes that I "cheated the system" to get to a career that pays more than his?
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AITA for calling my boyfriend an insecure little boy after his repeated jokes that I "cheated the system" to get to a career that pays more than his?

Tim and I met in an English literature cla*s our junior year of college, and we’ve been together the ten years since. While he ended up going into IT, I stayed in the liberal arts track and ended up doing non-profit work after college when I realized I didn’t actually want to be a schoolteacher. Just to say that we always a*sumed he’d out-earn me by a considerable margin, though when he made m...

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AITA for cancelling dinner when my boyfriend brought a bell to the diner to "grab" the staff's attention?
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AITA for cancelling dinner when my boyfriend brought a bell to the diner to "grab" the staff's attention?

I (F30) have been dating my boyfriend Rhett (M31) for 4 months, we live in different town and he's not from here, (he's american living here) he usually visits on the weekends, This time I decided to visit his town and eat out at a diner. Rhett was already there when I arrived to the diner, we talked some, checked the menu, then when it was time to order he pulled a small bell out of his jacket...

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AITA for giving my son ~$15,000 when he turned 18 and moved out, but refuse to give the same amount to my daughter?
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AITA for giving my son ~$15,000 when he turned 18 and moved out, but refuse to give the same amount to my daughter?

My 19-year old daughter Vanessa called me this morning and told that her girlfriend proposed to her, and wants her to move to her apartment. Now for context, my daughter met this woman online, and they’ve never don’t ever SEE each other besides a few quick weekend visits. Moreover, they’ve only dated for a little more than a year. I told her I was happy for her, but then politely expressed ...

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AITA for screaming at my husband and his sister to get out of my kitchen?
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AITA for screaming at my husband and his sister to get out of my kitchen?

My husband's sister (38) lives with us and our kids. I am very fed up with her being here because of food issues. Every single time I make food, his sister comes in and 'doctors up' the food I am making to her liking. For example, I made steak and shrimp, and she waited until I left the room to put a full stick of b**ter in my already cooked shrimp. When I returned, she said, 'I'm pretty su...

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AITA for refusing to punish or allow my wife to punish our son?
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AITA for refusing to punish or allow my wife to punish our son?

This all started back in March. My son's best friend turned thirteen. In his family, thirteenth birthday is a huge deal. In addition to a ma*sive party (which all four of us were invited to) his parents also took him to Disney World. They invited my son to attend as well. My wife was hesitant to consent to this. She said it was unfair to allow our son to go when our nine year old daughter c...

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AITA for regifting my kids their own tablets for Christmas?
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AITA for regifting my kids their own tablets for Christmas?

My kids, 6&7, each had an iPad mini. Over the summer they were having a rough time, constantly fighting with each other and just being brats in general. I lost it one day and took their iPads away, saying they were being sold, never to be seen again. Tears were shed. The iPads were cleaned up, put back into their original boxes, accessories packed away, ready for sale...but I couldn’t do it. T...

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AITA for exposing my sister's lies about why she wanted a house keeper?
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AITA for exposing my sister's lies about why she wanted a house keeper?

My sister is a stay at home wife, no kids for now. Her and her husband had been discussing getting a house keeper to help clean the windows and bathrooms since she said it took a long time. I was visiting last weekend and she brought it up to me and seemed very happy. Out of pure curiosity, and since i clean my house by myself being unwed, i asked her how long it took to do that since it didnt...

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AITA for kicking my best friend out and telling him to grow up after he called my baby belly gross and weird?
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AITA for kicking my best friend out and telling him to grow up after he called my baby belly gross and weird?

I’ve known James since we were 11. He’s been my best friend for a long time and we’re so close people ask us all the time if we are siblings because we look alike AND even share a last name. He lives close by and is very much integrated into all parts of my life. I had a crush on him growing up and I asked him out a couple times when we got a little older. He always declined and said we wer...

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AITA for not paying for my daughter's wedding because she invited my brother and his family
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AITA for not paying for my daughter's wedding because she invited my brother and his family

I'm 46M, my brother 48M. When I was 20, my then girlfriend cheated with my brother. I was heartbroken and p**sed. I told him he is no longer my brother. Despite my request, my family didnt cut him off, so I told them that I will never again be in the same place as he is. If they wish to invite both, then they should just invite him as I am the one giving ultimate. My daughter is getting ...

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AITA for calling the Police on my fiancé?
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AITA for calling the Police on my fiancé?

My fiance (28M) and I (30F) have been together for 3 years. I used to live close to work and used public transportation, but after I moved in to his house, which is hours away from work, I bought myself a car since I'm a nurse and there aren't any hospitals close to where we live that I could transfer to. My fiance's car hasn't been working for close to 2 months now. It requires a lot of money ...

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