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AITA for refusing to "fulfill a promise" I made to an autistic person?
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AITA for refusing to "fulfill a promise" I made to an autistic person?

I am 16F and I have a neighbour, Ben, who is 16M. He is an autistic person. He is high functioning but sometimes prone to severe meltdowns. Our mothers are friends, so we hang around a lot. We are friends and hang out a lot together but I don't consider him close to me. It's because it's a pretty one sided friendship. If you asked him a single question about me, he wouldn't be able to answer. ...

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Aita for telling my husband I don’t want his brother around our son because of his DNA concerns?
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Aita for telling my husband I don’t want his brother around our son because of his DNA concerns?

My husband and I have a two year old son together. My husband is a great and attentive father but this problem for the past year and a half or so is reaching its breaking point and I’m extremely annoyed. I made this ultimatum with my husband last night after a fight I had with his brother. I have brown hair and blue eyes, my husband has blond hair and blue eyes and our son has brown hair an...

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AITAH for not making payments towards my wife’s student loans after she insulted my sister’s education?
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AITAH for not making payments towards my wife’s student loans after she insulted my sister’s education?

I [36m] have been married to my wife, Anne [28f] for three years. Anne is an Ivy League university graduate. Without revealing too many details, she went to a school that virtually every American knows by name. My sister, Jennifer [40f] went to a different Ivy League school, but one that is considered lower in status than Anne’s. Jennifer did not graduate. She began suffering from mental healt...

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AITA for telling my son he can't stay with me when I found out why his wife kicked him out.
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AITA for telling my son he can't stay with me when I found out why his wife kicked him out.

My daughter-in-law is pr****nt with my first grandchild. She is suffering from placenta preavia. She is on bedrest. It would be dangerous for her to have s*x. So my a*shole son decided that he should cheat. She found out and kicked him out of the house. He came to stay with us because "she was having crazy pregnancy hormones". Every time he called her they would fight. After a couple of days...

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AITA for ripping my debit card out of my fiancé's hand when I saw him purchasing stuff for his brother off Amazon?
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AITA for ripping my debit card out of my fiancé's hand when I saw him purchasing stuff for his brother off Amazon?

My fiancés brother "Chris" moved to Mississippi from our home town 2 years ago to be with some girl he met on the internet. Chris has always been the type to make terrible life choices and my fiancé is ALWAYS the one who bails him out (with the except of my FMIL). My fiancé does this because he has survivors guilt. They lived with their father growing up and their father hated Chris with a bur...

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AITA for sharing the "private" text my conservative neighbor sent me with the neighborhood group chat?
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AITA for sharing the "private" text my conservative neighbor sent me with the neighborhood group chat?

I (M, 32) moved into this neighborhood 2 months ago. The neighborhood is kind of busy with lots of activities and events taking place. I have a next door neighbor named "Steve" from what I'd noticed Steve has an important place among the neighbors, he's conservative and somewhat influential if this is the right word. So amyways, Steve keeps inviting me to participate in events but I tell I'm bu...

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AITA for refusing to go on a surprise vacation with my wife's family?
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AITA for refusing to go on a surprise vacation with my wife's family?

I adore my wife but I absolutely hate her family. Her mom is a knowitall, her sisters are b**chy snobs, their kids are spoiled brats, and her dad has given up. Somehow my wife got all the good genes and is sweet and caring. Yesterday, my wife surprised me with a romantic setup and told me we were going on a three-week vacation to a secluded cabin for hiking, which I love. Shortly after, she re...

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AITA We started eating Thanksgiving dinner without my sister.
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AITA We started eating Thanksgiving dinner without my sister.

1 PM: We warn her guests will arrive at 7 and to please get ready and be out of her room. 1-7 PM: We send sporadic reminders, knock on her door, remind her she has X amount of hours left, constant checking-in. 7 PM-8 PM: Guests arrive. She is nowhere to be seen. Everyone is busy doing som**hing. Cooking, setting the table, socializing. Still we send reminders: People are here. Eating soon. ...

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AITA for not saving food for my boyfriend's pr****nt stepmom after she commented about my ethnic food looking like p**p and making the whole dish for her again?
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AITA for not saving food for my boyfriend's pr****nt stepmom after she commented about my ethnic food looking like p**p and making the whole dish for her again?

I'm a 24 year old woman of Indian heritage and I've been dating my white boyfriend (26) for the past 3 years. My boyfriend loves my cooking I often cook Indian dishes like B**ter chicken, saag paneer, tandoori chicken and chicken tikka masala for him. So back in mid march, my boyfriend's father and his wife came to visit us all the way from Alabama to tell my boyfriend about their pregnancy. Of...

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AITA for not paying for my sister’s college when I’m paying for my fiancée’s?
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AITA for not paying for my sister’s college when I’m paying for my fiancée’s?

So, I (29M) grew up dirt poor. Like, sharing meals, lights off half the month poor. My parents did their best, but there were five of us, and money was always tight. I hustled like crazy after high school—community college, then transferred to a good university while working full time. I graduated with loans but a solid job in tech. Fast forward a decade, and I’ve got a good income and no debt...

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AITA for paying for a lounge at an airport during a long layover?
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AITA for paying for a lounge at an airport during a long layover?

I'm traveling with five friends now and we are travelling cheap. However we had one long layover in an airport with a great VIP lounge. The thing about these lounges is that they have free food and liquor. And comfortable chairs and shower facilities. I told my friends what I was about and they all said that they didn't want to waste money. So I went to the lounge by myself. I had some snacks. ...

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AITA for kicking my mom out after ruining our engagement announcement?
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AITA for kicking my mom out after ruining our engagement announcement?

I (25M) have been with my fiancée Tanya (25f) for 5 yrs. My mom never approved of Tanya all because she has an 8 yr old son, Alex. Yeah she did have him young. We dated for a year and half before she was comfortable with me meeting Alex. Me and him have been best friends ever since. Seriously I love that kid to death. And that’s the issue my mom has. She doesn’t like that I’m close with Ale...

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