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AITAH for refusing to cook in our kitchen because my wife decorated it
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AITAH for refusing to cook in our kitchen because my wife decorated it

My wife and I (37M, 35F) bought a house together two years ago. She had a laundry list of things she absolutely had to have but I only cared about one thing: I wanted a good kitchen with plenty of room to work. I been cooking my whole life and I cook all the meals. We found a beautiful house that we both love and everything was fine. She added her flair to most of the rooms. I let her choos...

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AITAH for adopting a dog after I thought my boyfriend broke up with me?
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AITAH for adopting a dog after I thought my boyfriend broke up with me?

My boyfriend was going through a tough time, and he said he needed a break. He said he was going to press pause on our relationship and go visit his family in Washington. I asked how you pause a relationship, because I don't understand how that works. He said he needed some time to work on himself and asked me to respect that. After he left I reached out to him a few times via text asking h...

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AITA for refusing to give my lottery winnings to my family after they excluded me from a family trip?
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AITA for refusing to give my lottery winnings to my family after they excluded me from a family trip?

I (28F) come from a family of five—my parents, my two siblings (30M, 25F), and me. Growing up, I was always the "black sheep." My siblings were the golden children, and while I wasn't outright ignored, I definitely got the short end of the stick. A few months ago, my family planned a big overseas trip. I found out through my sister’s Instagram posts, not from them directly. When I asked why I w...

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AITA for refusing to quit my job ‘cause my boyfriend thinks the corporate world is "soul-sucking"?
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AITA for refusing to quit my job ‘cause my boyfriend thinks the corporate world is "soul-sucking"?

So I've been dating this guy (27M) for two years now. Dude is like *anti-corporate to the extreme*. He’s constantly going off about how capitalism is t**sh, anyone working a “normal” job is brainwashed, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, I’m (25F) actually doing pretty well at my office job. I mean, it’s not my “life’s pa*sion” or anything, but it’s solid, I’m decent at it, and hey, it pays the bills....

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AITA for Uninviting My Fiancé’s “Work Wife” from Our Wedding
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AITA for Uninviting My Fiancé’s “Work Wife” from Our Wedding

I (29F) am supposed to be marrying the love of my life (31M) in a few months. We’ve been planning this wedding for over a year, and it’s been a beautiful, but stressful, experience. But there’s one person casting a shadow over everything, and that’s my fiancé’s “work wife,” *Lily* (30F). Let me backtrack a little. My fiancé and Lily have been friends and coworkers for around five years. At ...

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AITA for refusing to stop bringing my wife's homemade Mexican lunches to work?
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AITA for refusing to stop bringing my wife's homemade Mexican lunches to work?

I (34M) work in construction, and my wife (32F) makes me the best lunches. Shes an amazing cook, and every morning she wakes up at 4am and cooks me or packs me som**hing fresh, things like birria, tamales, pozole, or sometimes just tacos with homemade tortillas.She even includes fresh salsa and agua fresca or horchata. Im not trying to brag, but my lunchbox is like a 5 star meal compared to th...

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AITAH for kicking out my conservative family during Thanksgiving before anyone ate?
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AITAH for kicking out my conservative family during Thanksgiving before anyone ate?

So I (34F) decided to host Thanksgiving this year for my family. It was my first time hosting, and I was really excited about it. I spent days prepping everything—turkey, stuffing, sides, pies, you name it. Honestly, I was pretty proud of myself because I wanted to make it special. My family is mostly conservative, and I’m more liberal, so there’s always been some tension, but I figured it wou...

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AITAH for telling my husband I won’t cook dinner every night because I also work full-time?
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AITAH for telling my husband I won’t cook dinner every night because I also work full-time?

I (30F) have been married to my husband, Tom (32M), for 4 years. We both work full-time jobs—he works in IT, and I work in marketing. Despite us having similar work hours, I’ve somehow ended up being the one who cooks dinner every single night. At first, I didn’t mind because I enjoy cooking, but over time, it’s become exhausting. Some days, I come home after a long day and just want to relax....

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AITA for canceling Christmas dinner because my husband’s “secret Santa” gift was for his gaming buddy and not me?
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AITA for canceling Christmas dinner because my husband’s “secret Santa” gift was for his gaming buddy and not me?

I’m currently hiding in our bedroom with a bottle of wine, while my husband plays video games in the living room, probably telling his online friends how I “ruined Christmas.” My phone is blowing up with texts from his mom, calling me selfish, and I’m debating whether I should just block her until New Year’s. Let me explain what led to this festive meltdown. For context, I (28F) have been m...

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AITA for treating my coworker differently after she accused me of SA when i saved her live.
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AITA for treating my coworker differently after she accused me of SA when i saved her live.

I'm a quiet guy and genuinely friendly. I treats all my coworkers as friends. About, 2 months ago, during a work lunch, one of my coworker started choking so i did the Heimlich thing to help her, after she's in the clear the others cheered i asked if she alright, she just nodded and head to the bathroom without a word so i didn't think much about that. Until, two days later i got called in to H...

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AITAH Wife spent the night at a friends house
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AITAH Wife spent the night at a friends house

I'll keep this pretty simple. We're both in our 40s. Together 11 years, married for 8. About 2 or 3 years ago my wife ran into her ex-boyfriend, whom she lived with previously. They chatted and caught up with her. To be clear they were part of the same friend group before dating. They'd b*mp into each other about every few and they'd chit chat and catch up on things at a nearby diner. Abo...

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Wife wants me to print a 150 page recipe book on a work printer. I don't want to. AITAH?
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Wife wants me to print a 150 page recipe book on a work printer. I don't want to. AITAH?

My wife put in a lot of effort to compile a set of recipies for our dinner cookbook. I contributed by helping her combine 50+ 1 or 2 page recipes into a single PDF document. She wants me to use a work printer to print the book. I don't feel comfortable doing this because (1) I'm part of an IT committee that's looking into misuse of company resources and (2) I don't like being a hypocrite. Her ...

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