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AITAH For Not Making My Daughter Apologize To Her Teacher Again For Her Impromptu Costume?
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AITAH For Not Making My Daughter Apologize To Her Teacher Again For Her Impromptu Costume?

I’m the mother of two little girls (6F and 4F). My six year old is a funny, happy, and curious little girl. She can be a bit rambunctious and ask questions or make comments without thinking about how they impact people, which is som**hing I’m trying to work with her on. My daughter loves her first grade teacher and talks about her all the time. Her teacher is actually pr****nt, and has started ...

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AITA for refusing to cancel my vacation after my brother demanded I pay for his “emergency” surgery instead?
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AITA for refusing to cancel my vacation after my brother demanded I pay for his “emergency” surgery instead?

So, here’s the situation. I (30F) have been planning a two-week vacation to Europe with my partner for the past year. We’ve both saved up a lot of money for this trip, and it’s a big deal for us because we’ve never been on a major vacation together before. The flights, hotels, everything has already been paid for. Last week, my brother (35M) called me in a panic saying he needs emergency su...

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Aitah for refusing to adopt my stepdaughter?
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Aitah for refusing to adopt my stepdaughter?

I'm 30f and my husband is 34m and my stepdaughter is 12. My stepdaughter mom d*ed when she was 2 and I came into her life when she was 8. We have a close relationship i feel its a normal step parent relationship she doesn't call me mom and thats okay I want her to whatever shes comfortable with. These past few weeks shes been asking if I would adopt her, apparently she had talked with my husba...

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AITAH for telling my husband that you don’t lose weight magically after going to the gym?
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AITAH for telling my husband that you don’t lose weight magically after going to the gym?

My husband (m33) and I (f24) have been married two years, and we have a 16 week old daughter. Prior to my pregnancy, I was active but not as active as my husband. He is big into fitness and stuff and I really am not, I just worked out because my dr told me too lol. I only ran maybe twice a week and had a Pilates cla*s every Sunday. I weighed 120 lbs before pregnancy. During pregnancy I gain...

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AITA for walking out on my boyfriend after he surprised me with a th****ome for my birthday?
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AITA for walking out on my boyfriend after he surprised me with a th****ome for my birthday?

So, my boyfriend (27M) decided to plan a “special surprise” for my (24F) birthday. I was expecting a nice dinner, maybe a cute gift. Instead, when I got to his apartment, he had another girl (who I’d never met) waiting in lingerie. He proudly announced that he had set up a th****ome for me because he thought it would be “every girl’s fantasy.” I just stood there, completely stunned. I didn’...

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AITAH for telling my brother-in-law to stop showing up unannounced when my husband isn’t home?
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AITAH for telling my brother-in-law to stop showing up unannounced when my husband isn’t home?

I (28F) don’t know if i’m just being paranoid or what, but som**hing about my brother in law (let’s call him Tyler, 32M) has been really bothering me lately. so here's what’s been happening. My husband (30M, Chris) and i have been married for about four years. we live in a quiet little place in Michigan. it’s nothing fancy, but it’s home. lately though, things haven’t felt so... safe. Ty...

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AITAH for waiting until I was financially s**ble before leaving my wife?
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AITAH for waiting until I was financially s**ble before leaving my wife?

I've wanted out of my marriage for a little over 6 years now. There was nothing dramatic like cheating or a**se, unless her never ending condescending att*tude counts. She's simply just an emotional vampire who's also super lazy. I rather have to spend all my free time picking up after her and cleaning the house or live with piles of dirty plates everwhere and flies. We don't have kids, thank ...

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AITAH for refusing to cosign my boyfriend’s car loan even though we’ve been together 4 years?
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AITAH for refusing to cosign my boyfriend’s car loan even though we’ve been together 4 years?

So yeah, like the t*tle says I’ve been with my boyfriend (32M) for 4 years. I’m 29F. Things have been solid between us for the most part. We’ve talked about moving in together getting married eventually, the whole deal. Anyway, his car recently c**pped out and he needs a new one. He applied for a loan but didn’t get approved because of his credit. So he asked me to cosign. I told him I wasn’t ...

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AITAH for walking out of my girlfriend’s birthday dinner after what she did?
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AITAH for walking out of my girlfriend’s birthday dinner after what she did?

So my (28M) girlfriend, Sarah (26F), just had her birthday dinner at a nice restaurant with about 12 of our friends. I spent weeks planning it—made the reservation, coordinated with her friends, even got the staff to bring out a surprise cake at the end. Dinner was going well until Sarah stood up, tapped her gla*s, and said she had an "important announcement." Then, with the biggest smile, she ...

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AITA For Stopping My Boyfriend’s Proposal at our Best Friend’s Wedding?
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AITA For Stopping My Boyfriend’s Proposal at our Best Friend’s Wedding?

I (F26) and my boyfriend (M25) attended a mutual friend’s wedding. They’re very close friends to us and brought my boyfriend and I together. My boyfriend and I are coming up on our 3 year anniversary and things were getting pretty serious. Enough so that I very much wanted to marry him. He’s sweet, chatty, typically considerate and empathetic. He’s the person who I thought was the first to sho...

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AITA because I won't delay having a hysterectomy after the birth of my baby so I can be a surrogate for my sister?
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AITA because I won't delay having a hysterectomy after the birth of my baby so I can be a surrogate for my sister?

I (28f) am having my third (and final) child with my husband and I have a scheduled c-section and hysterectomy planned. My periods started when I was young (9) and I have suffered with them ever since. They're extremely painful, heavy and (very) long. I wasn't even sure if I could get pr****nt with my issues but I knew I wanted children so I delayed even when the option was originally presente...

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AITA for telling my 3-year-old son “Would you like it if Papa hit you like that?” after he hit me?
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AITA for telling my 3-year-old son “Would you like it if Papa hit you like that?” after he hit me?

My 3-year-old son was sick, and we had a rough, sleepless night. In the morning, I was cuddling him on the sofa, and he started playing with my watch. Suddenly, he hit it really hard, which hurt my hand. Reflexively, I got up and said, "Ouch, that really hurt." My son got upset, covered his face, and said, "Stop!" as if I was the one doing som**hing wrong. He then ran to my wife for comfort...

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