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AITA for charging my girlfriend for rides after finding out she charged me rent for years in a house she owns?
Relationship
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AITA for charging my girlfriend for rides after finding out she charged me rent for years in a house she owns?

I’ve been living with my girlfriend for about 5 years. When the pandemic hit, I lost my place. At the time, we’d only been dating for a year. I asked if I could stay with her temporarily while I figured things out. She agreed, as long as I covered the rent, and she’d handle the other household expenses. It seemed fair, so I moved in and paid the full rent each month. Less than a year ago, I...

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AITAH for kicking my mother out for throwing away my son's baking things because she believes that baking is only for girls?
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AITAH for kicking my mother out for throwing away my son's baking things because she believes that baking is only for girls?

My fourteen year old son loves to bake and he is really good at it too. He started with simple things like cookies but now he can bake just about anything from bread to pies, even cakes. Sometimes friends and people we know will ask him to bake them som**hing and he will charge them a small fee. My mother has always hated the fact that my son loves baking. She doesn't understand 'what kind ...

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AITA for Walking Out of Thanksgiving Dinner Because My Ex-Fiancé Showed Up?
Relationship
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AITA for Walking Out of Thanksgiving Dinner Because My Ex-Fiancé Showed Up?

I (27F) ended my engagement to my ex-fiancé (29M) last year after catching him cheating on me with a coworker. It was a humiliating and devastating experience. I thought I could rely on my family for support, but my mom (55F) was oddly neutral about the whole thing. She said things like, “Everyone makes mistakes,” and, “Are you sure you weren’t just overreacting?” as if I didn’t see the texts ...

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AITAH for telling my roommates booty call she has HIV?
Boundaries
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AITAH for telling my roommates booty call she has HIV?

So, my roommate Lisa mentioned to me last night that she had a guy coming over. She recently also told me she had tested positive for HIV. So I tried to talk her out of it, turns out she hadn’t told him she was infected, and refused to do so when I asked. So she goes upstairs to shower, and her date shows up. I pull him aside and tell him everything. He was still very nice and ate dinner with ...

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AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband after he left our newborn and toddler with our teenage daughter while he went out with another woman?
Relationship
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AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband after he left our newborn and toddler with our teenage daughter while he went out with another woman?

I feel like I need some outside perspective on a really tough situation. My husband and I have been married for 19 years, and we have three kids together: a 13-year-old daughter, a 2-year-old, and a newborn. Our journey to parenthood wasn’t easy; we faced a lot of fertility struggles, and my husband has been my rock through it all. That’s why this situation has hit me so hard. Recently, I s...

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AITA for “loading kids up on sugar” at my 6-year-old son’s birthday party when the other parents just dropped them off?
Family Conflict
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AITA for “loading kids up on sugar” at my 6-year-old son’s birthday party when the other parents just dropped them off?

This past weekend, we hosted a birthday party for my son (M6). Standard setup—park location, party games, balloons, snacks, cake. We had some cookies, lollies, and drinks available: water, juice, and yes, Coke. Pretty normal stuff for a kid’s party, nothing extreme. Here’s the thing: most parents just dropped their kids off and left. Some didn’t even say hi or check in—just handed the kid o...

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AITAH for refusing to rehome my dog because my friend’s child is allergic?
Parenting
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AITAH for refusing to rehome my dog because my friend’s child is allergic?

I have a golden retriever, Milo, who I’ve had for six years. He’s my best friend, incredibly well trained, and honestly like family to me. A few months ago, my close friend Erica and her husband had to move unexpectedly due to financial reasons. They were struggling to find a place, so I offered for them to stay in my guest house temporarily while they got back on their feet. I made it clear t...

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Aitah for making my adult kids pay house expenses
Parenting
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Aitah for making my adult kids pay house expenses

I (56m) have two daughters (22f) (23f) we all live in the house they grew up in. They both work full time and have moved in thier long time boyfriends (23m ) (24m) They handle all their own expenses car , gas insurance and groceries now that we have 6 adults all the bills for household utilities have gone up with the extra people I sent a text to everyone that going forward as the util...

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AITA for not punishing my son for doing what teen boys do?
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AITA for not punishing my son for doing what teen boys do?

I’ll try to make this short.. my wife and I (32M&33F) have a 14 year old son. (We had him young) Last night my wife went to my sons room to ask him to sign a mothers day card for his grandma. She has a bad habit of not knocking and when she walked in on my son *s**nking the monkey*. There was screaming and yelling and I came up to my wife angry and telling me to handle him. I went in and ta...

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AITAH: didn’t get my wife breakfast
Relationship
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AITAH: didn’t get my wife breakfast

I woke up this morning craving a bagel. So I asked my family if anyone else would like a bagel. My daughter said yes, my wife said no. As I was leaving, she asked if I could get her a muffin. Anything but corn (she doesn’t like corn muffins). Note that our bagel shop sells precisely 2 things. Bagels and muffins. By the time I get there (around 8:30) they’re sold out of all but 2 corn muffin...

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AITA for wanting to divorce my husband after demanding to be on the deed of the house my parents bought only 5 months ago?
Family Conflict
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AITA for wanting to divorce my husband after demanding to be on the deed of the house my parents bought only 5 months ago?

I (33F) have been married to my husband (32M) since November 2023. Before we got married, my parents bought us a house, using equity from their own home to help with the purchase. The t*tle is in my mom’s name and mine, and we’re essentially paying them back for helping us out. They did this to give us a s**ble foundation for our family, especially for our son (who I will refer to as "my son" ...

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AITAH For kicking an autistic child out of my restaurant for misbehaving?
Parenting
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AITAH For kicking an autistic child out of my restaurant for misbehaving?

My Name is Gina, 55 F from upstate New York, and I run a family owned pizzeria. My husband and I have been in the service industry for decades and over the past few years, We've noticed a huge increase in rude customers, rude children and a crazy level of ent*tlement. One of the rules we have in our restaurant is that nobody is allowed to talk on speaker phone, play music out loud or have anyt...

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