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AITAH for telling my fiancé I don’t want his mom in our wedding photos because she’s been trying to get me to sign a prenup she wrote herself
Family Conflict
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AITAH for telling my fiancé I don’t want his mom in our wedding photos because she’s been trying to get me to sign a prenup she wrote herself

I’m 27 and getting married next summer. My fiancé is 29 and we’ve been together for almost 5 years. His mom has never liked me, she’s very involved in his life and I’ve always felt like she sees me as some kind of threat to their bond. For the past year she’s been bringing up prenups constantly, not my fiancé, his MOM. She started sending me articles, books, even a sample prenup she wrote hers...

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AITAH for sterilizing myself against my partner’s wishes?
Relationship
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AITAH for sterilizing myself against my partner’s wishes?

Ok Reddit I need some unbiased outside opinions because I truly feel like I’m going crazy dealing with this situation. I (28F) and my partner (28M) have 2 children together and have been married for 8 years, for those 8 years I’ve either been on birth control when we were preventing pregnancy or tracking my cycle when we were trying to conceive (adding this just to give the community the context t...

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AITAH for wanting a prenup before marriage?
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AITAH for wanting a prenup before marriage?

I 31M recently got engaged to my girlfriend 28F and we’ve been on cloud nine until I brought up the idea of a prenup. I run my own business and have a good amount of savings plus a house I bought a few years ago. She’s doing fine too but doesn’t have as much financially which is totally okay by me. The prenup isn’t about not trusting her. It’s just som**hing I’ve always felt made sense. It’s a...

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AITA for Refusing to Let My Child Share a Room With Their Step-Sibling?
Family Conflict
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AITA for Refusing to Let My Child Share a Room With Their Step-Sibling?

I (36F) have a 10-year-old son, Ethan, from my previous marriage. My partner, Dan (38M), moved in with me last year, and he has an 11-year-old daughter, Lila, who stays with us every other week. Ethan and Lila get along well, but they both have their own rooms, which I believe is important for their comfort and privacy. Recently, Dan proposed that we have Ethan and Lila share a room so we c...

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AITA for refusing to buy my wife a "push present"
Relationship
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AITA for refusing to buy my wife a "push present"

My (34M) wife (34F) is pr****nt with our third child. The other day, she asked what I’d buy her when she comes home from the hospital. I was caught off guard and said, “Nothing.” Since then, she’s been giving me the silent treatment. For context, we’ve been together for 17 years, married for 9, and have two great kids (7 & 4). We've faced a lot together—family losses, pregnancy loss, a big move...

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AITA for refusing to give up my dream wedding dress because my sister can't afford it?
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AITA for refusing to give up my dream wedding dress because my sister can't afford it?

My younger sister "Megan" recently got engaged. I'm thrilled for her and her fiancé, but she dropped a ma*sive b**bsh**l at dinner last week, and now our family is split. For context, I've been engaged for two years and am finally having my dream wedding this spring. Megan got engaged just three months ago but decided she wanted to get married before me because "summer is the perfect season." F...

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AITA for refusing to pay for my MIL deductible after she smashed the gift I gave her?
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AITA for refusing to pay for my MIL deductible after she smashed the gift I gave her?

Long story short, I was on Twitter a while ago and saw this ad for a political mug that made me chuckle, so I decided to buy it for my conservative mother-in-law as a gag gift because I loved the idea of the mug being gifted to someone who leans more conservative. Last night, it was my MIL’s birthday, and I was getting ready with my wife to go to the restaurant where we would be eating. My wife...

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AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband bc he added p*e to my food?
Food & Diet
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AITAH for wanting to divorce my husband bc he added p*e to my food?

I (32f) have been married to my husband (36m) for 4 years, and I am questioning who I married. He has a strange f***sh where he wanted to p*e on my face during s*x, which I repeatedly and firmly told him I was not interested in. He asked a few times but never pushed it, so I a*sumed the matter was dropped. Months ago, I noticed my food tasting strange—my overnight oats, yogurt, and coffee t...

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Update: AITAH for sterilizing myself against my partner’s wishes
Relationship
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Update: AITAH for sterilizing myself against my partner’s wishes

Due to the support and advice I found on here I managed to get the confidence and level headspace needed to try to have another conversation with my partner. After getting our children to their school/daycare for the day I went to our local coffee shop to pick us up each a cup, I figured it can either be seen as a show of care or a peace offering. Once I got home he was sitting at our island d...

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AITA for making my coworker a separate meal after she insulted my cooking?
Work
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AITA for making my coworker a separate meal after she insulted my cooking?

I work in a small office where we do a potluck-style lunch once a week. I love cooking, so I usually bring som**hing homemade. For context, I’m Thai, and a lot of what I make has strong flavors think: garlic, fermented fish sauce, chili, shrimp paste, that kind of thing. Most of my coworkers love it. Kate, though, has always been... weird about it. She’s made little comments before, like, "...

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AITA for changing all the locks on my house because my girlfriend keeps locking me out of the bedroom at night
Boundaries
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AITA for changing all the locks on my house because my girlfriend keeps locking me out of the bedroom at night

My girlfriend (36F) and I (29M) moved into a house that I bought last year. We argued at first about what each room should be. 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, 2 living rooms, a garage and a back patio. I wanted an office and she wanted an office. At first I didn't want to but I gave her the 2nd largest room for her office and the largest became our bedroom. I took a significantly smaller room for my ...

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AITA for telling my fiancée I don’t want her to wear her late husband’s wedding ring during our ceremony?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my fiancée I don’t want her to wear her late husband’s wedding ring during our ceremony?

I (30M) am engaged to “Emily” (30F), and we’re getting married this fall. I love her deeply, and I’ve never been more sure about anything in my life. That said, there’s one thing that’s been eating at me, and I’m not sure if I’m being selfish or just… honest. Emily was married once before, to a guy named Tyler. They got married young — early 20s — and he pa*sed away in a car accident about five...

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