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AItA/R***st: I tried to get a guy to clarify what he said, and he stormed out because he thought I was criticizing his grammar (which does suck)?
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AItA/R***st: I tried to get a guy to clarify what he said, and he stormed out because he thought I was criticizing his grammar (which does suck)?

The one black guy in my small office (Will) is inarticulate, and he knows it. He calls it ebonics. The rest of us are caucasians. He says things like "I *brought* a dozen eggs at the store." And it's obvious he means "bought", so anyone who tells him he should have said "bought" more than once is busting his balls because they want to be a grammar n**i. Most people do this to him, but I don't. B...

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AITA for not being more quiet after 10pm?
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AITA for not being more quiet after 10pm?

My apartment's quiet hours start at 10 pm. After 10, I don't vacuum, I keep the TV quiet, etc. But, I don't go to bed at 10 pm, so I'm up, I'm sometimes folding laundry, etc. My neighbor goes to bed at 10 pm. Sometimes, when I'm walking (not jumping, not marching, *walking*) she bangs on the floor (her ceiling) to make me, I don't know, go to bed? Last night was especially bad. Long story short,...

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AITA for refusing to sleep with my boyfriend’s dogs?
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AITA for refusing to sleep with my boyfriend’s dogs?

I recently moved in with my boyfriend (after dating about a year). The problem is that he has two large labs that sleep in his bed every night. Now, I like dogs, but I probably don’t qualify as a dog person by Reddit standards. Anyway, sharing a bed with them is too much for me. The hair, drool, etc is just not want I want in my bed. Anyway, my boyfriend apparently thought I would get past this...

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AITA for not hanging out with girlfriend on her Bday
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AITA for not hanging out with girlfriend on her Bday

So back in August I met this girl (we'll call her Jessica). Jessica and I started talking a lot and in early September we started dating. The relationship was pretty casual. We go to different schools so I would only get to see her on the weekends. Most of the time we would watch a movie or get food together. From what I could tell we were both pretty content with the direction the relationship ...

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AITA for breaking up with my girlfriend over "consent required"?
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AITA for breaking up with my girlfriend over "consent required"?

Before any of you start freaking out at me, I want to say that I fully support both women and men asking for consent before getting touchy or s*xual with another person, and I would never in my life think about treating another person that way. Now that thats out of the way, the AITA moment. I've been with my girlfriend for the last 8 months. In this time, we've slept together, been s*xual togeth...

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AITA for not wanting to call my GF on NYE?
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AITA for not wanting to call my GF on NYE?

After spending Christmas with my GF of two years and her family, I decided to take a boys trip to a friend's cabin for NYE - which my GF has repeatedly encouraged. She'll be spending it at home with friends or family. Recently, she mentioned that she'd like me to call her when the clock strikes midnight. I hesitated because I would find it rude to excuse myself from the party with old friends, p...

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AITA for mowing my lawn at midnight?
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AITA for mowing my lawn at midnight?

My neighbor and I used to be good friends. We would shoot pool together and drink beer. We didn’t really get drunk, but just enough to have some fun and relax. I got a job working night shift about 5 months ago and our friendship fell apart. We were never joke together so we just stopped talking. While we were still friends, he always respected the fact that I had to sleep during the day and woul...

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AITA for not allowing my 11-year-old daughter to have a boy sleep over our house?
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AITA for not allowing my 11-year-old daughter to have a boy sleep over our house?

As I said, my daughter’s 11 and her friend group ranges 11-12. It’s mainly girls but there is one boy that I have seen around. She’s having a sleepover to celebrate her birthday this weekend. She invited the boy to the party but the plan was (or so I thought) that he would leave around 10 pm. The boy’s mom called me last night to confirm that the boy (I’ll call him Tom) could sleep over. I said ...

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AITA for walking out of Thanksgiving dinner after my family went out of the way for me. It was a DISASTER.
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AITA for walking out of Thanksgiving dinner after my family went out of the way for me. It was a DISASTER.

Every year since I was a child, Thanksgiving has been held at grandma's. In 2012, my step-uncle took advantage of me being blacked out drunk, came into the room I was pa*sed out in, and m***sted me. It took years to get over it. My whole family still talks to him, as if it never happened. Pretty sure no one believes me. This man lives in another state. So fast forward to this year, and a week b...

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AITA for letting my husband sleep in and be late for work?
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AITA for letting my husband sleep in and be late for work?

I am 26(f) and my husband is 27(m). Over the past few weeks, he has had a hard time waking himself up. He would typically get up himself when the sun rises or set an alarm on his phone, but he hasn't been doing either of those things recently. For the past 2-3 weeks, it seems that he's become more and more reliant on me waking him up. I will admit that I am a little sensitive when it comes to fee...

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AITA for getting upset that my boyfriend went out drinking before my birthday date with him?
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AITA for getting upset that my boyfriend went out drinking before my birthday date with him?

BF (m/33) and I (f/about to be 34) have been together 3 years. Last year, he totally dropped the ball and planned nothing (not even a card). This year, I heavily suggested (aka, planned) what I wanted to do... Starting with, we stay up Thursday night and watch the meteor shower and then stay home together from work on Friday. I figured we could sleep in, just enjoy each other, maybe get breakfas...

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AITA for wanting to keep my desklight on when my roommate is sleeping?
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AITA for wanting to keep my desklight on when my roommate is sleeping?

New semester, new roommate. My roommate tends to sleep at 11ish while I sleep at 3-4, usually stud**ng doing hw etc. When he's sleeping I make sure not to make much noise, but I always keep my desklight on because the brightness helps me concentrate and see. I also made a small mound/wall of bed covering/pillows to try and make things dimmer for him. From my point of view, having only my desklig...

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