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AITA for telling my girlfriend that her six y/o stinks and needs to be taught proper hygiene?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my girlfriend that her six y/o stinks and needs to be taught proper hygiene?

Me (24M) and my girlfriend (24F) had a baby boy one month ago today, and things have been pretty awesome. We’ve really come together as a couple and our communication has been healthier than ever; even our levels of trust and little displays of affection are through the roof. All in all, a potentially stressful and chaotic situation worked out pretty well! My SO has a six year old boy from ...

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AITAH for telling my husband I don’t want his mother in the delivery room after what she said about my infertility?
Boundaries
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AITAH for telling my husband I don’t want his mother in the delivery room after what she said about my infertility?

I (28F) am currently 37 weeks pr****nt with our miracle baby. My husband (30M) and I struggled with infertility for five years. We had multiple failed rounds of IVF, one miscarriage, and we had just about given up when we conceived naturally, shockingly, last summer. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster and my pregnancy has been high-risk from the start. My MIL has never liked me. I’m not t...

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AITA for mowing my lawn early morning because the neighbor kids keep waking me up?
Parenting
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AITA for mowing my lawn early morning because the neighbor kids keep waking me up?

Alright, I work late nights and sleep in every morning. My neighbors right next door have three little kids who scream and play and bang and ahhhhh! in the backyard at 7 in the morning every single day. I mean talking yelling, running, loud toys, pounding, whatever they can do to make noise. I know. Kids are kids. But every morning? Weekends too? No. Just….. no. I nicely mentioned it to ...

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AITA for asking my fiancee to stop squeezing the bottle of coke before she puts the lid on
Other
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AITA for asking my fiancee to stop squeezing the bottle of coke before she puts the lid on

We're both about 40. My fiancée was a**sed by her stepfather. I feel like I have provided a lot of support with her as she deals with the emotional fallout of this and resulting mental health problems. He isn't in her life any more and hasn't been for decades. He also told her to squeeze the bottle of d*et coke before she puts it in the fridge. Doing so makes the coke go flat, and really the...

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AITA for exposing a my cousin's boyfriend as a fake navy SEAL?
Family Conflict
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AITA for exposing a my cousin's boyfriend as a fake navy SEAL?

I served in SWCC, Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen. We operate small patrol boats, and we work with SEALs, usually the people getting the SEALs in and out of places. Our training is quite similar to theirs, and when I heard that my cousin was getting married to a SEAL and when I heard about him, I knew he was a phony. The stories that were relayed back to me, and the s**t I've seen from...

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AITA for telling my husband we're supporting my mother till she d*es?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my husband we're supporting my mother till she d*es?

So I'm the daughter of 1st Gen Migrants to America. My father wanted to move here for more opportunities, and my mother, being a devoted housewife moved along with him. In my homeland's culture, women don't work once they're married and my mother married straight out of High School so she'd never had a job before. My parents had me here, and when I was 8, my father pa*sed away from cancer. My m...

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AITA for telling my kids stepmother she doesn't get to make rules for my home in front of my former ILs?
Parenting
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AITA for telling my kids stepmother she doesn't get to make rules for my home in front of my former ILs?

I share two sons (11m) and (7m) with my ex. He left me for his wife three years ago, they got married right after the divorce. I mention this because there are some tensions present due to this and also due to the fact my former ILs and I got along so well and have not been welcoming toward ex's new wife. So anyway, ex and his wife put the boys in football and a church thing on their time. Ex a...

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AITA for taking the graduation trip away from my middle school daughter?
Other
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AITA for taking the graduation trip away from my middle school daughter?

I have a 13 year old daughter (almost 14) who is in 8th grade. School let us know about the graduation trip which she really wants to go to but we have been dealing with some behavioral issues. I told her she needs to behave before I would sign her up. A few days went by and I told her it wasn’t enough time yet. I needed to see more. She was afraid the trip would be filled up and she would be ...

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AITA for refusing to pay for nephews schooling after he stole from me?
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AITA for refusing to pay for nephews schooling after he stole from me?

My nephew doesn’t know that I have some money saved away for his schooling. Not a ton about 40k. It’s not a college fund just some mutual funds I have. My brother and I agreed not to tell him until he graduated college because we wanted him to work hard and get scholarships rather than rely on the money. I don’t have any children of my own so this is my way of looking out for him since my brot...

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AITA for not apologizing to a high functioning autistic bully after calling him out?
Other
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AITA for not apologizing to a high functioning autistic bully after calling him out?

I (15M) go to school with a guy I’ll call Jake. Jake has high functioning autism and is also a bully. He wont ever try on someone bigger than him (like me), but he will go after smaller guys, and seems to really like to go after the girls. He will always say he didn’t understand what he said was inappropriate and he is never held accountable by the teachers. So on Monday he was really harpi...

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AITA for "ruining" my boyfriends family dinner by bringing my own food?
Food & Diet
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AITA for "ruining" my boyfriends family dinner by bringing my own food?

I am 28 years old and have been with my boyfriend for about a year. I have several food allergies: gluten, dairy, and sh**lfish. My boyfriend's family invited me over for a big homemade dinner. I told his mom ahead of time that I have allergies, as they already know this, but I remind them because I have had a couple of incidents with them due to this. She said, "Don't worry, we’ll have som**h...

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AITA for ruining a proposal at a wedding?
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AITA for ruining a proposal at a wedding?

I (27m) am a part-time DJ, mostly doing events for family and friends for a little side cash. Last weekend I was invited to DJ on the cheap at a wedding for a friend of a friend. While everyone was dancing, a guest named Kevin asked me to play “Golden Hour.” Even though guests were actively dancing, I honored the instruction to take all requests. When the song started, the dance floor cleared,...

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