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AITA for walking my friends’ under-exercised dog more than they usually do – which led to vet costs and now drama?
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AITA for walking my friends’ under-exercised dog more than they usually do – which led to vet costs and now drama?

My friends (let’s call them J and P) adopted a 2-year-old rescue dog (I'll call him B) about three months ago. Before that, B had lived in a bas**ent with little to no stimulation. He’s a super sweet dog but noticeably under-exercised: they walk him about 1–2 km per day and he’s alone for 6–8 hours daily. He often seems restless, whiny, overly excited around other dogs – cla*sic signs of under...

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AITA For not wanting to go to my sister's wedding?
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AITA For not wanting to go to my sister's wedding?

My sister is getting married next month. My husband and I were both planning on going but when we got the invitation it was only for me. When I called my sister and asked about it she said my husband was of course fine to come but she requested that he not be in any family photos. My husband is in a wheelchair. I've been married to him for 8 years. He has been in a wheelchair since he was 16 an...

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AITA for telling my sons girlfriend to stay away from him because she is distracting him from his responsibilities.
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AITA for telling my sons girlfriend to stay away from him because she is distracting him from his responsibilities.

I (50M) am a single father to my son (15M). My son has been making exceptional grades and he plays for his high school's baseball team. That was until he started dating a girl (17F). They've been dating for the past few months and they seem very happy together, but my problem is that my son's grades have been slipping, he's been skipping out on ch**es at the house, and missing practice/games. ...

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AITA for not letting my neighbor’s kid ruin my lawn in the name of imagination?
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AITA for not letting my neighbor’s kid ruin my lawn in the name of imagination?

I live in a quiet suburban neighborhood with your standard backyard, some gra*s, a few old trees, a weathered shed. Nothing fancy, but I try to keep it tidy. I'm on polite-but-not-close terms with most neighbors. We wave, sometimes chat about the weather, and that’s about it. There’s a family two doors down with a boy who’s maybe 9 or 10. Lately, he’s gone full pirate mode. I mean fully com...

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AITA for kicking my son out after he p*ed on his bed multiple times?
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AITA for kicking my son out after he p*ed on his bed multiple times?

I (44 F) will start by saying that my son (“Luke”) is 18 years old, he is not a child, and he purposefully p*ed on his bed multiple times. We have a housekeeper (“Mary”) that helps me with the laundry, cleaning, etc and she only brought it up after it had already happened over and over again. I could tell she was very uncomfortable when she explained the situation, she said she had been cleani...

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AITA for calling the police on my brother.
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AITA for calling the police on my brother.

So for Christmas my mother got me and my wife a pride flag, and we hung it on the outside of our garage. It got stolen a few days ago, but since we have cameras we were able to figure out the culprit was my brother. This isn't a huge surprise, I came out at 12 and in the 32 years later and he has been nothing but horrible to me because of that. I decided even so to call him up and ask him to re...

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AITA for kicking out my dad and his pr****nt wife out of the home I legally own after they sent my depressed sister to live with our aunt?
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AITA for kicking out my dad and his pr****nt wife out of the home I legally own after they sent my depressed sister to live with our aunt?

My mother pa*sed away 3 years ago. The family home, where I and my sister grew up, was willed to me. It was her ancestral property, and she wanted her daughter to have it. The other vacation home went to my 16 year old sister. Our father remarried 6 months after mom pa*sed away and moved his new wife in. My sister says that that woman has removed all of our family pictures from the main living ...

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Woman Refuses to Clean After Boyfriend’s Child While He Is Gaming; He Demands It
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Woman Refuses to Clean After Boyfriend’s Child While He Is Gaming; He Demands It

My bf has a daughter (6) and we have her every other weekend. She’s really started testing boundaries recently and defying us, mainly me, and being generally disrespectful. It’s meant we’ve had a really hard weekend with her and we’ve had to work hard on keeping up with her att*tude and behaviour around the house as we all share it and she needs to learn she doesn’t own it and that there are co...

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AITAH for leaving my “autistic” fiancé in Target?
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AITAH for leaving my “autistic” fiancé in Target?

I, (32M) have a fiancé , Katie. (30F) Katie spends a lot of time online, consuming a lot of short form content. Over the last year or so, Katie has been watching a lot of autistic creators on TikTok and has been talking about them non-stop. She began making jokes/pa*sing comments about her acting autistic, blaming things on “the tism’” which I mostly ignored. Then, she brought up seriously ...

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AITA for telling my parents they have to pay for my wedding.
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AITA for telling my parents they have to pay for my wedding.

I (F28) am getting married to a pretty great guy (32). He is teacher and he is very happy with his decision to become a teacher. I work for a tech company and we do pretty well financially. We have been together for four years and have finally decided to get married. His parents bare happy and mine are overjoyed. One small wrinkle is that my parents expect us to have a ma*sive church weddin...

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AITAH for refusing to cancel my birthday trip because my boyfriend’s mom planned a family dinner the same day?
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AITAH for refusing to cancel my birthday trip because my boyfriend’s mom planned a family dinner the same day?

I (20F) planned a weekend getaway with two close friends for my birthday. I've had a rough year, and this trip was som**hing i really looked forward to. It's nothing wild. Just a cabin, some wine, and hiking. I booked it over a month ago and told my boyfriend (23M) right away. He said it sounded fun and was happy for me. A few days ago his mom decided to host a family dinner on the same wee...

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AITA for telling my sister in law her friend is no longer allowed over because she wears revealing clothes around my husband?
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AITA for telling my sister in law her friend is no longer allowed over because she wears revealing clothes around my husband?

I (23F) have a husband (24M). He has a sister (25F) who he is extremely close to. Me and her have gotten along since my husband first introduced me to her and I actually consider her my sister. Recently, she has started living with us. She was supposed to get married to her fiancée but last second he cancelled the wedding and she had nowhere to live since he was her support system financially. ...

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