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AITA for refusing to help my GF look for her nose piercing after she lost it for a *sixth* time?
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AITA for refusing to help my GF look for her nose piercing after she lost it for a *sixth* time?

Recently I took her to go get her nose pierced cos it was her birthday & she’s always wanted to do it. It cost me around $90 which deffo isn’t chump change cos I’m a semi-broke university student. So we were over at her parent’s and she accidentally flushed it down the kitchen sink. Don’t ask me how, I wasn’t next to her. Her father took apart the piping underneath and managed to shake it o...

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AITA for making my sister and her fiancé sleep on the couch after they showed up uninvited?
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AITA for making my sister and her fiancé sleep on the couch after they showed up uninvited?

I’m 28F, live alone in a small one-bedroom apartment. It’s not fancy or anything but it’s mine and I keep it nice. My younger sister (26F) and I get along okay but we’re nothing alike. She’s loud and spontaneous, always dragging her fiancé around. I’m more lowkey; I like my space and I don’t do well with last-minute stuff. So Friday night, around 9 PM, she texts me saying they’re on the way...

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AITA for calling myself infertile when I can get pr****nt?
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AITA for calling myself infertile when I can get pr****nt?

So I was born with a birth defect I will not name of because it’s very rare and can be used as identifying information. Basically what you need to know is, I have a huge, very tight scar that covers my entire stomach due to it. Scar tissue, especially scar tissue that thick and severe, isn’t elastic like skin. You can probably see where I’m going with this. I’m infertile on a technicality. ...

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AITA for only feeding one child frozen food
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AITA for only feeding one child frozen food

My son is Indian, and his friend, who is White, are both 9. My son brought his friend over after school on the bus. I messaged his mom and asked if this was okay and how late he was staying. She asked if he could stay until 10. I serve dinner around 8, so he would be eating with us. I cook a lot of Indian cuisine in my house because that's what I grew up making. My son told me his friend was p...

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AITA for moving into a studio apartment away from my mother-in-law who moved in?
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AITA for moving into a studio apartment away from my mother-in-law who moved in?

Long story short, my boyfriend's mom is poor and had to move in to my boyfriend and I's apartment last month because my boyfriend's brother (who lived with her) got them both evicted. He stole her car and wrecked it into their apartment and almost k**led someone. He's currently in rehab and before she moved in, I sat down with my boyfriend and I laid out the requirements of her living here: sh...

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AITA for soaking my underwear in my sink
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AITA for soaking my underwear in my sink

I (37 F) use a combination of menstrual cup and period underwear for my menstrual cycle. Sometimes when I’m done with a pair of underwear I will rinse them out before washing, other times I let them soak for a little while in my sink first. Last night my husband asked me if there was an alternative to me leaving my underwear in my sink (we each have our own sink). He said he considers it unsan...

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AITA for refusing to let my girlfriend drive my car because she’s totaled two cars before?
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AITA for refusing to let my girlfriend drive my car because she’s totaled two cars before?

So I (24M) recently bought my first “nice” car—a 2019 Mazda 3. It’s not a luxury car or anything, but I worked my a*s off for it. I saved for years, drove beaters while I worked two jobs, and when I finally got this car, it felt like a reward for all my effort. I take care of it, too—I wash it every weekend, never let it get below half a tank, and park away from everyone else in parking lots l...

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AITA for not wanting our daughter left alone with my parents anymore after they did som**hing w/o permission?
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AITA for not wanting our daughter left alone with my parents anymore after they did som**hing w/o permission?

Me and my fiancee (22m & 23f) had our baby girl Thalia and she just turned 9 months old. Everyone in our family has been coming around more to see her. Two months ago we stopped talking to my parents after they pulled some s**t. We basically decided it was gonna be up to Thalia when she older if she wants to get her ears pierced. Tbh I was never into the idea of it being done as a baby when the...

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AITA for acting like I didn’t know my son was Asian?
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AITA for acting like I didn’t know my son was Asian?

I (22f) have a 1yo son called Rue with my bf Sean (23m). I’m North African and Sean is Asian. Our son happens to look like a carbon copy of him. I joke that my genes weren’t used at all in the creation of this baby lol, so I’m aware that he doesn’t look like he’s *mine*. I was at the grocery store picking up a few things when this woman came up and started a conversation with me. She was asking...

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AITA for reporting my son's ther***st for sharing private information with his stepdad?
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AITA for reporting my son's ther***st for sharing private information with his stepdad?

My m36 son's (14) dog pa*sed away recently. I signed him up with a ther***st because his dog's death has literally left him unable to speak. He's been in therapy for 2 weeks now. 2 days ago, My son called crying saying his stepdad punished him by taking his bicycle and selling it for no reason. I was livid. I went to have a word with his stepdad and he told me that there WAS a reason and that i...

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I Locked Myself In The Bedroom While Sick And My Partner Is Furious I Didn't Parent
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I Locked Myself In The Bedroom While Sick And My Partner Is Furious I Didn't Parent

I (27F) have three children (8M, 6M, 3F). My partner and I both work, but since my hours are more flexible I’ve picked up most of the childcare such as dropping the children off at school/childminder, picking them up, taking them park, doing homework etc as well as 50% housework so meals, ironing etc. My partner will help, after a little nagging as well as usually taking the children out to th...

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AITA for favoring my scapegoat brother over his golden child twin sister?
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AITA for favoring my scapegoat brother over his golden child twin sister?

I (20m) has two younger siblings, "Joe" and "Jill". They're twins, both 18 and graduating high school this year. Jill is my parent's favorite, because they've always wanted a daughter, while Joe is their scapegoat, because I guess he's the bonus baby they never actually asked for. I'm mostly better off than Joe, as I'm the oldest grandson from both sides of my family, almost all of whom are ju...

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