Parenting

AITAH for leaving her with barely anything?

I (34m) and ex (33f) broke up around a month ago. We'd been together for 9 years. She hasn't worked for the last 7 of those 9 years. The reason is because she didn't have to. I'm very financially s**ble, and I loved her, I was happy to give her everything she needed and wanted, and she'd expressed that she didn't want to work anymore, so that's what we did, and I was happy to do so. Genuinely ...

AITA for humiliating my wife on social media to "defend" my mom?

We finally have gone no contact with my mom. It was a long hard decision, but she and my wife are just fundamentally unable to get along and recently had a vicious fight, and I knew I had to put my wife first. This fight was so bad my mom didn't even protest the no contact. We are just done with each other, but I can't say it hasn't been gut wrenching. My mom has given her version of the st...

AITA for shutting down talk about having kids with “purposely controversial statements?”

Our region has done well handling COVID, so my husband and I had a small group of family over for a backyard BBQ a month ago. We’re the only ones in the family “left” who don’t have kids. We’re not going to. We prefer our lives as mountaineers. His family thinks we'll change our minds. Mind you, husband had the snip. MIL jokingly mentioned that maybe with all the “alone time” we’d be giving ...

AITA for not going to my dad's house in an emergency where his 5 year old stepdaughter was left at home on her own?

AITAH for telling my neighbor she should check her husband and NOT me?

I'm deep cleaning my house when my neighbor shows up at my doorstep. She introduces herself, which is fine since she's new to the neighborhood. But then she drops a b**bsh**l: she says I make her feel uncomfortable. I'm taken aback since we've never spoken before and I've lived here for 13 years with no issues. When I ask what I'm doing to make her uncomfortable, she says it's the way I dress ...

AITA for insisting my in laws replace my sons car seat instead of my nephews?

I am married to a great man and we have a son together, “Noah” (3m). My husband's sister and her partner also have a son the same age, “Brody”. We don’t speak very often as we tend to clash a little bit, but are usually civil enough for the kids sake. My in-laws live within walking distance to our house, and they asked to take Noah to the park. We of course, had no problem with this, and switch...

AITA for confronting my brother about not being able to touch his newborns?

My brother (28/M) and his gf (24/F) just had twins. Prior to the birth they sent a paragraph into a family gc expressing their rules for visiting them in the hospital “Please do not carry the babies for now”. The day after the birth me (23/F) and my sister (24/F) were talking to the mom. I asked if her stance on the babies being touched or carried still remains and she said it does she continu...

AITA if I tell my boyfriend not to refer to and introduce me as his "wife"?

My (30F) bf (33M) have been together for over 5 years & have a 1-year-old son together. We've been homeless together, lost a baby together and slowly built our lives back up. He never liked the idea of marriage, saying, "I don't see why the gov't has to be involved & why we should have to prove our love to anyone." I get it, but marriage/a proposal are very important to me. He said he'd marry ...

AITA for telling my stepfather I might throw my graduation party in his face forever?

When I graduated, my family threw a big graduation party for me. I said I wanted my entire family to be there. If anyone wanted "separate celebrations" we could just not celebrate, because it was my big day and I'm sick of that s**t. Everyone agreed and promised to be nice to each other. At the party things were going really well at first. Everyone was having fun. Then my stepfather started...

AITA for telling a woman who lives in my complex that yes having her husband check me out turns me on?

I live in a complex that is built in a circle so its like a track. A lot of people use it to run, walk, etc. I've always used it to run/walk as well. I live in Florida so I usually wear leggings and a sports bra or a tank top. I literally only wear it because it's insanely hot here. This woman always gave me dirty looks when I'd walk by her apartment (she'd be sitting on her porch.) There a...

AITA for shutting my sister out after she told our mom som**hing I admitted to her in confidence?

My sister (15f) and I (16f) lost our dad 8 years ago. 4 years ago our mom remarried. Her husband came with two kids of his own (11m) and (7f) and they have a baby together (4mo m). I admitted to my sister a while ago that I hadn't been on board when our mom first told us she was getting married again, and that I really only accept it for her, but not for me. I admitted I don't love them or see...

AITA for making a dark joke at my SO’s expense

I’m extremely pr****nt (like waddling Danny-DeVito-as-The-Penguin pr****nt) and fighting a chest cold, back pain, bruised rib, overall fatigue, and a womb resident that won’t quit moving (which is a good thing, but can be painful!). I work from home, which makes it easier. My boyfriend has an abscess that requires a root ca**l. YIKES. I’ve never had a root ca**l, but tooth/mouth pain is no ...