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AITA for kicking out our tenants because we want to move into the house ourselves?
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AITA for kicking out our tenants because we want to move into the house ourselves?

My husband and I have 2 children. I own our apartment outright and inherited a a 5 bedroom 3 bathroom house. I had no use for it and rented it out to a family with 3 children. The house comes with a beautiful pool so I asked for only half the market rent with the agreement that we could use the pool if we give 24 hour notice. This worked beautifully for both parties. My tenants were happy b...

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AITA for speaking a foreign language with my kids that upsets my wife because she can’t understand?
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AITA for speaking a foreign language with my kids that upsets my wife because she can’t understand?

So we have 3 kids, 17, 15, and 10. I’m only a quarter Japanese but spent ~7 years in Japan when I was a teenager living with my parents there. I’m pretty fluent as my job requires a lot of Japanese as well. My wife doesn’t speak Japanese at all and only speaks English. A few years ago my oldest and second oldest wanted to learn Japanese in school which she initially encouraged. Recently they’ve...

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AITA for not sharing my prize with a mentally handicapped person in a contest?
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AITA for not sharing my prize with a mentally handicapped person in a contest?

Every summer my community has a cookoff compet*tion. Usually about 20-30 individuals or couples try to cook xyz and then they can win a portion of the entry ticket fees while the rest go into the community parks. It's not summer yet but they decided to do it early. This year it was pasta sauce. I've been going to these for years, ever since my wife and I moved here but this is the first time I...

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AITA for announcing the reason why I didn't invite my brother to my wedding and exposing him to the entire family?
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AITA for announcing the reason why I didn't invite my brother to my wedding and exposing him to the entire family?

I (M30) got married 2 weeks ago. I was married before but it ended after I found out that my older brother Thomas (M34) got involved with my first wife. It was devastating because we were close and had a great relationship. I also helped him so much while he was struggling and seeing how he repaid me hurts to this very day. I stopped talking to him and Mom and dad forced me to keep it a sec...

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AITA for replacing room keys for $2 to avoid a $250 fee in our housing units?
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AITA for replacing room keys for $2 to avoid a $250 fee in our housing units?

I live in a housing unit / dorm just outside of our college. It's not affiliated and is run by a third party company. It's a bit average, but it's an nice place to live and is a bit cheaper than living on campus. The problem is our room keys. We use cards with magnetic strips on the back, like you would find in a motel. Most of these cards are between 3 and 6 years old, and in terrible conditio...

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AITA for not watching kids at a cookout and leaving them unsupervised
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AITA for not watching kids at a cookout and leaving them unsupervised

I (27m) was at a backyard cookout with some friends and coworkers. The ages ranged from late 20s to early 40s. It was a family-friendly event, so people brought their kids. The children were playing in the yard while most adults socialized on the deck. I observed that many parents walked away from their children at such outings, expecting others to watch them, which I do not understand. Nea...

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AITA for not giving my dad's gf my change
Family Conflict
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AITA for not giving my dad's gf my change

I (17m) came to visit my dad for the weekend. His girlfriend "Tessa" doesn't live with him (I guess) but is here all the time, and she has a kid. We all went out to dinner yesterday, and stopped at Walmart after. I found a movie that I wanted so I bought it and used cash. Tessa's daughter got some candy and gave her mom the change. I didn't think anything of it and figured her mom have her ...

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AITA for refusing to sign a prenup after marriage?
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AITA for refusing to sign a prenup after marriage?

My husband (35M) and I (33F) have been married for 6 years and together for 10 (we knew each other forever, lol). We have 3 kids. When we got married, we were both pharmacists. Two years into our marriage, my husband opened a family business with his father, and the business is doing really well. My husband gets 50% of the net revenue and owns a good amount of money, but everything is tied up i...

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AITA for getting my daughter a better laptop than my son?
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AITA for getting my daughter a better laptop than my son?

My son and daughter are both 17. I got both of them great laptops 4 years ago that should have lasted until now. My son broke his just a year after they were bought. I would’ve made him get one of the low quality laptops that their school issues, but my mom got him a new one. He broke that one too in just 2 years. After that, I made him get one from his school. A few days ago, that one broke. ...

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AITA for refusing to go on the family vacation because I’m tired of always covering the extra costs?
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AITA for refusing to go on the family vacation because I’m tired of always covering the extra costs?

So this happened last week and my phone’s been blowing up ever since. I (34F) have always been the “responsible one” in my family. I have a good job, no kids, I save my money. My younger brother (31M) and his wife (29F) have 3 kids and are constantly broke. My mom says it's “just a phase,” but it’s been like this for years. Every summer we do this family vacation to the beach, usually a ren...

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AITA for telling somebody to clean up my t**sh and leaving the restaurant?
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AITA for telling somebody to clean up my t**sh and leaving the restaurant?

I was at chipotle for lunch today and I was sitting at a 2 person table by myself. I finished eating and went to get a refill, and 2 girls were sitting at my table. I told them that I was still sitting there since I still had 20 mins of lunch left. They pretty much ignored me and said “there’s no more open seats”. So I said f**k it and started to walk away when they said “are you gonna throw a...

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AITA for blowing up at my mom when she said the reason I turned out so good is because she sent me to rehab for w**d at 13?
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AITA for blowing up at my mom when she said the reason I turned out so good is because she sent me to rehab for w**d at 13?

I'll (20M) admit I was a s**tty tween. I got into alot of fights with my parents, my grades were s**t, and I was generally a p**ck. When I was 13 some friends and I shared a joint one of them had gotten from their sister (It had just been made legal in our state at the time) My parents found out, and they went nuts. Now I get that w**d isn't for 13 year olds, but they took it way too far. I spe...

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