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AITAH for taking a job that’s twice the amount I’ve ever made and would solve my financial problems
Work
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AITAH for taking a job that’s twice the amount I’ve ever made and would solve my financial problems

Got offered a job for $60k+ a year. Only problem is I’d have to work weekends. My gf works M-F and has weekends off. Her one requirement is that I also don’t work weekends. It has made my job search significantly more difficult and I said screw it and went to an interview anyways. They offered me the job and I want to take it but now she is freaking out. I’ve been in a financial hole for ye...

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AITA for not bringing homemade treats to the office Christmas party? And telling of co-workers who expected me to?
Relationship
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AITA for not bringing homemade treats to the office Christmas party? And telling of co-workers who expected me to?

I am 22 and I'm one of very few women in my office at work. It's me, one other engineer, and two lad*es in HR and administration. There are about 50 older male coworkers with families. We had a potluck style party, and I was a*signed dessert. I bought cupcakes from Aldi the night before. When I brought them in, five male coworkers criticized me for not bringing som**hing homemade. I knew man...

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Aita for not accommodating a child on a plane?
Parenting
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Aita for not accommodating a child on a plane?

I was on a pretty long flight and I had the window seat. The first incident happened, when the mom asked if I would trade seats so her child could look out. I declined and said I would rather sit in the seat I paid for and then I proceed to put in my AirPods and started to watch some New Girl and I could hear the child cry and be upset that I wouldn’t. A few hours later, I was playing a game on...

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AITA For letting my sister adopt my unborn baby rather than a friend who wants a baby?
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AITA For letting my sister adopt my unborn baby rather than a friend who wants a baby?

My girlfriend and I are nineteen, and despite all the protection we use, she still somehow got pr****nt. My older sister (34) practically raised me. Our parents were absent most of her childhood and like, all of mine. Our older brother looked after us. Anyway, I literally call her mom, we're that close. She calls me her firstborn. She's got three legal sons, all adopted. They're basicall...

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AITA for telling my wife that our kids don't owe us anything?
Parenting
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AITA for telling my wife that our kids don't owe us anything?

During dinner, the subject of children came up, and it was es**blished that all three of the OP's children (17M, 15F, 13F) do not want biological children. The eldest child is neutral, stating the decision depends on his future partner regarding adoption. This upset the wife, who insists every parent looks forward to being a grandparent. The OP countered that if the children adopted, she would...

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AITA for telling a girl to check her privilege?
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AITA for telling a girl to check her privilege?

My school made the switch from paper to laptops/iPads two years ago, and since then you can really see who's parents have money. I'm currently using some Asus my uncle gave me because my family are below the poverty line; he bought it in 2011, and although the battery is shot, it still runs and word works so I don't need much else. There is a pretty big financial devide in my town, and thus a l...

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AITA for not eating food made for me on a date because I’m picky?
Food & Diet
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AITA for not eating food made for me on a date because I’m picky?

I (24F) am a single mum of an 8 year old. I was in a bad relationship as a teen, which led to me being pr****nt. I haven’t exactly dated since, maybe been out on a few dates. My daughter has a condition called ARFID. It means she has a very restricted d*et, and it is very much connected to her ASD. I don’t force her to eat certain things that are her “unsafe foods.” Since her diagnosis, I’ve...

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AITA for making myself nice meals and not my husband?
Relationship
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AITA for making myself nice meals and not my husband?

So, me and my husband have vastly different tastes in basically everything. For the most part it doesn't matter, but we clash heavily when it comes to food. Before we met, I basically never ate out, drank nothing but water and unsweet tea (with the occasional juice) and ate mostly vegetarian, always pretty healthy meals. When we started dating I started eating out a lot more because that's wha...

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AITA for building a Fence on my property and not allowing my neighbor to hang stuff on it or paint it?
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AITA for building a Fence on my property and not allowing my neighbor to hang stuff on it or paint it?

I bought a house with a big a*s yard several months ago, it is my very first house and the most expensive thing I have ever owned. Prior to this I have only ever lived in apartments, and the dynamic between neighbors seems really different, which is another reason I am asking. When I moved here there was a very old rotten wooden fence on the property separation line between me and my new neighb...

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AITAH, if I don't want to go on vacation with my friends because they try to micromanage the expenses?
Relationship
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AITAH, if I don't want to go on vacation with my friends because they try to micromanage the expenses?

I (30m) have a group of five friends from university who are around the same age as me. For the past two years, we've gone on vacation together—first to Mexico and then last year to Egypt. We've always had a great time, and we get along well. However, when it comes to sharing costs, I find myself struggling. It's not the group that has an issue; it's me who has the problem. To provide some ...

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AITA for calling my boyfriend a weirdo when he said a white woman wears hoop earrings to attract black men ?
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AITA for calling my boyfriend a weirdo when he said a white woman wears hoop earrings to attract black men ?

I (27f) am very confused. My boyfriend (25m) and I are both white. I was at the gym. My boyfriend came to pick me up but I wasn't done with my workout. He pointed out the fact that I was wearing silver hoop earrings. I thought he was going to say it som**hing about them not being safe at the gym. But what he said was, a white woman wears hoop earrings to attract black men. I was so flabber...

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AITA for refusing to force my son to apologize to my wife for "ruining" her New Years toast sp*ech?
Relationship
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AITA for refusing to force my son to apologize to my wife for "ruining" her New Years toast sp*ech?

My son ‘Finn’ (18) is from a previous relationship. Since early childhood I had full custody; his mother is not in the picture. We were both young when he was born, so his childhood was a little uns**ble for a bit. However, I have my life together now. I got married when he was 7, and together me (m37) and my wife ‘Mary’ (f40) live as a blended family, with my two stepsons ‘Cody’ (16) and ‘Luc...

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