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AITA for Expecting My Husband to Do “My Job” While I’m on Maternity Leave?
Relationship
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AITA for Expecting My Husband to Do “My Job” While I’m on Maternity Leave?

I feel like I’m drowning, but maybe I’m the one at fault for expecting too much. I’m 27F and a first-time mom to a 7-week-old baby girl Daisy. She’s beautiful, but she cries all the time. The doctors call it colic, but it feels like I must be doing som**hing wrong. Isn’t a mother supposed to be able to comfort her child? I can’t even manage that. The past few weeks have been a blur of pain,...

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AITA for sabotaging my little brother's food on purpose?
Food & Diet
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AITA for sabotaging my little brother's food on purpose?

My little brother is 18. I'm 20. I am staying with my family for the holidays and thought it'd be a nice time but I forgot that they treat me like a housekeeper. I do almost all the ch**es and I don't mind if its MY ch**e. Obviously, if I notice the dishwashers full, I empty it. If I cook, I clean up. If I make a mess, I clean up. However, if my little brother makes a mess. He makes me clean u...

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AITA for sending my family an angry email because they still speak to my ex-husband and even have him over, especially in light of his present “relationship” with a girl 20 years younger than him?
Relationship
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AITA for sending my family an angry email because they still speak to my ex-husband and even have him over, especially in light of his present “relationship” with a girl 20 years younger than him?

So basic background is I’m 42, two kids age 14 and 12 and signed divorce papers in April after almost 2 years of it being drug out trying to get my fair share from him. The details of “why” are not important but I’m angry, embarra*sed, lost and sad any given moment of the day. A lot of this has to do with feeling like I’ve been “replaced” by a 23 year old surfing instructor who is everything I...

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AITA For lashing out after my husband ruined the food I prepared for our guests?
Food & Diet
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AITA For lashing out after my husband ruined the food I prepared for our guests?

Me (F26) and My husband (M33, Mike) have been married for a year now. He doesn't cook. He's bad at it. His cooking is the worst despite learning from books/YT videos/me teaching him. It just never works. Every time he steps a foot into the kitchen it turns into a mess. He doesn't know how. Maybe because he's constantly busy with work (Police Officer) and is used to fast food. But he's good ...

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AITAH for refusing to spend my work bonus on my sister in law’s wedding?
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AITAH for refusing to spend my work bonus on my sister in law’s wedding?

I work full time and recently received a performance bonus. My plan was to use it entirely for our son’s savings because I want to ensure he does not struggle like I did growing up. I told my husband about the bonus and that we should save it for our son, and he agreed, saying I was smart. Soon after, the focus shifted to his sister’s wedding. His family began making financial demands relat...

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I closed my door on my Neighbor's face because she REALLY needed Peanut Brittle, AITAH?
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I closed my door on my Neighbor's face because she REALLY needed Peanut Brittle, AITAH?

H**lo, this is an odd situation for me, where I just really don't know If I was being to much of a AH, but I'm just tired, and let me tell you why. I'm a 20 Year Old Guy, and I still live with my Dad at his house, my mom was in a lengthy battle with B***st Cancer, and she pa*sed during August. It wrecked me on so many levels, that I was not prepared for, on top of losing my hero, I felt like I ...

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AITA for kicking my pr****nt sister inlaw out of my car for throwing my coffee out the window??
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AITA for kicking my pr****nt sister inlaw out of my car for throwing my coffee out the window??

I M29 am not a morning person. like at all!!! That's why I work night shifts and sleep in the morning. Days ago I got back from my shift and slept for an hour then my fiancee woke me up asking me to drive her pr****nt sister to the dr appointment at 10am. I was tired and was supposed to be sleeping but decided to do it. I drove over to Sil's place and she sat in the pa*senger seat and starte...

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AITA for pouring my girlfriend’s mom’s soup through a colander so I can pick out some vegetables I really don’t like?
Family Conflict
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AITA for pouring my girlfriend’s mom’s soup through a colander so I can pick out some vegetables I really don’t like?

My girlfriend’s mom made us a seafood chowder for lunch while we were visiting. She made it before once and it was really good but she adds a few pieces of ginger to flavor it and I really really really hate bitting into ginger. I don’t mind the flavor it imparts, I just hate the taste of actually eating a piece. Last time, I accidentally bit into one since they were hard to see because the ch...

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AITA For Telling My Daughter in Law She is Never Welcome at My Home Again?
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AITA For Telling My Daughter in Law She is Never Welcome at My Home Again?

I (44f) have a twenty-three year old biological son as well as three foster children 2 boys (9 and 17) and one girl (12.) I have been a foster parent since my son was four. I am a social worker as well. He has gone through life understanding the system and the horrors these kids face. The three that I have right now I am planning to adopt. I love them as my own. The last two Christmas’ I have ...

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AITA for implementing a “you cook you clean rule” and leaving her to clean up her dishes after she made pasta
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AITA for implementing a “you cook you clean rule” and leaving her to clean up her dishes after she made pasta

My wife and I switch off cooking, both of us cook twice a week and the days neither of us cook it’s a leftover night or takeout. We used to have the person that didn’t cook do the dishes after the meals. I clean as a cook, so when it is my night there are very few dishes for her to clean up. When she cooks, I swear she uses almost every single dish or pot for her meals. It is a disaster in the...

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AITA for telling my sister my feelings about her have not changed after she confronted me for telling her fiance the truth?
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AITA for telling my sister my feelings about her have not changed after she confronted me for telling her fiance the truth?

Seven years ago my sister had an affair with my (ex)husband. We were still married at the time, I believed happily, and she was his mistress. I caught them together and banished both of them from my life. I divorced him. I told her to get away from me and the two of them stayed together for a couple of years and had a child. My sister tried to reconcile with me 5 different times. I rejected...

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AITA for saying that my relationship with my son is more important than my brother's relationship with his daughter?
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AITA for saying that my relationship with my son is more important than my brother's relationship with his daughter?

My (43M) brother (43M) has a difficult relationship with his daughter (25). His wife comes from a conservative christian church, and when they got married after he got her pr****nt, he pretty much drank their flavor-aid. Lo and behold when she's 17 his daughter comes out as a lesbian. This was an awkward situation to say the least, and it ended up with her living with our parents for the rest ...

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