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AITA for refusing to pay the medical bills for my roommate's son after he had an allergic reaction eating my cookies?
Boundaries
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AITA for refusing to pay the medical bills for my roommate's son after he had an allergic reaction eating my cookies?

My roommate's son, Sam (4M) is allergic to strawberries. He gets an allergic reaction only if he eats them. I recently made a batch of strawberry shortcake cookies. Some of them were in a jar in the top shelf. She mostly works remotely but sometimes she will have to go to the office for a few hours (1-2 max). As I always work from home and the kid is really sweet, I don't mind babysitting. O...

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AITA for sitting with my son at my wife's funeral?
Relationship
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AITA for sitting with my son at my wife's funeral?

I(52M) was with my wife(53F) since high school. We got married and had a son(25M) and daughter(27F). My son came out as gay when he was 16. My wife was never supportive of my son being gay. He moved out at 19 to live with his boyfriend. My wife tried to pretend he did not exist. None of her family were supportive and would let it be known during family events. As a result, I became distant fro...

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AITA for “not letting my mom be a grandma”
Family Conflict
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AITA for “not letting my mom be a grandma”

So I just had a baby and my mother is very excited to have him over when he gets older and she talks nonstop about it. Which frankly I wouldn’t have a problem with except for one thing. She is a habitual chain smoker. She smokes in her car like nobody’s business. She has a three season room with gla*s windows that she smokes inside of, so essentially a part of the inside of her house. To th...

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AITA for doing the same thing as my wife?
Relationship
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AITA for doing the same thing as my wife?

My wife recently decided she doesn't want to give oral anymore. Her reason is that she doesn't like it and so doesn't think she should have to do it. Ofcourse she's right, no one can force her to give oral, and she's entirely within her right to refuse oral to me. That said, I've always hated having Friday night dinners with my in-laws. My in-laws are nasty judgemental people and for the last 1...

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AITAH for refusing to chip in for a coworker's wedding gift after literally being uninvited?
Work
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AITAH for refusing to chip in for a coworker's wedding gift after literally being uninvited?

So I (27F) have been working at this marketing agency for about 2 years. My coworker Jess (31F) is getting married next month and initially invited our whole team (8 people) to her wedding. We're not like besties besties, but definitely friendly - lunch together sometimes, happy hours, the usual work friend stuff. Last week our office manager Sarah started collecting money for a group gift....

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AITA for disowning my brother when he came out as gay, because of how he's treating his wife?
Relationship
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AITA for disowning my brother when he came out as gay, because of how he's treating his wife?

I (21f) have a brother (28) who came out as gay last month. He has been married to my best friend's big sister (24) for four years, they have 2yo twin daughters together. I'm really close with her, so I've been trying to stay neutral in what has become a messy separation. My brother told his wife he's gay by sitting her down, and saying he had been sleeping with two different men for about six ...

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AITA for prioritizing law school over my girlfriend’s baby fever?
Relationship
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AITA for prioritizing law school over my girlfriend’s baby fever?

My girlfriend Katie(25) and I (M25) have been together for 3 years. She’s been bringing up wanting to have a baby lately. Says how some of her friends are already married with kids. I get that, but I’ve told her clearly that now is not the time. I’m not ready, and we’re not in a place financially or mentally to even consider raising a kid. Im in my second year of law school, and fully buried i...

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My boyfriend ‘playfully’ grabbed my face during an argument. I called it violent. AITA?
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My boyfriend ‘playfully’ grabbed my face during an argument. I called it violent. AITA?

I’m f23, he’s m29. We've been together two years. Things have always been pa*sionate sometimes too pa*sionate. Last week we got into an argument over som**hing small. He was frustrated that I didn’t answer his call while I was at work, and it spiraled from there. I told him I wasn’t a child and didn’t owe him an explanation every hour. He got close to my face cl**er than usual. Then he sudde...

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AITA for not congratulating my sister in law on her planned pregnancy and telling her she's making a mistake instead?
Other
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AITA for not congratulating my sister in law on her planned pregnancy and telling her she's making a mistake instead?

My brother works as a car rental agent and his salary is not livable at all. His wife is a stay at home mom for their 4 year-old, so, he's the sole provider and he's been receiving a fixed sum from both my mom and other sister to keep things afloat. I also helped a few times when I could. Some time ago, my sister in law told me she wanted another child because she didn't want their son to b...

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AITA for telling my friend that she is only welcome at my house if she doesn't bring her husband
Relationship
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AITA for telling my friend that she is only welcome at my house if she doesn't bring her husband

So I have severe epilepsy and have a service dog Onyx. Now Onyx does have time to cuddle and relax and be at rest and just be a dog. But when he is working he is WORKING at keeping me alive. He's saved my life multiple times. Now my friend has been coming over a lot recently to visit. I love her but have an issue with her husband. He's one of those types who harbors the believe that have a ...

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AITA for making my parents choose between my sister going to jail or replacing my car with their vacation money.
Family Conflict
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AITA for making my parents choose between my sister going to jail or replacing my car with their vacation money.

I (f17) live with my parents. I have an older sister (29) that they had when they were super young. Like I think my mom was 19 and my dad was 18. They did not do a great job with her and she has a lot of problems. She is chronically unemployed and she is a thief. She has two kids that are okay. They live with us as well because her boyfriend didn't want them around. I like the kids but they ...

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AITA for making my husband feel bad about going on a trip while I’m 33 weeks pr****nt (high risk)?
Relationship
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AITA for making my husband feel bad about going on a trip while I’m 33 weeks pr****nt (high risk)?

My husband is planning to go on an all expenses paid celebratory trip with colleagues to Europe soon (and is adding a couple of days to see family). At the time of his travels, I will be 32/33 weeks pr****nt with our second child. Although I really would love for him to go and have some fun, there’s several reasons why I’m not feeling good about him going on this trip: - This is a high risk p...

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