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AITA for blowing up at my husband at my husband for eating my daughter's bday candy?
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AITA for blowing up at my husband at my husband for eating my daughter's bday candy?

My husband and I have a 12 year old daughter and an 8 year old son. My husband is the "no" parent. For as long as I can remember he will say no in stores or sports games to the kid's requests for snacks or toys, even if they offer to pay with their own cash. I don't undermine my husband when we are together but when I have the kids alone, I do tend to say yes (within reason of course, and not ...

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AITA for being upset about my lack of Christmas gifts?
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AITA for being upset about my lack of Christmas gifts?

I (17M) wanted a PS5. I repeatedly told my parents I wanted a PS5. My mom said they were hard to come by and asked what else I’d like. I said nothing, if I couldn’t get a PS5, then don’t bother with anything else. That’s the only thing I wanted. I may have been a little to insistent about it. Come Christmas morning there’s nothing for me but my favorite candy and a winter coat. I didn’t unders...

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AITA for refusing to let my sister and her kids move into the house that I bought?
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AITA for refusing to let my sister and her kids move into the house that I bought?

I'm a 32 year old woman and I just bought my first house. It has 3 bedrooms, a yard and is just what I need right now. I'm single and have 2 dogs. My sister is 34, has 3 children and lives in a 2 bedroom apartment. Lately, she's been talking about how such a tiny living space is not enough for the four of them. When she got to know about the house I had bought, she became very upset and tol...

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AITA for mocking my nephew and ganging up on him for asking whether me or my husband was 'the woman'?
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AITA for mocking my nephew and ganging up on him for asking whether me or my husband was 'the woman'?

My family (my folks, my brother and his family, my sister and her family, me and my husband) had our first get together since the thing started on the weekend (we're all vaccinated now), during which I discovered my formerly adorably precocious kid of a nephew has hit his 'edgy teen' stage with gusto. He had an att*tude all afternoon, which culminated in him asking me and my husband (gay coupl...

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AITA for not letting my in-laws into our home because that’s what BIL wanted?
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AITA for not letting my in-laws into our home because that’s what BIL wanted?

My BIL Jason is 20 and 2 years ago he was in an accident that left him paralyzed. He’s bound to a wheelchair and barely has any hand mobility so he needs help with pretty much everything. My wife’s parents were hit hard by this and struggled with the pressure of taking care of him. Even though he receives benefits and compensation, in laws couldn’t “handle” all the doctors appointments, phys...

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AITA for throwing away containers?
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AITA for throwing away containers?

I meal prep my husbands breakfasts and lunches in those little black plastic, compartmented containers. An ongoing argument is that he leaves the sealed containers at work (he's a mechanic in a shop) for several days, bringing home a stack of 10 hot, sealed, dirty containers that he piles on the counter or in the sink. I have asked him to bring them home every day, he forgets. I ask him to ...

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AITA for not giving a kid (who I don't know) a ride to the hospital after he broke his leg?
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AITA for not giving a kid (who I don't know) a ride to the hospital after he broke his leg?

Yesterday, while at a local mall, I (28m) went to my car in the above-ground parking structure. I saw a group of teenagers, perhaps 14-16 years old, skateboarding. Suddenly, I heard a scream and saw one kid on the ground holding his leg, clearly injured badly—it appeared to be a broken leg. I approached to help and offered to call an ambulance. The injured kid cried that his parents would be a...

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AITA for having flavored sparking water at my teenage daughter's birthday party? Another mom accused me of trying to give her daughter an eating disorder.
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AITA for having flavored sparking water at my teenage daughter's birthday party? Another mom accused me of trying to give her daughter an eating disorder.

My daughter birthday party was on Sat**day morning; she is 13 years old. We just hosted it in our backyard. For food we ordered pizzas, wings, garlic bread, tortilla chips, guacomole, salsa, pasta salad and burgers. When it came to drinks, We had water, sparkling water, lemonade. So we have the birthday party everything is going well. One of the moms call her Lacy comes to pick up her daugh...

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AITA for telling my husband I'll go back to work if he doesn't give me 50% of his earnings?
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AITA for telling my husband I'll go back to work if he doesn't give me 50% of his earnings?

I'm currently a SAHM. I never wanted to be one, but when I had my kid, it broke my heart when I could barely spend time with her due to my work. I wanted at least one parent to be with her while she grows up, he wanted the same too. So I decided to quit my job. I had some savings, I could manage for a while. He told me he'd support us well. I was earning thrice as much as him, and our lifestyl...

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AITA for telling my friend I share everything with my wife and I don't believe in bro code?
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AITA for telling my friend I share everything with my wife and I don't believe in bro code?

My friend and I have been friends for twenty-five years. We know eachother well. We're both happily married. We never really dive into deep talks or anything like that. He has said things before that really weren't appropriate about women (not cheating or anything) and says haha bro code. I have told him forever that I don't believe in bro code. IMO if you can't say som**hing in front of your ...

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AITAH: I've started calling my mother by her name after she got pr****nt by someone younger than me.
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AITAH: I've started calling my mother by her name after she got pr****nt by someone younger than me.

T*tle is self explanatory I guess. My mother is having a child with her boyfriend who is 4 years younger than me. He's 22 and she's 47. As a result, I've had a hard time viewing her as a "mother", and she feels more like a fellow p*er now. I can't bring myself to call her "mum" anymore, it just feels so f**king gross to call her that when she's having another child with someone who's younger t...

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AITA for being completely honest to my biological parents about how my childhood was really awful?
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AITA for being completely honest to my biological parents about how my childhood was really awful?

I was given up for adoption right after I was born. Unfortunately my adoption didn't work out and I grew up in foster care until I turned 18. I'm now 19 and in college. In February, I got a Facebook message from a man claiming to be my father. We messaged back and forth and while I kept a lot of my childhood details private, we did make plans to meet him and my mother. They weren't married to ...

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