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AITA for telling my son and his family to go home after they have been at my house for too long?
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AITA for telling my son and his family to go home after they have been at my house for too long?

My son is 26 years old and lives with his girlfriend and they have 2 small boys, 2 and 18 months old. So, two times this week my son has come over with his family to help my husband with some work. While he goes out to the shop to do some work his girlfriend and my grandsons are in the house with me. The first day (Sat**day) they came over at 1:30 and didn’t leave until almost 6:00. The se...

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AITA for going home right after I found out that my FMIL lied about not bringing kids on this family trip?
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AITA for going home right after I found out that my FMIL lied about not bringing kids on this family trip?

I 33F am a mother of 2 girls (7&5) their dad pa*sed away from cancer and it was a very devastating loss for both his and my family. I met my now fiance "JACK" , 36M 2 years ago. He's very sweet and adores both my daughters equally. However, his mom has a bit of a harsh view on single moms especially with how low my income is compared to his (He's a doctor). I tried my best to have a good, r...

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AITA for refusing to give my late sons child money if his Stepdad adopts him?
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AITA for refusing to give my late sons child money if his Stepdad adopts him?

My late son d*ed in a car accident a few years ago. He had been dating a girl for a few months and I found out at the funeral she was about 13 weeks pr****nt. They were both 22. Well, I politely asked for a DNA test, and by using my family's DNA, I found out I did indeed have a Grandson, "Dave Jr" lets call him. So anyway, I decided along with my husband to help the girl, "Lissa," out. We are c...

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AITA For Refusing To Give in to a Disney Adult?
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AITA For Refusing To Give in to a Disney Adult?

My niece just turned 5 and we got her a MagicMixie. My sister, "Elsa" has a strict "Disney Toy Only" policy and literally gives us lists of acceptable Disney-only toys, but that's not what my niece wanted. She's been obsessed with getting a MagicMixie since her friend got one. My BIL doesn't care and gets her other stuff all the time. I texted him and he said it was okay to not stick to the li...

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AITA for burning bridges with my in-laws at my husband's funeral?
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AITA for burning bridges with my in-laws at my husband's funeral?

I married "Jake" when we both were 19. We're from an area with little in the way of opportunities, and while I did well enough to get scholarships and attend college, Jake decided to join the military. We talked extensively about this, and he was vocal in his intention to only join for one term to get the GI Bill and then get out and go to college. When I married him, Jake was a sweet, funn...

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AITA for mentioning that I had a chronic toothache while my wife was in labor?
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AITA for mentioning that I had a chronic toothache while my wife was in labor?

I’m posting this from my wife’s account and both perspectives are included. I, the husband, am asking if I’m the a*shole. This is a topic we’ve been debating for the past almost two years now. It’d be great to get some outside perspective and judgement. My perspective (husband): My wife went into labor three weeks early so somewhat unexpectedly. Over the prior couple months I had started ...

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AITA for selling food to a teenage customer knowing this goes against his parents' wishes?
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AITA for selling food to a teenage customer knowing this goes against his parents' wishes?

I have a deli in a small community. Recently, this kid who is 13 or 14 has been coming and buying some food that are apparently forbidden in their religion. I don't want to mention specifics, think som**hing like pork for Muslims or Jewish people (they are neither Muslim nor Jewish, I'm just making an example). I'm not one to judge people for the food they eat, if you pay for it you'll get it....

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AITA for shouting at a family of tourists for blaming me because I misinterpreted som**hing?
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AITA for shouting at a family of tourists for blaming me because I misinterpreted som**hing?

So while waiting for school to start, my friend and I decided take up a part time job by handing out flyers. One day we were approached by a family of tourists asking for directions to the nearest subway. In my country we don't use the term subway as a subst*tute for trains but a*sociate it to the sandwich food chain. So we gave them directions to the nearest subway and continued with our j...

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AITA for getting mad at my wife whenever she talks descendingly about my our son’s work?
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AITA for getting mad at my wife whenever she talks descendingly about my our son’s work?

So basically my son is a professional aerial performer and is currently performing in this large and popular horror themed circus where we live. I know I may be biased but in my opinion, he's really good and it's just amazing to watch him perform, maybe a little scary sometimes and I sometimes worry about him with some of the tricks and acts he does. My wife however will just tell people he wor...

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AITA for telling my daughter she can't use her college money on her bf, which caused her to break up with him?
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AITA for telling my daughter she can't use her college money on her bf, which caused her to break up with him?

My (47f) daughter Sara (18f) is a very smart girl. She has a 4.0 GPA, she's valedictorian of her cla*s, and she's just gotten word from her dream college that she has received a full ride scholarship. We have a college fund for her of about 250,000. When we found out about the scholarship, we agreed that we would still give her the money to pay for other things that she would need in college, ...

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AITA - my daughter's friend had an anaphylactic reaction under my watch
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AITA - my daughter's friend had an anaphylactic reaction under my watch

On Thursday evenings my daughter (9F) goes to dance cla*s with her friend Anna (9F). My wife told me to pick my daughter and Anna up from school, get them som**hing to eat, and take them to dance. I pick them up from school and ask where they want to go to eat. My daughter asks to go to this noodle place we go to sometimes, and I ask Anna if she would like that and she says sure, so we go. ...

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AITA For telling my son I don't like him?
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AITA For telling my son I don't like him?

I love my sons more than anything, I have 3, they were all raised to respect everyone regardless of their differences. My 21 year old and my 19 year old have that down great, my 16 year old however is bullying a gay boy in his cla*s and I was less than happy when I found out (his cousin told me). I gave him the chance to invite him over for dinner and apologize but he refused, he wouldn't say s...

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