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AITA for going to work after being told I needed to babysit which meant my dad's wife had to cancel her appointment and and be with my half siblings?
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AITA for going to work after being told I needed to babysit which meant my dad's wife had to cancel her appointment and and be with my half siblings?

This happened Sat**day. I (17m) was scheduled to work. On Thursday Heather (dad's wife) told me I needed to call out Sat**day because she had a doctors appointment and someone had to babysit my half siblings (3 of them 3 and under). I told her I wasn't calling out and she'd need to find someone else. My dad works Sat**day's and he told me his job was more important than mine and I didn't need ...

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AITA for leaving a dental appointment and leaving a "mean" review on every site humanly possible after the way I was treated?
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AITA for leaving a dental appointment and leaving a "mean" review on every site humanly possible after the way I was treated?

I have purging disorder. It's like bulimia but no binge. I'm 25 and started getting help which was hard because everyone a*sociates throwing up with bulimia (or worse "bulemia" and "bullemia") and gets dismissive. I've been purge free for the first time since I was 10. I hadn't been to a dentist since I was 12. Well obviously, my teeth are f**ked. Now when I made the appointment I was clear tha...

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AITA for refusing to let my stepsister and niece move in with me or live in one of my other properties?
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AITA for refusing to let my stepsister and niece move in with me or live in one of my other properties?

When I was 8 my mom pa*sed away and my dad remarried my stepmother when I was 11. My stepmother also had two children of her own Erica (11) and Becky (13). Growing up, Erica and Becky made it clear they didn’t consider me their sister and would continuously exclude me. They also recruited their cousins (from their mother’s side) and I was pretty much ostracized by them too so family events wer...

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AITA for rejecting a disabled girl's prom asking?
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AITA for rejecting a disabled girl's prom asking?

Alright so today was quite traumatic for me. I'm a high school senior (18M) and promposal season is currently in full swing. I was in my AP chem cla*s when suddenly an entourage of people entered my cla*sroom with a disabled girl (she has cerebral palsy) that I know. I first saw the posters and the bouquet of flowers she was holding and thought, "aww that's sweet of her." Then they revealed the...

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AITA for deleting my cousins precious wedding photos?
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AITA for deleting my cousins precious wedding photos?

I (17M) agreed to take wedding photos for my cousin Sarah's (26F) wedding. She wanted me to take photos of her getting ready, our grandmother putting a family heirloom necklace on her, the first look, the wedding, the reception, etc. There was also another photographer (a friend of the groom) who was taking photos of the groom and his side getting ready, and he was also taking photos at the we...

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AITA for not including my niece in my daughters birthday since her parents can't afford it?
Family Conflict
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AITA for not including my niece in my daughters birthday since her parents can't afford it?

My (31f) daughter (8F) and my niece (8F) are born 10 days apart. Due to this ever since they were little my SIL (29F) has always pushed for them to have a "shared" birthday party. When the girls were younger (1-4) we used to do shared birthday parties. But my husband and I realized that we were always the ones to foot the bill for everything (food, decorations, location etc.). The girls also w...

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AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish?
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AITA for telling my sister in-law her daughters name isn't Irish?

I'm Irish. My husband is American. We live in the US currently but met back in Ireland. His sister has always been obsessed with my accent, my name and the fact that her brother married a real Irish person. She and her husband had a very recently, a little girl. My sister in-law excitedly told me ages ago that she was giving her daughter an Irish name and she couldn't wait for me to hear it. ...

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AITA for holding a text (I read by snooping) against my dad and stepmom for 6 years now?
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AITA for holding a text (I read by snooping) against my dad and stepmom for 6 years now?

When I was 13, I was using my dad's phone and I was d**b and very clearly wrong when I opened a text that popped up from my stepmom. She was a few months pr****nt at the time. A few texts up I saw that my dad had sent a text saying: "Alice (my mom) is being a b**ch again. I'm so glad I get to have a baby with someone I actually love." To which my stepmom replied: "And I can't wait to h...

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AITA for calling my sister an i**ot when she said she wants to name her baby “Anakin Skywalker”
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AITA for calling my sister an i**ot when she said she wants to name her baby “Anakin Skywalker”

My sister is 19, four years younger than me, and she became pr****nt unexpectedly with her boyfriend of only three months. She’s way too young for a kid, and that shows in a mult*tude of ways, but none so egregious as her name announcement. She posted on Facebook yesterday a calligraphy banner with “Anakin Skywalker *last name*” printed on it. I put a laugh react because obviously I thought ...

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AITA for asking my wife not to cook for me anymore
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AITA for asking my wife not to cook for me anymore

My(30M) wife(26F) is a disaster in the kitchen. She leaves a huge mess behind after she's done with cooking. She uses a zillion utensils even to make a coffee. Today, she said she learnt this new recipe from her mum and went into the kitchen to prepare it. When She was done it turned out to be vodka pasta. It tasted horrible because she added an entire bottle of vodka. She also put too much sa...

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AITA for giving my daughter's things back that were taken away as punishment?
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AITA for giving my daughter's things back that were taken away as punishment?

I'm 31 and my husband is 30. Our daughter is 7, and she found a puppy in the front yard and played with it. Turns out it belonged to our neighbors, who were looking for it. They accused her of stealing it, and my husband gave her extra ch**es. She refused to do them, saying she didn't steal the puppy. The neighbors came to apologize a bit later, as their son confessed to losing the puppy on...

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AITA for demanding my friend pays for the chair she broke?
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AITA for demanding my friend pays for the chair she broke?

I have this friend who is pretty big. Like, 350lbs or maybe a bit more, while everyone else in our circle is more on the slim side. I love her very much and want her to feel at home at my place, so I made sure that my new chairs at the dining table are safe for her to use. But then she didn't really find them comfortable. No armrests that would be tight to fit in or curved seats to press into ...

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