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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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AITAH: Canadian in the USA here... lost it on a neighbor after hearing the 51st State "Joke" for the 50th time.
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AITAH: Canadian in the USA here... lost it on a neighbor after hearing the 51st State "Joke" for the 50th time.

I'm a Canadian visiting the USA for the winter. I love America. Totally love it. The weather, the people, even the "rah rah I'm AmErIkUa! best in the world" att*tude. You go America. You have a lot to be proud of. And my neighbors are the best too. But I am so sick of the "Hey you guys are going to be the 51st state soon!" "Joke". F**K THAT. I love my own country too. Much as I love the USA...

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AITA for not allowing my late husband's affair partner come to his funeral?
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AITA for not allowing my late husband's affair partner come to his funeral?

Three weeks ago my husband d*ed in a car accident halfway across the country. He said he was going to a work trip but we later found out that all of that was just another one of his lies and he was actually on a cheating trip. Som**hing he'd seemingly been doing for at least the past 5 year. So yeah... It's beens a very fun few weeks. Feel fantastic. Our kids are 7f, 14m and 19m. Only the elde...

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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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AITA for not punishing my daughter for cursing and telling my husband my decision is final and he doesn't get a say this time?
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AITA for not punishing my daughter for cursing and telling my husband my decision is final and he doesn't get a say this time?

I have a 9 (almost 10) year old daughter who got her first period recently. It was kinda a shock to see her get one so early. I never had the mensuration talk with her and we sat down for it. I didn't even get to say much. I just said that it's a natural process and that it's gonna happen every month for the next 40 years and she yelled "F**k this s**t" and went to her room. I have never hea...

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AITA for refusing to attend any Super Bowl parties?
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AITA for refusing to attend any Super Bowl parties?

I'm fully prepared to be named the problem here, but I'm just curious. I am a ma*sive Eagles fan. I'm talking tattoo, bleed green, cried when they lost the last Super Bowl fan. My fiancé has always said he loved this about me, because he enjoys that I love the sport too, and we have fun rivaling each other when our teams play (he's a Niner's fan). However, he knows that I am not fun to watch g...

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AITAH for... letting som**hing happen with my wife and my nephew?
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AITAH for... letting som**hing happen with my wife and my nephew?

My wife (30s) and I (40s) have been married for a while. We've had an open aspect to our marriage for some time, som**hing we've always discussed and navigated carefully. It's usually with other couples or people we don't have a strong personal connection with. My nephew (19) has been staying with us for a few weeks. He's a good kid, trying to figure things out, and we were happy to help him ou...

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AITA for banning my father from my home because he banned me from his when I was younger?
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AITA for banning my father from my home because he banned me from his when I was younger?

When I was 15, my father married a woman I just could not get along with. And there was a lot of friction with her daughter as well. Eventually, the fighting got so bad that my father told me that he would exercise his custody at my grandparents house instead, effectively banning me from his own home. I said thanks but no thanks and stopped seeing him as per the custody schedule. He did m...

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