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AITA for refusing to get a job and pay rent at my parents house?
Family Conflict
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AITA for refusing to get a job and pay rent at my parents house?

I had my 18th birthday 3 days ago. On the day after my birthday my step dad told me he wants me to start paying rent to “live in his house”. My step dad is quite Christian and conservative. I don’t except to live rent free forever but I know my step dad is coming from a spiteful place. He and my mum have 2 kids in 9 years of marriage, I’m not his own and it’s clear I’m a reminder that his wife ...

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AITA for kicking my friend out of my bedroom so my wife could take a nap?
Boundaries
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AITA for kicking my friend out of my bedroom so my wife could take a nap?

So, I 28M have a wife 27F who works full time as a CNA while she is in school to become an autopsy technician. She works a LOT. She is constantly picking up extra shifts working doubles and even triples. She does all that on top of going to school full time. Because of that she often takes a nap after work. Well yesterday, I had a friend over who I will call E. My wife and E do not get along a...

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AITA for threatening to not allow my children to visit my parents alone if they don't stop trying to convert my children to Christianity?
Family Conflict
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AITA for threatening to not allow my children to visit my parents alone if they don't stop trying to convert my children to Christianity?

My wife and I are raising our children without religion. We've taught them it's a thing that exists and always answered questions about it as honestly and truthfully as possible "They believe X... Etc.", but we don't want to push one on them and try to limit exposure outside of media and other people freely practicing. My parents are devout Christians and love our children just as much as w...

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AITA for not changing my baby's name AGAIN after I changed it for my sister once already?
Other
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AITA for not changing my baby's name AGAIN after I changed it for my sister once already?

I have a 9 year old daughter, and another on the way. I had 2 grandmothers: "Annie" and "Rose". I named my oldest "Annabelle", after nanny Annie, whose full name was also Annabelle. I did not name her after nana Rose as at the time she was born, nana Rose was still with us. When I found out I was pr****nt with a second, I decided to name her after nana Rose, who pa*sed in 2017. My sister, "...

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AITA? I reported my car missing after my husband took it to attend his brother's wedding.
Relationship
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AITA? I reported my car missing after my husband took it to attend his brother's wedding.

My husband (35) does not have a car. He sold his old one to help pay for his brother's wedding. I did not agree on this but he had this car before we got together so it's a shared property. besides that I have my own car so that did not affect me til my husband started complaining about having to commute to work and hangout places. He tried to get me to let him drive my car several times but I...

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AITA for not telling my girlfriend that I p*e in my shower?
Relationship
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AITA for not telling my girlfriend that I p*e in my shower?

Let me get right to the point: I 25M p*e in the shower. I thought everyone did. My whole family p*es in the shower, as do all my friends. I don’t p*e in a shared shower like a dorm or a locker room, nor do I p*e in someone else’s shower when I’m a guest in their home, but do I p*e in my own shower? H**l yeah. So I’ve been dating my girlfriend “Jessica” F25 for several months now and she sta...

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AITA for leaving my niece’s wedding reception early and taking my gift back?
Other
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AITA for leaving my niece’s wedding reception early and taking my gift back?

I m 45 M and I have a niece who is 22 and just got married last weekend. The family is blowing up with drama right now because of what I (and my wife) did. I must preface this by saying my family can be pushovers, they really all hate conflict and will definitely let themselves be run over by someone else in order to not cause a fight. I am not this way. The wedding was on Sat**day. Catholi...

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AITA for becoming “that parent” by causing a stink at my daughter’s school?
Parenting
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AITA for becoming “that parent” by causing a stink at my daughter’s school?

My daughter, Cleo (11) is very active outside of school. She plays soccer, takes swim lessons and will play outside a lot with neighborhood kids. She’s very social. Most of her friends are from outside of school. At school, however, she struggles making friends. Cleo has ADHD and was bullied in 3rd and 4th grade for some of that. While it was brought under control by 5th (current grade), these ...

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Sister Banned My Toddler From Her Party Just Because I Wouldn't Let Her Dog In My House
Other
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Sister Banned My Toddler From Her Party Just Because I Wouldn't Let Her Dog In My House

Last week I hosted Christmas for my family. I (33M) have a 2 year with my wife. Every year its at my sister, parents, or my house and it rotates every year. One of us hosts Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years. In the last year my sister, who is vocally child free, got a dog. I love my sister, but we are very much opposites. When I had my kid it changed our relationship a bit. She tolerates (her w...

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AITA for reading my teenage daughters diary?
Boundaries
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AITA for reading my teenage daughters diary?

I (m35) have a 16 year old daughter. I’ve been a single father since she was about 3 years old as I got sole legal custody due to some addiction issues her mother has. We have a really good relationship, but I always worry about her not having a woman to talk to. Over the past few months she hasn’t really seemed to be herself, I know she went through a bad break up but I’ve been worried it’s mo...

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AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to?
Other
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AITA for ordering fried pork intestine at a Chinese restaurant my GF took me to?

Me (24M) and my girlfriend (23F) of two years went out to an asian restaurant yesterday. I’m a white guy, she’s asian, and she had been saying all before we went how I shouldn’t be afraid to try the real Chinese food that they have there, and I kept saying I was looking forward to it because I love trying new things, but every time I said that she just raised an eyebrow and went “we’ll see…” We...

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AITA for not accommodating my brother in law during my birthday dinner and telling him his taste wasn't my priority?
Other
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AITA for not accommodating my brother in law during my birthday dinner and telling him his taste wasn't my priority?

I (26f) recently had a birthday. Some family and I went out to dinner to celebrate. The guests were me, my husband, my parents, his parents, my two brothers and sister, and my husbands brother. My brother in law is weird about eating out. He'll only order a burger or fries and chicken nuggets in a food place, no matter how fancy, no matter how much choice there is. He goes so far as not even lo...

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