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AITA for letting a guy quit while I was firing him so I wouldn’t have to pay severance?
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AITA for letting a guy quit while I was firing him so I wouldn’t have to pay severance?

I’m a small business owner and I had to let one of my employees go today. I called him in and began to explain that he was being let go and why, and he stops me and goes on a bit of tirade, you know, “I’m the one who makes this place run. I’m the last guy who should be getting fired.” And I was sitting, letting him get it out of his system. Then he says: “And what’s more, you can’t fire ...

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AITA for being annoyed my MIL ate my dinner?
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AITA for being annoyed my MIL ate my dinner?

Tonight my MIL came over for dinner I made Swedish meatballs in gravy with mashed potato, broccoli and home made bread. In my house we tend to eat in the lounge room unless it’s a big event so I dish up everyone’s meal. Kids, MIL and husband I take their meals to them and then before serving mine I have to run out to the line and grab some clothes that I hung out earlier. No big deal. I ser...

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AITA for costing a car salesmen his commission?
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AITA for costing a car salesmen his commission?

I need a new car as my old ones is over 35 years old and on it's last legs. I also decided to get an upper end luxury car which was a huge upgrade from my old but reliable Volvo since I figured I'd earned it and I could pay for it outright. I took my boyfriend with me to the dealership as you do as a couple. A salesman approached us and the entire time, from the start to finish, kept talking...

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AITA for not making my son apologize to his MIL after an argument?
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AITA for not making my son apologize to his MIL after an argument?

I (m41) am married to my wife (f37). I have two kids from my previous marriage, (b15) (g13). I am Jewish, as was my first wife before she pa*sed. My current wife is not. We have no kids together. My kids have always got along with their stepmom and her family fairly well, until recently. Thanksgiving with my wife’s family is a huge affair, and it’s the only chance a lot of the family has to...

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AITA for reclaiming my 40th birthday after my husband chose the Super Bowl over me?
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AITA for reclaiming my 40th birthday after my husband chose the Super Bowl over me?

My 40th birthday is this Sunday, Super Bowl Sunday. All I wanted was a quiet, romantic weekend with my husband (I'm an event planner so I like to plan things in advance). I told him weeks ago that I wanted us to go away. He initially seemed on board, but then the Super Bowl came up. He's a HUGE football fan. He watches every game, every year. For his birthday a couple of years ago, I even surp...

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AITA for not picking a side when my two sons argue
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AITA for not picking a side when my two sons argue

My son Ben came out as bis*xual a couple years ago. Most of our family accepted him. Although I know he disliked some of our actions when he came out (we are still in contact with familiars or friends that didn’t accept him), we tried to be as supportive as we could. A bit after he came out he introduced us to his boyfriend. He was a really sweet guy and clearly loved our son. About a year ...

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AITA for deferring an issue with a female Muslim student to a female colleague?
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AITA for deferring an issue with a female Muslim student to a female colleague?

I (36M) and my wife moved to our area seven years ago for my wife to pursue a job opportunity where the population happened to be exclusively white. In the last couple years or so, we've had an increase in the non-white population, including the first Muslim students I've had since before moving here--I grew up in an ethnically diverse area, so not being surrounded by multicultural people and rest...

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AITA for throwing my boyfriend a Nailed It themed birthday for 2 last night?
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AITA for throwing my boyfriend a Nailed It themed birthday for 2 last night?

It was my boyfriend’s 36th birthday yesterday and I ended up crying like 5 times over the events that transpired. He loves the show Nailed It and I thought it would be cute and fun to plan him “his own episode” with two cake challenges for just the two of us at home since we couldn’t go anywhere due to current circumstances. I put like 60 hours of planning into this day. I handmade umbrellas...

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AITA for telling my brother that it's his fault that our mom is sick ?
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AITA for telling my brother that it's his fault that our mom is sick ?

I (16M) have an older brother (20M). 2 years ago, before going to college, he came out to our parents as gay, which made our dad to disown him and cut all contact with him. He tried to force our mom to cut contact with him as well, but she refused, which lead to a huge argument between them. After a couple of months of almost daily fights, our parents eventually decided to divorce. Soon after,...

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AITA for kicking my husband's friends out of the pool?.
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AITA for kicking my husband's friends out of the pool?.

I'm a working (sole income earner for the time being) of 2. My husband has been struggling to find a job for 16 months, and so I've been solely paying for everything. As you know it's summer time, and the kids want to go to the beach every weekend but I'm busy working often times and my husband won't bother take them unless he uses my car, which is a no from me because I need it for work. A...

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AITA for going against my boyfriends wishes
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AITA for going against my boyfriends wishes

I(18F) have a boyfriend (18M) who almost broke up with me for painting my nails white. Well, he actually did break up with me but came by a day later begging for me back so we’re back together now. I’m curious to know what people think of the situation I’m about to describe. So, for context, my boyfriend is very serious about what I wear and how I present myself. He doesn’t like when I wear an...

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AITA for telling my brother that he's just an "experiment" ?
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AITA for telling my brother that he's just an "experiment" ?

I (22F) and my brother (20M) are attending different colleges, but they're both in the same city. I'm cla*smates with this guy (22M), let's call him "David". He's really handsome, fit and smart, but also quiet the player. Most of my female friends have had one night stands with him and there are rumors going around about him sleeping with half the college, including some of the teachers. So im...

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