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AITA for leaving my boyfriend behind and going on the trip with our friends?
Relationship
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AITA for leaving my boyfriend behind and going on the trip with our friends?

I've been with my boyfriend (I'll call him Paul) for 3 years and living together for 6 months. Paul has serious problems with forgetting important documents and after the 4x he did this, I became responsible for carrying our documents in my purse. According to him, all documents have a digital version and that is enough, not all are digital (pa*sport) and not all places accept the digital form,...

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AITAH for not telling my wife I’m taking random days off here and there?
Relationship
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AITAH for not telling my wife I’m taking random days off here and there?

I’ve been at my job for 10 years and have 30 PTO days a year + holidays. My wife only has 17 PTO days + holidays. I try to take some days off randomly to do “me stuff”. But every time I tell my wife I’m taking a day off som**hing magically happens to ruin my day. A sniffle that we would have normally sent our kid to school with all of a sudden becomes “well you’re home you can stay with him”. ...

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AITA For being "whipped" for my wife enough to get a trip replaced?
Relationship
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AITA For being "whipped" for my wife enough to get a trip replaced?

I (28m) have 5 kids with my wife (32f). Please don't come after us with how many kids we have. I work roughly 50 hours a week (10 hour days m-f) and my wife is a SAHM. She does the majority of everything, cleaning, cooking, everything minus the shopping which my wife orders online and I pick up at the store. So here's the AITA scenario, my work schedules a work bonding fishing trip from Friday ...

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AITA for having a “t**shy” piercing while pr****nt?
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AITA for having a “t**shy” piercing while pr****nt?

I'm having my first baby soon and my obgyn is on vacation. I tried to make sure I had all my questions asked before she went but som**hing came up this week and I figured I would just ask the on call doc. When I got to the clinic for my checkup the nurse came in and after the usual I asked if I could talk to the on call doctor. She said they were running behind and might not be able to see me t...

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AITA for getting someone fired when they made a mistake?
Work
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AITA for getting someone fired when they made a mistake?

I was at a grocery store, shopping for supplies some weeks ago (5-6). My cart included some alcohol, so I gave my drivers license as age proof. Now for context - I speak with an accent from my home country (English isn't even my first language actually). The cashier and I small-talked before the carding about the accent, and I mentioned I'm from another country. So when I handed my ID her, s...

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AITA for cu***ng my niece’s tuition after she adopted some offensive beliefs?
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AITA for cu***ng my niece’s tuition after she adopted some offensive beliefs?

I (40sF) have two younger brothers. We were raised in a very conservative Christian home (think early evangelical movement). My brother “Sam” was pretty obviously gay, but he had a lot of shame and forced himself to marry a woman from church. They had my niece (now 19F). Unfortunately, my brother made some bad choices, and he developed a drug habit which caused him to OD when my niece was four...

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AITA for not being intimate with my husband after he said he misses my pre-pregnancy body?
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AITA for not being intimate with my husband after he said he misses my pre-pregnancy body?

I gave birth around 2 months ago. I'm up a bit more than 10 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. I'm in constant pain, barely getting sleep, still recovering. I've been easing back into the gym this past week. My husband and I were showering after having s*x and while feeling me he said he misses my body and he said I used to look so good in s*xy clothes/lingerie before. I went quiet, finished ...

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AITAH for refusing to remove a piece of jewelry at the request of my friend on her wedding day?
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AITAH for refusing to remove a piece of jewelry at the request of my friend on her wedding day?

My (31f) friend (30f), we’ll call Mary, got married last week and I was in her bridal party. For context, we are friends from high school and all of her other bridesmaids were her friends from college who I hadn’t met until her Bachelorette party several months ago. I also wasn’t familiar with anyone at this wedding outside of Mary’s immediate family. I was supposed to attend the wedding wit...

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AITA for refusing my mother's d**ng wish
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AITA for refusing my mother's d**ng wish

My mother (67 F) is a cancer survivor and was recently diagnosed with another, more aggressive form of tumor. Considering her history with treatment, the prognosis isn't good. She and I aren't close. She has untreated mental health issues (I suspect BPD) that made my life h**l growing up, and even in my adult years she's often tried to control my life to make it more like hers. One thing w...

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AITA for refusing to walk my daughter down the isle?
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AITA for refusing to walk my daughter down the isle?

My daughter (26f) and I haven’t spoken in years. When she was 15 we found out she wasn’t my biological daughter and my wife had cheated on me years ago with a friend. As it turns out this so called “friend” was suddenly interested in playing dad. My wife and I divorced, my daughter learned the truth and I told her I still loved her no matter what. Of course she was interested now in getting to...

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AITA for siding with our son after he screamed at my wife?
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AITA for siding with our son after he screamed at my wife?

Just created this account because the whole situation feels ridiculous and I’m still trying to wrap my head around it. We’re about to leave for a trip to visit family across the country. Yesterday our 8-year-old son Jake got into a huge argument with my wife, and she’s still acting cold toward both of us today. For some quick context: Jake is mildly autistic. He struggles with emotions somet...

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AITAH telling Sil my kids will follow my rules on vacation not her "rules"
Parenting
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AITAH telling Sil my kids will follow my rules on vacation not her "rules"

So my family me f38 hubby m38 son 12 and daughter 10 will be joining husband's family on vacation. We have vacationed with this group before and it goes well except for my sil. She is a narcissist and expects me to follow her rules with my kids so her kids don't melt down. Like no snacking 2 hrs or less before a meal. Only water with meals. Stuff like that. Her middle daughter has ODD and her ...

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