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AITAH for tearing into my mother after she made a disrespectful comments about my daughter’s appearance?
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AITAH for tearing into my mother after she made a disrespectful comments about my daughter’s appearance?

I 35(F) have a daughter who is 16 years old. She was diagnosed with alopecia(forgive me if I spelt it wrong) she lost all of her hair four months ago. She had a boyfriend who broke up with her after she lost her hair. She is extremely insecure about it. We had to switch her to online school, she was getting severely bullied. My daughter doesn’t like for anyone see her without wigs. She does...

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AITA for purposefully changing the picture submitted to my dad's church to include me?
Family Conflict
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AITA for purposefully changing the picture submitted to my dad's church to include me?

So I (23F) was born when my dad and mom were in their early/mid-twenties. At that time, my dad was a wild partier that made a ton of bad decisions. So after a few casual hookups, there I was. Mom and Dad weren't exactly close so I ended up doing most of the year with her and summers with him. Around the time I was probably 4-5 years old, Dad found religion and went back to his Baptist roots. ...

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AITA for taking back the car I bought my boyfriend after I caught him cheating?
Relationship
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AITA for taking back the car I bought my boyfriend after I caught him cheating?

So I (F26) bought my boyfriend (M28) a car last year for his birthday. Not some fancy ride, but a decent used Honda since his junker kept breaking down. Paid cash, t*tle's in my name, the whole thing. Fast forward to last week when I'm charging his iPad (that I also pay for) and his iMessages pop up with some girl named "Bri from work" he's been f**king his coworker for months. Like, full-on af...

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AITA for politely declining to lead a prayer at the request of my new GF's Father.
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AITA for politely declining to lead a prayer at the request of my new GF's Father.

I (30 M) and my recently serious GF (29) went to our first out of state visit to her parents. We were both very excited and generally speaking I was on good speaking to terms with them (we spoke on video chat a few times and they seemed vey nice). This is America, we live in Chicago and they live in smaller town in Midwest. We both definitely came from different backgrounds. My parents were ac...

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AITA for telling my dad "Either you pay me a proper wage or I'll quit"?
Family Conflict
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AITA for telling my dad "Either you pay me a proper wage or I'll quit"?

My dad owns a restaurant and intends to leave it to one of his kids. My sister who is 28 was not interested and went to be a hairdresser and my brother who is 29 is in uni. Meanwhile I (I am 25) went to cook school and graduated 2 years ago. I love to cook, I love to experiment, I love working in the restaurant business despite the hours being very long, so I have been designated as the heir mo...

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AITA for telling my girlfriend that her using her accent in public alienates people from her?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my girlfriend that her using her accent in public alienates people from her?

My (27M) girlfriend (26F) and I are huge movie buffs, and we often watch cla*sic films together. My GF is a big fan of Katharine Hepburn and recently started imitating her sp*ech patterns and mannerisms, specifically the Transatlantic accent, in public and with me. This accent is an artificial mix of American and British sp*ech patterns taught to upper-cla*s figures historically. When she uses ...

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AITA for telling my husband to stop drooling over his bosses wife?
Relationship
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AITA for telling my husband to stop drooling over his bosses wife?

I won't sit here and pretend that I was nice about it because I wasn't. I was very snappy and made my distaste known. His bosses wife and I are both heavily pr****nt. I'm 32 weeks and she is 28 weeks. He just started working for this company about a month ago and has already developed an incredibly strong friendship with his boss so we get invited over there often. I've only personally gone tw...

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AITA for telling my sister-in-law to stop “Playing poor” around my kids?
Parenting
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AITA for telling my sister-in-law to stop “Playing poor” around my kids?

My sister-in-law "Lily" has been close with my family ever since her recent divorce. She’s had a bit of a rough time financially since then, so she’s really embraced the “simple life.” She often talks about how she doesn’t need much, how money is a distraction, and how “having less is freeing.” My kids are 11 and 12, and Lily’s started babysitting them sometimes. But I’ve noticed that after han...

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AITAH for laughing at my ex when he asked me to forgive his back child support?
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AITAH for laughing at my ex when he asked me to forgive his back child support?

My ex (M62, now) and I (F64, now) got divorced with one infant child in 1987. His support until 1992 was $50/month. He never paid this. He never worked for a pay check, only for cash. In 1992 I went to increase his support to be what he would pay if he earned federal minimum wage. He never paid. Never saw my daughter after she turned 7 in 1993, no cards, calls, nothing. Which is good and le...

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AITA for Bringing My Own Food to My Mother-in-Law’s Dinners?
Food & Diet
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AITA for Bringing My Own Food to My Mother-in-Law’s Dinners?

I (29F) have been married to my husband (32M) for four years. His mother (61F) is an amazing cook, and everyone in the family raves about her meals. There’s just one problem I have severe food intolerances. I can’t eat gluten or dairy without getting violently ill. I’m not talking about mild discomfort; I mean full-body pain, nausea, and digestive issues that can last for days. From the beg...

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AITA for getting my sister expelled from school
Relationship
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AITA for getting my sister expelled from school

My sister has never been the nicest person, she got in trouble for bullying in elementary school and earlier in middle school, has gotten detention and ISS before, but this is the worst punishment she’s gotten so far. She can be mean to our siblings and cousins to if she wants to. We are in 8th grade now. A few weeks ago, I was playing basketball outside during lunch (which we’re allowed to...

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AITA for telling my sister who can't have kids that she does not get to be a part of naming mine and my wife's babies?
Parenting
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AITA for telling my sister who can't have kids that she does not get to be a part of naming mine and my wife's babies?

My older sister (34F) was born without the reproductive organs required to have a biological child. Because of her condition she also has some other health problems which disqualify her from adopting due to the uncertainty around her quality and length of life. She was aware for most of her life that she couldn't have biological children. That was discovered when she was still very young but t...

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