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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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AITA for finding a punishment that actually worked on my daughter?
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AITA for finding a punishment that actually worked on my daughter?

I have a 16 year old daughter, and she has 3 big ch**es that we pay her allowance for. She puts out the ga***ge, cleans up the dog p**p in the backyard, and empties the dishwasher. I refill the dishwasher, so when she doesn't do her job I can't do mine (yes, I could just do it myself, and I have, but we pay her to do it, so why should I?) This weekend my wife asked her to empty the dishwasher, ...

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AITAH telling Sil my kids will follow my rules on vacation not her "rules"
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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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AITA for saying "As you like" when my husband said he would go to bed hungry?
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AITA for saying "As you like" when my husband said he would go to bed hungry?

My husband (33) is a picky eater but I know what meals he likes and make sure to cook them all week. I had to give up a lot of good meals to be able to cook him his favorites and make sure he doesn't miss one diner. However, lately he's been complaining about the meals I cook that are his favorites. only because "he's just not in the mood to eat this specific meal" so he would try to get me to ...

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AITA for ruining a child’s birthday party and getting the parents in trouble?
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AITA for ruining a child’s birthday party and getting the parents in trouble?

I 32M live in an apartment complex with a pool. There is no active lifeguard or anyone really monitoring it like most apartment pools. On Sat**day my boyfriend and I went to hangout at the pool around 2 PM. We get there and it’s packed. Like wayyy too packed. I knew this couldn’t all be residents. There were maybe 25-30 Hispanic people with beer(gla*s bottles of modelo as well, double rule break,...

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AITA for (rudely) refusing to give my kid's hand-me-downs and old toys & furniture to my sister?
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AITA for (rudely) refusing to give my kid's hand-me-downs and old toys & furniture to my sister?

I found out I was pr****nt with my daughter at 19 years old, had her at 20. When I told my parents they said they'ld be happy for me but they didn't want to pay for anything, have us live with them or babysit all the time, basically wanting to treat me they same they would if I had kids older and not as a teenager still going to university. I was already living independently, both my boyfriend...

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AITA for flipping out on BF after he went on a couples retreat without me?
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AITA for flipping out on BF after he went on a couples retreat without me?

I'm 29f. My BF is 30m. I have 2 kids that are not his biologically and we have been together 4 years. Last week his buddy invited him and I to go on a 4 day couples retreat with him, his wife and his other friend and his GF. Apparently there is couples ma*sages, romantic dinners, etc. We were due to leave today. My BF mentioned it to me so I started looking around for babysitters. Unfort...

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