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I Told My Friend Her Childhood A**se Was Actually Normal and She Stormed Out
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I Told My Friend Her Childhood A**se Was Actually Normal and She Stormed Out

My friend 25f told me yesterday that she was a**sed as a child. I automatically expressed sorrow and offered to be a listening ear if she wanted to share details. She began describing her experiences. She mentioned her phone being taken away nightly at 8:00 PM. Her mother only bought her clothing from thrift stores. Her mother used a 'naughty chair' for 10-minute time-outs when she misbehaved. ...

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AITA for telling my SIL to stop talking about her miscarriage?
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AITA for telling my SIL to stop talking about her miscarriage?

My (37M) wife (37F) is pr****nt with our first bio child. We tried to have a baby in our 20s, went through fertility treatments, and nothing worked. This pregnancy was a huge surprise and is a high-risk pregnancy. My wife is 20 weeks now. My brother and SIL have 3 kids (aged 5 - 8). SIL was pr****nt again this summer and had a miscarriage at 21 weeks. They were obviously devastated and we f...

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AITA for telling my friend who can’t seem to let go of her late miscarriage that she is neglecting her other child?
Parenting
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AITA for telling my friend who can’t seem to let go of her late miscarriage that she is neglecting her other child?

Two years ago, a good friend of mine miscarried her daughter at around 18 weeks. It was a terrible time for her, and it broke her a bit. She chose to deal with it by starting an Instagram where she documents her loss, and for a while that helped. She started to referred to her as having been “born sleeping”, which is baffling to me (I believe that you shouldn’t sugar coat grief/death) but I fi...

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AITAH for banning my brother from my wedding because he’s vegan and thinks my wedding cake is “m***er”?
Food & Diet
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AITAH for banning my brother from my wedding because he’s vegan and thinks my wedding cake is “m***er”?

I (28F) am getting married next month, and I am super excited! I’ve been planning this day for what feels like forever. My fiancé and I have chosen a beautiful venue, dressed up the decorations, and yes, we’ve ordered a stunning, three-tier chocolate cake that is going to be the centerpiece of the reception. Now, my younger brother (24M) is a radical vegan. He’s always been over-the-top about h...

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AITA for taking my mom's side and telling my wife that my mom did not verbally a**se her?
Family Conflict
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AITA for taking my mom's side and telling my wife that my mom did not verbally a**se her?

My mom and my wife have never been close, but i don't think either of them have been in the wrong until this situation, they just don't clique. My wife is really into making soap. she sells it on social media and recently quit her job to sell soap full time. My mom has literally never said anything negative about the soap, but when she was asked to buy it she declined. My wife is like a dog...

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Update (TW) - AITAH for calling my husband a disgrace after he said my miscarriage ruined his birthday?
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Update (TW) - AITAH for calling my husband a disgrace after he said my miscarriage ruined his birthday?

Hi, I’m not sure if anyone remembers but I posted on this app for the first time a while back after I had a miscarriage and my husband said I ruined his birthday. I need to start this off by asking that if anyone takes the time to comment, please do not leave negativity or insults as I’m extremely emotionally vulnerable and I truly feel terrible. When I updated about 5 weeks ago, I didn’t th...

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AITAH because I cut off my sister after she made a mean joke about my miscarriage, during family dinner?
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AITAH because I cut off my sister after she made a mean joke about my miscarriage, during family dinner?

Three months ago, I (30F) had a miscarriage, and it’s been a really tough time for me and of course for my husband. I’m still processing everything, and I’m very sensitive about the topic. Last week, at family dinner, my sister (22F) made a completely inappropriate joke about it. The joke was som**hing like, "When I get pr****nt next time maybe I’ll have a miscarriage too. Who knows, maybe...

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AITAH for going off on my sister in law that her early term miscarriage is not the same as me losing my child
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AITAH for going off on my sister in law that her early term miscarriage is not the same as me losing my child

I 23f recently lost my 5 week old child in a car accident. I am beyond devastated obviously and am trying to come to terms with it. I haven’t really seen anyone since her memorial, but my sister in law 34f has come to stay with us for a few days while she’s in town. Every time she sees me crying she tells me she knows how I feel because last year she had a miscarriage at 7 weeks, where she didn...

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AITA for telling my ex I had a miscarriage when it was actually an abortion
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AITA for telling my ex I had a miscarriage when it was actually an abortion

My (now ex) fiance(28M), and I (31F) learned of the pregnancy a few weeks ago. I was excited at first. But this last week I found out my fiance had cheated on me while he was out “at work”. For background: His job is two hours from home and he chose to avoid the daily commute home by staying with his friend in the town they work in. We have three kids together already. Our wedding was plann...

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AITA for refusing to keep ‘teaching’ my boyfriend basic life sk**ls?
Relationship
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AITA for refusing to keep ‘teaching’ my boyfriend basic life sk**ls?

Me (23f) and my boyfriend (25m) moved in together a few weeks ago. He’s always lived at home with his parents, where his mom did literally everything for him: laundry, cooking, cleaning, all that. So when he moved in with me, he asked me to help him “learn” how to do things, and at first I thought it was kind of cute. I figured we’d start with cooking since it’s a basic life sk**l and he does ...

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I reported suspected child a**se and the mom says I destroyed her family
Family Conflict
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I reported suspected child a**se and the mom says I destroyed her family

I am finishing my degree and working part-time at a daycare. I have a 4-year-old kid that is acting really odd. This is not the typical kid oddness, but truly concerning behavior. He has been having very extreme reactions toward the male staff. He has literally froze, and/or wet himself when the male staff comes near him. The female staff has noticed he is okay with us, but som**hing is not rig...

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AITA for wanting to call off my wedding after my fiancé k**led my plants
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AITA for wanting to call off my wedding after my fiancé k**led my plants

I have been away visiting my parents in a different city and I have 2 plants back home which are water propagated so basically he didn’t even have to water them, just keep their containers filled and he still let the water dry out and my plants d*ed. I’m genuinely so upset that I want to call off the wedding and he thinks that it’s not a big deal and that I’m overreacting over nothing. This ...

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