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I never thought that I would become one of those people who need advice from Reddit (no offense), but it seems that I ne...
01/11/2026

I never thought that I would become one of those people who need advice from Reddit (no offense), but it seems that I need to talk anonymously. There will probably be bad English here. For five months, my ex-wife cheated on me. We had been together since high school and got married very young, but after our firstborn died at birth, our relationship cracked. I behaved like a real a__hole during that period, I admit it. She was deeply depressed, and the one who saved her during that period was her online friend, with whom she eventually crossed the line (there was nothing physical, but there was a lot of flirting, n__ed photos and absolute emotional attachment). As a result, they broke off communication, she told me about everything that had been going on all this time, and we decided to break up. After three years of being divorced, we decided to try again. I was the initiator of the restoration of relations. You can think about it all you want, I don't care, that's not what I came to talk about. It was a great decision for me. We went to consultations for a long time, talked a lot,...

01/11/2026

For quick context purposes, I'm a recovering a__oholic. I've been sober for 4 years. I used to love day drinking -- basically waking up in the morning and drinking right away. One thing that helped me kick the juice is drinking O'Doul's in the morning. It's a habit I haven't really broken, and with being said, I bring a 6 pack of O'Doul's into work every morning and drink them at my cubicle. For those unaware, O'Doul's is a non-a__oholic brand of beer. I have a handful of coworkers that find this offensive. I won't call out anyone individually, but I've heard comments like "I wish I could crush a 6 pack of beers at work" or "I guess it's 5 o'clock in InternationalArt's world" or "The rest of us are working hard while InternationalArt's over there treating this like some sort of frat house party". I've also been told I "reek like beer", and I've even heard people undermine my sobriety by saying I still have a problem and that "drinking non-a__oholic beer doesn't make it any better". I was recently brought into a meeting with HR and notified that some employees had issued complaints against my "behavior." I was frustrated because no one yells at Diane for drinking 8 Diet Cokes a day, yet here I am in HR's office. I was politely asked by my employer to leave the O'Doul's at home. I'm having an issue understanding why this is a problem. AITA for drinking O'Doul's at work?

I'll cut straight to the point. My mom visited us yesterday morning at 10am while I was at work. She must've found the h...
01/11/2026

I'll cut straight to the point. My mom visited us yesterday morning at 10am while I was at work. She must've found the house a mess because once she left, she called me to rant about how filthy and cluttered the house was. she went on a long rant about my wife having an attitude and almost kicking her out for pointing out that the house looked filthy and smelled. I just noded and uh-um'd through the entire call then went home thinking this was no big deal. But once I walked in, my wife started arguing with me about my mom berating her for the state of the house and calling it names like filthy and calling my wife names like gypsy. she asked for my thoughts on this "verbal abuse" that mom keeps subjecting her to and I told her to just ignore her cause she's like this with my brother's wife too. She got upset and said that no, she doesn't have to ignore her and mom has one chance to apologize or she's no longer welcone here. I said that was an exaggaration because for one, she knows how much of a clean freak mom is...

01/11/2026

My (39f) daughter very recently had her 17th birthday. My husband (42m) and I told her to pick out a restaurant that she'd like us to take her to for her birthday. She chose a seafood restaurant that we'd never been to. In looking over the menu I saw that the vast majority of the dishes contained shellfish. There were a few fish entrees, as well as some surf and turf. But there were only a couple of non-seafood dishes. Our son (15m) is deathly allergic to shellfish. He also can't stand fish. There were only a couple of dishes there that he could actually eat. I didn't want to take him there because I knew that he wouldn't really enjoy his meal and I was worried about cross contamination. I told my daughter that this restaurant wouldn't work and that she would have to pick out a different one. My son said that he would be fine just staying home; that we could use the money that we would have spent on his meal to just order him a pizza instead. My husband also insisted that since it was our daughter's birthday that she should be able to choose the restaurant, and that our son would be fine home alone with pizza and videogames. But here's the thing; we can only afford to go out as a family every so often. When we splurge on a restaurant meal, I want BOTH of our children there. I insisted and my daughter chose a different place and we had a nice meal AS A FAMILY. But she is still a little salty that she didn't get to have her first choice of restaurants. Most people I've asked say I'm wrong. But, again, we can only afford to go out every so often. Is it so wrong that I wanted to do it as a family? My daughter still had a nice birthday meal.

(Fixed title) I have two daughters in highschool. Sam is an A student and Emma is a B and C student. Sam has basically b...
01/11/2026

(Fixed title) I have two daughters in highschool. Sam is an A student and Emma is a B and C student. Sam has basically been making fun of Emma for her lower grades. We punish her when it happens but she goes back to it every time. Now the difference between the two girls is that Sam takes the general classes where Emma takes the college classes. For example sam took biology as her science and Emma took college physics 2. So very different. Summer is here and the final grades came in. Sam got all As and when she saw she did better, she started the I am smarter comments again. I had enough at this point I grabbed one of Emma old tests, it was a geometry test since Sam took geometry this year and sat her down and had her do it. Long story short she was in tears and then I explained again how grades don’t measure how smart you are. That she is in much easier classes compared to Emma, I think it finally got through to her. My wife was informed of what happened before she came home and she was pi**ed, about how...

01/11/2026

Long story short (F)39 married to (M)42 for 19 years before we got divorced (This was a Muslim Arranged marriage), we have 4 Kids (F)13,(M)15,(F)16 (Twins). before we got divorced I had found his mobile phone and seen some strange messages from someone with some explicit comments about nights out and how they are looking forward to meeting up next, (name on the phone was generic alexi), I left the phone on the bed and went and spoke to a friend of mine the next day who also knew my husband and said he would find out who this Alexi was after work, turns out Alexi was a man and my husband had been having an affair with him (this was outside their workplace and they were co-workers) confronted my husband and he told me that the only reason he married me was to get his parents and family off his back and that he had been seeing other men over the years (Alexi for the last 3 and half years), he said it was a relief that he could finally tell me and that he wanted me to stay with him so his family would not cut him off along with the kids. Kicked him out and filed for divorce, the divorce took a few months and he did fight it and tried to keep the marriage intact (this was a sham marriage from the start) at one point he told me not to tell the kids why this was happening and just tell them that our marriage was not working out, I told him they have a right to know and told them about the affairs and the reason, his parents asked me and I told the truth. His family have disowned him his extended family have disowned him and his kids will not speak to him. (he can’t return to his country as Homosexuality is against the law and he risks being arrested) He told me I have ruined his life and that he has no family anymore and he is on his own. I told him its not my problem as he has used me for then 19 years and that I that I was nothing more than an instrument to keep his family at bay because of his sexuality. His friends have called me an a__hole for exposing him to his family and community and making him an outcast to everyone that he cared about and making his kids resent him and want nothing to do with him. edit:update for the few who seem to be posting it was a forced marriage, it was not and we had spoken all the way up to the wedding, he had many opportunities to walk away and I could have been shown a different suiter The kids asked for the reason and I was not going to lie to them, I don't know what about most people but I am not going to lie for someone else and my kids deserve to know the truth, not going to let him twist things. His parents and mine tried to mend things and the only way they would stop was when the truth was told, they are still in the lives of their grandkids and they love their grandparents, they just don't speak to their dad because to them he is a cheating piece of s__t (in their words) not because he is gay also Tested and I am fine last of all thank you all

So, i am totally willing to accept AITA here. My son is actually 4, almost 5. My wife is a big believer in no punishment...
01/11/2026

So, i am totally willing to accept AITA here. My son is actually 4, almost 5. My wife is a big believer in no punishment, natural consequences, etc. Recently (especially at night, he doesn't nap so he's tired in the evening), he tends to be a real a__hole. I know it sounds harsh but there's just no other way to put it. He gets mad over nothing, throws stuff at us, screams over anything etc. Note, that when it comes to my son I do most of the playing and working with him, so maybe i'm a bit more burnt out with his constant anger. We have a 6 month old daughter and my wife does most of the work with her so neither child is ignored by either of us. So yesterday he was kicking up a massive fuss over bed time. He started throwing toys at me, screaming at us, crying, etc. He finally said 'daddy, i don't love you anymore, i only love mommy' i know he's 4.5 but it hurt a bit regardless. So I said, okay, then i don't want to be here. I feel like he should have some consequence for it. He doesn't...

AITA for confronting a woman for staring at my husband 😻 🌻 on the train?
01/11/2026

AITA for confronting a woman for staring at my husband 😻 🌻 on the train?

01/11/2026

I am 18m and the people relevant here are my sister 24f, my niece 1f, and my mom 50s f. My sister was over with my niece a few days ago. The four of us all went to lunch and it was nice. Sister then came back to the house to hang out more. My mom mentioned going to a cafe near our house for coffee or ice cream. I said I'll pass but my sister wanted to go. She asked me if I wouldn't mind watching my niece and I happily said yes. Said they'd be gone no more than an hour and a half. Soon after they left, I realized my nieces diaper was dirty so I changed her. We then went for a walk around the neighborhood and came back and started watching a movie. My mom and sister returned after two hours, which didn't bother me at all because I love spending time with my niece. Sister asked if she had been good and I said yes and I told her what we did, and also mentioned that she had pooped because I thought parents ought to know that kind of stuff about their babies. My sister was like 'oh ok I'll change her now' and I told her I already did, over an hour ago. She looked absolutely horrified. Said I should not have done and 'crossed a boundary.' I was genuinely confused. My sister has never acted like this before. I asked why and she said that a man shouldn't be changing a girls diaper. She went on to say that even her own husband (nieces dad) only changes her 'in emergencies.' I asked if she would have rather I let her sit in a dirty diaper and she didn't respond. They left soon after this and my sister was like 'I'm not mad anymore, but ask me before doing something like that next time, ok?' I told her there wouldn't be a next time and I wouldn't be watching my niece again. I said I'm not watching a child if I have to 'ask' whether it's ok for me to change their diaper. If a child under my care has a dirty diaper I'm changing it. So I won't watch her again. She left upset. My mom was witness to all this but stayed quiet. When my sister left, I asked what she thought. She said I absolutely did nothing wrong, but that she also 'understands where sister is coming from.' I feel gross about this whole thing. Makes me feel weird that my sister acted this way about me changing a literal diaper. I love kids and I'm going to college for a career in healthcare and will literally be working with children. Some of which diapers I will undoubtedly be changing. And this isn't even a matter of not knowing how to properly change diapers for female anatomy. My girlfriend and I babysit her little cousins probably at least every other week and I have learned to change their diapers if needed, male or female. TLDR: I changed my nieces diaper while babysitting and she got upset with me. I told her I wouldn't be babysitting for her again. This post was removed from the aitah subreddit so I am asking for opinions here. AITAH for this?

AITA 🐰 ☺️ For Refusing Childcare, Risking Homelessness?
01/11/2026

AITA 🐰 ☺️ For Refusing Childcare, Risking Homelessness?

I'm from England, but now live in a different country. I left England because there was a specific person I was trying t...
01/11/2026

I'm from England, but now live in a different country. I left England because there was a specific person I was trying to get away from. Once I was settled, I gave my parents my contact information with strict instructions to not share with anyone The one specific person I was trying to avoid showed up at my place within a week. I had to call my cousin and his friends to get rid of him, then I packed up and moved to a new place. When he'd been taken away I asked my parents how that guy found me. Dad was shocked, asking if I was alright and swearing he didn't tell. I pressed mum on it and she admitted to telling him. I scolded mum for putting me and my daughter at risk, and spent the next 48 hours with the person I was avoiding and mum calling/texting me, so I had to change my number. It's been 6 years since then. I have moved to a new place, where I've been this whole time, and I've refused to give mum my address. We're still in touch so she knows I'm safe, but I no longer trust her...

AITA 😊 for throwing my pregnant SIL's groceries away? 🔥
01/11/2026

AITA 😊 for throwing my pregnant SIL's groceries away? 🔥

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