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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/notbuyingclothes on 2023-12-29 02:03:27+00:00.

I (27M) live with a flatmate (26F) who is also my friend.

She was leaving to go to some friends and was dressed up and had some fancy clothes on. As she was leaving, she asked me if there's any rubbish to take out in my room as she was going to take out the rubbish and place it in the building communal bins on the way out.

I was actually going to do this myself but since she offered I told her there's a bag of rubbish in my room and everything is already in the bag. She's done this for me before and knows that the bag can be somewhat heavy.

She didn't support the bag at the bottom and it broke and a some of the bottles inside the bag fell out and their caps burst. This made a really bad stench and her skirt and shoes were drenched in it.

She blamed me for it and said I owe her new shoes and a skirt and she showed me what they were on a website and while the skirt isn't too bad, the heels are ridiculously expensive. I refused and said she should have been a bit more careful.

She called me an AH and said I shouldn't be having such bottles in the bin even though she knew about that from before and even though she's since cleaned the shoes and they look alright she's acting more cold towards me.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/LittleRocker-Bloke on 2023-12-28 21:45:05+00:00.

I am the 56 YO father of a 25 YO woman whose middle name is “Iris”. Iris is a college student studying economics, and I have been doing my best to prepare her for a role in the company that I founded, which is in the finance+consulting sector (although it is ultimately her life, and I leave it up to her if she wants to join the family business). I’ve graciously allowed her to intern twice at my company and have her save up some money, and in general I’ve been going out of my way and trying to ensure that Iris has the easiest time possible finding stable work after graduation. It’s my duty, as a father.

Starting early this year, Iris has let her mother and I know that she wants to do a full 180 away from finance, and she wishes to go to medical school after graduation. I’m not totally surprised; she has been taking science and math courses that just happen to be prereqs for medical school, and she’s always been interested in anatomy and human health, but I’m still a bit devastated. The reason I’m upset is because I’ve spent so much time specifically trying to give her a soft landing into the world of finance. OTOH, medical school and residency are going to turn her hair white from stress! Not saying that my industry isn’t stressful, but I don’t want my daughter to have the weight of human lives on her shoulders. At our Thanksgiving dinner, I brought up Iris’s career aspirations, and I just let her know that I have another internship lined up for her in this coming summer, if she’s interested. My daughter got aggressive, and she escalated the conversation. She told me that she wants to do something with her life that is “actually fulfilling”, which I interpreted as a burn against my chosen profession. Our argument eventually resulted in her leaving the dinner table and going for a long walk outside. Later on, while my wife and I were laying in bed at night, I badmouthed Iris and very impulsively called her an “ungrateful bitch” (I had gotten a bit tipsy with wine in the preceding hours though). My wife was livid, and she dared me to call our daughter that word one more time.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Wooden-Dragonfruit81 on 2023-12-29 06:19:00+00:00.

Me and my friend only met a few months ago at the start of the school year but, already we’re very close. I texted Jo if she wanted to play video games cause I was bored. She replied to me saying we can play later because she’s out driving around. I told her okay drive safe let me know and then took a shower. Right after I got out I checked my phone and a few minutes ago she had sent me texts basically saying ‘I crashed im bleeding goodbye ‘ and a picture of a crashed car that looked exactly like hers. A thing about me is when I panic, I panic and I don’t really think too much about like’ oh but how could she send me a picture if she’s bleeding’ or whatever so I panicked and asked a mutual friend if she had Jos moms contact information and then I called her mom, asked her ‘do you know where Jo is is she okay she told me she crashed and now she’s not answering and I’m worried’ something like that and then her mom said ‘okay do you know where she is’ and since me an Jo are good friends I have her location and I sent it to her mom. Another thing, I’m 17 and she’s 16, we’re in Highschool and don’t have out licenses. Also I live about an hour away so it’s not like I could go to where it said she was to check on her. So, panicking I kept spamming and calling her and not getting any reply. Then I searched online stuff like “traffic accidents in [her city]” and “[her city] news” stuff like that while calling her the whole time. Then after about twenty minutes of this horrible panicking and crying I got a call from her. Of course I picked up immediately saying” Jo are you okay please tell me you’re okay” and I heard her and someone in the background laughing and she said in a like jokingly mad tone “dude what the f— did you do you just got me in so much trouble why did you do that it was just a joke” and just laughing the whole time. I was relieved she was okay but then I got really upset because, in my opinion, that’s not a funny thing to joke about. I told her that “what the f—- kind of joke is that what’s wrong with you that’s not funny” and my voice was shaking so it was obvious I was crying. Then she was still laughing and said “are you crying” like it was the funniest thing ever. In hindsight I can see how I shouldn’t have fell for it but I just panicked. And now i feel bad for getting her in trouble and she texted me a few times apologizing but I don’t know I feel upset with her . Idk AITA?

TLDR: my friend pranked me by making me think she got in a car crash and I called her parents to tell them if they can check on her and got her in trouble. Also I live an hour away so I was worried and I couldn’t check on her myself.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Justaperthbooty on 2023-12-29 06:16:28+00:00.

I dont often write comments in subs however one AITA question caught my attention. I tried commenting but I was instructed to gain 100 karma in this sub just to participate even though I have a long standing on Reddit. Oh well! Hopefully people dont always take too much advice from serial karma farmer posts!

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/throwawayLightBub29 on 2023-12-29 06:16:15+00:00.

My (30F) in-laws live in a California beach city and are helping their niece (25F) to come to the US from Asia. Foreign niece is staying at in-laws house while job hunting, saving rent about $4k monthly (also utilities, free food, borrows their car). They also helped her with Graduate tuition about $20k.

WIBTA if I asked my in-laws for a $4k monthly spending allowance? My in-laws are basically giving niece an allowance - if they are supporting her they should help us out as well. In-laws were very frugal raising husband (33M), buying him clothes at wal-mart while niece gets a free car, buys lululemon, and lives at their beach house.

I want to use the money for vacations, eating out, furniture and daycare for our toddler. Husband is still frugal and doesn’t like asking parents for money but I don’t think he understands. Having a toddler made traveling more expensive. Husband is an accountant in TX and makes decent but not surgeon or banker money, I'm a SAHM. In-laws are retired and worth a few mil so they can definitely afford it and they’ve helped us before with our house down payment.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/vy4u on 2023-12-29 06:16:07+00:00.

I (16F) and my gf (16F) have been dating for over a year. Smooth sailing so far, except when we go on summer break, winter break, and when she goes on vacation. During our last summer break she visited Florida to see her family, cool I didn’t have an issue with it. However, she started messaging me less and conversations were becoming dry. I knew she was spending time with family so I tried to ignore it, but she would purposely start a conversation, disappear mid conversation for hours on end, then come back hours later and act like nothing happened and wouldn’t even apologize for leaving me on edge for hours. Normally, if she ever left me on delivered or read for a long period of time she would apologize and give me a good reason for why she couldn’t respond, but during the summer she didn’t. She did apologize once for it and we talked about it, but she just did the exact same thing I mentioned earlier the next day. This led to us basically ignoring each other the whole entire summer and I kind of fell into a mini depression the whole summer. I eventually got over it and we made up a few days before school started. Fast forward to now, about last week we officially started winter break. As soon as it started, I could just feel her drifting and doing the same thing she did in the summer. And recently this week she went on a trip to Texas, and once again she was back to her old summer break self. School starts back next week and I don’t want us to still be distant, especially since we haven’t talked in a while. So, WIBTA if I confronted her?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/aetheriumkda on 2023-12-29 06:15:32+00:00.

So long story short, I don’t want to get married in the future as it’s just too much hassle. I don’t want a piece of paper determining me and my partner’s status, nor do I want to marry someone that could potentially want a divorce and then deal with court etc and potentially lose much that I have worked for in my life. Am I an asshole for this?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/stankylegonmygrave on 2023-12-29 05:46:32+00:00.

I (18m) recently helped my gf (17) sell her old phone. However her mother is the one who paid off the phone. Her mom was okay with her selling the phone up until an hour or so before my gf had scheduled to sell it. She decided to go through with selling the phone i took her to do the transaction since she can’t drive. When her mom finds out, she takes the money and demands my girlfriend start paying for groceries. My gf has no job rn but it’s not necessarily her fault. The last job she had at the dollar tree, her mom called the manager screaming because a check hadn’t came in the mail but the mail was a day later than expected, my gf was fired a day after that. Just saying that to point out her mom is quick to lose her temper and make irrational decisions without thinking of the consequences. My gf calls me abt 30 minutes ago crying and so stressed to the point of getting sick because her and her mom are just going back and forth. I was asking questions trying ti understand the full story and that’s what was happening her mom took the only money she had and said to start paying for groceries. My gf just started breaking down like freaking out overwhelmed even told me to say something thats when I texted her mom. I asked how she expected her to pay for groceries when you ruin all her chances to make money and explained the extent that this is bothering my gf to the point of a full on mental breakdown . Basically just saying to give her a break. Idk I know you shouldn’t get in people’s business like that but it’s hard to just watch or be aware of something like that happening and not say something

Tl;dr I texted my gfs mom because she took money my gf got from selling an old phone her mom paid for, then told her to start paying for groceries. I messaged her mom because I thought it was contradicting

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Creszpoe on 2023-12-29 05:37:41+00:00.

There aren’t any Famous Amos shops in our country, but I was able to get 300g of the cookies during a trip to Singapore. Brough the sealed bags back as gift for my niece(9) who loved them. The issue came three weeks later she asked when I could get some more for her.

I explained that they aren’t available in our country before telling her I will be going to Singapore again June next year and will get her some more then. She looked disappointed and sad at having to wait so long. My sister said it would have been better for me to not have gotten them for her in the first place.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Critical_Shock8201 on 2023-12-29 06:12:55+00:00.

For this to make some sense I think I need to go back a few months. About 3 months ago my older sister quit her job and suddenly decided she wanted to find a man. I totally supported her leaving her job because I used to work for that company and it was miserable and she had a horrible boss. I also supported her trying to find a partner, she had never shown interest in men before so it was kind of weird and out of the blue, but I still supported her. She told me she would ask me all her relationship questions because I dated more and had more experience and our mom refuses to speak about relationships (she says it would hurt our dads feelings, but that's a whole other bag of worms).

Unfortunately the first "relationship" my sister got involved in turned out to be a scammer, fortunately because of things I had explained to her and told her to look for, she didn't get scammed out of any money and cut ties with that person after about 2 weeks. After this she became OBSESSED with men. Like she was meeting multiple men a week and talking to dozens of men online. Every time we go over there is just constantly her on her phone or not wanting to go out cause she'd rather text boys or just talking about all these boys she's chatting with. About a month in I mentioned to her that she's spending way to much time online talking to these people that its almost obsessive. But all that did was make her not talk to me and start talking with our mom about it. My older sis and lil sis live together and my lil sis is freaking out about bills cause older sis is still not working and has no savings. I live with my folks and help my mom take care of our dad who recently had his foot amputated.

Now 3 months later, on Christmas day, she was on her phone and I told her to put it down it was family time, to which she said "Why?" and scoffed at me. But then she took about a million bathroom breaks to sneak off with her phone. Now my mom's asking us what we wanna plan for New Years Eve we usually just get together, order pizza and set off fireworks. I said we should just forget it this year since my little sis has to work on New Years Day and my older sis couldn't "give two craps about spending time with family" Well my older sis got mad and defensive and so I explained why I said it. But now I'm wondering if I was an AH and just shouldn't have said anything...

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/whitedresspost on 2023-12-29 05:37:09+00:00.

My nephew got married a couple months ago. It was a semi-casual wedding at the park. I am my sister's kids' guardian. She has 3 girls (10, 5, 3) and 2 boys (8 and 6).

I wanted the kids to look nice for the wedding so we went shopping. The boys both got new jeans and a nice shirt. The girls each picked out a dress. My youngest niece got a unicorn dress and wore fairy wings, my 5 year old got a dress with the princesses and wore a big pink tiara. 10 year old picked out a simple white dress with pink and yellow flowers.

I honestly thought my nephew or his wife would have an issue with the fairy wings or tiara but my SIL hated that my 10 year old was wearing white. She wasn't in a puffy white ballgown, it was a little sundress with pink and yellow flowers. They told me to change her clothes. I had a tee shirt and shorts in the car but she loved that dress and there was really nothing wrong with it.

They've distanced themselves from us but we saw them at Christmas. They got a present for all of the kids, except for the 10 year old. She's such a shy kid, she didn't say anything but I could tell it broke her heart. I confronted my nephew and his wife about it and they said they gave presents to everyone that behaved appropriately at the wedding. I reminded them that she's 10 and she just wanted to wear a pretty dress, that did not resemble a wedding dress at all, to a wedding. I called them assholes for punishing a 10 year old for what she wore to a wedding but they're still saying it's our (my/her) fault and they still can't believe I let her wear white to a wedding.

AITA for letting her wear a white dress to the wedding?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/--duckyy-- on 2023-12-29 06:09:12+00:00.

I (34m) have a kid (4m) were at the mall to go Christmas shopping for mom. It was so fun, we went to Bath And Body Works and got her a necklace from Helzburg Diamonds.

Then he pointed out that Santa was here. I told him we have to go get mommy's gift first and he understood and picked the necklace by himself. He has having so much fun. Then we took the elevator down to the lower floor near the food court to go see Santa. He was so happy, until he found out there was a bit of a line (Considering it was the 20th) I told him it wont be long and we will get a picture and get mommy one. He was SO EXCITED. I love seeing my little boy happy.

But there were teens in front of us laughing at the kids getting pictures. I wasn't going to say anything because their teens and i'm sure this is how i was 15 years ago. They went up and whispered something in Santa's ear and Santa seemed shocked and told picture taker to let us go. My kid was so happy and thanked him. We got our photo and they printed it out.

Then while we were walking away the teens came up and told my kid "You know Santa isn't real. Your dad just puts presents under the tree" I pushed the kid and yelled "what the hell kid" He laughed and my kid was crying. The kid came closer trying to fight me or something. I was very mad but i wasn't going to fight over it. But I pushed him hard because he was in my face. I screamed at him.

Then the photo lady came to me and told me I cant be screaming. The kids said i pushed him to the floor and he was hurt. It was a lie and I told the lady what happened. The teen said i pushed him first then he said it. I just yelled at him again and scolded him like i was his mother.

We decided to go to security and I got in trouble for pushing him when he was all in my face. They said they cant stop the teens because its considered freedom of speech.

All together, These teens told my kid Santa isn't real. Then got in my face. I pushed him to get him away from him because i did not want to fight. And i'm getting blamed. The kids didn't even get talked to.

Am I the Asshole!?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/HaileyTheHamster on 2023-12-29 06:06:42+00:00.

Disclaimer: the layout is pretty messy, and therefore hard to read. But I have no better way to explain. I have a friend who we'll call "Sam". I considered Sam to be one of my best and most supportive friend ever. However, they recently cut me off. They gave me several reasons as to why. I will list them below, along with my justification.

1. One time, they had talked about how someone had called them the n-word slur. I was only half listening to the conversation, and absentmindedly went; "oh, (n-word)?" They got really mad at me for this, but didn't really talk to me about it until they cut me off. When I was first exposed to the slur, the person defined it as "a jokingly insulting word for someone who is really smart." When I learned what it really meant, it never really sunk in as something offensive, and so I was never taught that I shouldn't say it.
2. I've realized that I can be a really selfish person. I sometimes consider my needs more important than others, and because of that, Sam feels like I am very controlling. But since I've realized that, I have gotten better and better at recognizing when I'm being selfish, and taking others into consideration.
3. Sam is pagen witch, they have several packs of tarot decks, and a crystal collection. Recently, I've gotten pretty interested in witchcraft, and ended up getting my own tarot deck. However, Sam is upset about this because they say that I had made fun of them being a witch (which I don't remember doing) and now I have the audacity to get a tarot deck that looks like one of theirs. And I don't understand why she's mad about that, because how the heck am I supposed to remember what every single one of your tarot decks look like because they all look the same to me anyways, at least from memory.
4. Sometime I did force them to talk when they go nonverbal. I have a really hard time reading social cues, and am a huge listener. So when someone's not talking, I think that I need to convince them to talk, so I can listen and understand, so they can feel better. I had no intention at all to harm Sam. I didn't even know that any of this were issues until they told time that we couldn't be friends anymore. I've tried again and again to explain all of this to them. I expect them to forgive me so we can try to be friends again. Am I the ahole for wanting to repair our friendship after all the stress I unknowingly caused them?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/AUTLIVE on 2023-12-29 05:33:32+00:00.

Cliffs Notes:

Had birthday party for wife at friends house. She got a gag gift birthday baseball cap. Lots of people attended 20+ friends/family Went to pack up to leave house few days later, couldn’t find hat.

Week or more go by and we visit nephew’s (12-13y/o) home to see his parents. Wife sees specified ballcap on his dresser and tells me. We don’t tell anyone and go back next day and I steal it back without anyone knowing.

Except the nephew knows I took it back. No he didn’t say a word to me though. He knows it’s gone though bc he mumbled to himself where’s my hat? And was pacing trying to not be obvious he was looking for it. Acting all nice and weirdly to us. I heard him in his room moving stuff as well mumbling something about “my hat”.

AITA for letting him sweat or should I tell his parents even though, well you know “my kid wouldn’t yadayadayada” or he’ll deny it and nothing happens. Or he’ll admit it and nothing happens and it’s getting worse and worse.

Should I tell parents at all? I’m just in the camp of damn this os a shitty situation. And one day the police are gonna be the ones telling Dad that his sons in juvenile. Not myself telling him he stole. Peace!

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Pristine-Crow6746 on 2023-12-29 05:22:46+00:00.

At 25, freshly out of a four-year relationship, I returned home for December. At my mom's year-end function, I clicked with her coworker, Mike (28), and agreed to hang out. It's worth noting that despite my amicable split with my ex, my family struggles to accept me moving on. My mom, in particular, criticizes my social life, arguing that moms shouldn't leave their children, despite my son being in capable hands.

The tension escalated when Mike invited me to go golfing. Eager to learn and to ensure things weren't awkward, I brought my friend Morgan (25), the only one still living in my hometown. The outing was enjoyable, and afterwards, Mike and I spent some alone time together. When Mike dropped me home, my mom noticed a familiar engine sound and accused me of betraying my ex.

Things took a dramatic turn when I revealed Morgan's presence at the golf outing. My mom exploded with anger, hurling explicit words and labeling my friend a "wh*re." Despite Morgan's personal choices, my mom's reaction seemed disproportionate. As well as accumulating her on thoughts on Morgan !

Adding fuel to the fire, my mom got upset when she saw on Life360 (which I've since removed) that we had driven to Mike's house. We stopped there to check on his dogs before heading to the restaurant down the road.

Feeling overwhelmed, I'm contemplating leaving the day before New Year's to distance myself from the chaos. Thoughts? AITA for introducing them ?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/NoFlatworm7918 on 2023-12-29 06:01:47+00:00.

So I was at a restaurant and the women’s bathroom had a line of 10 where the man’s didn’t have a line at all, so I decided to use the man’s. However the men were not happy and started cursing me out, I think one guy started recording me but i’m not sure. I told them I just needed to use the bathroom and I got in and got out. AITAH

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Frequent_Arrival3116 on 2023-12-29 05:20:01+00:00.

A co worker of mine wanted to order pizza for the everyone who had to stay late and asked if I would mind going to pick up the pizza. At this point I had about five minutes left in my shift. I asked if it was possible for him to have the pizza delivered as it was late and the pizza parlor was in a rough neighborhood. I called my boyfriend while I was waiting on the shuttle to take me to my car and he stated he didn’t feel comfortable with me driving late and in that neighborhood. AITA for texting my coworker back saying I was sorry but I was not able to pick up the pizza after i reluctantly agreed? I would not have gotten home for like 45 minutes and my boyfriend already had dinner waiting. I feel guilty and my co worker who I consider my friend is pissed but I honestly feel like it was a big ask, and something such as late night food should have been planned beforehand. AITA?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Wonderful-Pirate4513 on 2023-12-29 06:00:47+00:00.

I was with my boyfriend when he wanted to go through my phone, I had no problem with this because I didn’t know anything would be on there, he begins reading text my ex had sent me, there were multiple different numbers and messages, all asking for me to hook up with him that he had made when I wouldn’t respond. My ex was a narcissist who cheated on me and drained me, he would constantly try to reach out through different fake accounts and numbers (when I first brought this to my partner’s attention he became upset because he preferred “not to know” my ex was harassing me). Some of the messages were before me and my partner had gotten together and were of him asking me to hookup and I did. My partner gets up from the couch screaming how he wants me out of the house and how I’m a whore and threw my shit out of the house wanting me to leave, I kept asking to talk about the situation but he refused and kept saying small stuff that were extremely hurtful. He believes I disrespected his trust by not deleting the messages but I wasn’t thinking about the messages or my ex, it was extremely toxic and on and off for 5 years, all of the numbers felt like junk mail to me. Side note: I’ve been through my partners phone where I’ve seen old videos of him fucking other women but knew they were from a long time ago and decided to let it go. AITA?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/annmorningstar on 2023-12-29 05:57:44+00:00.

I 20m just graduated college, and I am about to get a pretty prestigious internship across the country in my the capital. I managed to graduate college two years early and getting this internship was another big win so everyone was pretty happy about it. I had looked for housing and found a pretty nice place with good amenities and in a good location but I would be rooming with a couple other guys around my age. throughout college my parents always paid for me to have my own house so I never got any dorm experience but last year I did a study abroad program for a few months where I was rooming with a bunch of guys around my age and it was pretty fun. I figured it would be fun to try again and if I hated it, the lease is only six months.but my parents without consulting me found me a different place a lovely, one bedroom apartment in a arguably even better location. The only downside was it was super expensive. They had always told me that I don’t need to worry about money after all we’re pretty well off. But I said I wanted to try the other place because it was cheaper and also it would be fun to get to meet new people. They thought I might not like having roommates because I have sensory processing disorder and used to have meltdowns when I was a kid. But I did it last year and it was a ton of fun. I’m an adult now and can cope with my disability just fine, so I don’t think there’s any reason for them to be spending that much money, especially when they could just go with the cheaper option I picked. They ultimately relented, but seemed confused. after all while they appreciate my frugality, I think it’s completely unnecessary and kind of dumb. and point out that I do have no problem using their money for expensive stuff I actually want.(like Warhammer figures and flying first class when I travel.)

I’m not sure what to do with all of this I mean I’m not ungrateful. I recognize how good I have it and I’m thankful. But I have already achieved quite a bit and it’s not like I’m not working I just want to get to play around as a normal kid even if one with a safety net. I don’t know I can’t think of a way to put this without coming off like an asshole. But I don’t think I’m wrong, and wanting to get to experience, living more modestly and challenging myself, With new people and relationships. even if I will ultimately fall back on them for support when I need it

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/BPDWarrioratheart on 2023-12-29 05:14:00+00:00.

Hi. I’m 41 years old, I’m single and have no children. I have some mental health problems - depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder plus some deeper issues that I’m not allowed to talk to about on here.

Both my parents are in their 70’s, live together and have two children (my twin sister and I) who no longer live in the nest. They have a history of health problems. My Mum has anxiety, arthritis, high/low blood pressure, heart attacks, breast cancer (minor) and suffers from the cold. My Dad has sciatica, high blood pressure, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, and cataracts, plus he is addicted to smoking and alcohol.

For every single health problem that they have had, I have been there (as - in my opinion - I should have been). I have listened to them, researched, offered advice, been to appointments/hospital (one time my Mum was in hospital for 10 days having three heart operations to fit a dual-pacemaker so I stayed with my dad to take care of him - my sister did not come to visit our Mum for 10 days and only came when I guilted her into it.)

My sister and I don’t have a relationship. She never wanted one with me, it was her choice. I moved in to my first apartment 12 years ago and she has yet to cross my doorstep (she lives 160 miles away and yes, in that time I have been up to see her). When she comes down to visit my parents for Christmas, I have been there for at least 24hours cooking (my parent’s try to help but always find reasons for leaving the kitchen), but as soon as their darling daughter is there I might as well not be. One talks to her, another to her boyfriend. She only visits once a year for an afternoon, and from what I understand not many phone calls are exchanged in between, whilst I’m there constantly throughout the year and try to call at least once a week.

I can’t talk to my parents about my mental health. My Mum just turns me away saying that her plate is already too full and she can’t handle it. My Dad judges me, saying it’s all in my head, no one can help me, and that the therapists that I see are just a load of nonsense.

My parents seem to think I need them. I don’t. Not at all. In fact having them hurts me more.

But I want them.

It’s always “I can’t help you” you need to do this yourself “no one can help you but you”.

I’ve never asked them for help, I just want them to listen and to try and understand.

And when my Mum says she can’t listen because she has her own problems, in the next breath she off loads all of her problems on to me. Mostly about my Dads smoking and drinking.

Sometimes I just want to walk away from my family, never see them again, but I know I will fill up with guilt

Every time I try and talk to them it’s “so what you are saying is I’m a sh*t Dad/Mum/parent?” No trying to understand, just rebuttal, just guilt.

If I can’t be honest with my parents, I can’t be myself, what type of relationship do we really have?

I’ve been there for them, when are then going to be there for me.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/a1mostp3rfect on 2023-12-29 05:57:39+00:00.

I don’t know what’s up with my husband’s gut flora, but his farts are fucking obscene. Like an “open all the windows and turn on every fan” type situation. At first it was funny, but we’ve been married for five years now and it’s getting really fucking old.

Like he’ll fart in bed and it’s so bad I have to leave the room. It’s disgusting and annoying. I’ve asked him to please go somewhere else when he has to fart, but he complains about having to get out of bed or interrupt what he’s doing to leave the room. He also claims that sometimes they just roll up on him without warning and he can’t help it, but he seems to control himself in public pretty well so I don’t think that’s really valid?

He drinks a beer or two every night, which definitely gives him gas. He also tends to overeat when he’s stressed. I’ve asked him to please be mindful about these habits and how they affect him, but of course nothing has changed.

It’s gotten to the point that I’ve told him I will sleep in our guest room if he doesn’t stop. I don’t want to deal with it anymore. He says I’m trying to control his bodily functions.

Look, I know everyone farts. I’m not a snob and I generally have a good sense of humor. I laughed about it at the beginning of our relationship. I have no hang-ups about normal bodily functions. But I feel like my husband is being straight-up inconsiderate by forcing me to smell his rancid farts all the time, and by not making any reasonable changes to spare me from the nastiness. He’s forcing me to inhale his farticles on a daily basis.

AITA for getting on his case about this?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/nick3lodeon on 2023-12-29 05:05:41+00:00.

I(18NB) moved out of my moms house to live with my dad when I was 16 for a variety of reasons, including doing all the housework, basically being a therapist to my mom,emotional abuse, and being a fill-in parent for my younger siblings. Overall it was a really stressful situation. If I need to, I’ll post something later that goes into more detail. Of course at first after I moved, she tried to be this sickly sweet mom, sending me money or randomly calling or texting to say she loved me. She never did anything like this when I lived with her. She was only nice to me when it benefited her or if I did something that made her look good.(Awards ceremonies, good grades, etc.) About a year after I moved, my mom, who Id been low contact with(I’d visit for holidays and answer her calls but rarely called her) called me to apologize. She said she was sorry for putting so much on me, and for taking away most of my childhood. She said she realized she’d done that because of a video she watched, where a nanny criticized a mom who’d done the same to her oldest son. Here’s the thing, though: I don’t forgive her.I knew as soon as she apologized that I didn’t. I don’t feel like it’s enough for her to see some video on Facebook and realize she wasn’t doing well as a mother. Besides that, she hasn’t changed. She acts the exact same way whenever I visit, despite swearing she’s changed. I feel bad about it though. Sometimes it feels like she really is trying to change, and be a mom. And of course I love my bio mom, but I don’t need that now. I think 17-18 years is too late to try to be the mom I needed when I was younger. Obviously I’m no full grown adult, but I had an amazing aunt and a stepmom who stepped up and acted like a mom to me when bio mom never did. So AITA for not forgiving her?

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Pitiful-Produce8087 on 2023-12-29 05:53:57+00:00.

So I (25f) and my bf (24M) got into it a week ago about intimacy. I can't remember the last time he wanted to touch me in a romantic way. I crave that type of stimulation cause it makes me feel wanted and appreciated in a relationship. I've told him all of this, and he's not cheating. I already have been through his phone multiple times. Idk if it's just me or the way I want to but it's been over 6 months at this point and I'm miserable. Wverytime I try to talk to him about it, he shuts down and tells me that sex doesn't need to be the main part of our relationship. I don't want it to be, but I also don't see myself with him for much longer if something doesn't happen.

For context, When I say he doesn't want to touch me in a romantic way, that's doesn't mean he doesn't hold my hand, or hug me, or have some part of him touching me at some point. I'm just so confused because everything else in our relationship we where able to communicate through and this is the one thing where I can't talk to him about it. He just doesn't want to have sex me. And if he's any type of asexual that's fine but there hasn't been any I dication to the contrary so idk. Please help me.

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Bright-Ad-2309 on 2023-12-29 05:03:35+00:00.

I(17) am an assistant at an after school program where I watch over kids aged from 5-7. I was taking a female student who is 5 years old to the bathroom , she was taking a good five minutes and I went in to check on her cause she wasn’t responding to me , turns out she was just playing with water. I helped her dry her hands and I was walking out with her one of the female teachers saw me and gave me a mouthful about how I should never do that.

I’m very confused on the problem as I’m clearly helping a student and assuming I’m a creep by checking on a little kid in the bathroom WHEN ITS MY JOB TO KEEP TRACK OF SAID CHILDREN is very rude. So am I the asshole? Sorry for the formatting I’m just super irritated

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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/Jolly_Peach829 on 2023-12-29 05:47:20+00:00.

Not much to explain, I 18F just got into a relationship with my boyfriend 21 M and he’s great amazing super cute. We’ll call each other babe and baby but there is another name that I think sounds cute and I wanna call him that but the problem is that my ex 18M used to call me that in my past relationship. I wanna be respectful to this new relationship and I want it to last. If I do call him the name I’m afraid that he’ll find out it’s what my ex called me and he’ll feel disrespected. So WIBTA? Edit:it’s baby boo