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Woman Trespassed On My Yard To Demand I Stop Mowing And Critiqued My Clothes

Yesterday I was cutting my grass around 3 PM. I have a corner property and a double lot so it takes about 40 minutes. I was well over halfway done when a group of parents showed up to wait for the school bus. For some context - they stand in my yard as there is no sidewalk, as they have for years without asking. I really don’t care if they do this, it makes no difference to me as long as they don’t leave any litter behind. I had my headphones in and was working on a different part of the grass when a woman tapped on my shoulder and asked if I would stop cutting my grass, as she was waiting for the bus and wanted to get a video of her child getting off the bus since it was the first day of school. I asked what time it comes and she said in 5-10 minutes. At that point I told her I would keep an eye out for the bus, and stop when I saw it so that there wouldn’t be a lawn mower in the background of her video. She then proceeded to *tell* me that I needed to stop until after the bus got there, as the lawn mower is too loud, and her and the other parents were trying to talk. I told her politely that I had to get this done as I needed to get dinner started for my family, and I was working away from them so it’ll get quieter. She got very angry and told me that I had no right to make this much noise, and that she was calling in a noise complaint about me. She also told me I should “dress more modest when the whole neighborhood can see me”. It was 27 degrees (Celsius) and I was wearing a tank top and shorts. At that point I told her that she was being unreasonable, and that if it was that much of a nuisance, her and her friends could wait somewhere else, and continued cutting my grass until I saw the bus pull onto my street, when I shut off the lawn mower. So AITA for continuing to cut my grass? TL;DR: woman waiting for school bus on my property wanted me to shut off my lawnmower because it was too loud for her to talk with other parents.

2025-10-04 17:38:26

Clara Jensen

TV Shows

I Heard My Neighbors Brutally Berating Their Kids So I Called Child Services and They Disappeared

I (32F) live in a quiet suburban neighborhood, and overall, things are pretty peaceful. Most of my neighbors are nice enough, but I don’t really know anyone all that well. One family that lives next door has two young kids Max (12) and Lily (10) and their parents seem like regular folks. I’ve talked to them a few times, but we’re not exactly close. Last week, though, something happened that I can’t get out of my head, and now I’m questioning if I did the right thing. It was a Saturday afternoon, and I was in my backyard doing some gardening when I heard loud yelling coming from next door. At first, I thought it was just one of those normal arguments you hear sometimes, you know? Maybe a parent telling the kids to clean up or something like that. But then I heard something that stopped me cold Max, the older boy, started crying out, and it wasn’t just a normal cry. It sounded like real distress. I couldn’t make out every word, but I could hear the mom yelling at him. She was calling him "stupid" and "worthless" because he hadn’t finished his lunch. She kept telling him he was "useless" and "couldn’t do anything right." I thought maybe she was just having a bad moment, but then I heard her scream, "Why are you so dumb?!" I could feel my heart racing. It sounded so harsh, like she wasn’t just frustrated with him, but genuinely angry. Then, I heard the dad’s voice he was yelling at Lily, the little girl. He was calling her "a disappointment" and telling her she would "never be anything." I couldn’t make out everything, but it was so cruel, and honestly, it broke my heart. I could hear them both crying, and it just didn’t sit right with me. As much as I tried to shake it off, I couldn’t ignore how scared they sounded. And then… I heard a loud thud, like something hitting the wall or maybe the floor, followed by Max screaming in pain. It wasn’t a regular "ouch" or anything like that. It sounded like a real reaction to something that hurt. I don’t know what happened after that, but I knew at that moment that I couldn’t just let it go. I called child services immediately. I didn’t know what else to do, and honestly, I was terrified for those kids. I wasn’t going to go over there, especially not without knowing what could happen. I told them everything I heard about the verbal abuse, the way they were talking to the kids, and the thud I’d heard. I know it wasn’t much, but it was all I had. They said they’d look into it, but obviously, they didn’t give me any details. A few days later, the family moved out. I don’t know if it was connected to the report or if it was just a coincidence, but I haven’t seen them since. And I can’t help but wonder if I did the right thing. I didn’t want to get anyone in trouble or make things worse, but at the same time, I couldn’t just ignore it. Some of my neighbors have been asking questions about why I called child services. A few have thanked me, saying that they’ve suspected something was off but didn’t know how to handle it. But others have been a little more judgmental, saying I overreacted and that it wasn’t my business. I’m second-guessing myself now. Did I overstep? Should I have tried talking to them first before calling anyone? I honestly don’t know. I just wanted to help those kids, but now I’m wondering if I did more harm than good. So, AITA for reporting my neighbors? I’m just hoping I did the right thing, but I feel really conflicted about it all.

2026-01-19 22:22:16

Jonas Bergström

Relationships

My pregnant girlfriend is throwing away my sentimental things and redecorating my home without asking

Throwaway account bc she’s also on Reddit. I (29M) have been with my girlfriend (24F) for 2 years now. We have not lived together before, but she’s currently 18 weeks pregnant so I suggested that she move in with me once her lease was up. It ended at the end of June, so she’s been living with me for almost 3 weeks now. While we get along well and overall living together has been great, I’ve noticed that she’s started to change things around my apartment. She only brought a few things over since my apartment is fully furnished so I understand her need to make it feel more like her space. Everything in my apartment is mid century modern, it’s a mid century modern building and I bought the apartment because of how much I love that style. Some of the things that she’s suggesting or bringing into the apartment absolutely does not go with that vibe. She’s taken down some of my artwork and replaced it, cleared off shelves I curated and put her knickknacks on it, went through my pantry and cleared out things she thought were unhealthy, all without asking me. She works from home while I work in the office so she has a lot more time at the apartment than I do. I just wish she would run things by me first. I’m an architect, she’s an editor and doesn’t have that same designer eye which clearly shows. What really bothered me was that she started to throw some things away without asking. I went to take out the trash and saw that some birthday cards I kept were in there. When I asked about it, she said she was just getting rid of “clutter” but her stuff is more like clutter and mine has actual sentimental value. I told her to stop touching things in the apartment and she pointed out that she should have a say because she lives there which I agree with but she doesn’t run anything by me. Now she’s being very avoidant and passive aggressive. So, AITA?

2025-10-06 19:40:32

Anya Petrova

Relationships

My boyfriend is forcing me to give up the only thing I can drink and I'm dehydrating

I (26F) have been drinking diluted summer fruits juice all my life because I hate drinking water. When I do try drinking water I physically wretch due to the anxiety it gives me trying to drink it. So I stay hydrated by drinking diluted cordial. When I met my current partner (34M, let's call him Jim) I was drinking 30% cordial 70% water, which I admit now was strong. About 6 months into my relationship with Jim, he confessed he didn't like me drinking the juice because it made my breath smell bad (of the juice), it stopped me trying new foods and it stopped us from travelling cheap because we would have to pay for baggage just so I can take the juice on holiday. He even compared it to an addiction and how he was able to quit smoking so I can quit this. We decided to compromise and 1 year later I had reduced it down to 5% cordial. I was able to take my juice in mini aeroplane bottles and I had to admit I was tasting food better. However Jim was still not happy and we keep getting into fights about how 'disgusting' it is and it is putting him off wanting to kiss me. I can't even have other fruit flavoured drinks because Jim says it smells and tastes too similar. So I tried to give it up for him. It has been a month of attempting to drink sugar water. I am getting panic attacks and dehydrated because I'm not drinking enough. I am considering going back to the cordial because of this but I am worried I'd be letting myself and Jim down.

2025-11-27 11:54:57

Clara Jensen

Family

AITA for helping my sister walk when everyone thinks she is exaggerating?

Hello, I am 18F and my sister 12F has been complaining of body aches for a week now--she says all of her legs hurt in different places at different times + back hurts + head hurts, with ears getting blocked + hands as well. It really seems like her whole body is nothing but a ball of pain. How I help her walk is that I let her put her arm around my shoulders, while her available arm grips onto my arm. It seems to genuinely hurt her to stand, and she starts flopping even while trying to stand straight without hurt. The issue seems to be that sometimes she says that it hurts to simply lift her leg on the bed, whereas other times she does that without issue, and also twists in her sleep. (My father saw this through the camera-- she was moving around throughout her sleep.) We went to the doctor finally today, and he also seemed to agree that there was nothing too wrong. No arthritis in the blood report, nothing obviously wrong. He is my father's friend, I think? All this, and her general upbeat nature when she is sitting and playing with our cousin, has solidified our family's belief in the fact that she is faking. They think that the idea that she will get hurt and fall down is making her not put effort into trying to walk, and me being beside her ready to help is not helping. My father in particular has said all sorts of hurtful things, such as how she is faking to get attention from ME, that it's 2001% my fault, etc. He also did this very frustrating thing where he mocked the way that my sister screams when she tries to walk. (She scrunches up her face and screams "ahhh" or "ooh" when it hurts, and sometimes my father just laughs? Once he held a cane and imitated the noises, saying "omg i am hurting so bad" while laughing.) I really don't want to leave her alone in the room with my parents only, I think they have been very frustrating in this situation, as described above, but not leaving when they tell me to seems to just get added to my laundry list of flaws in this situation. I did leave once, when she first complained, and I returned to her crying and asking me why I abandoned her. It breaks my hurt to see her like this. She cries very often due to how much it hurts, due to not feeling stable when I try to make her hold me in a way my parents and relatives think is better. It seems like if I follow their instructions, I am betraying my sister. But I don't want to stunt her or hurt her, especially when the doctor also said her to just put in more effort to walk. Am I the asshole?

2025-11-27 11:52:55

Elise Dubois

Family

Teenager Scolded For Not Reacting To Half-Sister's Party Celebrating Parents' Divorce

My parents announced two months ago that they're getting divorced. I (16f) did kinda see it coming but it still makes me sad. My half sister (25f) has been celebrating ever since she heard. She cheered when our dad told her. She has gloated in my mom's and my faces. She told mom she can forget about being a part of her life or going to her wedding now, half sister is engaged. My half sister always hated that dad remarried after her mom died, when she was 5, and she said she never wanted to have my mom or me around. She was always praying for the end of the marriage. She used to try and break them up in the past. Dad would get so mad and frustrated with her but she never let the dream die and now her dream has come true. The last time mom or I saw my half sister was when dad was moving out. She stopped by briefly and she gloated so hard. This was also when she told mom she was no longer invited to the wedding and no longer going to be a part of her life. My mom was upset. Despite my half sister's dislike of her and constant disrespect, my mom loves her and she's sad to see it all end before they had a chance to be even friends. Though my mom always wanted to be family to my half sister. My maternal aunt saw my sister had posted on social media a party she threw and it turned out she was celebrating the divorce. My parents were upset. I could shrug it off because I knew she'd be so happy about this and her celebration does not surprise me at all. But my parents asked me why I'm so calm and collected about this. I told them I expected her reaction and I always knew she wanted this badly. They said they would expect me to be upset. I told them maybe if I expected different from her but I didn't. I pointed out that everyone in her comments knew too. There were loads about how she always called it and how glad they were she got this win. To me it's so dumb. My aunt confronted me afterward and told me I should be making a bigger deal out of it because it looks like I don't care about the weird and over the top reaction from my half sister. She said mom must feel like I don't care about her heartache at all. That it's rough to see a child she loved and helped raise cheer on the fact she's getting divorced from dad. AITA?

2025-09-13 22:04:07

Jonas Bergström

WIBTA

WIBTA if I left a nasty review for a place that didn’t treat our nanny well?

I'm signed up for a local toddler group in my community. We pay a yearly membership fee and each month, a different class is offered (music, art, yoga, etc). The meeting times are every 2nd Thursday of the month from 10am-11:30am. I work during this time but my daughter is home with our nanny. Today was the first class and I'm disgusted at how our nanny was treated. According to nanny this is how things went down: At the beginning of class they had everyone go around and introduce themselves and their kid. Our nanny obviously identified herself as little one's nanny and that's when things went sour. She said the leader looked surprised and said “oh are there any other nannies in here?” Everyone else was a mom so our nanny felt singled out. First strike. Then later they have some free time towards the end where the kids were just playing with each other. The leader approaches our nanny and says this is ||.....👇

2025-08-20 13:23:21

Clara Jensen

Movie Reviews

AITA for leaving a bad review after my cake order was canceled and u was reimbursed with a grocery store gift card?

So there is a woman in our community who has a home bakery and she decorates cakes. I contacted her in November about making a cake for my mother's 60th birthday in January. We confirmed the design and flavor as well as the price and date. We spoke again 3 weeks prior to confirm all details and I paid her the $100 she requested. The night before my mother's birthday she confirmed my cake would be ready by supper time. This morning she messaged me and told me that she was unable to obtain the main cake topper because, as she claimed, her friend who's store was making it for her, decided not to come in to work that day and she wanted to know what I wanted to do. I asked her if she could improvise something and asked asked how much of the cake was ready and how far in to it she was so we could figure out what to do for the design. To clarify, I ordered a chocolate cake with chocolate chunks made to look like a record player with a Queen album on top. The item whe couldn't get was the print of the album cover to put on the record. I thought maybe she could just write the word Queen and maybe make a simple drawing or something. She never responded about the cake or acknowledged that I still wanted it. Instead she responded saying "I don't do refunds except for Sobeys (a grocery store) gifts cards so you can see if they can make the cake for you." I told her I can't get to Sobeys today and asked if she can't give me my money back could I at least get a visa or Mastercard gift card so I could get to Dairy Queen or another closer store but she said no and refused to negotiate despite the fact that I didn't cancel the order and was prepared to give her creative license over the design. I got the gift card from her, which was clearly something she had gotten for Christmas and not something she had as compensation for clients. I ended up selling it for $80 so that I could but a simple cake from Dairy Queen and we left her a bad but honest review. Now she is upset and can't understand why we aren't satisfied. The fact is, of she had already gotten the ingredients and was working on the cake she wouldn't have just abandoned the project at the last minute and offered a refund. As her own mother said on Facebook, basically you forgot and had no money to pay her back. I don't know of she really forgot, because she had spoken to me the day before but she clearly either couldn't or didn't want to make that cake today. She feels since she gave me a gift card for the value of the cake that the issue is resolved and we shouldn't be upset. We feel she handled the situation badly and deserved the bad review on her page. Are we wring or should we take down or reviews? Edit: UPDATE! The gift card she gave me was empty. I contacted her and she initially blocked my. I then posted to her company page which prompted her to messge me saying she gave the wrong gift card and to come get the right one. I told her to sell it and give me my money. The said "I'll send you $90and that's it because you're family caused me too much trouble." And told me to leave her alone after that. My son just got turned away at rhe cash because out card declined and we had to use our credit card. She insisting I take the gift card or $90 cash. I'm looking in to small claims court now

2025-09-23 13:18:05

Luca Moretti

Family

AITA for reiterating my house rules to my in-laws

My husband and I take our shoes off in our house. Every time my mother-in-law has visited our house she has found a way to walk through the house in her shoes. She is not just forgetting--she is making conscious decisions (I won't go into detail, but it's not just forgetfulness). The last time she was in our house was 2 years ago Thanksgiving. She purposefully walked through the living room in shoes. She hasn't been back to our house due to the pandemic, but even before COVID I was adamant with my husband that I would have a serious discussion with her before she could come in again. The in-laws want to come for Thanksgiving this year. I sent them a message reiterating that they need to follow this house rule or we will be meeting them in hotels and AirBnBs from now on. Here's an excerpt (included since tone is important): "I have to remind everyone that we take our shoes off in the house. No exceptions. That means every single time, you wear shoes outside, no shoes inside. I will have a chair by the door so you can sit to put your shoes off and on. 99{39ca6eb452c0ce4419cd73a8f3bd18a23fe95ab4febb092bc2ab1b542eeea82f} of our guests respect this rule, and I hope I can have a stress-free Thanksgiving knowing that my guests respect the one house rule that I ask them to follow. Last Thanksgiving we hosted, I felt I had to be constantly vigilant, and that is stressful and means that I don't enjoy the holiday with my in-law family. I hope to have a peaceful, stress-free holiday, and that we can continue to invite guests into our home. If not, we will need to meet people who wear shoes in our home at Air BnBs and hotels, and not in our home." They told my husband they feel unwelcome now. Husband and brother-in-law say I was abrasive and aggressive. I was genuinely trying to assert my house rules without being mean. I do struggle with expressing myself and I do want a respectful relationship with my MIL. AITA? Edit: It's not for a few hours or one day. They have to drive 2 days to visit us, so they stay with us over several days for Thanksgiving. She doesn't have a medical issue that prohibits her from taking off her shoes. I know about her medical issues. I have reminded her repeatedly over 13 years, but I can't watch her 24/7. She enjoys sneaking ways to walk in the house with her sneakers on, or outside in her socks an dthen wear the socks inside ("What? I don't have my shoes on."). Yes my husband should have brought this up. Why do I want a relationship with her? Because she's family? Some people even said they would divorce me over this. Wow. Second edit: UPDATE. After I got off work I called my in-laws. MIL picked up, and she wanted to talk with my kid and not address the issue, but she handed the phone to FIL and he and I talked about it. He said, "She's just the kind of person who sometimes is going to do what you tell her, but sometimes she's going to ... forget." I said, "I'm not hearing 'Sorry it won't happen again', so let's get a hotel or an AirBnB for Thanksgiving." He was excited for the AirBnB--we got an affordable cabin in the woods. We're all going to meet there. It's definitely more expensive, but I will have a much better time because I don't care if she wears shoes in the AirBnB (unless that's the house rule there!).

2025-09-29 17:19:37

Jonas Bergström

Family

Man Rejects Family Naming Tradition, Lashes Out at Parent for Celebrating Sibling Who Embraces It

In our family it is tradition for the girls to be named after a flower, some examples Lily, Poppy, Rose and so on. I love the tradition and it is something that came from my family side. I have two sons and one girl. This is about my two sons and two DILS. My first son Mark married Kelly. Mark and Kelly had a babygirl and didn't follow the tradition. I was a bit sad about it but overall it is their kid. My other son Ryan and his wife Jenny, announced to the family that they are having a girl and will name her after a flower. This was over a family dinner They told me they will be keeping the tradition alive. I was really happy and gave them hug. I told them I am so excited for them and grateful that they are keeping the tradition alive. I asked if they would like to look at my family books, to see if a name pops out or if they wanted help. They agreed and I spent about a hour looking at names with them. The problem is mark and Kelly told me I was being a jerk. That I was never that happy when I learned about what they named my first granddaughter. That I need to apologize ASAP. I don't think I did anything wrong, but an outside option would be nice.

2026-03-15 15:40:44

Jonas Bergström

Movie Reviews

AITA for putting more effort into decorating my son's room than my stepdaughter's?

I (40F) have been with my husband (43M) for several years. He has a daughter (13F) from a previous relationship. When we started dating and I was introduced to her, he made it very clear that she already had parents and didn’t need another one—what she needed was an advocate and mentor. I was absolutely fine with that and have always tried to respect those boundaries. For the most part, our relationship is good. She’s a great kid. Now, we also have a son together (3M). He’s my first and only biological child, and I had wanted him for a very long time. Here’s the issue: I had a very specific vision for my son’s room that I’d planned well in advance. I painted two ombre walls that go from grass green to sky blue and transition into a dusty blue ceiling covered in glow-in-the-dark stars. His ceiling light has a sun-shaped lampshade, and his nightlight is a moon. He has a Montessori-style floor bed designed to look like a tent, a grassy rug, a ball pit that looks like a pool, tree trunk–shaped toy chests that double as chairs and a table, and a tree-shaped bookshelf. I paid for all of this myself. When it came to my stepdaughter’s room, we asked her what she wanted. She said she wanted a reading nook, so we created one with a small round mattress, a ton of cushions in her favorite colors, and a mosquito net canopy. She chose her wall colors (solid block shades), and we did the room together. We split the cost 50/50. The rest of the furniture in her room was purchased by my husband before I came into the picture, and he doesn’t see any point in replacing it since it’s still in good condition. As a result, I didn’t have much say in that space. Recently, after seeing my son’s room fully set up, my stepdaughter got upset. She said I clearly put way more effort into his space than hers and accused me of playing favorites because he's “actually mine.” I tried to explain that I didn’t want to overstep when it came to her room and that she made most of the choices herself. But now she feels hurt and like I don't care as much about her. I do feel guilty because I can see how, from her perspective, it looks unfair. But I also don’t know how to navigate doing more without violating the boundaries my husband and I set early on. I’m not her parent, and I didn’t want to push decisions onto her room. At the same time, I now wonder if I should have tried harder or been more involved.

2025-10-28 17:32:29

Luca Moretti

Relationships

AITAH for refusing to make my boyfriend’s “Dream Meal” after he left a written performance review of my cooking?

I (27F) live with my boyfriend (29M), and we’ve been together for about two years. Since we moved in, I’ve been the one doing most of the cooking. I enjoy it, and honestly, my boyfriend is kind of a mess in the kitchen. Like, he managed to set an egg on fire once (yes, I’m still unsure how). Anyway, a couple of weeks ago, he started hinting that he had a “Dream Meal” in mind. He kept mentioning these elaborate dishes he’d seen on some chef’s YouTube channel, and I thought he was just fangirling over recipes. But one day, I came home to find a literal printed *performance review* on the kitchen counter. It was formatted with bullet points, headings, and even a “rating” system he’d devised. My cooking was graded across categories like “Flavor Complexity” and “Plating Aesthetic.” According to his “report,” I needed “significant improvement” in everything but portion size. (Which he rated 5/5—gee, thanks.) When he got home, I asked if he was serious. He shrugged and said he thought I’d “appreciate the feedback” since he had put “so much thought into it.” He then casually dropped that maybe if I improved, I could “try out” his Dream Meal. I laughed (or maybe snorted?), told him if he had such high standards, he should try cooking it himself. Since then, I haven’t made a single thing for him. He’s been living on frozen pizza and takeout, and he’s starting to complain that I’m “overreacting” to his “constructive criticism.”

2026-03-15 16:25:24

Jonas Bergström

Movie Reviews

Entitled Parents Slam Hotel Manager With Unjust Rating For Speaking Up About Babysitting And Feeding Their Abandoned Kids On Hotel’s Tab

In the hotel industry we usually get all kind of guests: entitled people, weirdos, thiefs etc (but also nice people). In that property, bunks beds in dormitory are usually available, and some rooms can also be made private (we provide a key to lock their door). Among my numerous guests, i had a lovely family of five members that arrived. They were not used to hostels and guesthouses as I could see on their face. I took a few minutes to explain how it worked, free coffee and tea, in the main areas, food can be stored in x fridge etc, here is the key for your room. They seemed very concerned about safety and theft, which I tried to reassure them about, mentioning the security cameras and the general safety of Japan. The day after i was in my office, taking care of my usual business, bookings, complains etc. My receptionist (R) came at around 11.30 to ask me something. Then i saw the three kids (really young, from 4 to 8 years old max. Can't remember). "They told us to stay here and to ask the receptionist to borrow money to buy food." They confirmed they had no money and did not know when their parents would return. I sent an email to the parents just in case but had to take care of the kids. After finishing my morning work, i took the kids to grab some food outside and use my personal money to get some meals. My receptionist after her shift took the kids for a walk around and see some local places at a walking distance. The kids then spent the afternoon by my side watching some tv, and another staff brought some sweets from a 7/11 (convenience store). We took care of the kids all day and at around 7pm the parents came down. They acted normal. I tried to explain politely to the EP that it is not okay to leave their kida here without any people to watch over them. They countered that I assured them it was a safe place with cameras. When I mentioned it was not our responsibility to feed them, they argued that they paid for the room and demanded service. The father stated they just wanted one day alone after two weeks of family time. They left to have dinner together and checked out early in the morning. They never paid me back the money i used to feed their kids and left me a 3 stars review stating the staff was rude and service average.

2026-03-15 16:53:39

Anya Petrova

Movie Reviews

AITA for redecorating my apartment while my roommate was away?

So my roommate was struggling with work stress and said she needed to get away for a while. She told me she was taking a "temporary break" from our living situation and going to stay with her sister across the country. When I asked what she meant by temporary break, she said she needed space to figure things out and asked me to give her that. After she left, I sent her a few messages checking if she made it there okay and asking how she was doing. Radio silence. I called once and left a voicemail asking if she was planning to come back at all. Nothing. I figured she'd basically moved out without telling me, and my coworkers agreed when I vented about it at lunch. I was frustrated about being stuck with full rent, so my manager suggested I do something positive to reclaim the space and make it feel like mine again. My roommate has severe light sensitivity and migraines, so we'd always kept the apartment really dim with heavy curtains and soft lighting. But since she'd apparently bailed on me, I decided to completely redecorate. I painted the walls bright white, hung sheer curtains, added several large mirrors, and installed new overhead LED fixtures. The place went from a cave to feeling like a sunny studio apartment. Two months later, my roommate texted saying she was flying back next week and we needed to discuss "resuming our arrangement." I was confused and asked what arrangement she meant. She said she was ready to move back in and had worked through her issues. She wanted to talk about getting a bigger place together. I texted back asking what she was talking about since she'd moved out. No response. Last week she showed up with her suitcases talking about how much personal growth she'd done and how excited she was about our future as roommates. Then she walked into the living room and completely lost it. She asked how I could redecorate everything when I know bright lights trigger her migraines. I told her that since she'd moved out, I didn't think her preferences mattered anymore. She said she never moved out. I said abandoning me with no communication for two months was moving out. She said she told me it was temporary and she was staying with family. I said ignoring all my messages was abandoning the situation. We went in circles until she said she had to leave because the lighting was already giving her a headache. I think she moved out and I had every right to redecorate my own place. She thinks she was just taking a break and I deliberately made the apartment unlivable for her.

2025-12-24 15:35:07

Jonas Bergström

Movie Reviews

AITAH for celebrating that someone got deported finally?

My stepsiblings' father has been under a final deportation order for years, and he finally *finally* got deported recently. I was at my dad's house and his wife told me, and I was thrilled. I told her congratulations, and she was really happy about it too. I mentioned the situation to a friend of mine and he said "dude, that is so fucked up. How can you be happy that someone got deported?" I explained to my friend that this guy is a huge POS that treated my stepsister like garbage and was always harassing my step brother for being too westernized. He was awful to his ex and kids, and he was supposed to be deported years ago anyway. My friend says deportation is cruel and amoral, and that it's never okay to celebrate it. Even if a person is a bad person they don't deserve to be deported. If he's as bad as I say he should be in jail, not sent to a dangerous country. I don't think that's fair. He never had permission to live here in the first place, it just took a long time to remove him. His own biological kids are happy about it. Am I seriously an asshole for this?

2026-01-20 21:08:30

Clara Jensen

Family

Older Sister Snaps At Family For Tolerating Her Younger Sister's Bad Attitude

My sister is two years younger than me and has autism. Lately she’s been saying stuff such as “Get over it” “Don’t be a baby” “You’re stupid” Dumb little insults, etc etc. I’ve told her that it genuinely hurts my feelings, but she goes off again telling me she doesn’t care and that I’m a wuss, etc. I have tried to tell our mum about this but she told me every time, “She doesn’t understand what she’s saying, you need to give her time, she’s still learning what’s right and wrong to say.” Which is bullcrap, because she’s 13 and even with autism should know what’s okay and what’s not to say, I get it if she accidentally says something disrespectful without realising it once, but when she continues with an attitude and mean comments and insults, that’s too far and I think she knows it. I’m not saying I know her situation at all but I’ve told her how I feel. She should know by now. So a few nights ago, at the dinner table, I was saying something that happened during school that day and she blurted out, “Nobody cares!”. Silence. I sighed and expressed my annoyance, clearly frustrated since she’d interrupted me to be snarky. My mum saw the frustration in me and quietly told me, “Come on, you know she has autism. You can’t get mad at her, she doesn’t know that this is wrong of her.” I just bursted. I stood up and started yelling, and I was so mad that I can barely remember what I said but it was something like “I know she has autism but come on. She’s being a complete b-word (don’t know if the real word can be said here), and she knows it. I’ve told her how I feel so many times and she’s been all snarky and a-hole-ish about it. She has to know by now that she’s making me upset, accept it guys, she’s being a fat b- and we all know it.” I stormed up to my room and I’d lost my appetite. My family didn’t talk to me for that whole night, and my sister cried loudly basically the whole time. My family is now giving me annoyed looks when I walk by and they’re speaking to my other sisters but not me, they’ll give me lunch for school but they won’t talk and they’ll give me an angry face when I look at them. I don’t know if I should apologise for what I said. My sister looks genuinely really upset when I go by or do anything. Now, I know that girl, despite her autism she puts on a good poker face, but it looks so genuine and real this time around. AITA?

2026-03-15 19:51:48

Elise Dubois

Family

Mother Refuses To Take Son To In-Laws' When Their Other Grandchild Is Present Because She Is Violent, Faces Criticism For Separating Family

So my niece (8f) is the only girl on my husbands side of the family. He has two brothers and they each have sons except for the one girl in question. We have one 10 month old son and I’m pregnant with another boy. Being pregnant with a newly mobile baby is obviously very tiring so my in laws have offered to take him 1-2 during the week so I can rest and get errands done without baby in tow. I am very thankful for this! However, they also watch my niece multiple times a week and while she is an incredibly sweet and smart girl, the princess complex is REAL. Between being the first grandchild and the only girl she is beyond spoiled by my in laws. Her parents are also big on “permissive” parenting meaning she eats nothing but candy and ice cream and watches TV 12 hours a day. I’ve been with my husband for 10 years so I’ve seen her behavior grow worse and worse over the years (through no fault of her own) but I’ve always had a not my kid not my problem mindset. Except now it is becoming my problem. My son is a great sleeper as long as he is kept to his schedule. Multiple times now my in laws have said “oh btw Son missed his nap today” when I ask why they laugh and say Niece couldn’t help herself and went into the room where he he was sleeping and woke him up. I then have to deal with an over tired and off schedule baby. I send my baby over with books and they have asked to be able to keep some of them because Niece really likes that book…. no? We need books to read to my son at home. The final straw is when I walked in and Niece was yanking son around by his arms. My son can stand up and is working on walking and she was basically dragging him by the arm while he was half standing and in laws are just sitting there watching. After that I informed in laws that they will not be babysitting when niece is around anymore. They are more than welcome to watch him when no one else is over there because they actually do a good job otherwise but when niece is there they seem to forget my baby is a human with autonomy and allow her to treat him as her doll. They’re incredibly pissed at us and say we hate Niece. We don’t but we obviously love our son more and don’t like him being mistreated by her/them. I’m wondering if I’m an asshole for not giving a more vague explanation of why he won’t be coming over as much and maybe placing too much blame on an 8 year old.

2026-03-15 17:18:09

Jonas Bergström

Movie Reviews

AITAH for not seperating drinks in a cooler

Last weekend I hosted a small barbecue at my house. I invited a few friends and some neighbors since the weather was nice. One of my neighbors brought their young kid who is about eight years old. I set out food, drinks, and a cooler with beer and soda. Everything was going fine until I noticed the kid had taken one of the beers from the cooler. I immediately took it away and told him that it was not for him. The neighbor got upset and said I should not have put alcohol where kids could reach it. I was confused because the cooler was sitting on the patio next to the grill, clearly full of beer cans, and I did not expect an eight year old to just grab one without asking. I told the parent that they should be keeping an eye on their child. The parent got defensive and left early with the kid. Now word has gotten around to some of the other neighbors and I feel like people are whispering about me being careless. I feel bad because I did not want anyone to feel uncomfortable at my house, but at the same time I do not think it was my responsibility to childproof everything when there were parents right there.

2025-10-28 17:37:03

Elise Dubois