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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

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

Movie Reviews

AITA for celebrating my birthday which is the 1 year anniversary of my nephew's death?

My (25F) nephew (4M) passed away 1 year ago because of cancer. It was right on my birthday and there was no celebration, there was nothing, because everyone was devastated. My sister Denise is still grieving, she's in therapy and making some progress, but it's been slow. My family and I try to be as supportive as possible. Birthdays in my family are very important, we throw huge parties, I believe and have been taught that birthdays are important and should be cherished. Yesterday was my birthday. Obviously I felt bad about the anniversary of my nephew's death, but I was also a little down about not being able to celebrate like I used to and my girlfriend knew that. In the morning, I went to Denise's house, stayed by her side until almost lunch time, when my mother would stay with her (we didn't want to leave her alone, but no one could stay all day). I went to work and at night, my girlfriend made a surprise at home with a candlelight dinner and a small cake. Something very intimate and for both of us, since my family was in a bad way. I didn't post on social media, but my girlfriend posted a picture of us holding hands and the dinner she made with "Happy Bday, Love". My mom and Denise follow her on Instagram. I woke up the next day to hundreds of texts from my mom and Denise, asking if I was celebrating even though it was such a sad day and how heartless I was to celebrate knowing my sister was in such a bad way. Even though I said it was a surprise, they called me cold, heartless and insensitive to the pain of others, saying I should have refused to celebrate. I was just glad I celebrated, because it's something important to me and I didn't even realize when my girlfriend posted this photo on insta. Btw, in case you were wondering, none of them remembered it was my birthday. AITA?

2025-10-23 19:07:33

Elise Dubois

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

Advice

16-Year-Old Voices Her Wish To Live With Her Dad After Six Years Of Tolerating Neglect And Favoritism From Her Mom With The Help Of Her New Husband

I (16F) used to have a good relationship with my mother. That has since crashed and burned since she dated and married my stepdad “Gary” six years ago. Gary treats his son “Ian” (19M) like he’s the center of the universe and expects my mother to as well, so she does. Anything Ian wants, Ian gets and that usually comes at the expense of me. Ian wanted my room when they moved it? I was forced to go to another room to “make the transition easier for everyone.” Ian wanted a car for his 16th birthday? I didn’t get braces for another year. Ian wanted to go on an expensive trip for Spring Break? I had to give up Volleyball to make it happen. Ian wanted to have his side of the family over? I was expected to find somewhere else to be, since I wasn’t family. My mother just went along with all of this and acted like it shouldn’t affect me at all. My dad was overseas for a long time, and we used to FaceTime and he was so upset by what he was hearing. He’s home now and he’s offering to have me come live with him. I’m not seeing a reason not to go, and so I told my mom I wanted to go live with my dad. She predictably freaked out and asked why I’d want to do that and said that we had such a good relationship, she didn’t understand how this came so out of the blue. I told her that we haven’t had a good relationship since she blindly decided to follow Gary’s lead and give Ian anything he wanted, and it always came at my expense. I said I also wanted to leave because she let them kick me out of my own house because ”I wasn’t family” so I was going to go live with someone who was. My mom started crying and said she wouldn’t let me go, so I told her that my dad was willing to go to court over it and I was old enough to be able to say where I wanted to be. She’s been a crying mess since I told her, and Gary is being a jackass about how awful I’m being. Here’s where I might be the asshole. He was bitching at me about how terribly I’m treating them and how I’m not thinking about them at all. I asked why should I, he never thought of me when he was taking things from me to give to his kid. I said let’s face facts here, you don’t care about me, what you care about is losing the child support you spend on your son. It sort of went slack jawed and I walked off. My dad said my mom called and threatened to take him to court, so he said he’d see her there. Now she’s panicking because she realized he is planning on taking her to court over this. Mom and Gary of course think I’m the asshole for “making things hard” for everyone, but my dad and grandparents say to leave and never look back. AITA for wanting to get away from this situation?

2025-10-30 10:01:21

Luca Moretti

Relationships

AITA for leaving a repairman a bad review for flirting with my wife?

The air conditioner broke last week while I was out of town and my wife had to call an emergency technician in the middle of the night. A company we’d used before without issues sent a guy over. He fixed the air conditioner no problem, but once he’d left I woke up to a million missed texts and calls from my wife, who was hysterical. Apparently within minutes of showing up he made comments about her body and other suggestive statements. She made it clear she wasn’t interested without being outright rude because she didn’t want him to get mad and leave without fixing the air conditioner. The tech kept trying to put moves on her, then after he’d fixed the A/C, he didn’t leave right away, trying to feed her some lines about how she seemed to be home alone and he could “spend the night to make sure she was safe.” Eventually he realized he was driving down a dead end and left, but the whole thing just really freaked her out, having some guy in the house who didn’t leave when asked and everything. I was pissed to hear about all this, and she was shaken up by the incident, so we left a review on their Google and Yelp pages saying what had happened. The company is pretty small so the owner called me to apologize a couple days later and said the tech had had a few drinks that night, not expecting to be called out to an emergency job, and that “his sense of humor had clearly been misinterpreted” by my wife. He asked me to take my review down because it called the tech out by first name and apparently a review saying he was coming onto a female customer could cause some personal problems for the guy. The owner also reasoned that the business was an air conditioner repair business, not a bedside manner business, and that they did fix the air conditioner, so deserved a higher rating. I told them our review stands, and they basically said we were assholes for threatening the reputation of their business and the personal reputation of the tech over a single misunderstanding. On the one hand, they did fix the air conditioner, and that’s what we called them to do. On the other hand, I feel like this is relevant information for people considering hiring them, even if it was a one time thing. AITA?

2025-10-30 09:59:41

Anya Petrova

Current Events

Update: AITA for refusing to cook after my BF tried to “critique” my cooking with a literal PowerPoint presentation?

After reading your comments and taking some time to process what happened, I decided that our relationship needed a serious talk. I sat him down to discuss how his presentation came across as not just unfunny, but pretty disrespectful. Well, what does he do? He smirks and goes, “Oh, I was prepared for this!” He actually grabs his laptop, connects it to the TV again, and presents me with another PowerPoint titled “How to Take a Joke: A Comprehensive Guide.” Slide 1 featured a meme of a clown putting on makeup with my name plastered over it. Slide 2? A bullet point list titled, “Why Your Overreaction is Hilarious.” Slide 3 was titled, “How I’m Clearly the Comedian in this Relationship.” At this point, I was too stunned to speak. But then he pulled out Slide 6: “Things You Can Do While Not Cooking (Because You’re Mad).” So, I did what any rational, PowerPoint-loving person would do. I made my own. I stayed up all night crafting a presentation called “Why It’s Time to Move On: A Farewell Guide.” It had everything: flowcharts mapping his incompetence in the kitchen, pie charts illustrating my happiness before and after “The Great Presentation Debacle,” and my personal favorite—Slide 9, a GIF of Gordon Ramsay yelling: „GET OUT!” This morning, I sat him down and went through my PowerPoint with the same energy he had given me. His reaction was priceless. He started with that same smirk but lost it somewhere around Slide 4: “Top Ten Reasons You’re Moving Out Today.” By the time I got to the “Resources for Finding Your Own Apartment” slide, he was packing a bag. Now, before anyone worries, yes, he did actually leave. And no, I didn’t even have to threaten him with Slide 12, which was just a photo of me blocking the Wi-Fi router. So, yeah, we broke up, and I’m single, happy, and cooking meals for myself without any critique except my cat’s judgmental stare. I still can’t believe how all of this went down over the course of one single weekend. But I now feel pretty good about myself. Fun fact, some of you were right: he actually is a business consultant, so making PowerPoint presentations is quite literally his day job. I guess he took “bringing work home” to a whole new, unwelcome level.

2025-10-11 20:45:29

Clara Jensen

Movie Reviews

AITA for leaving a bad review on a small store

So my boyfriend and I have a tradition for our anniversary that we each go to a store and separate, and after we buy each other gifts we exchange in the car. It’s silly and cute. We walked into this new mom & pop anime store (I am a huge anime nerd and my boyfriend likes video games which they also sell). We separate and I go look at stuff for my boyfriend. A worker walks up to me and starts chatting, then points at my leg. I have a pretty big tattoo of Kakashi from Naruto on my thigh, among other anime tattoos. He asks if I got that for my boyfriend and I said no, I’ve always loved Naruto and then showed him my other tattoos which included the leaf village symbol, Gaara of the sands gourd, and a piece on my arm of Asuma Sarutobi. He started quizzing me on the lore of the anime and I told him I wouldn’t have spent $1000 on tattoos of an anime I didn’t know about, and I didn’t appreciate him trying to catch me in a “Gotcha” moment. He told me he didn’t believe a girl could ever fully understand the real story of Naruto and the depth behind it (lol). I told him I didn’t need his services and he can go back to the front desk. He told me I was a “rude wannabe bitch” and walked into the back and I continued purchasing my items. I left a review later, TLDR: if you’re feminine presenting enter with caution, one of the employees will call you a bitch when you don’t want to prove your “nerd cred” to him. The owner left a comment on my review asking for an email conversation and asked that I take down my review because people have started complaining about this employee as well and his sale revenue has dropped. I told him I wouldn’t and maybe he shouldn’t hire misogynists if he doesn’t want bad reviews. My friends tell me I’m over reacting. AITA?

2025-11-01 18:31:03

Clara Jensen

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

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

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

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