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My brother insulted my life as a stay-at-home dad so I shut him up with one graphic truth

I(36M) am married to a wonderful woman(34). When we first got married 8 years ago, I was making about $36k and she was making $230k. Fast foreward a year and we welcome a sweet baby girl. After her maternity leave was up, I took my vacation to stay with my baby. Well I found out that being a dad and taking care of the house is 1000 times better than working in a stressful office. We discussed it, and I became a full time SAHD. I like being a SAHD. I even enjoy keeping the house clean, cooking, taking care of the kids (7F, 4M and 1M), being involved in the mom groups, little league...etc. The only person who seems to have a problem with things is my older brother (44M). I don't know how, but despite being raised by parents who are very much champions of equal rights, he grew up to be the embodiment of "man provides and guides, woman makes home and follows". Which is why he is a 2 times divorcee who has terrible relationships with his kids. For the past 7 years he has been making jokes about me, trying to emply that I am less of a man because my wife earns money while "I play little wife". I ignore him if I'm in the mood to, or just shake my head at him. Well my wife and I were drunk one time and we came up with a bit of a naughty solution. He gives major vibes of being a prude (and is casually homophobic TBH). So when he made a joke last Sunday along the lines that "if you were married to a man, you would 100{39ca6eb452c0ce4419cd73a8f3bd18a23fe95ab4febb092bc2ab1b542eeea82f} be the bottom" I hit him with "funny you say that, I am a bottom. 'wife' really knows gow to use a dildo and harness to make a man see the starts". He turned so red, everyone kind of let out a shocked laugh and he finally shut up. After a while he said that he did not want to hear about what I do with my wife in our bedroom. I said if he keeps his comments to himself, I would have no reason to share. But today mom called me to say that he refuses to attend Sunday dinner if I am there unless I apologize. I refused to and mom is now the one feeling bad. So AITA?

2025-09-26 15:35:44

Jonas Bergström

Family

My little brother secretly recorded me in the bathroom. He has a video that could destroy my life

I was texting friends and went outside my room to grab a towel. My little brother asked what I was doing. I told him I was about to shower, and he ran into my bathroom. He was in there for maybe 30 seconds. I didn't think much of it—I was focused on my phone. I think he attached a camera somewhere in there during that time. My dad recently bought a small GoPro, so that's probably what he used. After he came out, I didn't think twice. I grabbed my vibrator, went in, did my thing, used the toilet, showered, and came out. As soon as I was dressed, my brother ran back into my room, into the bathroom again, and then darted out. It was weird. I got suspicious and followed him, but he locked himself in my parents' bedroom. About twenty minutes later, he came out and showed me a screenshot from a video. He said he had the whole thing—over thirty minutes of it. I lost it. I yelled at him and said if he didn't give me his phone and let me delete it, I'd tell our parents what he did. He threatened me back—said if I told them, he'd show them the video of me with the vibrator. Here's the thing. We live in a very conservative household. My parents would not take me masturbating lightly. I bought that vibrator behind their back. If they found out, they'd be furious at me. Honestly, they'd probably be more angry at me than at him for what he did. He also threatened to send the video to all my friends if I told our parents.

2026-03-23 08:56:57

Luca Moretti

Relationships

Friend Went To A Shady Sex Club Alone And Is Now Blaming Me For Her Bad Experience

I (26f) live in metro Atlanta. There's a sex toy shop in the city that also has an underground sex "club" that people can visit for a fee. Well... I've always been warned not to go by myself or other women because there are tons of predators at that place. If it's unsafe to go there even with a group, I'd rather avoid going there. My friend (28f) and I were chatting the other day and she asked me if I heard of the place. I said yes and that I was warned about the place. She perked her ears up, asked why, mentioned that she's been wanting to go for a while. I emphasized that I've been warned about the place, and she asked if I could be a bodyguard since I'm good at setting boundaries. I told her *again* that I'd rather not go to a place with a horrendous reputation. I'm not sure why she's so adamant about going and wanting me to come along. She tried to guilt trip me by saying "what if something happens to me if you don't come along?" I shut it down by saying "That's not my fault nor my responsibility. I warned you repeatedly. Stop guilt tripping me." Well I thought that was the end of it since she shut up about it. Guess what... She ended up going alone. Luckily she said she didn't go downstairs. She told me that as soon as she stepped her feet inside the regular toy shop, guys immediately started sizing her up and she ended up walking out of the store. She still tried to guilt trip me by telling me "it wouldn't have happened if you came along!" AITA for not going with my friend after repeatedly warning her?

2025-09-02 17:17:47

Jonas Bergström

Personal Stories

I Bought a $50k Guitar for $4k and Now the Seller Is Trying to Ruin My Life

This happened a while back. My wife and I still talk about it every once in a while. She's on my side and most of our friends and family are. However when it happened it was like WW3 between us and her co-workers and others. Here we go...I've been playing the guitar for 22 years. I know guitar values and whatnot very well. I'm very into the guitar market. At my wife's old company she was hanging out with co-workers one day after work and she mentioned that I play guitar. A co-worker who I guess is very popular at work said that his dad passed away and he was selling his dads things. His dad had a guitar and asked my wife if I'd be interested in it. My wife texted me and I said to have him send me the info on the guitar and the price. The next day he texted me the pics and price. It was a 1952 Telecaster in mint condition. He had the original receipts which was crazy! (That's how I knew the date). I asked what he wanted for it and he said he "looked up Telecasters online and he thinks $4,000 is fair". I texted back, "I'll take it for $4,000" and went to pick it up. The guitar had no sentimental value to him at all. Here's the issue at hand. The guitar was/is worth approximately $50,000 depending on the buyer and I knew it. When I got the guitar I told my wife the price and what it was worth. She was floored. Fast forward two weeks her co-worker tells my wife he just found out what the guitar was actually worth from a family friend and wanted it back. She said, "well he really likes the guitar and he knew it was worth $50,000 which is why he was floored you offered it to him for $4,000. He really likes it and I doubt he will sell it back, but you can ask." (Probably not the smartest thing for her to say, but she was caught off guard and it's not her fault or problem). He contacted me and asked to buy it back. I said that it's not for sale. He then said I scammed him and he was going to "sue me and take my wife to HR for being a part of the scam." Which was nuts, but he actually did contact HR. They were cool about it and said it's not their problem. It's between him and me. Over the next few months he made things very uncomfortable for my wife at work. He would bug her constantly about it. She eventually had to go to HR for harassment and they actually let him go (She complained twice and he was warned and didn't stop). He's contacted me several times about it so I got a restraining order for harassment too. I blocked him too. I haven't heard from him in about a year. AITA? UPDATE: Well this post blew up way beyond what I was expecting. It looks like I was voted Not The Asshole. There's over 5000 comments. I couldn't read them all, but I did read a lot. Just to clear up some things. I left somethings out because I didn't want it to influence opinions and really wanted it to be about me buying a guitar at significantly lower market value vs the people in the story. I did include the fact that the guy was harassing my wife at work not to make the guy sound bad, but because I thought it was relevant to the story. Here's some specific details I chose not to include: The guy and his dad were not close at all. So those people saying he was grieving and I took advantage of him, that is 100{39ca6eb452c0ce4419cd73a8f3bd18a23fe95ab4febb092bc2ab1b542eeea82f} not the case. When I went to get the guitar he was telling me he hadn't talked to his dad in six years and was actually annoyed he had to deal with a funeral. The dad bought the guitar new and never played it. Luckily it was stored in a closet and not in a basement or attic. There's no issue with the wood or electronics. It plays like a dream and I couldn't be happier. I am not selling the guitar to the son or anyone. It will be with me for a long time. I'm in my 30's so maybe in 30 years it will find a new home. I would have MAYBE considered giving the guy more money or giving him one of my guitars to sell on his own, but I decided not to do that after he left a terrible voicemail on my phone the day he found out the real value. He demanded it back like he was entitled to an object he sold fair and square, called me a POS, called my wife a POS and said he would "do bad things" if I didn't sell him the guitar back. And to those people who say they would have told the guy the real value. That's a load of horse shit. If you went to a garage sale/estate sale and saw an item worth $5000 priced at $50 there's not a snowballs chance in hell you would walk up to the homeowner and tell them they mis-priced it. You'd buy the item and then tell all your friends and family what a great score you got! Don't even kid yourself like you wouldn't do that. I don't feel bad about buying an awesome guitar at a steal of a price. I was curios what others would think and it looks like I'm not the asshole so thank you reddit. I can play the guitar with zero guilt now. Not like I felt guilty before, but now my feelings are justified.

2025-09-27 10:55:48

Luca Moretti

Relationships

My Ex Wants Me to Adopt His Daughter After He Destroyed My Life—I Said No

My ex and I share three children together ages 12, 11 and 9. Our marriage broke down bitterly more than 8 years ago. He had fallen for someone else. She was someone who had treated me like shit for months for what was then an unknown reason to me. But either they were having an emotional affair or a physical one but something was brewing between them. She took her anger at the fact he was married out on me and when he was finally honest and open with me, he allowed her to come into the home we had shared to tell me she was going to be my kids mom and she would take my life over. So things were not good for a long time and I have never forgiven him for how all of that was handled. Especially when I had a very difficult time after the birth of our youngest. Fast forward 18 months and they're married and she's pregnant. Ex is having a hard time getting our kids excited and happy and attempts to get me to play happy family with them for the sake of the kids. I told him the only positive thing I could do was say nothing at all, because I was not going to play friends or like a caring family member for them or their baby. When his daughter was born the mom bailed. Apparently she hadn't really wanted kids, just him, but realized he was never going to love her more than the kids. She died a little less than 6 months later. When he found out he wanted me to get involved with his daughter. He told me his ex wasn't coming back and he had three kids with two parents and one with just him. I told him I would never be that little girl's mother. Over the years I have attempted to get used to this little girl. She's innocent and my children's half sister. I am not playing a familial role but I am friendly around her and interact with her on occasion. Mostly I try to make things easier for my kids. Ex tried to remarry again but his daughter wanted a mother and the woman did not want to be one. So she's had a chaotic life. Ex has been suffering from some health problems for a number of years now. He's due to have a pretty big surgery to try and help. But he has nobody who can take care of his daughter while he's off his feet. He asked me. While also asking me he wanted to request that I be willing to become her guardian if something were to happen to him. This is where more hard lines were drawn and I said no. He begged me and I told him I did not want to raise his child or to look after her/spend that amount of time with her. He told me it would be better for her to be with me than friends of his who have no kids. He said it would be better for her to be with family. I told him there was no way. He tried to get our kids involved but they told him it would be weird to for her to live with us. I was pissed at him for involving them like that. We argued for more than a week. He called me an AH for taking this out on his child. Then I found out she knew. She looked so sad when I saw her last. And knowing what she's been through. I have to ask AITA? ETA: Some questions have been asked a few times so I feel like I should try to answer in my main post. Ex's family are not involved. They do not like each other. They do not have a relationship. They do not stay in touch. Last I knew they all live in different countries and have no interest in a relationship. The mom's family... it's complicated and I can't go into a lot but they are not involved and are not really suitable people to have around/raising a child. So they would not be around to take care of her either. My children are not close with her. They are not unkind. But they are far closer with each other than they are her and they don't have the same relationship with her as they have with each other. It's not even close to it really. The little girl in question is 6.

2025-10-03 08:55:06

Elise Dubois

Family

Daughter-in-law insulted my lifestyle so I kicked her out of my home for good

I’m a young MIL, I’m only 39. Had my kids pretty young and I am very lucky that my husband makes a lot of money so I don’t have to work. I was a SAHM for a long time and once they started to spread their wings instead of going to work my husband and I decided I would be a home maker and be active in the community. That’s what I have been up to and I try to make the community a better place. Now my oldest son 22 married and I was really excited until I met her. In general she is a very business focus person that is very blunt. I actively dislike her but I try to be polite for my sons sake. A few examples of why I don’t like her, her wedding gift I handed over saying it was from me and my husband. She responded back with just your husband since I know it wasn’t your money that paid for it. Saying I am volunteering well that’s not a real job since it doesn’t make money. It’s passive aggressive and yes I have talked to my son about it and even once’s with her to try to clear the air. We had a get together last night and i made a homemade meal. When I was playing everything she came up and made the comment other no wonder I could make a home cooked meal I don’t do anything else with my day. I lost it and told her that she needs to respect me or ge the fuck out of my house. She was shocked and then started to cry when I did kick her out. My son is pissed and we had a huge argument and he called me a huge asshole. I need an outside opinion.

2025-09-27 09:20:19

Luca Moretti

Family

My Sister Demanded My Monthly Allowance Because She's Jealous Of My Lifestyle

My (26F) sister (32F) "Bethy" and I are both stay-at-home moms. I have 1F twins; she has three sons, 6M, 4M, and 2M. My husband, Micheal, is a master plumber who makes excellent money; he owns his own business, and I couldn't be prouder of him. I used to be a librarian; I have my MLS and bachelor's in Education. During the birth of our girls, on the way to the hospital in the ambulance, we hit a speed bump, and I was injured. I am now an ambulatory wheelchair user and attend physical therapy, as I am learning to walk again. I hurt from my hips down, but my babies are worth it. We decided I would be a SAHM after my first surgery, and my husband gives me $3000/month to use how I want to, as "payment for being such a good mom" We are extraordinarily blessed financially, and I'm happy being able to see my girls growing up. Bethy's husband, Jackson, is an elementary school teacher, but teaching doesn't pay much in our state. Bethy has been a SAHM for the entirety of her marriage and is used to having to scrimp and save for things. She asked me out for coffee recently and I accepted. I was chatting with her when I mentioned that our girls would start baby swim classes soon. I was happy the pool was wheelchair accessible. Bethy started ranting about how expensive swimming lessons are and how she could never afford to put her boys in swimming. I said I was also excited about playgroup this week, as I had been nervous to go the first time we had gone because none of the other moms and dads in the group used mobility aids. When I mentioned the name of the playgroup I go to with my girls, Bethy became angry because it's one of the more expensive playgroups. She was angry because "I knew money was tight." and "I didn't even think to invite her and Jackson's son because then she wouldn't have to pay for daycare. She then asked if my husband gave me an allowance. She was a bit angry, and people were starting to stare, so I said yes and asked her to keep her voice down. She wondered how much it was, and I told her. She asked if I could give it to her, and I told her no because I like to treat myself after my physio appointments, and I want to save as much as possible for a rainy day fund. Bethy said she and her husband have nothing but rainy days and left the restaurant without paying. I feel embarrassed and ashamed that I'm not helping her when I know I could. Still, when I asked Micheal he said that my sister could get a job and reminded me that I became a SAHM because it was something we agreed we were financially stable enough to do as well as because of my mobility limitations. He also said I deserve nice things and shouldn't have to give them up just because my sister wants me to. I feel conflicted, AITA? If more people think I am, I'll consider giving her the monthly payment; I feel guilty for not helping.

2025-10-19 21:16:18

Clara Jensen

Personal Stories

My Religious Guests Keep Judging My Life So I Pointed Out Their Sin And Now My House Is A War Zone

A year and a half ago, my cousin (17f) and aunt (50+) immigrated from Saudi Arabia. They have been living with my family and I in Canada ever since. It's been a real struggle for everyone to adjust. Because they are way more religious than me, they see themselves as more superior. I can't read or write Arabic properly, so they say "Oh poor OP, losing her faith and culture because she was born here" or they comment on the fact that I can't read the Qur'an in the original language. Everything I do, they comment on. I watch a show, listen to music, dye my hair, wear skinny jeans, or anything remotely fun in front of them, and they give their opinion. " Darling, this is Haram", "sweetie, doing this is actually not permitted" , " OP, you can't do this unless you want to go to hell". My parents have told me to keep the peace and that they'll soon get their own place. Since the whole lockdown, my cousin has taken up a new hobby- painting. She's actually really talented and I'm surprised she's never painted before. I was watching anime in our shared room when she told me to turn it off. She said she can't concentrate listening to something Haram while she painted. I told her that she's also committing a sin by painting a girl. (In Islam, drawing/painting any living thing is a sin) This lead to a whole fight and our parents got involved. Basically, they're telling me to apologize because her painting isn't harming anybody. My cousin has stopped talking to me because my aunt made her stop painting. This caused problems between my parents and aunt because they're telling my aunt it's fine if she paints. Now there's tension in our house and my parents are kind of pissed at me. I admit I lost my temper, but after a year and a half of this, I couldn't take it anymore. Also, my cousin was really good at painting and it was a way for her to get creative. I feel really bad now that she's not allowed.

2025-11-13 19:20:17

Elise Dubois

Family

MIL Refused to Tell Her Life Story Because I Am White and Now The Whole Family Is Turning Against Me

My MIL was born in Iran and her family had to flee during the late revolution in the late nineteen seventies. She has always made it clear that she doesn’t like me and that she doesn’t approve of her son marrying a white woman. Interestingly enough her other son did not marry a Persian but MIL decided Filipino was close enough and treats SIL much better. BIL and SIL have a 15 year old and 13 year old. Last night we had family dinner and SIL said the 15 year old had been wanting to ask MIL something and she explained that she wants to learn more about her culture and she is interested in her life in Iran and the revolution. MIL looked right at me and said she wasn’t telling the story with me there. I refused to leave on principle and clearly everyone at the table was annoyed with me. My husband told his mom she was being rude and she got emotional and said it’s a very painful story, and hard to tell, and I don’t get to know it. I still refused to leave and after dinner she took SIL and her two granddaughter in her bedroom and I’m assuming she told them because when they call me out the two girls had tears in their eyes. I told my husband that was so rude and exclusionary that I don’t even want to go back but everyone else in the family thinks I was rude and dramatic.

2025-11-21 15:27:52

Elise Dubois

Personal Stories

My Mom Humiliates Me With My Birth Story to Every Stranger and I Finally Snapped

Mobile so sorry for formatting I (15M) and my mother (39F) have similar names due to my mother naming me after her. I don't dislike my name at all. But the story behind it and how my mother constantly wants to tell it to the world is the problem. For backstory, I am her second child and for her first child, my older brother (20M) she wanted to know his gender, and she found out and named him. For me however, she decided to keep it a surprise, however, she for some reason was confident that I would be female and was dead set on naming me after her. Her name is Alexandra, so she would have named me Alexandra as well (fake names) When I came out male, she simply named me Alexander (fake name) However she would constantly tell everyone she befriended, if we were together, the story on how I was named. It embarrasses me to no end and I've told her over and over to please not tell that to every new friend her or I make. She even told all of my friends parents the story despite me asking her to not tell them (she wants to meet my friends parents for the first time if I want to sleep over for whatever reason) This all boiled down to Thursday when my mother and I went to the grocery store and as we were leaving a duo of Charity workers came up to us to ask us if we were willing to donate to their cause. My mother being the social butterfly she, sparked up a conversation with them. As the two introduced themselves to us, my mother followed suit and, of course, told them the story I dreaded she would "My name is Alexandra and this is my son Alexander, he was supposed to be a girl and take my name. But he came out a boy so I named him after me" I got a bit angry and told her "I really wish you wouldn't tell every stranger you meet on the street that, it makes me feel embarrassed and mad" It got silent and my mothers face twisted and just told the Charity workers that she'll donate next time and started walking to the car. The car ride home was silent and when we got home she told me that I really embarrassed her back at the store and that I should have told her something after we got in the car that I didn't like her telling that story. I've said to her that I've told her repeatedly that I don't like her telling everyone with a pulse that she befriends that story and that I got fed up with her blatantly ignoring me and my request to stop. She just told me to go to my room and to not come out. She of course told everyone in my family what I did and my stepdad and grandparents said I shouldn't have embarrassed her like that and to apologize to her. My brother and best friend told me I was right to call her out since I've told her many times to stop embarrassing me with that story and that she needed to learn what I felt. I do feel bad and want to apologize and talk to her, but at the same time I still feel like I'm right and that she needed to feel what I feel. So AITA?

2025-09-24 13:39:33

Clara Jensen

Relationships

I Kicked My Boyfriend Out Immediately After Finding His Secret Search History

My boyfriend, 19M moved into my 17F house about a month ago while awaiting his departure to boot camp. Everything was going good until yesterday. He was nice, caring and gentle and helped me when I was having issues with my family. I truly believe he was being genuine in his actions as well. But yesterday I opened his phone while he was out of the room and scrolled through Reddit. I checked his recently visited subreddits, because he's always been jumpy when I try to use his phone, especially to open Reddit. I found out he has visited several lolicon subreddits and various other pornographic subreddits. My biggest concern is the lolicon. He discussed suffering from porn addiction in the past, but I draw the line at children, even if they are supposedly not minors through some sort of loophole. I was also uncomfortable not only because of the contents of the porn, but because my younger sister 15F lives in our household as well. We have discussed in the past how his porn usage made me uncomfortable and he had promised to quit. I have trauma behind confronting men, so I elected to call him a few hours after and speak to him over the phone while I sat in my car. He seemed genuinely sorry and like he was truly suffering from an addiction, but admitted to seeking out and viewing the porn. I broke up with him and had my father drive him back to his home in a rural area, which he agreed was a good idea. My friend insists I did the right thing by electing to no longer speak to him and have him live in my home, but I can't help but feel that I messed up.

2025-12-16 17:49:40

Elise Dubois

Relationships

Roommate moved in his girlfriend and her kids without asking and now they are ruining my life

My original roommate and I have a mutual friend who is our landlord. I moved in because he was struggling to pay rent, which impacted my best friend. He missed an entire month of rent, and my friend lowered his rent at his own expense to help him. I came in to rent a room to help out. To be clear, I paid more rent than my roommate knew because my landlord friend couldn't really afford the charity decrease. I can't tell the roommate because he would feel entitled to pay even less. I accepted this. But then the roommate got a girlfriend, and two months into the relationship, he moves her and her two poorly behaved children in. This is a 4 bedroom one bathroom place. The children scream and throw tantrums, and the mother is exceptionally demanding both to me, her boyfriend, and our landlord. She is costing money by finding every little thing under the sun to be fixed or replaced (the kitchen counters need to be replaced, etc). She takes up almost all of the

2025-08-30 07:20:50

Luca Moretti

Relationships

I Was In A Coma And My Ex Stole Our Baby's Name While I Fought For My Life

I am still in the hospital recovering from complications after giving birth. My cousin is helping me write this because I am weak and we both feel like we need to set the record straight. My ex has been posting on Reddit about me and the baby and we saved all of his posts. Here is what happened. I had blood poisoning during labor and ended up in a coma. The hospital could only release the baby to a parent so she went home with him. While this was happening he was posting online about how he was the victim. He wrote that I was selfish, that I was controlling, that I was trying to erase him. He mocked the people who supported me. He said only bitter women and single moms agreed with me. He claimed he was fighting to be a dad while I was unconscious. The worst part is what he did with our daughter’s name. I had picked out a name years ago. Everyone knew it. He knew it. While I was unconscious he crossed it out and changed it. He gave her his last name and then bragged online about how he included us both. He was smug about it. My cousin saw him in the hospital smiling like he won something. That is why my cousin yelled at him. He was giddy about it while I was in the ICU. He even made another post asking strangers for cute nicknames for the baby because he said I would not let him have input. I was literally fighting for my life. He cared more about winning a power struggle than about me or his daughter. Then he made a long update where he tried to paint himself as some exhausted single dad. He said he was the one who got to bring the baby home like it was some prize. He said my family was harassing him. In reality we were terrified and desperate for information. He ignored us and acted like he was the only one who mattered. So yes I blasted him. I told people exactly what he did. I feel like he stole my daughter’s name while I was powerless. I feel like he used Reddit to try to get sympathy and make me look like the villain. Now he is acting like the victim again because we are angry. AITA for calling him out and exposing what he did while I was in the hospital?

2026-01-20 21:13:49

Anya Petrova

Family

My dying father wants to make amends, but I refuse to forgive him for ruining my life

I am not on good terms with my parents. My sister is highly narcissistic and both my parents enable her. Ever since I was small, I wasn't allowed to do anything better than my sister. If she got 60% in an exam, I am supposed to keep my score below 60%, even if I could score more than 90%. I broke this rule during college entrance exams. I got into the top university in my country (I prepared for 2 years to achieve that). Even though my score was good my sister cried and threw a tantrum about how embarrassed she would feel if I went to a better college than her. So, I was forced to attend the subpar college she attended. Now that I was finally away from home, I worked and saved up. I also did my best to prepare for campus job interviews. Right before I stared attending job interviews my father called to tell me that I cannot get a job until my sister does. This pissed me off to no extent. I ignored him. I landed an amazing job and moved to another state right after my college ended. I have been low contact since then. They gave a police complaint saying that I was missing. They tried to call my company to tell them to fire me so that I can return home. I am now married and I live with my husband. They have harrassed me, my husband and his family before my wedding in an attempt to stop it. I went no contact after that. They even gave a complaint saying that my husband kidnapped me and I had to spend the whole day at the police station proving he was my husband. Last week my father had a heart attack. His conditions is not so good. He is in his death bed. One of my relatives called me to tell that he wanted to talk to me, see me and make amends before he dies. I refused to do anything that is related to them. My mother and sister have been contacting me from different numbers. They gave begged, they have yelled, they have tried all the tricks in the books. I refused to budge and I said I won't talk to any of them again. Obviously my family thinks I am the asshole. My husband's family thinks I am not.

2025-11-21 15:33:11

Anya Petrova

Personal Stories

AITA for being mad at my parents because they withheld information about my medical history from me?

I have had nose and sinus issues my entire life. I could never breathe out my nose to the point where not only my smell and taste were almost non existent but i could only mouth breathe. I also had snot 24/7. Sometimes it was like a leaky tap where it would not stop. I went through so much clothes and bedding because of getting snot all over everything and my clothes too. I got made fun of a lot at school and it used to make my teachers angry. I was so self conscious and didn't have any friends. My parents always said there was no cure or anything when they took me to the doctor. At the beginning this year I moved for a job. (I grew up in Nevada and the job was in Louisiana). I got here a few weeks before my start date to get set up. This is where it started. Within days of moving here I could breathe out my nose. No more snot and I can smell and taste. It freaked me out at first because this had never been possible in my life. I'm not a mouth breather anymore and my sleep is not disturbed now. One of the good things about my job besides the pay is that it comes with insurance. I got a checkup at the dentist, the eye doctor and the doctor for the first time since I was 12. I had these when I was a kid but when I was about 12 my dad got a new job but the insurance was not good. We only went to the doctor or dentist for major things like a broken bone. I was still on my dad's insurance before I got my job. My new doctor asked for my medical records if I had them. My first doctor was gone but the building is still there and they had mine from a long time ago. There wasn't much from the second. This is where I found out my parents lied to me. In my old records it says a bunch of times the dry air hurts my sinuses. The doctor says a less dry climate would relieve them but besides that there is medication and a humidifer would help. It says so over and over. They never told the second doctor this information either. I asked my parents about it. They were angry I got the medical records because they said it was private. My mom said they didn't try medication because it was too much of a hassle to remember to give me the pills. My dad said moving was out of the question since it would remove my sister from her friends and a humidifier was too much work for mom. I'm not so self centered I think they should have moved but if I had this info when I was older I could have been responsible for my own medication and I would have moved from Nevada when I was 18 if I knew it would help. My parents must have told my sister everything because she blew up my phone with calls and messages saying I shouldn't have snooped in the medical records and mom and dad were right to tell me there was no cure because the medication and other stuff was too much to put on their plate. Aita for being furious about this? If I knew I could taken steps to fix this when I was d enough. I'm also perturbed they think me not being able to breathe properly was no big deal.

2025-11-13 19:34:23

Elise Dubois

Relationships

AITA: my boyfriend read my diary without consent and got angry about past lover in there

My boyfriend (21m) and I (21f) were studying in the library with our friends when he asked to use my computer for homework. I agreed since I wasn’t using it at the time and was chatting with our friends. After about 20 minutes I noticed his mood go extremely sour, and I tried to get him to look at me to figure out what was happening but he wasn’t having any of it. I just stayed talking to our friends to prevent it from getting awkward. He completely shut down. After we were done and left the library, I asked what was wrong. He told me he found a diary entry in my computer and read through it. That diary entry was from about a year before this, and I hadn’t met my current boyfriend yet. I had just had the best summer of my life, working at my dream summer job. So I decided to write about it to remember it. In this diary entry, I wrote about fun experiences, meeting new friends, and a fling I had that summer. It was short, and there wasn’t much to write, but I did put in some details about sex. And about how much I had liked him. My boyfriend was very upset at me after he read my diary, stating that I shouldn’t have kept that stuff. He believes I look at that diary entry all the time and relive the sexual experiences in it. I was very mortified to hear this because I felt I was the one who should be upset by that intrusion of privacy. And to be honest, I forgot about the diary entry and never opened it again after I wrote it. But he doesn’t believe me. I feel very heartbroken and betrayed and embarrassed. He feels jealous and disgusted I would keep such a thing. We’re both angry at each other and we haven’t come to any agreement in arguments. AITA for feeling like I did nothing wrong and I’m allowed to be upset that he read my diary without my consent?

2025-09-27 09:19:21

Jonas Bergström

Family

Woman's Story Of How She Took In Her Nieces And Not Their Dad After Her Sister Died Leaves Redditors With More Questions

My F,33 sister F,36 passed away a month ago because of cancer. It's devastating and words can't express how we feel. Her husband struggled to pay off debts and has asked me and my husband to take him and my nieces age, 13 & 16 in for some time. I have to say that I'm not on good terms with him. We've had more than our fair share of disagreements in the past. He tried to sue me and my husband for my own mother's house which I'm living in with my husband and daughter. but he claimed he needed money to pay for my sister's treatment and, this was the only way to get it after we (my brother and I) refused yo help. It's a long story but we're not on good terms. I agreed to only take my nieces in but not him. He tried to negotiate this saying his daughters are grieving and need him, their remaining parent to be around. I said he could see them during visits and that was it. My husband agreed with me at first. my brother inlaw showed up with my nieces days ago and I only let the girls in but turned him away after he tried to talk me into letting him stay. We had a huge argument and the girls went inside crying after their dad left repeatedly saying the want him. My husband is backing out of this saying we might be making a mistake seperating the girls from their dad when they're grieving. My aunt berated me saying I messed up entirely here. She called me selfish and bitter and said I'm making it more difficult for the girls who just lost their mom. Now the girls are quiet but my 16yo niece keeps arguing about wanting her dad with them. My husband still thinks we're making a mistake and getting the girls to resent me to what I did to their dad who's grieving.

2025-11-08 20:37:18

Elise Dubois

Family

AITA for refusing to change my life just because my dad got remarried and his wife wants us all to act like a family?

My mom died when | (17m) was a baby and my dad didn't step up so my maternal grandparents did. They helped take care of me for dad and when | started school I'd go to their house until 7 or 8pm those days. The older | got the more time | spent with them. | technically lived with my dad but he wasn't a very good dad and he didn't ever try to be one. Without my grandparents I'm not sure where | would have been. Probably neglected and taken into foster care if my dad was the only person in my life. His family aren't the best so | never spent much time with them. | still spend any free time I'm not hanging with friends, with my grandparents. | go to their house every day. I'll eat dinner with them and lunch and dinner on weekends if I'm not busy. | spend holidays with them and sometimes | just spend the night there. We talked about me moving all my stuff over but on a weird chance dad would be thinking they could try for child support, we didn't want to rock the boat. My dad started dating something 3 or 4 years ago. | don't pay that much attention. She moved in with him in May and they got married in September. She has kids. | don't know the first thing about her or her kids. But she's attempted to spend time with me and she's attempted to invite me in. | told her | was good and didn't want to get involved. ...𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻.. ⬇️

2025-07-18 16:33:50

Jonas Bergström