My Wife Took My Daughter's Car Without Asking And Now Is Mad She Got Reported For Theft
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AITA for telling my brother that if my parents need money they can ask me for it themselves.
My parents did not think a girl needed an education, so they chose not to save any money for me growing up. They had no interest in my education or extracurricular activities. My mom's brother, Bryan, grew up in the UK and he had a different attitude. He would always check in on me and see how I was doing in school. He bought me my first graphing calculator. Because I wanted to impress him, I worked myself raw to graduate with honors. I was the salutatorian in my school and received a scholarship to my dream school. I did not even bother telling my parents. I graduated from high school and moved to the west coast. My parents tried to convince me to come home, but I was quite happy for the first time I could remember. I studied in a STEM field and was recruited before I graduated. My job pays me very well and I met my husband at work. My brother also attended university and is an engineer. He does well for himself, except that he is constantly giving our parents money. My brother talked to me recently about how we needed to support our parents in their old age. I said I had no problem contributing to them. However, they would have to ask me for help. I would not volunteer it or send it through him. If they wanted my money, they had to ask for it. He says that they won't because it would shame my father to ask a woman for money. I am okay with him feeling shame after the way he raised me. My brother says I am being unreasonable and it does not matter since my parents know where the money will be coming from. I think that my parents need to get over themselves.
AITA for canceling stepdaughter's birthday party?
My stepdaughter is turning 18 and lives mostly with her mother. My husband works a lot but is a very involved father. He asked me to plan her birthday party, and I agreed, spending several hundred dollars and many hours of my own time to make sure everything was perfect. The conflict began when the biological mother demanded my husband buy over five thousand dollars in jewelry and concert tickets for their daughter, which we could not afford. When my husband refused, the biological mother drove to our home, stood in our driveway, and began screaming and cursing at him. To defend my husband and our home, I went outside and told her to shut her mouth and that she had no right to speak to him that way. Although my stepdaughter was not present, her mother told her about the confrontation. Consequently, my stepdaughter uninvited me from the party I planned and funded, claiming she and her mother felt too uncomfortable to have me there. In response, I decided to cancel the reservations, catering, and decorations, choosing to redirect my money elsewhere.
AITA for locking up my romance novels so my husband can’t throw them away?
I love reading romance novels, josei manga, webtoons, and short stories. My husband recently started having an issue with my books, claiming they were in the way, even though I keep them on a single bookshelf and they do not affect his life. I pay my half of the bills and do my share of the chores. After he made a comment about throwing my books out to have a fresh start, I bought a small locked cabinet to secure them. My husband tried to open it, found it locked, and became upset, accusing me of not trusting him and caring more about my books than him. Later, I came home to find him trying to put back together a flimsy book of mine that had lost some pages. He kept apologizing, saying he did not mean to ruin it. I asked him why he was acting this way, especially since this behavior only started after we moved from a two-bedroom apartment into a studio. He admitted he felt annoyed that I spent so much time reading romance novels instead of spending time with him. In our previous home, my reading was less visible because of our working arrangements. He explained that his past partners had cheated on him, causing him to lose his romantic side. Seeing me so engrossed in romance books made him feel like I wanted romance, but not with him. He also admitted feeling insecure because we are not an overtly affectionate couple, though he recognizes the many ways I show my love, which makes him feel guilty. He apologized for his actions and expressed that he was just frustrated and hurt.
