When you marry into a ready-made family, there can be a lot of pressure to get everything right. A woman who married a widower with a preteen daughter tried to do something special for her birthday. After not meeting her husband’s expectations, the two clashed. So the wife turned to the “Am I The A**hole” […] More
We’ve all known someone who called themselves “brutally honest” and expected others to accept their comments as part of “how they are.” But validating that person’s personality should not invalidate someone else’s hurt feelings, pointed out the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor IntelligentGrocery93 really did not like their brother’s wife because of the insults […] More
Parents always hear the advice that they should not have a favorite child… or at least if they’re going to have one, they shouldn’t make their preferences obvious. But most parents don’t successfully hide their feelings, cringed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor GuardSpecific2058 felt like a burden to her parents and decided to […] More
Some people celebrate birthday weeks or even months. It’s a wonderful excuse to get all the attention once a year. But for Redditor tortugatramposa, birthdays are anything but all-about-her. The Original Poster turned to subReddit “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) to vent about her joint birthday parties. She asked: “AITA for yelling at my family […] More
Whether parents are willing to admit it or not, parenting is an endlessly complicated endeavor. One task parents will always fail at, at least to an extent, is not showing favoritism to one of their children, including when one child has special needs and another doesn’t, pointed out the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. […] More
As a parent, guardian, or even an older sibling, we all tend to have a loved one we feel particularly protective of and who we want to see be happy. Others around us may not always agree with us about how far we’ll go to support them, agreed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor […] More
While more people are being diagnosed with food allergies, it seems there are still many people who do not take them as seriously as they should. Unfortunately, that sometimes includes the person with the allergies, cringed the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. When Redditor Several_Beginning_87 caught his nine-year-old son eating birthday cake at a friend’s party, […] More
Vegans are notorious for talking a lot about veganism. But, the truth is a lot of people spend a lot of energy arguing against being vegan and criticizing people for not eating meat. But Redditor The_Fish_Lover34 encountered an issue with her friends. So she turned to the “Am I The A**hole” (AITA) subReddit for moral […] More
Redditor throwaway404040401 was recently diagnosed with a condition that prohibits her from eating foods containing gluten. One of the things she was planning to consume was a birthday cake she had pre-ordered prior to discovering the diagnosis leading to her new dietary health restriction. Unfortunately, a request for a change in plans did not go […] More
