Redditor light_blue000 is at odds with her dad and new stepmom over their wedding invitation list. The Original Poster (OP) was not invited to their wedding due to the fact that she was technically underage at the time. The semantics frustrated the OP and drove her to subReddit “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA). She asked: […] More
Shakespeare once asked what was in a name. A rose by any other name and all that. The line comes from Juliet while she’s trying to find an excuse in her teenage mind to go after a boy she knows will put her in a dangerous position. The name, though, is important. What we call […] More
The tragedy of inheritance is that it only comes when you lose someone close. What happens, though, when someone else decides that they are more entitled to it than you are? That was the issue facing Redditor and Original Poster (OP) MEvsSTEPMOMaita when she came to the “Am I the A**hole” (AITA) subReddit fo judgment. […] More
Subjective problems are some of the hardest to deal with. There’s no quantifiable way to tell how much someone’s words hurt you, or how disappointed you are by the cancellation of a concert. Or how much pain you’re in. So, we make the judgments we can given the information available to us. Well, what happens […] More
Intimacy and sexuality are not the same thing. This is something that can take people a moment to understand and often leads to confusion. So, what happens when family members question the physical affection shared by a parent and child? That was the issue facing Redditor and Original Poster (OP) cuddlethrowawayy when they came to […] More
Keeping a growing teenager properly fed can be a real challenge for any parent. But for one parent on Reddit, the situation was on another level–their teen son eats several helpings of every meal and snack several times a day. But when their son and family got angry when they responded by restricting their son’s […] More
Maturity does not come automatically with age. There are sixteen-year-olds who make better decisions than forty-year-olds. What do you, however, when the immature one is your parent and they lash out at you for not getting what they want? That was the issue facing Redditor and Original Poster (OP) imsohigh_drated when she came to the […] More
Disabilities can be difficult to understand for those who don’t deal with them directly. But for one mom on Reddit whose daughter has cerebral palsy, this disconnect resulted in a shockingly ableist situation at her daughter’s school that would be grounds for a lawsuit in many countries. She wasn’t sure about how she handled the […] More
Planning an event is always difficult. Making sure everyone knows when the event is, talking to the caterer, securing an appropriate venue. What do you do, though, when you feel that an event is being orchestrated specifically to rob you of your own special moment? This was the hypothetical situation facing Redditor and Original Poster […] More
Raising children can be difficult. Beyond the costs and time constraints, I have never met anyone who could push me emotionally the way my children do. They seem to instinctively know what to say and when for the best emotional payoff – especially when tensions are high. Of course, having control of oneself is paramount […] More
As much as we would like everything to always work out, we know sometimes things will not work out the way we want them to. When that includes our future, it can be easy to lash out at the people that we love, admitted the “Am I the A**hole?” (AITA) subReddit. Redditor bluebanisterz turned to his […] More
When a parent faces opposition from their teen daughter who stands her ground over a particular situation, to what extent should that parent acquiesce–despite knowing what’s best for the family? This is what Redditor Fun_Talk3027, a parent, is grappling with after taking their family on a Disney World vacation. The Redditor visited the “Am I […] More
