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Husband (45M) Jealous of Stepchild (16F)
09/25/2026

Husband (45M) Jealous of Stepchild (16F)

09/25/2026

AITA for not giving my brother and his wife the gift I got them since she didn't want me at his birthday party?

I M39 travel for work and make good money. I have never been interested in settling down or having a family.

I mostly work and take vacations. I don't own an apartment much less a house. I live out of a backpack and a duffel bag.

My brother Victor 30 is the opposite. All he ever ever wanted since he was a kid was to have a perfect family. Our dad did the same kind of work that I do and Victor hated it. He was always closer to our mom than our dad.

He married the first girl he dated after college and they already have two kids. They are happy. And I love my brother and my nephews. I spend a bunch of my extra money on them because I have more than I need and I want them to have a great life. My brother chose to be a teacher so he could spend more time with his wife and kids. I respect that but he isn't well paid.

His 30th birthday was coming up and I decided to do something nice for his family. I checked with him when he and his wife had a free week this summer and I got them a week away at Disney World. I also paid for my folks to go along so they could watch the kids and give him and his wife some alone time.

His wife thinks I'm a scumbag because I refuse to get a girlfriend or have a serious relationship. I don't want that. I like meeting a woman at a resort or on a tour. Spending a week together and then saying goodbye. It works for me. They don't want anything more from me than I am willing to...

09/25/2026

My kids won’t come to Thanksgiving or Christmas.

I have two daughter that are both in college. We have a family group chat with my parents, all of my siblings and all the grandchildren. My parents and siblings are all Trump voters/supporters and are not shy about it. Most family gatherings will devolve into arguing between them and myself. I grew up in the sh*tshow. My kids did not.
After the election my kids silently left the group chat. My mother and sisters are trying to plan thanksgiving through the chat. When my mother noticed my daughters left she called to ask me why. I told her they are grown adults and she would need to ask them. So she did. One of my two daughters is le***an.
When my mother asked the two girls they told my mom that they would no longer be attending any family functions including Christmas and thanksgiving. This created a sh*tshow on an epic scale in the family chat. My mother tried to explain to my kids that their vote had nothing to do with them. My oldest explained that they exposed their character and they were raised to not engage with people that condone r**e, lying and cheating.
She told my mother that your votes will directly impact our lives in a negative way and you guys did not care. You chose a politicians h**low words over you grandkids. There was more and I'm paraphrasing. My parents and siblings are furious. I think it's important to say that I pay for both of my kids college, their health insurance, car insurance, food and gas.
I pay for airfare when they come home. They don't work. My deal with them was if they went to school and got good grades I would pay if I could. My mother wants me to cut...

I realised I (19F) cannot stand my (19M) boyfriend, and his lack of common sense, and don't know how to end things with ...
09/25/2026

I realised I (19F) cannot stand my (19M) boyfriend, and his lack of common sense, and don't know how to end things with him.

09/24/2026

AITAH for refusing to subsidize my wife and kids any more?

All three of them are adults with full time jobs. None of them have contributed financially to our household budget. My wife went back to work full time when our youngest was 7.

He is currently 24. Our oldest is 27. They kids have no student debt.

Our retirement property is overseas and that's where I am currently. Two months ago I finally had enough. I came home from an out of town work trip and none of the food I request be in the house is there.

And it isn't caviar and lobster or anything. It's a loaf of sourdough, some deli meat and cheese, and some condiments. Enough so I can make a sandwich before I go grocery shopping.

Apparently that was too difficult for three adults to manage. My wife and I had an argument about it and the kids took her side. I reminded them that they were supposed to be contributing to the budget and then all three of them started whining about life being expensive.

No s__t. I'm working to support all four of us. Whatever.

I made plans to go to our property on my next rotation. So after my time off I went back to work. Then when I flew home I just stayed at the airport overnight and flew out the n the morning.

I also didn't deposit money into the budget account. So they are paying for 'everything' the house, my truck, and my wife's car are all fully paid off. So they are paying for their own utilities, property taxes, food, and bills.

And they are all furious that I'm not giving them money. I'm good here. When I go back to work I will do the same thing.

Just...

My (F30) husband (M28) may miss birth of our baby for a one-time career opportunity
09/24/2026

My (F30) husband (M28) may miss birth of our baby for a one-time career opportunity

New girl moves into our home 3 days after our relationship ended 25F and 26M
09/24/2026

New girl moves into our home 3 days after our relationship ended 25F and 26M

Husband (27M) Keeps interrupting while I (27F) talk because he says he's worried he'll forget what he wanted to say. ...
09/24/2026

Husband (27M) Keeps interrupting while I (27F) talk because he says he's worried he'll forget what he wanted to say.

09/24/2026

Aita for telling my mom she should learn how to keep her legs closed?

So I 15f and my mom 37f have never really had a great relationship. We have the same attitude so us together doesn’t really work out. Also she’s always getting herself into toxic relationships. Which ends up affect me and my sisters 19f and 9f. A few months ago my mom started seeing this guy Fred 45m. At first he seem like a great guy. Taking my mom out, buying her flowers, chocolates etc. I liked him. He was nice. Two months ago I found a paper on our kitchen counter. I not really sure what they’re called but it was basically stating that my mom was putting in her 30 day notice to leave our apartment. I asked my mom about it and she said that Fred wants us to move in with him and his two kids. However she was asking me and my younger sister if we were ok with it. I said I didn’t care and my little sister said she didn’t want to. My mom didn’t listen to my little sister. So we ended up moving in with Fred. In the first week we moved in Fred started showing his true colors. Telling my mom what she was allowed and not allowed to do in his house. For example, no drinking in the house (he used to be an a__oholic), he didn’t want my older sister visiting every day, etc. Which caused a lot of arguments between them. Fast forward to today. Fred went out to run some errands and called my mom. He told her he was buying her a Princess Peaches costume for his friends sons birthday party which is Mario bros theme. My mom said there was no way in hell she was gonna wear that so to not even bother to...

09/24/2026

AITAH for not babysitting for my sister on prom night?

Our school's prom was a few weeks ago. Even though I'm a sophomore I got to go to prom this year because one of my best friends is a senior and she invited me to go with the rest of our friends.

My half sister was also going to go. She couldn't go to her junior prom because she was pregnant at the time. This year her boyfriend's parents were supposed to watch her baby that night, but his dad was having chest pains so his mom had to take him to the hospital. Our mom couldn't watch her baby because she works nights. So they were trying to find someone else to watch the baby.

They tried calling a bunch of people to babysit, but couldn't find anyone else, so they asked me to skip the prom and babysit so my sister could still go. My sister offered to pay me to babysit and for my dress and share of the limo eventually. I didn't need the money though and I really wanted to go with my friends.

It's almost been a month since and she's still keeps bringing it up and won't leave me alone about it. My mom also said she's disappointed in me for not helping out my sister since it was her last chance to go to prom and I still have two more chances to go. I don't think that's fair though because it was still my only chance to go to prom with my friends who were seniors.

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