There is nothing more frustrating as a new mother than when a family members tries to call you “crazy” or “dramatic” for your parenting choices. Sure, they are family, but that is still not their baby and they have now lost baby-care privileges if they're going to undermine your parenting, especially if they do that right in front of your child.

How do you define family? Our go-to definition would be Dominic Toretto's favorite word. But obviously, it's actually a bit deeper than that. While some people (especially my boomer parents) think family is your blood - the group you're born into and descend from. But the reality is a bit different. I consider my neighbors to be family. We spend quality time together at least one night a week, play games and share meals. While family can be people you choose, that's often just a bonus in additi…

Stereotypes about husbands and wives aren't always true, but they exist for a reason. And one couple's quarrel over a cookie-baking Christmas tradition could definitely be used to prove the validity of certain stereotypes about men and women. u/wirnei339oe3jrj left it up to r/AmItheAsshole to decide whether or not he was in the wrong for “upstaging” his wife by being a more efficient cookie-baker. Though most voted that OP was technically “NTA,” many sympathized with OP's wife on an emotional l…

These kids are going to need years of therapy

When cat rescuer @ellle_em was having a bad day, they turned to Twitter and made a very specific request. “Please reply to this tweet with an AITA written from the perspective of your cat and also include a photo of said cat I would appreciate this very much” tweeted @ellle_em. Boy oh boy did Twitter deliver. After @ellle_em got the ball rolling with some posts featuring a bunch of their lovely-looking rescues, other Twitter users got in on the joke and shared stories about their own mischievou…

Who knew Christmas lights could be so controversial

Mother & father of the year

So patronizing

The entitlement is unreal.

I'm sad to report that in 2022, there are men in their thirties who think periods are gross. One guy had enough blind conviction to admit to r/AmItheAsshole that he got mad at his wife after she threw her menstrual pad away in her brother-in-law's bathroom trashcan. Apparently the guy's brother was so disturbed by the sight of the ghastly thing that he pulled OP aside and asked him to have a word with his wife about it. Tell me you've never had a woman in your apartment without telling me you'v…

What's the opposite of short king

It's rare to find a post from r/AmItheAsshole that results in a resounding “YTA” vote. Most AITA entires are written by people who know full well that they were in the right, and are searching for validation rather than nuanced opinions. But once in a while, you get a gem of a post in which some poor, misguided fool genuinely has no idea that they were totally the a-hole. The following AITA entry about a guy who got mad at his girlfriend for eating one of his eggs is a prime example.

Jealous partners are one of the most common tropes when we discuss toxic relationships and bad partners. There are the jealous types who are controlling and don't want their lovers to have any friendships or relationships other than the romantic partnership they're already in. There are the types who behave like conspiracy theorists, convinced that when you don't text back you MUST be in someone else's DMs. There are also the ones who stalk, combing over their partner's internet presence lookin…

Vacation time is precious. Every day that most of us salaried workers toil equals a percentage of a day of freedom. That freedom can be enjoyed in many different ways: a little staycation with your partner, ordering fancy takeout and sleeping in. Or perhaps a beach getaway, sleeping and drinking on the sand, letting the salt water rejuvenate ones body. Whatever the flavor of vacation, there is one important and universal truth for that time: You do not have to work. Most of the time we are acti…

Conflict emerged when this neighbor's kid demanded that he receive “half the money” from a bake sale when he decided he was bored and wanted to go home early. He wasn't even willing to stay the full duration and put in the work in order to earn his part of the cash. The other kid responded that this wasn't fair and that they should split the money earned for the duration that the neighbor's kid had worked. This prompted the neighbor to march over to this family's house, complaining that it wasn…

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