My birthday was within the last week (not specifying for safety reasons) and my parents told me to get dressed in something smart because we were going "somewhere special." I was super exited, because I thought that my family would finally acknowledge me on my birthday. After about a 20 minute drive, we reached this garden that my grandma ...Some time ago I started to pull away from my niece and, in general, just helping my sister. Now, that there's a second baby coming, my mom and sister are trying to get me to help out a lot more with my niece. She's not like a toddler either, she's just turned a year old, so it's still a lot of work just dealing with her.I also am well aware that I was the only one keeping my niece(8) and especially my nephew (10 in march) from being beaten by my parents. My mother even told me that if I in her words "cannot find a way to get him to behave they will keep beating him because thats the only way to get him to listen."One of my sisters (36F) basically allows her daughter (8F) to eat whatever she wants to, even though my niece is extremely overweight and nearly 70lbs. For lunch I cooked a healthy meal of chicken and salad, and everyone got a small slice of sponge cake for dessert. My niece asked for a second slice and I declined.AITA for not paying for my stepniece's school? Not the A-hole. My brother has been married to his wife for about 10 years. He has a 14yo daughter and she has a 15yo daughter. My niece is extremely smart and her teachers believe that she will have a very good future so in order to help her, my sister and I have been saving money for her college.Just explain to her that your brother (I assume that's her father) has some silly ideas about therapy if you think she's been exposed to them. You don't want HER thinking that he's right! Your family is wrong for how they treat you, by the way. You need to shake off that false belief. You're not stupid. 1.Original-Leading-324. AITA For Telling My Niece The Family Secret? Not the A-hole. Throwaway Account. I (35f) had two older sisters growing up "Jane" and "Kim." Kim got sick and died but not before giving birth to my niece "Laura" (18f). It had been a year after Kim's passing when Jane and Laura's dad "Tom" (42m) confessed to dating and were ...s4febook. AITA for getting my niece disqualified for a job? Not the A-hole. Disclaimer: I am Indian, we refer to our cousins children as "niece" and "nephew" in our culture. I (26f) have 4 aunts. My aunts all have grown children in their 40s+. About 15 years ago, my parents divorced.AITA for moving out after my parents told me to give my space to my brother and his family? #redditstories #tldrstoryteller #storytime #askreddit...I posted videos of my niece and nephew misbehaving to explain why I did not want them at my birthday dinner. 2. My parents have told me that posting those videos accomplished nothing besides embarrassing my sister. And that I was being a bad family member by not trying to make compromises for my birthday dinner (such as not allowing anyone ...HOWEVER, apparently, my cousin has this "very important piano recital" on my graduation day, and she absolutely wanted both my parents there along with HERS. I thought my parents would at least attend my college graduation, but nooooo. Apparently, their own niece's piano recital is more important than their own daughter's graduation. My ...Update May 19th, 2024. I (24F) was recently engaged to my (26M) fiancé after 6 years together. We got into a fight a couple of days ago because he wouldn’t let me ask my guy best friend (24M) who I’ve known since we were kids, be my man of honor. I ended up walking out and went to stay with my parents for a few days.ADMIN MOD. AITA for taking my niece (15f) to get waxed behind her moms back? I come from a family of VERY hairy, and very fair skinned women. The hair is thick, and very dark. Hair removal has always been a common topic of discussion amongst us all throughout our lives, many of my aunts, siblings and cousin have spent tons on laser hair removal ...My mother did pretty much the same with my little brother. Me, my sister, and one brother are each close in age. when my brother was born after my sister my mom was done. She then had an "opps" baby several years after. They totally changed when he was born. Did a 180 on parenting him compared to us. When we were bad we got out butts beat.My parents are visiting to celebrate my daughter's birthday. We normally have a family party but she requested a small party with her friends only this year. I've gotten asked three times in the last two days, if my niece and nephew can come with my parents. I've asked my daughter once if she would be ok with them coming and she said no.My parents have been charging me rent since I was 16. I have a small company that makes me about $60,000 a year. I started it in high school. It is one of the reasons I graduated early from high school and why I got attention from recruiters. My parents said that since I was earning adult money I could take in adult responsibilities.AITA for telling my niece that she will survive not being the center of attention for one night? I have 2 nieces Maya14 and Ellie15. Maya is an attention seeker. She will do anything to get all the attention while Ellie is so shy and quiet. Ellie has been battling cancer for a long time and we were all obviously very worried about her.ADMIN MOD. AITA for asking if my niece will graduate? Not the A-hole. I have a rule for all of my nieces and nephews: if they graduate they get a gift from me. If they don't go to college, they get a $500 investment in their future. If they go to college, they get a laptop (or another tool useful to their future trade).The same exact thing. She ended up kicked out of their house, and she went to live with a friend. On and on this will go. This is your future. My niece ended up moving in with some guy in another state. This also "didn't work out" of no fault of her own of course. My older sister is now sober for 1 year, so my niece is now living with her.ADMIN MOD. AITA for offering to pay to send my niece to boarding school? Not the A-hole. I have a daughter, Luisa (10), and my brother Charlie has a daughter, Sophie (11) (same school year). The girls have always been close, even though we moved abroad 3 years ago, so we have had Sophie come and stay with us during school holidays very often ...Safe_Translator4967. ADMIN MOD. AITA for moving out while my parents are on vacation. Not the A-hole. I (F20) have three siblings who live at home. M22, M15, M12. My older brother does not work and does not go to school. My middle and youngest brothers are in Middle and High School. I have been taking care of them for about six years now.Ava needs therapy and to realize that she is your sister and wife’s child, not yours. Yes she’s your biological child but as a sperm donor, but she’s your sister and her wife’s daughter-not yours and your wife’s. She is biologically your children’s sibling but in a family dynamic as a whole she should be their cousin.It's just begun to get hot in the UK, and I have booked a few days of Annual Leave to enjoy it. I decided to host a BBQ on an afternoon for the kids in our family. My niece and nephew (both aged 7) came over at around 2pm, and had been happily playing on the trampoline for the past couple hours. I've been playing a game with them where I ...Welcome to r/AmITheAsshole.Please view our voting guide here, and remember to use only one judgement in your comment.. OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the asshole: I told my Aunt and Uncle that their 8 year old is not good enough at art to sell it, and explicitly that mine is more important.Honestly, niece needs to know why the man her teacher keeps bringing in is causing OP such a stir. She's 13, and that's old enough to understand it without all the details. Explain that he caused the accident that killed her parents, and was sent to jail for it. The drunk driving can be explained later, when niece is driving and near drinking age.A bride has claimed in a now-viral post that her brother and sister-in-law want her to force their "tomboy" daughter—who happens to be a bridesmaid—to wear a dress on her wedding day. The ...Welcome to r/AmITheAsshole.Please view our voting guide here, and remember to use only one judgement in your comment.. OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the asshole: I might be the asshole because I shared a personal detail about my niece concerning her relationship with her mother (my sister) without my niece's explicit permission.It's not a matter of "numerous valuable items". Depending on the Rolex's and how many were taken we're talking about $5,000-$40,000 which is a serious felony. Some Rolex's go for a couple thousand but some go for over $20,000. What her niece and accomplices did is prison time felony law breaking even for first time offenders.See our ~~*Best Of*~~ "Most Controversial" at /r/AITAFiltered! UPDATE: AITA pissed at what my wife said to my niece. First I want to thank everyone for their responses. It was helpful, even some I disagreed with. While things aren't perfect, they're both good kids and my wife is making amends for what she did. Since then my wife and I have been ...It can be damaging for them not to have the closure of a funeral. As for weddings, yeah they can be long, but a little accommodation for kids goes a long way. At my wedding I got my 18yo niece to run some games outside for the little ones outside during the boring bits. Reply reply.I (36f) have a niece and two nephews, all in their teens. Their parents, my brother and SIL, passed from an accident a year ago. They're currently staying with my widowed father (71). I also have a sister, Maria (43), who's married but childless. I have good relationships with all my niece and nephews and they're all good kids.ADMIN. AITA for letting my niece drink and watch graphic movie? Not the A-hole. I was spending a weekend at our family's cabin with my sister's family. They came in a few hours after me (37F) and realized they left a bunch of stuff they needed so they were going to drive into the nearest town for them. My niece (23) wanted to stay behind to ...r/AmItheAsshole. A catharsis for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us, and a place to finally find out if you were wrong in an argument that's been bothering you. Tell us about any non-violent conflict you have experienced; give us both sides of the story, and find out if you're right, or you're the asshole.ADMIN MOD. AITA for only taking my nieces in and not their dad after my sister passed away? Not the A-hole. My F,33 sister F,36 passed away a month ago because of cancer. It's devastating and words can't express how we feel. Her husband struggled to pay off debts and has asked me and my husband to take him and my nieces age, 13 & 16 in for some ...I'm (20f) babysitting my niece (4f) for the week while my sister is on a business trip. My niece misses her mom so to cheer her up, I put a couple treats in her lunch. Her lunch was: A turkey and cheese sandwich with cucumbers and avocado. I also drew some cartoon characters on it with edible markers Carrot sticks and ranch Apple slicesOn that same day it was my niece's wedding. My other daughter is one of her closest friends and was one of the bridesmaids. I scheduled to visit my daughter in prison for her birthday and prior I told my niece that I could only make it to the church wedding but not the reception and paying for the meal there, I'd be going after the wedding.AITA for leaving my niece and nephew stranded on an island because I was high? My family owns some cabins on a lake that we go to during the summer, some family members also use them to hunt during the fall. One of the cabins has been in the family for many generations and is on an island, with reliable electricity but has running water and it ...I was about 19 when she was born, so there is a very large age gap between us, so I tend to treat her more as my niece than as my cousin, as she’s about the age of my nieces and nephews (on my ...Just last night my grandmother was telling me she got put on a new $500/month medication, and I expressed how grateful I am that they're in a position to afford that without undue hardship. She responded that they couldn't really afford it, and had to take the funds out of their planned inheritance for us grandkids.Adoptive parents do need to be careful about changing names without the child's input, which a 2 and 4 year old cannot really provide. Harlot could be subsituted for something close but more appropriate like Harlow, and Cujo could have been left until both kids were old enough to provide input. Harriet would work too.r/AmItheAsshole. r/AmItheAsshole. A catharsis for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us, and a place to finally find out if you were wrong in an argument that's been bothering you. Tell us about any non-violent conflict you have experienced; give us both sides of the story, and find out if you're right, or you're the asshole.ADMIN. AITA for letting my niece drink and watch graphic movie? Not the A-hole. I was spending a weekend at our family’s cabin with my sister’s family. They came in a few hours after me (37F) and realized they left a bunch of stuff they needed so they were going to drive into the nearest town for them. My niece (23) wanted to stay behind to ...(28M). It's my niece's birthday party. She's turning 7, so I'm very excited. As a 7 year old, she really loves unicorns. Obviously, we chose for a unicorn themed playground for the children. My older sister, Sarah (32F), goes to help my mom plan and make the bouncy castles and the playground, the unicorns and the whole shebang.AITA for taking my niece and nephew to a family reunion without telling their parents? I (22F) have a brother (27M) who married his wife (25F) in June 2021. My SIL was previously married and has a daughter (4F) who goes every week with her dad. ... She told me her parents said we could have a sleepover and left them on the porch. I texted them ...Reddit Stories - Aita for admitting that my parents and niece what are ... ... Video. HomeI (17M) live with my parents and my younger siblings. We were very close until recently. My first mom died when I was 6 days old. She developed eclampsia in late stages of the pregnancy with me and she never recovered from it. A few weeks later my dad packed up and moved with me because he couldn't stay where they were planning a life together.One in particular was rocking 100% lululemon clothes daily. All accessories were expensive. This kid asked their parents to pay for their friend's everything so the scholarship friend could partake. They obliged. The scholarship kid's parents felt very weird about it but they had a similar attitude to the grandparents in OOP's story.ADMIN MOD. AITA for expecting my wife to support my elderly parents. Asshole. My wife has a high-paying job and earns significantly more than I do. I work as a teacher and make around 40k, while she works in the private sector and makes £300-400k after tax. We split our finances equitably, with her paying 70% to my 30%.She got those like once a month and my niece would eat all of the donuts and my grandma got on her about that a few times but like i said, everything would be ignored. I go and discover my stuff missing and go into her room and ask her about the missing food. It's so tiring having to repeat yourself all the time so I'll admit i have gotten ...I posted videos of my niece and nephew misbehaving to explain why I did not want them at my birthday dinner. 2. My parents have told me that posting those videos accomplished nothing besides embarrassing my sister. And that I was being a bad family member by not trying to make compromises for my birthday dinner (such as not allowing anyone ...Not the A-hole. I (20m) has two younger siblings, "Joe" and "Jill". They're twins, both 18 and graduating high school this year. Jill is my parent's favorite, because they've always wanted a daughter, while Joe is their scapegoat, because I guess he's the bonus baby they never actually asked for. I'm mostly better off than Joe, as I'm the ...With my parents, my mom's health doesn't allow it, and my dad just doesn't pay attention. AND THEY HAVE A POOL. If I left my toddler with them, my kid would 100% drown in their pool while my mom screamed and my dad scrolled FB. My parents are deeply insulted we won't do things like leave the kid for a night when we visit.My parents have been charging me rent since I was 16. I have a small company that makes me about $60,000 a year. I started it in high school. It is one of the reasons I graduated early from high school and why I got attention from recruiters. My parents said that since I was earning adult money I could take in adult responsibilities.1.6M subscribers in the AITAH community. this is a community like r/AmITheAsshole except unlike that subreddit here you can post interpersonal…Many will suggest things like ADHD, sensory integration, oppositional defiance, perfectionism, Autism and more. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they are not. My response is the same in both situations. It goes something like this: I ask parents to spend the next week or two observing their child.UPDATE: AITA for kicking out my parents for never telling me about my half-sister. I want to thank everyone who said go talk to my parents. That's the first thing I did, I went to their place and I tried to talk to them. But it was frustrating and my mom got angry when I said I was going to reach out to my sister.Reddit Stories - Aita for admitting that my parents and niece ... ... Video. HomeYTA- I don't think it was your responsibility to tell your niece that. YTA, as a teacher at a K-8 school, there are still many students that are 10 and believe. I understand you wanting her to know the truth, but there were many other more appropriate ways that you could have gone about it. ESH.Viis524. May 24, 2024 at 11:08 AM. I posted here about my MIL and found the feedback to be helpful, so I'm hoping for the same with this situation with my sister. My sister and I are close. We have kids 3 months apart. She moved a few hours away right before she had her baby, so we text mostly everyday and FaceTime a few times a week.Exactly. My grandparents paid for me and my sister and our parents to go to Disney when we were about 6/8 years old. My parents had to save up all our spending money for well over a year and even as kids we were taught to save up pocket money to take with us. We knew Disney wasn’t cheap and it was a huge deal for someone to pay for us.I am a middle kid. My older brother is the golden child and my sister is the baby and always got her way. I was mostly ignored. I was fine with it. I got into lots of trouble but my parents didn't really care enough to either punish me or help me through it. My guidance counselor in high school took an interest in me though. She saw something.After my niece "Claire" (19f) was born I was so happy to take her home but after three months my sister said that she and the father got back together and wanted their daughter back. Things did not go down well and since she was the biological mother, legally, she had every right to change her mind and our parents were on her side.My daughter, 16 at the time, and my niece went out to eat and listen to a live band at an Irish. She was very exited because she only gets to see her cousin (21 at the time) every 2 or 3 years. When I came home that afternoon my niece and daughter were upstairs getting ready. Now as a rule I don't allow my daughter to put on too much make up.ADMIN MOD. AITA for only treating my niece, and not her brother, to a fancy dinner? Not the A-hole. My sister, Sara, has 2 twin children- for the sake of anonymity I'll name them Claire and John. They're both seniors in high school , in which college decisions were recently released. Claire decided to commit to Ohio University and her brother ...When I get upstairs, I see the door to my office is wide open, and the lights are on. When I go in to investigate, my niece is in there sitting in my chair and taking selfies with her feet on my desk. I was beyond furious, I only have one rule for guests at my house, and it's to stay out of my office. I have that rule for a reason.I (36f) have a niece and two nephews, all in their teens. Their parents, my brother and SIL, passed from an accident a year ago. They're currently staying with my widowed father (71). I also have a sister, Maria (43), who's married but childless. I have good relationships with all my niece and nephews and they're all good kids.They had everything planned, invited everyone and when the evening came for the dinner I just didn't go. My parents are furious with me. I had everything taken for a week and they plan to continue the punishment in some way. My grandparents defended me but my parents said I was rude. AITA? I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically.When they do, you can become foster parents, take them in, and receive a monthly stipend to support them. I'm not familiar with your state's foster guidelines, but in my state they'd each receive $600-$722 a month. Additionally, they may receive a yearly clothing allowance.UPDATE. Hello everyone, A few years ago I posted this here on AITA, about my sister making a fuss about my niece not being the flower girl at my wedding. No one has asked for it, but I wanted to share this update anyway, because you guys really helped out a lot. So I took a few peoples advice about having both my niece and my then fiancé's ...Teacher making a big deal or it, then doubling down and also refusing to give directions for the assignment in time to actually allow you to help your niece complete the assignment is a major breach of niece's right to education. In short, yes, teacher got herself in trouble. You did right by your niece. Reply. Award.Welcome to r/AmITheAsshole.Please view our voting guide here, and remember to use only one judgement in your comment.. OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the asshole: I think I might be the asshole because by refusing to go along with Amy's plan I might be contributing to worsening her relationship with Ashley and hurting Ashley in the long run.My parents were incredibly upset, as was I. My sister moved in with the guy immediately. My parents knew I was pissed but had to “support” their daughter. I went NC with Tory and LC with my parents. In 2020 when Tory’s second wedding happened, I didn’t go. Me and my dad had it out over it. My mother tried playing peacekeeper for the family.OP's niece who he adopted and brought into his home asked to leave and go live with her Uncle. He didn't pawn her off, he obliged with her request. You are making OP out to be something he is not and making OP think he did a bad job. This niece was the one threatening and wanting to leave in order to hurt the OP.ETA: Yes, this is a normal expense for parents BUT lower cost camps fill up FAST (our rec center camp is $200ish/wk per kid and fills up within a week of opening registration). If I had to last minute change summer plans at this point, I would be be spending closer to $350/wk per kid for full day camp.I get to stay home by myself for a week of peace and quiet. My parents were very mad at me for losing my passport. The money they spent on my flight and entrance was wasted. Darn. My mom and sister have both been posting about how hard it is to be at Disneyland with two little ones. They both posted that I ruined the vacation by being so ...EllaEllaEm said: NTA because you were not lying to Sue. Sue asked you a question directly and you told her the truth. Her parents didn't like that you told her the truth, but that's on them because they want to/need to lie to her (about Santa and about how the world works). Sue is a person independent to her parents."AITA for favoring one niece over her twin and admitting to it when confronted?" Accurate-Tie9003. A bit of backstory: I , 39f, am a twin. Growing up, my sister who I'll call Tanha grew uncomfortable with being a twin. In a way I do get it, but that doesn't mean it didn't hurt. Tanha married Jason, 42m, 20 years ago.Also, littles are surprisingly good at learning to pronounce "difficult" things. My name is difficult for grown adults to say but my niece could say it by 3. Drove my sister absolutely bonkers that her kid could manage something akin to "Angelica" with crystal clarity, but "Fiona" (sister's name) sounded like she was gargling peanut butter 😂And second,b it doesn't completely leave him out. I'd also leave your sister and BIL a snarky amount each, like $4.20. (I've had a trust and a will created and intentionally left my brother out of it, so I left him $1.00) I'd also recommend gifting your niece money while you're alive. Put it into an irrevocable trust.. I'm sure they wanted to wear me down into accepting. TruthfulAITA for telling my niece that she will survive n ADMIN MOD. AITAA for taking my niece to court over a coat? Not the A-hole. I (28F) have a niece (16F). She is my only sister's only child. 2 years ago I married a very wealthy man (34M), and because of the pandemic, last Christmas was my first with my in-laws. My MIL gifted me a coat that is worth more than $20k (I saw her wearing it, asked her ... I (32F) work as [a] paramedic and work 10-hour shifts. W NTA it's your wedding. Reply. Award. ZeroZipZilchNadaNone. •. NTA. You have a valid reason to not engage with her, which obviously means not inviting her. Tell your sister that you want her (your sister) and family there and will be heartbroken if they don’t attend. However, niece is not invited or allowed. Pale-moose-508. ADMIN MOD. AITA for helping my niece against my sis...
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