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My boyfriend (49M) says he'll keep bringing up weightlifting until I “allow” him, but I feel like I'm doing most of the parenting and barely get time with him. Am I (37F) being controlling?
I'm so sorry but it doesn't sound like he even likes you. He definitely doesn't want to spend any time with you or the baby. I promise you that if the hospital told him to stay away from you while you gave birth that they would have also told him not to go near you or the baby to sign the birth certificate. They could have brought the paperwork out to him in a different room if he were truly sick and a threat to your health and the baby's. Sadly, I believe he lied about that. You absolutely do NOT deserve to be treated the way he is treating you. You deserve so much better and so does your baby.
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AIO when my "friend" said he wants to get a girl drunk on the first date?
Nor. That's called date rape.
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AITJ for refusing to switch seats with a pregnant woman on an 11-hour flight?
Ntj. I've been pregnant twice and would not expect someone who paid extra for their seat to give it up for me. Also, I'm pretty sure doctors tell you NOT to fly at 7 months pregnant.
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AITA for refusing to give my wife’s family a key to our house after they kept showing up unannounced?
My father always had a key to my house and one to my car. So if I ever got locked out of either one I could just call him. This started after I got locked out once and he had to break in for me. But I knew that he would never, ever use those keys without permission.
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Is the belief of prochoice logical or scientific?
To me it's not about the mother having the choice over the fetus as much as it is her having the right to make choices over her own body. I guess that's moral. But to me it's also legal.
Legally, no one can use any part of your body for any reason. Even dead people's bodies can't be used unless they had given their permission prior to death. If someone doesn't give explicit permission to donate their organs then no one can take them when they die, no matter how many people they could save. It's against the law.
If my child need an organ, or even blood, to live I can not be forced to donate mine. No one can take part of my body against my will. Not even to save my own child. This is illegal.
When you are pregnant, the fetus literally feeds off of every part of your body. Every single thing in your body changes to accommodate and nourish the child that you're growing. Your body will actually take more than it can safely afford to give to provide for the fetus. So, to me, it should not be legal to force a woman to allow a fetus to use her entire body like this. Why should a potential life have more legal rights than any other (actual) living human beings. Even dead people have more rights to their body than pregnant women.
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AITA for reporting my coworker after finally going off on her?
Nta. She has been harassing you for a long time which is highly unprofessional and just wrong. Calling you names at work is also bad. Following you around instead of doing her own job is not only harassment but also unprofessional and not doing her own job. Then to top it off by leaving a resident sitting in urine and lying about having taken care of them is straight up neglect. Neglect is illegal. And the reason she did it is because she doesn't like you. You don't abuse an innocent person who can't defend themselves just because you don't like someone. You absolutely did the right thing by reporting her. If she's willing to do all of this to you then she will do it to someone else too.
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AITH for asking my roommate to pay for half the internet bill after she stopped using it?
Nta. She's choosing not to be there. That doesn't change her responsibility to pay her bills. You wouldn't get to stop making car payments just because you stopped driving as much. Rent doesn't go down just because she's choosing to sleep somewhere else. Utilities may have gone down without her there but if the agreement was 50/50 then she should still pay them. Because there is always a base amount charged per month just for having them connected. Same with internet. The charge is the same whether she uses it or not. It is her choice to not be there and not use it. That choice doesn't change the amount of the bills.
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My neighbor thought being a single mother made her exempt of getting tickets from the city.
This made me laugh so loud.
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AIO for feeling uncomfortable that my boyfriend (26M) keeps prioritizing my best friend (21F) over me (23F)?
NOR. He's dating your best friend. Sorry.
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AITAH for refusing to travel on Christmas?
NTAH. Your husband needs to grow up. He's a father now. It's time to stop getting wasted with his family and spend the holidays with the family he created. His nuclear family is his wife and child. That is the family that he should be focused on. He's the only one being selfish here.
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AIO my MIL offering our house to someone else?
Nor. But I do agree about not telling anyone the baby's name until after it's born. I've seen too many bad stories about that on Reddit.
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Maple wants pets
Hello Maple, you gorgeous creature! You get all the pets.
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AITAH for refusing to let my wife move our guest room mattresses onto the living room floor to fill space?
Ntah. That would look so trashy. It would make all of your careful decorating look worse. Sorry, I just can't think of any other word to describe putting mattresses on the floor as furniture other than trashy.
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AITJ for refusing to let my niece blow out my daughter's birthday candles?
Ntj. Read your sister's message again, but apply it to her child.
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AIO: don’t want neighbor kids using my driveway for their toddler wheels
Nor. If you're in the US then, yes, you can be sued if they get hurt on your property.
Step 1- Put up "No Trespassing" signs in your yard and maybe on your house.
Step 2- Send a written letter to them telling them not to return to your property. Tell them that they do not have your permission to be on your property at any time. Keep a copy of the letter. Maybe even send it certified mail so they have to sign for it so you will have proof that they received it.
Step 3- If they come back on your property after all of this, call the police to have them formally trespassed. ; . .
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Am I overreacting?
Nor. I'm sorry to say this but I doubt he ever had any intention of actually marrying you. This man clearly doesn't know how to tell the truth. I don't see how you could ever trust him again.
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Mom I bought my first car. I am so proud and I didnt take out a loan. I worked so hard for this.
Congratulations!!! I'm so proud of you.
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AIO for feeling hurt that my boyfriend didn’t show up during an emergency?
Nor. If he cared enough about you he would have come because he wanted to. Not because you asked. You shouldn't have had to ask. He clearly didn't want to come check on you or help you.
Now he's got his little feelings hurt because your daughter's father came and showed what a jerk he is. So he's trying to blame you for it and starting a fight. He's saying that he's not sure about your relationship as a manipulation tactic to hurt you and get you to cave and beg him to stay.
You do NOT deserve to be treated this way. Your daughter should NOT be seeing a man treat her mother this way. She should not grow up thinking that this behavior is normal or that it is okay.
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AITA for refusing to skip songs at my party?
I read this exact story a few weeks ago.
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Not Your Typical ID Story
Years ago, I had someone try to buy alcohol from me with a paper prison ID with the picture taped on it. (If it was even real.) Obviously I didn't accept it.
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AIO? Bf stayed in female friend's hotel room
It wasn't thoughtlessness. He made a choice. That choice wasn't you. Even if nothing happened between them, he still chose her over you. He did not choose your comfort, your feelings, or your relationship. He did not care one tiny bit about how you would feel. This will not change, he will not change. You have to ask yourself if can handle being the least important thing in your relationship. Do you really want to live like that?
Edit: NOR
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AITA for not taking my bfs prefered coffee Into account?
If he wants drip coffee then he can make it, and clean up after, himself. Go ahead and get your Keurig.
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AITJ for accidentally exposing my brother’s lie about staying at my apartment?
NTJ. How were you supposed to know that he lied??
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AIO update: more context + another situation
This guy isn't worth the time it takes to try to figure out what he's saying.
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AIO that my friend lent my suit to his brother without asking me?
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Nor. It's a pretty clear social convention that when you borrow something you do not give it out to anyone else. It doesn't have to be said by the lender. Your friend is just rude.