wheatpuppy posted:

I meant the bit where she said, "we had to go around the corner to find a place for him to change.". I took that to mean he did actually change, but it is not explained well.

Here is a totally mature, grown-up man:

AITA for grounding my daughter for ruining our vacation

What, you expect the adult to control himself? He can't say "no" to a bet, that'd be a sign of weakness! Instead he will just pout dramatically every time he is bested by a child.

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She’s spoiled at her dad’s house. He remarried when she was 5, she’s a stay at home mom, and my daughter is an only child over there. She used to come home saying “mommy (they told her to call his wife mommy) said I don’t need to clean up because I’m a princess”. She still doesn’t pack her own backpack or lunch, her dad pays her every time she competes in a track meet, and she has a credit card with no hard limit, she’s just told to “use her best judgement” or “be reasonable”

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He can make me pay back pay. I was supposed to pay years ago but he said not to worry about it. Her dad and his wife totally enable this behavior. She used to come over and say “mommy says I don’t have to clean up because I’m a princess.” She also refuses to spend the night when she has school because she has to pack her own backpack and lunch.

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This is going to sound dumb but I (16F) have been craving crumbl cookie all week and they had my favorite flavor on the menu (pink sugar cookie). I drove to crumbl and got a single cookie for myself. When I came home from crumbl. I ate half of the cookie and left the other half on the counter. The next day my aunt came over with my cousin (9M) . He saw my cookie on the table and asked me if he could have it. I told him no and explained to him that I have been wanting the cookie all week. He whined and said “But cookies are my favorite food”. I just said sorry and told him that the next time he comes over we could bake cookies together. He was not satisfied with my answer and ran to my aunt crying. My aunt said to just let him eat it and she will rebuy me the cookie some other time. The thing is. It was sunday and if you know about crumbl they change their menu every week (and pink sugar has not been on the menu in ages!). So this plan was not going to work. I told my aunt this and she said “he is only 9 and you're 16 you can sacrifice a cookie for a small child”. My cousin looked at my aunt again. I once again said no, my aunt just glared at me, turned, looked over at my little cousin and said “go ahead”. My cousin ran over to my cookie. I rush to get it before him but he picks it up first so since he was milliseconds aways from biting the cookie I push the cookie out of his hands and he starts crying. As he is bending down to pick it up off of the floor to still eat it I stomp on it causing it to mush everywhere. My cousin cries so aunt starts to yell at me calling me immature and that I should learn how to sacrifice things for family and children and how giving him the cookie would not have hurt me. She then said “how do you feel now that you are wasting your money from nobody eating it?”. I then told her I would have felt like my money was wasted either way since I bought the cookie for myself and didn't get to eat it.This threw her over the edge and then immediately complained to my dad. My dad is on my side but my mom thinks I should have just given him the cookie. I can admit stomping on the cookie was an overreaction but why would my cousin be entitled to the cookie I paid for just because we both want it? So, AITA?

Troublemaker posted:

AITA for not giving my little cousin my Crumbl Cookie?

Sex Farm posted:

Stories like this are sad cause it really is a great teachable moment for a kid to learn that sometimes you don't get what you want and that is okay

But really I want to know the size of the cookie

Sex Farm posted:

Stories like this are sad cause it really is a great teachable moment for a kid to learn that sometimes you don't get what you want and that is okay

But really I want to know the size of the cookie

Schlub Husband posted:

Stories of adults being unwilling to say no to a child infuriate me.

Troublemaker posted:

Yeah, that one confused me because she kept insisting that no other girlfriends were allowed to go, so why did OP get to go, and I was wondering which of the guys he was dating since he said they were all straight. Because if he's not one of their boyfriends, then her argument makes no sense. But apparently it's not the "no significant others" she has a problem with, it's that she thinks of him as a woman, and therefore other women should get to go.

Sad that Antonio picked her over his friends.

mystes posted:

I can't decide if
1) Gina really thinks the OP is going to have sex with Antonio
2) Gina is just really homophobic and doesn't want Antonio to interact with the OP because of that
3) Gina just doesn't want Antonio to go at all and she's just latched on to this as an excuse (in which case what if the OP really just was like "oh okay fine I won't go"? But maybe she didn't actually think it through that far)

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I am a teacher and I have a tough parent this year. This parent has been fine until recently when I called her by her first name after I was told that she wished to be addressed on all communication. I personally don’t use Ms. Mrs. Or Mr. Unless I know for sure what one they go by. She has said Ms. And Mrs. before interchangeably so I decided her first name was a safe option at that time because I was just told she wanted to be addressed on emails. She got mad and contacted my supervisors’ supervisor. After that she had said parent or Ms. is an okay way to address her.

Today I sent out an email to all of my students starting with “Parents and Guardians of (insert students name here)” as I am not going to assume all of my students live with their mom and or dad, and she blew up on me and on my supervisor who called her to talk with her about things. All because she is not a guardian she is the parent. So am I the rear end in a top hat?

Edit to add that when she was upset by me calling her by her first name I did apologize and get her verbal approval of calling her parent of (insert students name here). I have also called this parent by their first name in the past. I was not given a reason as to why it is an issue now other than it is for her.

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She was simply upset about the face that I added guardian. I don’t think she understood that it was a mass email.

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Throwaway account b/c obvious reasons.

I (29F) married my hubby (31M) a few months ago. Neither of us were particularly interested in spending a boatload of money on a wedding no one would actually enjoy, so we were casual. The wedding was in the party room of a pizza place we love (it's in a recently-renovated 19th-century factory, so it's cool-looking) and decided to let our friends and family bring their army of small children b/c pizza. To entertain the kids, we decided to have a few carnival-themed games and snacks available and we hired a clown (M23) to do balloon animals.

I know this clown, he is a friend of my cousin's who has good clown credentials. He was great with the kids. We had the bright idea to invite the clown to be in some of our wedding photos, as well.

Anyhow, I noticed MIL (F60s) had been kind of distant since the wedding but I didn't realize that she was pissed at us until she came to dinner last night. We got the wedding photos and picked our favorite, which is the two of us looking at each other dramatically with the clown standing next to us holding a big fake squeaky hammer like he was about to bonk my husband's head. We got it framed and put it up in the house.

When my MIL saw the photo, she lost it. She blamed me for embarrassing her and continuing to rub it in her face with the clown photos, and that I should've put my foot down and made sure her son had a classy wedding and not the "clown show you put on". My husband told his mom to leave but I'm honestly kind of shaken.

The feedback from other family/friends has been positive and I've had a good relationship with my MIL thus far, so this was a surprise. I know a lot of people say that the wedding is for the family, not the couple, which isn't something I took seriously until now, and I'm wondering if I should've considered my MIL's feelings more when putting together the party. So am I the rear end in a top hat for my clown show wedding?

Mx. posted:

AITA for not addressing a parent “correctly”?

the holy poopacy posted:

Fellas, my wife doesn't want a partner who beats her. Does this mean she's a cheating harlot???

ApplesandOranges posted:

Good clown credentials

ApplesandOranges posted:

AITA for inviting a clown to my wedding and putting him in the pictures?

Good clown credentials

ApplesandOranges posted:

AITA for inviting a clown to my wedding and putting him in the pictures?

Good clown credentials

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The wedding was in the party room of a pizza place we love

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I should've put my foot down and made sure her son had a classy wedding and not the "clown show you put on".

house of the dad posted:

I will only accept being divorced slowly and at a comfortable pace

Biplane posted:

Me: That's a nice dress
MIL:
Me: For a clown to wear
Me: at a wedding
MIL: Nooo

Enemabag Jones posted:

I'd eat a Levain cookie over the course of two or three days so I get it. If Crumbl is as expensive kid can pound sand.

AceClown posted:

ApplesandOranges posted:

AITA for inviting a clown to my wedding and putting him in the pictures?

Good clown credentials

Kuros posted:

Are we playing three sets? I'm sure I can suss out a bullshit point against Serena. Maybe if she double faults or something.

Troublemaker posted:

AITA for not giving my little cousin my Crumbl Cookie?

Halloween Jack posted:

I think I have like a 0.5-1% chance. She's a professional athlete, there's always a chance that her ACL just explodes for no reason.

The_Franz posted:

It start so innocently with "give me your cookie", then comes "give me your car", and, finally, "give me your house".

Gotta nip this in the bud while you can.