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Military husband insists on adopting 10-year-old sister, expects 23-year-old wife to become her primary caretaker: ‘I am not ready for this’ #Fun

All families are complicated, and it’s all but inevitable that if you get married to someone you have to accept you are only going to be adding to your own complications. However, it’s also true that there is a fine line between supporting your partner through their issues with relatives and being made to take on an unfair burden. It’s no secret that in-laws can cause all kinds of problems, and you have to know where your boundaries are. 

This has become a problem for one newlywed, whose husband placed some lofty expectations on her regarding his family. He wanted to take his 10-year-old sister out of a bad living situation with his mom by adopting her, but he is in the military and most of the childcare would fall on his wife. Understandably, she had her reservations about this proposal, and it gave the internet a lot to think about.

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Husband gets angry when wife says ‘What’s the story macaroni’ to her 5-year-old and 4-year-olds, tells her it’s ‘childish’: ‘Tell him to lighten up’ #Fun

Children are notoriously hard to calm down. They will get upset at something that doesn’t make sense to you, like not being able to have ice cream for dinner, and then nothing will make them feel better. You try reasoning with them, you try bargaining, you try bribes… you do whatever it takes to get this child to stop crying, because sometimes you just need them to put on their clothes and go to school. Some parents develop their own methods for dealing with their children. 

Each parent has their own tactic they employ when things get tough. Maybe you have a special treat you offer, a special song you sing, or a magic little phrase you say to wash away all the toddler angst. Whatever works, right? Apparently not, according to one woman’s husband, who had an issue with her magic phrase. Read on for the story and decide what you think.

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Selfish girlfriend and friends stick boyfriend with 0 dinner bill despite having no prior discussion about who would pay: ‘I didn’t let the other guests leave before paying’ #Fun

Splitting the bill can be an uncomfortable affair. There’s a Portlandia sketch where a group is out for a birthday dinner, and they call in a “Fixer” type that comes in and helps them settle the bill. Who got what entree, who was drinking, how much are we tipping? Bang, boom, there ya go. It’s hilarious because we’ve all been in that situation. It gets awkward quickly. That’s why you need to have an understanding of how you’re going to pay before you all arrive. 

And a fair assumption, except for very specific scenarios, is that you pay for your portion. You eat it, you drink it, you pay for it. Unless it’s been made abundantly clear that it’s someone’s treat. What you don’t do in any case, is try to leave before the bill is paid. That’s just straight-up stealing. But that’s the unfortunate position one man was put in by his girlfriend and her friends. Read on for the story.

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There are few things almost guaranteed to stir up trouble in a family unit like money, and people trying to claim what they think they are owed. Inheritance is a topic that elicits strong emotions and the more family members there are the more likely it is to get complicated. Usually everyone wants to have a piece of the pie.

This is something that one mom and stepmom came up against when she was helping her parents with their estate planning. Her mom and dad had allotted half of their assets to be split between their grandkids, including her stepdaughter. She suggested to them that this wasn’t necessary as the teenager would have a sizeable inheritance from her dad’s family, but her husband overheard and was not pleased with her advice. Reddit wasn’t so sure that when it came down to it, everybody involved deserved a share of the more modest estate.

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34-year-old sister who can’t have children insists on helping name brother’s newborn, is offended when he declines: ‘My mom thinks I lack compassion’ #Fun

Naming a baby is an incredibly personal thing. It’s a moment where, at least in our contemporary culture, the only people who really get a say are the parents. Not their families, not their friends, and not anyone else. Sure, it’s nice to use a baby name to honor someone who has passed, or who had an important impact on the new family, but you don’t have to. Your only responsibility is to name them something that won’t get them tossed out of job application pools. The rest is fair game. That’s why it’s understandable when some couples bristle when others insist on giving them outside input. I hate to break it to you, but nobody really wants to hear your list of baby names. 

But one woman didn’t quite understand that when it came time to name her niece. And though she has a tragic backstory, it still doesn’t quite excuse it. Read on for the story.

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Mother-in-law calls 31-year-old daughter-in-law’s cooking skills ‘pathetic’ during family dinner, husband faces fallout for not defending her: ‘She refuses to cook and claims there is nothing wrong with not being able to cook’ #Fun

Knowing your way around the kitchen is one of those skills that many would deem to be essential, yet there are plenty of people out there who are clueless when it comes to the world of cooking. It’s amazing that there are individuals who manage to traverse adulthood without knowing how to so much as boil an egg, but they exist—and they rely on others to take responsibility for what they eat.

This is something that one man has come up against since being with his wife, who does not know how to cook. The issue came to a head recently when they invited his mother over for dinner, and she criticized her daughter-in-law for not being able to cut fruit. His wife was annoyed that he didn’t defend her against this, but Reddit was not so sure that he deserved the backlash. There were layers to this confrontation.

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‘You’re wrong. My mom is right’: Mother-in-law saves the day with stringent budgeting tips from her ‘single mother’ days, then her son’s heavy-spending wife gets called out #Fun

This man learned that his wife’s over-spending was the reason they were dipping into the red every month, so he brought in the heavy artillery: His frugal mother who raised him and his 2 siblings as a single mother on a meager income… And his wife did NOT like that. 

When your parents give you your first allowance as a kid, your mind races and you start thinking of all the fantastic things you’ll buy with the $20 bill in your hand. You could buy a Hot Wheel, some candy, maybe even a movie! But as soon as the stars in your eyes fade from some frivolously silly purchase, you realize that the money’s quickly dwindled and you have nothing left. Most people take that lesson into adulthood, learning to taper their spending and mitigate their losses, but the woman in this next story learned that her daily ‘little treat’ at Starbucks was literally starting to bankrupt their family. 

Keep scrolling to read the details of how a marriage was tested when a frugal mother-in-law saves the day with a stringent budget. 

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Foster parents demand that 12-year-old foster child constantly cooks and cleans for them, get offended when she doesn’t want to help them out of debt as a 32-year-old adult: ‘After the way they treated me, they have no right to ask for anything’ #Fun

Being a foster kid isn’t easy. Unless you get really lucky, there is a high likelihood you will spend a lot of your childhood bouncing between homes without the level of care that you deserve. Even those who manage to find a semi-permanent home are not guaranteed the best treatment. It can be a punishing system to go through.

This is something that one woman knows all too well after the ghosts of her foster childhood past came back to haunt her recently. At the age of 12, she was placed in a home with foster parents who treated her as their “live-in maid”, a situation that she gladly escaped once she went to college. Now 32 and with a successful career in marketing, her so-called family called her expecting her to help them out of a tough financial situation. She refused, and they weren’t happy. It’s no surprise whose side the internet was on. 

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