The Wildest Am I the Asshole Posts from Reddit, Part 01
People have long turned to the sage corners of Reddit to answer the age-old quandary, “Am I the Asshole?”
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People have long turned to the sage corners of Reddit to answer the age-old quandary, “Am I the Asshole?” And the masses gleefully offer their takes to determine, "You're the Asshole," "Not the Asshole," or, the rare but profound, "Everyone Sucks Here."
In our not-so-humble opinion, the AITA subreddit is the best of what the Internet has to offer humankind — a place where we can dissect the conflicts of our lives with strangers who could give less of a shit.
Of the thousands of posts we've scrolled through, there have been a handful that live rent-free in our minds.
Here is part one of our curated list of the wildest "Am I the Asshole" posts from Reddit.
WIBTA If I Take Over Planning My Funeral From My Religious Parents?
Coming in hot is this legendary WIBTA post that might send you circling the drain of existential dread or inspire you to get your estate in order. OP is dying of cystic fibrosis. With weeks left to live, OP’s religious zealot parents are exerting control over the funeral planning. Their vision of their adult child’s last hurrah is one of hymns, Bible verses — that whole deal. OP is not about it. They want their funeral to be a celebration with upbeat music, shared stories, confetti, and ashes as party favors. Which brings us to the big fat question: “WIBTA If I Take Over Planning My Funeral From My Religious Parents?”
AITA For Not Taking My Own Video That was a Gift from my Best Man?
OP’s parents are constantly setting him aside for his needy, possibly narcissistic, but obviously mentally ill sister. His life’s big moments coincidentally coincide with his sister’s periodic meltdowns that, for some reason, require all parental hands on deck.
Come OP’s wedding day, whoah! Will you look at that? OP’s parents can’t come to the wedding because sister’s dog is sick. The wedding goes on sans the mother and the father of the groom. OP and his new bride go on their honeymoon, where they have no cell service. When they return, they discover that OP’s best man posted a video to social media calling out OP’s parents for being dog-shit humans. While it delights OP to no end, he wonders, “AITA for Not Taking Down My Video That Was a Gift From My Bestman?”
AITA for walking out of the airport when I saw my husband’s mom standing there with her luggage?
This one is pretty fucking wild. OP’s mother-in-law is odd, to put it mildly.
MIL constantly compares herself to OP and, at times, copies her. One time, OP dyed her hair purple, and MIL did the same! Fucking nutjob.
While this is deeply uncomfortable, OP’s husband doesn’t seem to see the problem.
Now to the matter at hand.
OP and her husband took two weeks off to vacation abroad, which OP paid for. MIL wanted to join in on the trip, and, like a reasonable, no insane person, OP said NO WAY, JOSE!
MIL did not go quietly. She recruited other family members to try to convince OP to let her join their trip and even threatened to call the police to make a false complaint about something to get them to stay. That’s not even the worst part. OP’s husband seems to find absolutely nothing wrong with his mother’s abhorrent behavior. This motherfucker even told his wife that if his mommy can’t come, well, he won’t go either! After arguing back and forth, OP took his insane threat to bail on the trip back and MIL suspiciously stopped her Herculean efforts to usurp their trip.
Cut to the morning of their departure. OP notices husband seems to be looking for someone as they walk through the airport, and then BOOM. She sees crazy MIL waiting at the gate with luggage. As OP’s insane husband and his insane mother embrace, OP turns heel and leaves the airport to cry at home, shocked by the betrayal.
The husband returns home and berates her for “ruining the trip at the last minute.” And so, OP turns to the ether of Reddit to ponder, “AITA for walking out of the airport when I saw my mom standing there with my luggage?”
So what say the Reddit lords? Is OP the asshole? Is this relationship-ending behavior? Was OP overreacting? Is the husband underreacting?
AITA for canceling the entire vacation when I found out that my stepdaughters deliberately hid my daughter’s passport to get her to stay home?
Another vacation doozy! OP is the bio-father of 18-year-old Jessica and stepdad to 25-year-old Monica and 28-year-old Leah. Everyone, including OP’s wife, Beth, lives under the same roof. Jessica is constantly asked to babysit her stepsister’s children, which she does when she’s paid to do so. Totally reasonable — watching kids ain’t easy, and time ain’t free. The thing is, stepmom pays the bill, not Monica and Leah.
OP planned a three-day family vacation for everyone, and the (evil?) stepsisters suggested Jessica stay behind to watch their kids. Jessica was like, “no, thank you, I’d like to go on the family vacation.”
So, they hire a babysitter to stay with the little gremlins.
Cut to the morning of departure. OP and family are at the airport. When Jessica reaches into her bag to show TSA her passport, it’s nowhere to be found. The family rushes home, and Jessica frantically looks for it. Monica and Leah, bitches that they are, are like, “ah damn! Guess you’ll have to stay behind with the kids. Let’s head back to the airport so the rest of us don’t miss the flight.” OP was like, “um, fuck no, we need to find that passport.”
Monica and Leah then admit they stole and hid the passport to get her to stay home with the kids. OP is like, “You did what?!” and cancels the whole trip.
Monica, Leah, and Beth freak out, saying that OP is punishing them for wanting their kids to be watched by someone they are comfortable with.
So, OP turned to the all-knowing users of Reddit to ask, “AITA for canceling the entire vacation when I found out that my stepdaughters deliberately hid my daughter’s passport to get her to stay home?”
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AITA for telling my parents to pay me back my college tuition if they want a relationship?
OP is the only girl among three brothers. Her parents are very into the whole gender roles thing — ya know, men are smart and should work, and women are less capable and should just stay home and pump out children like baby-making factories on steroids. While brothers were praised for their academic accomplishments, OP never was. These fucking people who call themselves parents even forbid OP from applying to college, all the while footing not just the tuition for her brothers but also their living expenses.
OP, badass that she is, went to college anyway, with zero financial support from Mom and Dad. She studied engineering while taking on debt and struggling to make ends meet. Cut to the here and now. OP is thriving, working in her field, married, and pregnant with her first behbeh. She hasn’t spoken to her parents in years, but one day, Mom and Dad reach out and say, “Hello, daughter, we are financially and emotionally neglected; we would now like a relationship with you!” OP meets them at a park so she can tell them to their stupid faces, “We can start having a relationship when you pay me back the $100K for my college tuition.” Mom starts crying, Dad goes slack-jawed, and OP walks away. She’s confident in her choice until her Neanderthal brothers start calling her to tell her she is being immature and selfish. She turns to the truth-tellers of yee old Reddit to ask, “AITA for telling my parents to pay me back my college tuition if they want a relationship?”