The Wildest Am I the Asshole Posts from Reddit, Holiday Edition Part 01
The holiday season is a hectic time over at our favorite little corner of the internet: the Am I The Asshole subreddit.
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The holiday season is a hectic time over at our favorite little corner of the internet: the Am I The Asshole subreddit.
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 couldn’t 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.
AITAH for kicking out my conservative family during Thanksgiving before anyone ate?
Ah, politics. OP made it 15 minutes before politics entered the chat. OP asked people to knock off the political back-and-forth. When a conservative uncle fired off a quip, OP told everyone to get the fuck out before the meal even began. Mom thinks OP overreacted. OP maintains their stance.
Am I the asshole for expecting my husband to stay home for Thanksgiving?
OP and her husband are embarking on their first holiday season as a married couple. They live away from family, and also have a fuckload of pets, including five chickens. They can’t just leave their menagerie to fend for itself while they spend a long weekend away eating turkey and mashed potatoes. The pet sitter is booked because, well, Thanksgiving. OP’s husband insists on going anyway. She’s like, “Ok, well, I’ll have to stay here with the pets. It would be cool if you didn’t leave me on our first holiday as husband and wife.” But this joker is thinking about going. The communication gap is the Mariana Trench, and OP is running out of oxygen.
AITAH For Being Hurt That My MIL Wanted To Exclude My Daughter From Thanksgiving and Christmas To Protect My SIL?
One doesn’t have to scroll the subreddit for too long before one comes across a severe case of entitlement. OP and her husband have a wee three-month-old baby, and are excited for their young one’s first holiday season. Here’s the rub: OP’s twin sister has had a tough time with infertility. OP has been pretty fucking considerate of SIL’s feelings on the matter, which can be heavy and complex. She even declined a baby shower! Here’s where it gets good: MIL asked OP and her husband if they would be willing to STAY HOME or get a BABYSITTER so the presence of their infant wouldn’t upset SIL.
AITA for telling my wife that she can stay home this Thanksgiving?
OP’s wife is a picky eater. Like, so picky that it obviously bothers OP because this post is absolutely saturated in irritation. WOMEN, amiright?! This year, she asked if it would be ok to bring her own food for Thanksgiving. OP said his mommy would be upset and that if she couldn’t eat what everyone else is going to eat, she could just stay home. Don’t worry, the comments take care of it.
AITA for canceling the plans for thanksgiving after my parents called my brother’s baby their “first grandchild”?
OP legally adopted her stepkids three years ago. She considers them her own as much as if they came from her own body, as do her parents, or so she thought. Well, OP’s brother recently had a baby girl, and the grandparents referred to her as “their first grandchild” in front of their step-grandchildren. OP called her parents later to tell them that it wasn’t very cool to say, and her parents replied that since the children aren’t biologically hers, they aren’t really their grandchildren. OP was going to host Thanksgiving but decided to cancel because her parents were too dense to understand that their comment was hurtful to the children, who had been their grandchildren for six years.
AITA for getting up from my chair in the middle of Christmas dinner and shouting “SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT MY BODYYYYY” in response to my husband’s observation?
OP’s fucking asshat of a husband keeps making comments about her body, just months after she bore the man a son — ya know, just to let her know he doesn’t find her as attractive as he once did. At Christmas dinner, OP’s SIL complimented her on her outfit, and her husband made sure to swoop in and neg her. OP did what any rational, self-respecting new mother would do: she rose from the table and screamed at her dirtbag husband. The jamoke ran off to stay at his friend’s place, and sent her a nice text saying that she needed to get her shit together and go to therapy.
AITA for jumping out of a bathroom window to avoid my mom’s attempt at forcing a reunion between me and my ex fiancé?
OP was engaged to Sarah after four years of dating when he found out that she had cheated on him. He kicked her to the curb, but kept the reason behind the split to himself, citing feelings of emasculation. OP’s friends and family were left stumped, thinking he just heartlessly rid himself of her for no reason at all. Fast-forward a couple of weeks to Christmas Eve. OP is enjoying his holiday at his mom’s house when someone knocks on the door. Guess who!? Yup, that ol’ bitch Sarah! OP’s mom invited her so the two could make up over the magic of the holidays. OP is like, “What the fuck?” but mom insists. So, OP goes to the bathroom, crawls through the window, and beelines it for his car to make an escape back home.
OP’s mom and sister tell him that he ruined Christmas, offering less than zero sympathy when he reveals the truth behind their breakup.
AITA for losing it and telling in-laws to stop calling me “mama” and trying to erase my identity?
OP is a mom of two toddlers and has found herself trapped in a strange hell in which her in-laws only refer to her as “mama.” They go so far as to give her weird gifts that only reference her role as a mother.
At Christmas dinner, after the 100th “mama,” she asked her SIL to call her by her name, please and thank you. SIL was like, “um, what’s your problem?!” Husband says he understands how fucking weird the mama stuff is, but is asking her to apologize to SIL. OP is like, “Sure thing, as soon as she apologizes to me.”
AITA for telling my SIL she can leave Christmas dinner when she freaked out over tampons?
OP and her boyfriend hosted a small Christmas get-together and included her boyfriend’s brother and his girlfriend, who was about three months new on the scene. Without giving OP a heads-up, the girlfriend brought her eight-year-old son along for the festivities. Everything is hunky-dory until the girlfriend uses the bathroom and comes out clutching a box of tampons, breathlessly fuming that OP dared put out such disgusting tools of feminine hygiene in plain view of a child. OP was like, “..... you can go.” OP’s boyfriend’s brother drove his raging girlfriend home, and called to tell OP she was the asshole and — wait for it — OP’s boyfriend agrees!