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06/04/2026

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When An Ex’s Wife Pushes To Homeschool, This Mom Says “No Way!”

I (31f) share two children (9m & 8f) with my ex-husband Aaron (35m). Aaron's cheating ended our marriage and before long he had moved in with Nicole (34f) and her children (11, 10, 8 and 6). Aaron and Nicole have a 2 year old together and they're expecting another child.

Even before Aaron and Nicole met she homeschooled her children. While my kids attend public school. This was mentioned as a problem before they were even married but I ignored them.

Now this has come up again and they are being a thorn in my side about it. Nicole said it is unfair for her children to see mine go to school while hers do not. She told me her kids have become jealous and it's causing issues for her parenting and for her and Aaron's family.

I told her this was not my problem and she needed to figure out how to manage that. As that is the life of blended families. Not everything will be the same or equal for the kids from different marriages.

Aaron asked me to homeschool a few times and I told him I would not entertain the idea. He even asked the kids who were worried when they came to me about it. They didn't want to leave their friends and teachers and they didn't want to stay home all day like Nicole's kids.

I reassured them I would not be saying yes to homeschooling for them. Now Nicole and Aaron are on a mission to make me agree to Nicole homeschooling my kids alongside hers. Apparently they have the 2 year old started into some form of pre-k homeschooling and they feel it's only fair for my kids to join in too.

I said no. I even had my lawyer send their lawyer a letter officially stating my position on this. My lawyer has also documented everything.

They asked their lawyer to take this back to court and get a judge to overrule me but their lawyer told them this would not go in their favor. My ex was so unhappy about it that he told me all of this and it gave me the chance to document that also. Now they're claiming I don't have a good reason to refuse other than to disrupt their home and to keep Nicole from playing a bigger role in the lives of my children.

And to prevent sibling bonding between Nicole's kids and mine. I told them I have many reasons to say no and they just need to accept it. I stopped replying after this.

But since school ended for the summer I have been inundated with pressure from them over this. They are worried that I'll send them to school in September as planned. Which will happen.

I feel like the kids wanting to go to school should also count and I told Aaron this before. But AITA for not being willing to try? Is it really so hard to believe I just want my kids to attend school normally?

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

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AITA for calling my brother's GF a snobby cow?

Yesterday me, my sister, my mum and a couple of our friends went on a girls trip to the beach. The trip had been planned for a while. My sister thought we should invite my brother's GF, Chloe along too. She's an accountant and they've been together for six months. I've only actually met her a few times because she's a huge workaholic so I haven't had much of a chance to hang out with her properly.

Anyway so I invited her but I didn't think she would say yes, but I was happy that she did. We all met at the train station to get going. Chloe was wearing this absolutely beautiful pink dress. I asked her where she got it, and she looked me right in the eye and said "a shop". I don't know if she was trying to be funny but there was no reason to try to make me look stupid like that.

Later when we were hanging out on the beach, Chloe got her tablet out and started doing some work stuff. On the beach. I thought this was pretty weird but I didn't say anything. The rest of us went to play volleyball but Chloe said she wasn't coming as she wanted to finish what she was doing. I said she could do that anytime she wanted but she doesn't get to have a trip like this every day.

Chloe responded saying she doesn't enjoy "silly" things like volleyball, which I thought was another rude comment. I said if she was going to be a snobby cow all day then why did she agree to come with us?

Shockingly my sister and mum jumped in and said I was being really "n__ty" to her. I can't believe they stuck up for her.

I didn't speak to Chloe for the rest of the day, but when we got home I got a text from my brother, demanding to know why I was being horrible to his girlfriend.

OK, maybe I shouldn't have made the snobby cow comment, but she tried to humiliate me in front of everyone with the shop comment, and then called the things I enjoy silly.

Why should I have put up with her nonsense if she's going to act like she's better than me?

06/03/2026

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She Publicly Corrected A Guy After He Made It Look Like They Were Dating

I am 18F and the guy "A" is 21M, we are part of the same "social group" and share mutual friends (but we are not really friends).

Last month, my best friend moved into her own apartment away from her abusive family. We had a mini-celebration at her flat with me, her, "A" and 6 other people (a total of 5F, 4M). We had drinks and took some photos. I took a lot with my best friend and a few of my closest friends, and before we left, we took a group photo.

I stood next to "A" because I was the shortest and he was the second shortest of the group. Few of us posted the photos on Instagram later that day and that was that. 2 days ago, I got a bunch of guys dmed me if "A" and I were dating and I was so confused. I asked my best friend and she sent me a screenshot of what guy "A" posted.

There were a total of 4 pics he uploaded, and the first was of his new car, the second of his car parts? I'm not sure, and the third photo of the two of us cropped out of the group shot and the last pic of his university's entrance. He captioned it "Life at 21; living the dream"

I was creeped out by this. We've never had a conversation together and I was uncomfortable with the idea that he cropped everyone out of the group shot to make it look like we took it together.

I asked for his phone number and I contacted him saying either he could delete the post or repost it with me cropped out. He got upset with me, and told me it wasn't a big deal and that I was being narcissistic because "if I was some instagram model you would have begged for that"

I got mad so I went on Instagram and uploaded a picture of the group shot, his post, and wrote the disclaimer that I wasn't dating him and that he was being a creep. I wrote in all caps "I AM NOT HIS GIRLFRIEND! HE'S JUST BEING A CREEP" A lot of the people in my comments told me I was taking it too far, and that I was being too harsh and humiliating him. He also blew up my phone saying that I humiliated him and ruined his social life. All his family and new uni friends saw it and I feel lowkey like I did take it too far, I have a lot of followers 25K and I think I shamed him too publically...

AITA?

06/02/2026

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AITA For Losing My Cool When My Ex Revealed Our Daughter?

I broke up with my gf 2 years ago, I always loved and supported her, but she left me, no matter how much I begged her she wouldn't listen to me, she just wanted to leave me.

4 months ago, she visited me and told me that I have a daughter, I loved my gf so much and I got angry and demanded a paternity test, we did the test and she's definitely my daughter, I did the test multiple times, I was extremely furious at her, for not just leaving me but for not even telling me about my own daughter, she was sorry and cried but I was angry and said that she's a bad human being, you left me when I loved you so much, I gave you my everything and you didn't tell me about my own daughter?

She cried and said I should give her full custody and I should pay her so she can support my daughter, I said no, never, you didn't tell me about my own daughter, and you want me to just pay for my daughter when she doesn't even know anything about her own father? I'm going to court.

Now my gf's parents are saying that I'm being an unrealistic ass, I should just support my daughter's mother, and in time I will get to see my daughter and get to be with my daughter

I know I'm not an a__hole to be with my daughter and for doing whatever I need to be with her, but should I just give my daughter's mother some time to just get over everything that has happened?

Edit: I just have a question, can I just make an agreement or something that she gives me my daughter and I pay her in return? She gets her money and I get my daughter? I can ask my family members to help me with money and my father and uncles won't refuse, I just want my daughter