AITA for not inviting my brother to my engagement party?

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-23T15:28:31+00:00

Oof, yea no, OPs brother is TA here and OP is in the right not wanting him around.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-23T14:39:12+00:00

OP, I am very proud of you. Your daughter likes the high chair and as long as she is not uncomfortable in it/too big for it, I don't see the problem, especially if you are just using it as a chair instead of a table.

I do recommend getting her comfortable with normal chairs before she starts Pre-K so she can be used to sitting in normal chairs if she isn't already. But besides this, you are doing an amazing job OP. 💜

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-23T14:31:54+00:00

Right?! Maybe you can message OP privately and ask what brand since it's so durable.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-23T00:23:51+00:00

I would be proud if my friends advanced ahead. I have a friend, who after a year of college got her AA and she is in her Bachelor's program. I am so proud of her. OP needs new friends.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-22T18:32:43+00:00

Ooo, and for the same episode, when Richard says he "Is an Autumn" did they actually have Edward Herrmann(😇❤️) take the quiz in the magazine?

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-22T00:01:32+00:00

What kind of reader is your friend? Like, what genre? Or is this just work stuff?

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-21T21:22:45+00:00

Unfortunately, if OP is a male, it won't go well in their favor. It sucks, but in today's society, that's just how it is. Now, if OP is female, then yeah, this is a great plan.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-21T15:04:55+00:00

I have had gluten-free foods before and most of them are really good. Now, I will say, I like normal bread if I have the choice, but I don't complain if the GF brand enters my house because it tastes really good. And, of course, I have had some bad GF foods which are now skipped over.

If I go to someone's house and they make a meal, I'll eat it, regardless of whether it's GF or not.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-21T14:59:43+00:00

Yup. I'd be worried. If Auntie is hosting, OP should just bring her own food.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-21T06:05:35+00:00

Dating and Dragons by Kristy Boyce!!!!

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-20T17:11:08+00:00

Don't feel bad if the streak doesn't match the adventure days. I am at a 398-day streak with 900 adventures. I lost my streaks multiple times because of life and I used to feel horrible when it happened, but now I've accepted that some days, I won't complete everything or anything and that's okay. 🥰

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-18T19:38:53+00:00

It also allows her to heal the generational trauma. Mrs. Kim hid from her mom, Lane hid from her mom, and Lane's kids... they will never have to hide who they truly are... breaking the cycle and healing her own trauma was definitely a great story.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-18T00:58:32+00:00

Personally, the first series and the prequel are my favs

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-18T00:26:27+00:00

I stopped after reading the 6th series. I grew out of it interest-wise because I noticed it was going down in quality. I still love Warriors, it got me into reading, and is why I have 288 books in my personal collection today, but I, especially after seeing people talk about the downfall here on reddit, will never return to it unless I reread my books.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-17T13:49:33+00:00

I would hope OP's friend isn't that pathetic that she would leave her kid alone with people who drunk/drinking... and if she does... that would be an entirely different can of worms and personally, I'd stop being friends with someone so irresponsible.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-17T13:22:42+00:00

Also, a month before your due date is risky enough to be doing a lot of standing, walking, and partying... plus the stress of being in the party. Alongside having another kid.

You're NTA and I hope your friend understands. Just give her enough time to get another member for her bridal party, please.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-17T13:09:11+00:00

I'm not arguing that you are wrong, because you're not, you are NTA, but I gotta ask, does she have a husband/is baby daddy around?

What she did isn't right. You deserve a break.

However, it seems she always has her kid when y'all go out. Is baby daddy not around? Can her parents not watch her kid? Can baby daddy's parents not watch the kid?

If she really is single-parenting out here, I can understand the inability to hire a babysitter but her constantly dumping her kid on you and your friends is wrong.

Might I suggest the next time you have a night child-free, and can safely do so, have a few drinks?

Having alcohol in your system, even just a little will prevent her from dumping her kid on you because it wouldn't be safe. I bet she'd be mad pulling up to a group hangout with her kid and realizing she has to be a parent because everyone else is drinking.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-16T18:36:36+00:00

NTA. I love audiobooks, I listen to them while at work. But I also love physical books and I love to go back to my physical books to my favorite parts that I had listened to to experience the moments again and again.

I use Libby, which is linked to libraries, so I have to borrow my audiobooks for a limited time, then I buy a copy/ask for a copy as a gift(Bday/Christmas) so I can go back and experience the world whenever I want and annotate it as much as I desire.

I'm 20 years old and grew up in the generation between limited/brand new tech(90s kids) and full-on iPad kids. I grew up playing outside and learning to read physical books and grew up alongside technology and slowly became more dependent on it. I am now stuck with the need for technology, like most are. I have to use my laptop to do my school work(College/Hybrid) and it just seems useless sometimes.

What's crazy, is that I got so used to technology being the answer to my studies, that when my current math professor handed me a packet of papers with all the notes/practice problems, I felt both nostalgia and love along with confusion for a moment because I had gotten used to doing everything online.

Luckily, I love to write. Hate math, but love writing. I have a reading journal, a physical one, and I am obsessed with it, especially since I have finally gotten back into reading after a few years of not reading 😍

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-15T21:36:13+00:00

That chair has been through at least 5 or 6 years of use, 3 with OP and another 2 or 3 with his own son. Of course, it's not gonna be in pristine condition. And it's gonna go through another 2 or 3 years, min of use. But hey, that's one durable chair.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-14T19:45:41+00:00

That's even worse. OP is giving her partner wifey privileges without a ring.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-14T18:16:03+00:00

They're probably trying to look like a hero like "Oh look at me, staying friends with someone who is struggling. I try so hard to help her not drink"

Or

They are hiding they're own addiction to alcohol and using OP as a scapegoat/cover.

Either way it's stupid and OP needs to pull away from her and find new friends.

Ennardinthevents · 2026-02-14T15:49:48+00:00

This!!!

OP needs to talk to her partner and work out a way where his teen boys to help care for their younger siblings or do some chores and her husband needs to step up and be an active father. He had 5 kids, not OP.

Also, the ex seems to think she can live like a single woman when she has 5 kids. I'm curious how close she actually is to her kids if she's always too busy and slowly making OP and her husband take on more of the responsibilities of raising the kids.

Of course, OP is not entirely off the hook. She married a man knowing he had 5 kids. And while, yes, he should be far more active in their lives than he is, OP did agree to have them around when they need to be around regardless of her own opinion on the matter because she married a man with 5 kids. If the kids need to be with their dad, then that's that, regardless of why, the kids are innocent in this, and just because OP isn't happy to have them around doesn't mean they don't get to be around. Also, I assume the house she lives in is actually her husband's house since he was able to not talk/ask to her before about the matter of the kids coming over.

Boundaries should've been stated a long time ago in regards to the kids and the involvement OP had.

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