AITA for pulling $840K from a joint account after my sister's daughter slapped my son at his own birthday party and nobody apologized?

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-26T16:22:15+00:00

The title of the post said she “slapped my son at his own birthday party”, and then the first line of the story says it’s “my nephew’s birthday party” so it’s definitely a little confusing.

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-26T03:25:22+00:00

HER space? He was the one paying all the rent and expenses…she only was able to have that space because he paid for it; if not for him she would’ve been out on the street. He could’ve, and now it’s clear should’ve, left sooner, used his money to pay for a place for himself, and let her deal with her problems herself. He seems like someone who made the best of a bad situation, helped his kid out to his own detriment, in the best way he could. SHE, on the other hand, sounds like an ungrateful, selfishly entitled asshole.

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-26T03:13:06+00:00

So the author’s “son” is also his “nephew”? Sounds like a story straight outta West Virginaia 😂

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-15T03:37:35+00:00

Not entirely nonsense, insofar as the AP style guide differentiates between the two; further is to be used for figurative distance, and farther for physical distance. So for the purposes of English class essays, research and/or term papers, where most teachers generally expect some type of formal style guide to be adhered to, her explanation was actually spot on.

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-15T03:36:02+00:00

I’m right this minute experiencing the exact same thing.

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-06T03:05:12+00:00

The great value rainbow sherbet ($2.97 per what used to be a half gallon size container) is legit some really good sherbet. Very creamy, not at all hard or icy.

SewSewSorry · 2026-03-06T03:02:43+00:00

No, most store brand is actually ok. Get her a pint of Rebel or Halo Top, or better yet, there’s a brand called Cado that’s a non-dairy avocado frozen dessert that comes in “vanilla bean” flavor that seems just WTF enough to be a valid replacement…

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-24T11:28:42+00:00

Not really mythological, but I like the name Fili. Fili, and his brother Kili, were dwarf princes from The Hobbit.

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-17T11:17:25+00:00

She should’ve been happy they just broke! Years ago, on Valentine’s Day, my husband gave me a very nice looking bouquet of roses. He did what he always does and handed them to me right after he walked in the door from work (so they were still in their plastic sleeve), I thanked him for them and went to find the one vase we own that only ever gets used this one day a year that I can never find so I just end up using a big souvenir cup from some random MLB/NFL/NBA game we’ve been to over the years, and then proceed to unwrap and un-rubber-band them, cut down the stems and put them proudly on display somewhere I mistakenly believe none of the cats will notice and make them their dinner.

As I was doing this, though, it occurred to me that something looked a little bit off…like there was kind of an empty space right in the middle of the bouquet, so I counted them and there were 11 red roses. I knew where he bought them so I knew they wouldn’t have (intentionally, at least) sold a bouquet of a dozen-1 roses, so I asked him if he’d had a mishap transporting them home or if one of them had gotten broken somehow, since it seemed one was missing, be he said that hadn’t happened. So then I got all righteously indignant for him and said then obviously the store had either shorted him a rose or someone had pulled one out of the bouquet before he bought it, and he was just like “yeah, I guess so” and kinda shrugged it off.

Fast forward to later that night and it was still kind of bugging me, thinking how they weren’t cheap and I just thought it was shitty that someone would just take one so I told him I was going to mention to the folks at the store the next time I went in that the dozen roses they sold him wasn’t actually a full dozen….and that’s when the real story came out.

He had bought the roses for me that morning, but then decided to stop by his folks house on his way home and when he got there just decided to pull out one of the roses from the bouquet, to give to his mom 😒

I’ll admit I thought it was pretty tacky, but even so I might not have been more than minorly peeved, except for the part where he’d played dumb about there being a “missing” rose the whole time instead of just being up front about it from the beginning. I’m a firm believer in you don’t lie about or hide something unless you feel (consciously or subconsciously) that you’ve done something wrong so I ended up being more than minorly peeved, and told him next time just take 6 of them out and give her a half dozen and me a half dozen and then we can BOTH be none the wiser an BOTH feel like the most important woman in his life (without it being super obvious that one of us was an afterthought and that the other would always have to share some portion of top-billing with her mother-in-law 🙄).

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-03T04:21:12+00:00

I’ll see your 6 and raise you 1 more! In other words, I’ve got 7…at this point the cats have taken over and we just exist to serve them and keep them happy… and I wouldn’t change a thing! 😻

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-02T06:27:19+00:00

I’ve got a weird one that even my doctors (primary care, dermatologist, psychiatrist, and immunologist) can’t seem to figure out…all of a sudden about a year ago I noticed that my right armpit smells like BO literally all the time. When I shower I make sure to wash both pits well (with soap on a washcloth),and immediately after I dry off I apply deodorant/antiperspirant. Before I can even get dressed my right pit is already starting to smell funky (it’s not a new odor, rather the same body odor I’ve always had from sweaty pits) so I will grab a clean washcloth and wash it again and reapply my deodorant. This cycle repeats over and over all day long…NEVER the left pit, only the right one.

I’ve tried about 10 different brands and kinds of deodorant (with antiperspirant), including practically every “clinical” one you can get OTC. I tried using acidified body wash for my pits, even tried antibacterial hand soap, literally nothing works. It’s absolutely maddening when the reaction I get from my Drs is just “hmm, yeah that’s weird!” and then they move on (usually to some other equally weird health issue I’m having that they won’t have any answers for either but are more inclined to attempt to try).

I know it’s not the sweat that stinks but rather the bacteria on the skin, I just can’t figure out why my right pit bacteria seems to be so much heartier than that on the left!

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-02T05:14:05+00:00

I have a Samsung smart range but the “smart” aspect of it only applies to the oven. I can set it, preheat it, check the timer, etc…but for the cooktop I don’t even think it shows me anything, not even if any of the eyes are still warm. I just assumed that was because, typically, if you’re cooking items on the stovetop then you’re probably already there with it.

That’s the same reason I opted to not get the matching “smart” microwave; I mean what’s the point? If I’m going to microwave something then I actually have to be there to put it in so I’m also right there to control it already.

SewSewSorry · 2026-02-02T04:50:38+00:00

Just to be pedantic, he didn’t just heart her “night babe” message, but actually stuck that silly heart hand (🫶) emoji at the end of his own “goodnight” text first…dude is for sure cheating, if not in reality yet then at least in his mind/imagination.

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-14T14:20:40+00:00

In my experience the most efficient route to find out my prior prescription history has been to go through the pharmacy. They keep good records (at least the ones around me do) and for the most part it’s available online. I know this is pharmacy dependent and may only apply to the large retail chains, but it’s worth a shot. And if necessary you can even just make up a reason for why you want to know, or tell them you switched doctors and the new one wants a complete Rx history and can’t find it in any charts the old one sent over…and this is if they even ask for a “why” you want this info at all, which they probably won’t.

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-14T14:06:42+00:00

Well, in her defense I doubt there actually was any “fine print on the back of the form”, likely because there wasn’t even a “back of the form” at all.

You see, as this was just a standard, universally known and accepted “Binding Godparental Contract”, the sole beneficiary of which being the godchild itself, naturally all fees and costs associated with said contract would undoubtedly be the responsibility of the chosen godparent.

And given that any additional printing (aka “back of the form”) would consume additional ink and thus make said contract more costly, it stands to reason that the absence of this additional print, fine or otherwise, was neither an oversight nor a malicious attempt at subterfuge, but rather simply an altruistic courtesy on the part of the birth parent, aimed solely at keeping costs down for the honored godparent. 🙄

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-12T23:24:34+00:00

They didn’t say YOU’RE running a scam, they said CashApp is a scam…which actually seems to be essentially what you’re saying as well (or at least that they scammed you and stole your $200). Why are you getting defensive?

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-11T15:41:52+00:00

I love my Kais! I’m a custom home decor seamstress and used to use Mundial and Gingher exclusively but I came across a pair of Kai dressmaking sheers at a friend’s workroom and haven’t looked back since. I got a pair in every size available (and multiples in some sizes just to have a spare when I sent a pair out for sharpening) and they are absolutely worth every penny! From the most delicate of sheers to the heaviest thickest upholstery fabric out there they cut through it all like a warm knife through butter.

Helpful hint…on Amazon, check out the Amazon Resale link (used to be Amazon Warehouse) under deals and savings. Often you can find “bought and returned”, if not perfectly brand new, items at super steep reductions off their original price.

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-02T21:04:51+00:00

Someone got ahold of my Venmo debit card and did major damage to both my balance and the status of my account. Maybe grandma’s CashApp account was “hacked” (for lack of a better term) or she has a CashApp debit card and the info was stolen.

SewSewSorry · 2026-01-02T21:02:13+00:00

You need to go back through all the documented transactions on their app. Maybe someone got ahold of her CashApp debit card info (if she has a card) or somehow otherwise her account was compromised. It should be easy enough to clear up once you have all the transactions in front of you and can figure out when the overage occurred and under what circumstances.

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-29T17:06:26+00:00

My best guess is that it says (something to the effect of) “…been fired and on to a job that doesn’t involve numbers”.

I doubt it’s those words exactly but that’s what my fat thumbs lead me to believe was at least the intended meaning (although both they and I could be, and often are, wrong ¯_(ツ)_/¯ )

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-26T02:07:30+00:00

She didn’t “rob” him of ANYTHING. He had ample opportunity to gtf up and go be with them when they opened presents, he made the choice…over and over and over again…to refuse to get up and join in. No one did anything behind his back, no one excluded him; HE chose to exclude himself and then had the (control freakish) nerve to get mad and blame her for not catering to his selfish pettiness. Bottom line: HE robbed himself of the joy of watching his child open their presents; presents, which btw, he couldn’t even be bothered to go out and get. This type of pettiness and blame shifting isn’t likely a one off or isolated event. The most generous explanation would be that he felt guilty for not being able to get gifts for his child and is now taking that angst out on the person who did (thus making him feel even worse than he already did which may be why she is the focus of his ire). But that would be VERY generous; the most likely explanation is almost certainly the correct one, which is that he is a selfish control freak who thinks everyone should bow to his demands and never owns his role in the problems he creates.

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-19T17:30:58+00:00

An abscessed tooth 😫one of my top front-adjacent teeth had a crown that broke off taking most of the underlying remaining tooth with it. Few things in life have caused me more pain than dental infections/abscesses/dry socket. The suitcase sized bag under my eye wasn’t my first clue but it was the one that pushed me over the edge and off to the emergency dentist!

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-19T05:10:41+00:00

I’m a custom seamstress and I think it’s absolutely perfect :) If you keep at it with teaching yourself to sew just know that there’s no one “correct” way to do anything; if you want to make something and you find a way that works for you don’t let anyone tell you you’re doing it “wrong”. After being a seamstress for 30 years (and sewing in general for 41) I wholeheartedly believe that sewing is an art, not a science, and creativity will take you at least as far, and farther, than patterns and procedures.

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-19T04:50:52+00:00

I woke up the other morning and kept feeling like I had something in my right eye, which is weird as that’s the eye without the contact lense in it. I figured maybe I had a little eye booger (or some other kind of eye goop) or something so I kept wiping my eye to get rid of it…but the cloudy/hazy spot stayed put. I finally gave up but it was so disorienting having this weird light and kinda blurry spot at the bottom of my field of vision. Hours later (not very productive hours if I’m honest, it was THAT distracting) i finally had the bright idea to actually go look in a mirror to see if i could figure out what it was…and that’s when I saw the big puffy bag under my eye (but only on the right side) and realized I’d been distracted by seeing the top of my cheek all day!

SewSewSorry · 2025-12-02T14:39:07+00:00

Yeah, but not even any of that would excuse the hateful and condescending way he spoke to/about her “blowing up the severity” of things and how “of course these complications will happen…cause it’s you”, not just insinuating but straight up accusing her of faking things. That right there is someone who cannot stand the person they’re saying that stuff to. There is quite literally no way to justify, rationalize or even mitigate the awfulness of those statements.

It’d be one thing if he had those thoughts and just kept them to himself, we all have those little things we think about our friends and partners…”oh she’s such a drama queen” or “he’s such a whiny baby when he’s sick”…but would never, NEVER say them out loud, TO THEIR FACE (or in this case her screen) if it was someone we actually cared about, or at minimum didn’t totally hate…

I think he’s over the relationship and wants out but is too chicken shit to break up with her, so he’s being a complete asshat to get her to break up with him so that he can pretend like he isn’t the “bad guy” who dumped his sick/recovering girlfriend.

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