August Bonus Stories 1, 1.5 & 2! - Audio
Added 2024-08-17 05:22:21 +0000 UTCJustin and I are so excited to hear your thoughts on these ones! Especially story number 1 and the question Justin has about what do you do as a parent if you kids want something, but other kids in the group can't. Feel like these stories could have some hot takes coming from you all!
Story links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1e9ldte/aitah_for_lying_to_my_husband_that_my_sister_is/
Comments
For the 1.5 story. Save 750 each week. And then buy a food truck in spite of him.
Aurorarose Red
2024-10-20 01:33:20 +0000 UTCFirst story I agree with Justin. Just because someone else raise their kid or make rules for their kid doesn’t mean everybody has to raise their kids that way.. my kid shouldn’t have to miss out on ice cream because you don’t want your kid to have it. Also if I’m not mistaken he paid for everyone to have dessert after lunch because of the issue of the ice cream. Not the AH.
Cierra Trask
2024-10-02 18:42:23 +0000 UTCLate the the party but on the first story there were some discrepancies you missed. The niece DIDNT know the dad bought his daughter ice cream until after the fact when they were talking to the grandparents. Also OP made it sound like her sister will find any reason to throw a fit over what OP would’ve done. Life isn’t fair. And ice cream Before lunch? What if they had a giant breakfast? That’s not a moral issue. And if the whole group was together why wasn’t the sister around to make the call? Too many assumptions that the dad and OP were the only people with the niece watching her. Which wasn’t said.
Stephanie
2024-10-02 13:13:24 +0000 UTCWeird i finally don’t agree with Morgan lol! First story I don’t really agree, very people pleaser and yes I know it’s about fairness but it’s also important for kids to not get their way and to kind of see how some things work sometimes! Last week we went to the zoo with our family friends and my daughter got a stuffed lion from the gift shop while the other kids didn’t get anything. At first they whined and were upset but after about 5 mins they were all petting and sharing it while eating lunch. Life isn’t always going to be fair and it’s hard but it’s important to show kids how to deal with those big feelings. I had friends in highschool where if they couldn’t afford to go shopping but I could, they felt like if I went without them it was a crime and that just never sat right with me. Not everything will be fair and that’s okay. I show my kids that even when things don’t go their way there are so many ways to still enjoy the day and feel those feelings! My hot take of the day!
Grace
2024-09-29 01:02:53 +0000 UTCPeople pleasers really showing themselves out here saying that OP was the AH in the first story 😂
Christy
2024-09-19 00:33:54 +0000 UTCOMG I NOTICED THAT TOO 😂 I had paused the episode for a bit to do something else and came back and was like “wait when did Jerry get here??” Before realizing it was Justin and his voice is just starting to sound a lot like Jerry 😂 kinda freaked me out at first lol
Christy
2024-09-19 00:32:18 +0000 UTC100% agree
Christy
2024-09-19 00:30:14 +0000 UTC100% agree I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something about what Morgan’s saying just rubs me the wrong way. It’s like the sister is trying to force her parenting rules on OP and her kid. Each parent is gonna run things differently though. I think it was really sweet of the dad to treat his daughter to ice cream. Plus it’s not like they were flaunting it in the other kid’s face. They didn’t even realize the dad and daughter stopped for ice cream until someone pointed out her stain later! The aunt should teach her kid to not throw tantrums IMO. Why should OP’s kid be denied a special moment with her dad because of someone else’s parenting rules?
Christy
2024-09-19 00:28:05 +0000 UTCi think it’s funny cuz for the first story i agree with morgan!! HOT TAKE hehhe
Rebecca
2024-08-29 06:37:52 +0000 UTCSecond story: OP’s husband is an AH because his taste is based on his perception of who cooks it.
Kelly McKinley
2024-08-26 19:58:07 +0000 UTCThat point! OP's sister sounds like she likes being upset and I'm surprised they didn't catch that. I feel like a call/message to ask would have just been OP getting yelled at for asking and "undermining" her parenting again.
Nia Violet
2024-08-26 12:56:27 +0000 UTCSo OP is not only in charge of all the kids but her husband too!?! Idk he was a kids that had to make decisions for a grown man. He could've decided to wait till after lunch. The sister seems she is upset about everything no matter what. You have to teach you child someone is gonna have something that they won't. It's not unfair. It's LIFE. I 100% agree with Justin.
Nia Violet
2024-08-26 12:47:49 +0000 UTCMorgan I agree with you on the ice cream story. As a mom of 5 it's not that hard to reach out to the other mom and communicate and find a compromise. To upset such a small child over something as small as ice cream feels wrong. To me this seems like a better time to teach kindness rather than life isn't fair. However, I do think the light saber is different and a better time to teach that life isn't fair. I haven't checked the prices on those, but I would imagine at Disney those are expensive.
Sara Billingsley
2024-08-24 18:18:25 +0000 UTCIt is apples to oranges but it’s the same principle as in how far are we going for the sake of fairness especially in a world where fairness is just an image in your head it’s ok for kids to learn that things can’t always be equal
Niamey Anderson
2024-08-22 13:27:43 +0000 UTCinsufferable hahah damn holly pop off girl
Two Hot Takes
2024-08-22 02:51:27 +0000 UTCMorgan love you but I’m with Justin on the first one!
Eliza Walker
2024-08-21 18:02:30 +0000 UTCLol I love you morgan but Justin we hear you on the first story !!!!
Celia
2024-08-21 12:57:50 +0000 UTCI’m so glad you brought up the Santa comparison!!! Mind god Morgan it’s like you read my mind! The kids will still have ice cream my god!! Like spare a kids feeling over something small.
Raquel V
2024-08-20 22:35:18 +0000 UTCMorgan saying Apples to Oranges to insinuate that there was a big difference between ice cream before lunch and paying $100+ for a lightsaber is crazy. She may think it's a big difference but not to kids, to kids it's all the same "my mom said no but their mom said yes, that's not fair" I'm with Justin on that take. I understand practically that it's better to be on the same page if other families but it's not realistic and that's not the way the world works.
Danielle Hernandez
2024-08-20 22:19:02 +0000 UTCNoooo, 1st OP is NOT the asshole! Teacher here and that’s like a kid bringing in a cupcake for snack and all the other kids getting upset and me getting angry at that parent and telling them they can’t bring their kid a cupcake since the other kids don’t have one. Believe me it’s best to teach them that not everything is fair and how to deal with that at a young age. It was a great learning opportunity; mom could’ve reinforced that no ice cream until after lunch and told her it would be okay they just have a different rule and then rewarded her for waiting by getting her ice cream when she said she could have it.
taylor gillman
2024-08-19 23:05:32 +0000 UTCThat second story is wild… that lady should be worrying less about whether or not she’s the asshole here (she’s not) and much more about how emotionally abusive her husband is. Save all that money for a lawyer and get rid of him!!
Allison Sadin
2024-08-19 20:31:48 +0000 UTCThe ice cream story was insanely insufferable. Morgan’s take is absolutely horrible, agree with Justin
Holly
2024-08-19 19:00:31 +0000 UTCSeriously, lately the takes have been complete misses imo
nanea
2024-08-19 13:26:34 +0000 UTCI also hate how people like the commenters immediately chalk it up to gentle parenting when they really mean permissive parenting 🥴 something as small as ice cream should have been for everyone after lunch since they were in a group. It’s really is apples to oranges with Justin’s light saber example. The light saber would be an example of life isn’t fair, but everyone was getting ice cream, it was just a matter of when.
Abigail Dean
2024-08-18 14:12:31 +0000 UTCStory 1 NOT the asshole. I’m one of 6 kids and now that we’re all in our 30s and 40s, we all have 2-3 kids each. All of our kids have very different rules. My kids know that our family has a set of rules and that each family has their own. My younger brother bought his son the ridiculously priced lightsabers and my kids learned quickly that we’re not the same. There are times on group vacations where we all eat at different times and have different rules.
Colleen
2024-08-18 01:40:12 +0000 UTCwhen I was a kid, we used to go on really big family camping trips with all five of my uncles and their kids and families. I had one particular uncle who let his kids do things that may be considered more dangerous like getting too close to the edge of a cliff on Lake superior for example. And when I would get upset and say to my dad “emily and ryan get to do xyz”, my dad would respond by saying “ i’m not Emily and Ryan‘s dad, but I am your dad and the answer is no”
Madison Jane
2024-08-18 01:08:06 +0000 UTCLove you Morgan but I agree with Justin on the ice cream story 10000%. I feel like the rhetoric of only sweets after dinner is the same type of rhetoric that gave our generation eating disorders 🫠 maybe these parents teach intuitive eating? The fact that they didn’t get one for the brother tells me intuitive eating is more their style. And hey every kid is different, maybe they know their daughter will eat a healthy lunch even after an ice cream. I do think she should have texted the sister buttttt a kid crying over ice cream versus having to haul all the kids back out again after lunch to get ice cream when they already passed the ice cream shop???? One of those seems like a bigger battle as a busy parent 🤣 I thought the sister was actually pretty respectful trying not to overstep on someone else’s parenting and I think it would have been way worse if she got it for both her kids and not her niece but it was only the kid who asked for it and it sounds like the dad took her in private to do it since they only found out because of a stain…
Rayyy
2024-08-17 21:57:11 +0000 UTCAlso lol at Justin for not understanding sacrificing for community 🫠 it's literally the math "is my denial of a thing worse than the negative impact it would have on someone else?" If your accounting for the "suffering" involved in having yo wait a bit for ice cream or for a toy is so much greater than feeling excluded then you lack basic empathy imo
Annie Andre
2024-08-17 19:09:17 +0000 UTCI love when Morgan learns a new word it's so cute 😭😭😭😭
Annie Andre
2024-08-17 19:06:23 +0000 UTCI love you Morgan but that ice cream story response has got to be your worst take.
bobgames111
2024-08-17 18:46:31 +0000 UTCHonestly this probably just taught all of those kids a bad lesson. Life isn’t fair. Sometimes ppl get things you don’t. To tell one parent they have to follow the rules of another parent regarding the first parents children is weird to me. Its a lesson a lot of kids needs to learn. Just bc one person gets something doesn’t mean I’m also entitled to that.
bobgames111
2024-08-17 18:43:28 +0000 UTCok the links to the stories are cutting off the titles at the most hilarious places, changing the stories quite dramatically... well, at least I think they are as I have not yet listened. but these could make for even more interesting stories to be honest. aita_for_telling_my_husband_not_to_buy_my_niece/ aitah_for_lying_to_my_husband_that_my_sister_is/ aita_for_giving_my_wedding_dress_to_my_future/
Michael
2024-08-17 18:17:27 +0000 UTCMORGAN!! Heard you’re coming to the fair! I’ll be working at Farmer’s Union Coffee and we have schnitzel and monte cristos that are to DIE FOR! Please come check it out!
Hailey Kittleson
2024-08-17 18:13:47 +0000 UTCYea thats why I was completely surprise from the comment on the post.Kids will get disappointed sometimes and they won’t get what everyone has sometimes and that’s okay. Show them how to accept no.
carol shaw
2024-08-17 17:56:22 +0000 UTCBetter give coralee some ice cream 🍨😉 I’d be upset to 😂
Coralee
2024-08-17 17:07:00 +0000 UTCJustin is starting to sound like Jerry 😭😂😂
Molly Diehl
2024-08-17 16:33:47 +0000 UTCSame with Harry Potter world and wand (this happened to my friend and her family exactly with the brother not wanting to buy a wand for his kids and expecting my friend not to get one for hers. So friend got one and said brother and son could go elsewhere while they were in potter world.
Jessie Potts
2024-08-17 16:15:42 +0000 UTCI’m with Justin on the ice cream. Sister should have texted and said ‘we’re getting ice cream can we also get niece one?’ But with the light sabers absolutely not. You’re taking away your kid’s experience because of other parents. That’s wrong. The child should be allowed to play with the light saber in Star Wars.
Jessie Potts
2024-08-17 16:13:25 +0000 UTCI’m with Justin on the ice cream story. If you as a parent want to give your child ice cream, do it. I want to do something nice and cool for my kid, but I can’t because another parent doesn’t want to? No. I would definitely ask the other kid’s parent if their kid can have ice cream, but if they say no, I’m still getting my kid ice cream.
ashbear
2024-08-17 15:53:39 +0000 UTCThis! My parents would have said that too. I’ve said that to my kids as well lol
Ashleigh Woytuik
2024-08-17 15:26:16 +0000 UTCIt was just a really odd and unnecessary time for that lesson. Justin’s lightsaber example would have made more sense for this. No children were going to be completely denied ice cream and the husband just showed a lack of awareness.
Lindsey R
2024-08-17 15:23:38 +0000 UTCI agree 100% with Justin on the first story. This is goofy. I have three kids and do group stuff with my kids all the time. I’m not not doing something with my child because my friend doesn’t want to or can’t with their kid. Expecting that other families oblige to your level of parenting and decision making is incredibly unrealistic. Ice cream story I would have told my sister that I am going to get the icream now I’ll get her daughter one if she wants but if she still wants to wait that’s fine . . It didn’t have to be that big of a deal. Different parent’s different rules and decisions. Star Wars thing I’d get my kid the toy . It’s insane to only do things everyone else does for their kids. Teach your kids to handle disappointment, be grateful for what they have, be happy for others and offer alternatives. Team Justin all the way on this one
Ashleigh Woytuik
2024-08-17 15:00:50 +0000 UTCTo me, light sabres and ice cream are 2 diff things The sister had already planned to get the ice cream, after lunch! So they all could have waited to have ice cream after lunch But if your kid wants a light sabre at Disney, and nobody else can afford them, you can still buy it for your kid. Explain that it's their special souvenir from Disney. I would want them to keep it safe in their backpack anyways so it doesn't get damaged before we got home!
Rachel Johnstone
2024-08-17 14:10:27 +0000 UTCjustin is spot on with the first story. i’m not going to deny my kids fun experiences bc other parents can’t or won’t do it for their kid.
Rae
2024-08-17 13:23:18 +0000 UTCLesson 1 in life: life is not fair. Making sure everything is “fair” all the time is exactly how kids expect that everything is owed to them. What will happen when those same kids are older and interview for the same job as their friend and 1 gets the job while the other didn’t get the job when they’re 16 and looking for their 1st job? 16 year olds aren’t rational all the time either and jealousy runs rampant at that age. Not to mention how impressionable little kids are (the age in the story). What they are taught as a child is how they will treat others when they are older. Just saying.
Sara
2024-08-17 13:09:08 +0000 UTCIm like you morgan I would want to make all the kids feel included. Especially in this case, if i had a sister, I would get my niece the ice cream and tell sis to suck it up because babies deserve ice cream. But if it were anybody else’s kid I wouldn’t give them ice cream because one time i gave my ex’s baby cousin my phone to play games and he ended up being yelled at by his mom because he’s not allowed to ask people if they have games. Also I was helping my bestfriend’s little brother with his homework and his mom almost got mad at me because she thought i gave him all the answers when i was literally just cheering him on and he figured it out all by himself. Some parents are very particular about things. And did not mean to make this comment so long but the story reminded me of another story you read where an aunty put her breastmilk in her nieces ear or eye and her sister-in-law got upset about it even though it helped the kid. I think OPs sister would’ve gotten upset whether or not she had gotten ice cream for both the kids.
Angie Melgar
2024-08-17 12:25:27 +0000 UTCI’m with Justin on first story too
Tanapol Samrittivanicha
2024-08-17 12:06:47 +0000 UTCI agree with Justin on the first story!! I don’t think as a parent you should have to abide by the rules that another parent set for their child.
Hannah Thomas
2024-08-17 10:32:37 +0000 UTCAgreed. It’s not the way life works. You’re kinda setting your kid up for failure thinking life will always be fair
Aracely
2024-08-17 09:05:50 +0000 UTCI'm sorry I disagree with the first story😂my mom would have just told me they aren't my parents and we would get some later like she said. But I do agree that they should have asked
carol shaw
2024-08-17 06:12:34 +0000 UTC
