Drunk Irish People Read The Weirdest AITA Reddit Stories (Am I The A**hole?)

[@KT-Kaboom]

So a point about the cake fillings: In the USA (where most AITA posters come from), you have to have a license from your city, state, or county to make stuff like that that is then sold to clients, if it's food. It's usually called a "cottage foods license" and an actual government official comes through and checks your facility (your home kitchen) to see if it meets food codes. If someone gets sick from eating something you made, you are legally liable because we have INTENSELY strict laws regarding food in the United States due to a horrific scandal in the early 1900s which fostered the creation of the Pure Food and Drug Act, as well as the FDA. I understand very well the concept of "there's stuff you can't unsay", but she was putting them at risk of losing their license, the sister at risk of her license and job, and her own self at risk of legal pursuit from people who got sick from her contaminating the cake fillings, not to mention the whole "making people sick because you contaminated food with your unwashed fingers and then it was sold to unknowing customers" thing.

[@ambsquared]

Upton Sinclair’s novel “The Jungle” had a big impact on getting the Food and Drug Act passed. The descriptions of the Chicago meat packing plants is quite graphic.

[@KT-Kaboom]

Yup, it was written after the incident I mentioned and that Sinclair mentions in the book at the lard rendering plant @@ambsquared

[@LiveFreeOrDieDH]

In some jurisdictions you need to set up a 2nd kitchen, separate from where you prepare your own meals.

[@lisamelroy2855]

Yep - the girlfriend was being a disgusting child. If I had put all that work in and repeatedly asked her to NOT repeat the action, I would've screamed at her just like OP did, and I would've slapped her hand away, too. And to say she did it because it made her feel like a little girl again, or whatever bullshit "excuse" she tried to use? She's clearly not mature enough to be in a relationship!!!

[@AngryAlfonse]

Yep. I was kinda appalled to hear some of the tryers trying to come off as balanced in a scenario where one person was clearly in the wrong 😄

[@emilywilhite5807]

My ex’s family has a Christmas tradition. They fill everyone’s stockings with silly string and when all the presents are opened there is a massive silly string battle. Even something fairly innocuous like that my then husband warned me ahead of time. Sometimes the colorful silly string can stain clothes so he warned me so I wouldn’t wear anything white or light colored. I appreciated that. And then it was hilariously fun. This guy not warning about the coal tradition is just cruel.

[@zalkin83]

How can you take the side of the girlfriend eating the fillings he made for his sister?

[@hevytimes]

To further highlight this, it is a literal product. Part of a cake order made for a business. Each cake can START at 50 dollars for a little one. By time in a pastry kitchen, each batch likely will do multiple cakes. Each compromised batch could easily be worth hundreds. OP even says it is not the consumption, but the method. It is not about eating, it was always about hygiene.

[@thomasbecker9676]

3rd wave something something?

[@ItDoesntMatterReally]

Worth remembering they're intoxicated, so they may have clung on to the wrong part of the story (i.e. body shaming being mentioned but not applied). Either way, you come into my house and stick your fingers in any jar I'll tell you to piss off elsewhere and never invite you over again. If it's something I'VE MADE for SOMEONE ELSE!?! I'll throw you out personally and forget you exist.

[@donkee011]

Because she would do it also? 😁😁

[@vermontvampyre]

I Would have told that gf that she is a nasty and she can clear her stuff out and go back to her family. If she can't respect your boundaries on so SIMPLE a freaking ask (don't taste with your FINGERS) then how else is she going to trample all over your boundaries down the road. Makes me think shes already crapping all over this dude's boundaries and he thinks "oh I LOVE her ....if I explain enough she'll change" Hun she won't change....boot her and find someone who /respects/ you and the fact that you're trying to help your sister RUN A BUSINESS. Theres a difference between sticking your finger in the brownie batter being used to make brownies for YOUR FAMILY. Quite another to stick fingers in something being used to feed PAYING CUSTOMERS who don't want your germ covered fingers in their product.

[@bobby_c07]

I'm surprised Laura thinks the guy who asked his girlfriend 5 times to not stick her fingers in the food he's making for his sister's BUSINESS is the asshole. He even said to just use a spoon but she was such a child and so selfish she couldn't mange it.

[@nwerd7584]

im not, this is the lack of accountability women always get and other women give to other women. Like getting mad at the "tone" of something rather than the message. That first instance she even creates a bunch of context why a woman would think this that wasn't added.

[@joseywhales5534]

The cake filling one is just dumb how anyone could think they’re the A-hole. Ya I get that yelling at your significant other in a relationship is never the best option. However, when you’re told “please don’t stick your fingers in the fillings. They’re for my sister’s bakery. I don’t mind if you have some but if you want to try it please use a spoon.” and you ignore that simple request FIVE times. Where each time the fillings have to be remade because they’re now unusable ya you deserve to get yelled at. Don’t pull the victim card because you’re childish behavior was called out

[@lisamelroy2855]

Totally agree! That girl irritated the bejeezus out of me! She's clearly not mature enough to be in an adult relationship! Boot her ass to the curb!!

[@camwinston5248]

It would be at that point abundantly clear...that she isn't the one for you. Period.

[@NarwahlGaming]

The ultimate test would be to put a small amount in a separate container specifically for 'sticky fingers' and if she _still_ puts her fingers in the big container, she's doing it on purpose.

[@markphillips7538]

And after the worldwide health issue we all experienced, I would think people would be a little more understanding of other people's health.

[@NarwahlGaming]

@@markphillips7538 You have set the bar way too high on humanity, my friend.

[@Jinxter1369]

WOW - Laura needs to rethink her answer on the custard eater. Not only did the OP ask his GF to NOT DIP her FINGERS into the custards he has been making to help with his sister's baking business, but he even told his GF that if she MUST have a taste to kindly use a spoon so she does not contaminate the ENTIRE BATCH. However, his GF, has now contaminated 5 batches as of his post. His GF is not only being selfish, and way over-entitiled, but is a HUGE ASSHOLE for behaving as she does. The level of anger he used was after FIVE incidents where the GF contaminated the custards and in my 2yen opinion, well justified. How in the hell does Laura think that OP is the AH?

[@princesssofiyagm]

Exactly if he had yelled at her for the first batch he would be an asshole but by the fifth he has every right to yell.

[@thatsjustgreat]

@@princesssofiyagm does also make me wonder how she would have reacted if the situations were reversed, with the boyfriend doing it to the girlfriend trying to help out her sister.

[@charliedavidson4925]

lets keep in mind she was also drunk when she said this...

[@oldmankell]

@@charliedavidson4925 In vino, Veritas...

[@MyNameIsBucket]

Irish men: "I don't see why people are so quick to divorce" Irish women: "Girl you need to leave his ass"

[@brians48now]

With the coal prank, I would have smiled, told them they're all assholes and left. The boyfriend knew very well that his girlfriend spent money for gifts for HIS relatives but couldn't be bothered to tell her about what to expect. He's an asshole and not worth spending time on.

[@NM-yu3fc]

I just don't understand the prank though... like maybe on the 18th one you get a really nice expensive gift like a computer or ipad or something that everyone pitched in on for you.

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

I was thinking she should have gone along with the joke. Take her 18 pieces of coal home and gift them back to them next Christmas. Sure would make next year's Christmas shopping easier. And they love joke gifts, right?

[@MsJimmysgirl]

The boyfriend if definitely an asshole.

[@MamaY613]

Yeah. Kinda a power move to watch her go through all the trouble and expense of finding thoughtful or at least nice gifts for 18 people all the while knowing she's getting lumps of coal from everyone.

[@derekstein6193]

The boyfriend and his relatives were behaving inexcusably. Not only did the potential in-laws mock and humiliate her, they effectively were telling her she was a shit human being. What is the ur-example of symbolically showing somebody was a bad person? Give them coal as a Christmas gift. And they did it 18 times. To somebody they don't even know yet. And the victim is the S.O. of one of their kin. Even if he had said something in advance, it would've still been a jerk move. It smacks of "it's just a prank, bro". They could've even done the prank without disrespecting her like that. Just make it three gifts (Rule of Threes) with coal in them. Then reveal the "tradition", following that up with a few genuine gifts and some reassurance from the husband. 18 boxes of coal and mocking laughter is way beyond the pale.

[@agirlnamedmichael1670]

One "gag" gift is humorous. Eighteen is a very clear message.

[@tjellis1479]

Dexter level perhaps

[@hhale]

Eighteen is an initiation ceremony. Let me go and you have a thick enough skin to be in our family. Start crying and leave the room and maybe you need to hang around gentler people. That the boyfriend didn't clue her in tells me that he approves of the initiation ceremony. Perhaps he should be seeking out a girlfriend with a thick skin and stop bringing home women who have normal dispositions.

[@KOB923]

The fact that doing this to the new people in the family is a tradition is very disturbing. What a giant pile of shit this family is.

[@MamaY613]

Not to mention she is a fiance and not a 3 month brand new gf. Multiple people in that room should know her well enough to get her a real gift.

[@agirlnamedmichael1670]

@@hhale No, eighteen is "we want to use the excuse of "tradition" to see how cruel you'll let us be- it's a gauge to see how bad we'll be able treat you later".

[@Justinejulobracelet]

Some people are just scum. The wisdom of the Try Channel can never be topped. 🤣

[@williamstroker6805]

Yes, a great comment. When you're on social media of some description and reading the comments and you start to get angry, have a drink and repeat this great comment to yourself.

[@wcresponder]

ummm yes it can.

[@Justinejulobracelet]

@@wcresponder lighten up Francis 🙄🙄🙄

[@wcresponder]

get stuffed sponge.@@Justinejulobracelet

[@DravenMercer]

The background laughing made me crack up, but it's true

[@hxasfour]

“Some people…are…just scum.” Favorite line of all time.

[@timothyleavy4027]

I want that on a shirt

[@cruelty6368]

My aunt and uncle always had poodles, trained them really well, treated them like children. Well, they died within a few days of each other, and when my dad went to help his family clean out their house, he came back to my place with their poodle, April, who had nowhere else to go. I offered to take her. She was sixteen, heartbroken at losing my aunt and uncle. She lived five more years. The guy who ditched the family's poodle is an awful human being who should never be trusted again.

[@Trund27]

Bless you for taking care of April. She sounds darling. I grew up with pets and they were full family members in our household. And bless your Dad for bringing her home 💕

[@LadyAurian]

That's so wonderful that you were able to give April a new loving home. I feel so bad for pets when their owners or people they love die, because there's no way to explain it to them.

[@Roguefem76]

I have had SO MANY miserable bus rides due to people who basically scream their conversations like those people on the plane. That guy who told them about it was not only not the asshole, he's my hero. I wish more people would speak up to foghorn-mouths like that obnoxious couple.

[@LucasWolf220]

In the coal story, if pranked person is not laughing and is crying instead then it's not a prank it's bullying. I've been suspended few times in my school years for defending victims of "pranks" and I despise anyone who says that a strait up bullying is just a prank. It's never someones lack of humor.

[@KOB923]

Agreed. I can't believe anyone would think this is hilarious. The boyfriend watched his girl put so much thought and effort into his family, even ones she didn't know as to include everyone, knowing the whole while what was in store for her.

[@starrlea8291]

I wholeheartedly agree. She put time, effort and thought in to her gifts. I think the boyfriend should have told her about his family tradition. I was with someone who did prank gifts for Christmas and was gifted a cat litter scooper and mop. I felt humiliated, thinking they saw me as dirty. If I was told before I probably would've laughed.

[@cloudoftime]

Disagree. The fact that someone cries does not immediately make it bullying. Some people are very sensitive. Some things would make some people cry that would make others laugh. What is it then? Simultaneously BOTH bullying and a reasonable prank? If someone cries over a family tradition coal in presents prank, maybe they have some other problems they need to work out. It's a bit much, but bringing someone to tears? Give me a break.

[@Aethelgeat]

There is an uneven power differential here. She's the outsider and not wanting to offend his parents and other family. They are in the parents home. The repeated action detail is fuzzy, as it's a single social event, but the prank action is repeated eighteen times. It it was supposed to be a prank, then there needs to be some reconciliation, such as hidden gifts that come out soon after, or perhaps offers from different members of the family to trade a gift for some coal. If there's no reconciliation, then it's just putting her down. "The family gives and receives gifts; you just get coal because you're not family - even though you're about to marry one of us - and we don't know who you are." I sort of compare it to being invited to a holiday meal and everyone else gets roast turkey, dressing, gravy, mashed potatoes, candied yams, and pie. You get a bowl of plain oatmeal 'because it's a family tradition.'

[@TripleFisted]

It's ONE Christmas. And why even mention the value of the gift? If you really and truly honestly believe in the spirit of giving to others, money should have no value. The mere fact that the monetary value of gifts was brought up just reeks of "I spent this much on them so therefore I'm entitled to get *present X* in return". Barf. There's worse things in the world to be upset about. It's a light-hearted joke.

[@silverlobo2135]

About the filling story, the gf is the AH because she was CLEARLY and DIRECTLY told not to do it. The fact that she STILL did it means she has NO respect for him. If she is willing to be disrespectful, she should expect some level of disrespect back. About the inheritance story, it is HER money and it's not up to the husband or in=laws to decide how she should spend it. Plus. they were discourteous during her mom's illness. Thus, they don't get to share in the win fall About the Xmas story, the bf is the ah for not warning her about it beforehand. The girl should at least take back her chocolate gifts and say it is part of HER family prank to pretend to give and then take back. I am sure his relatives would not think it is that 'funny'. About the plane story, the loud people were the ah, they were disrespectful to all other passengers around them. If they don't mind being rude to those around them, they don't deserve respect back. If you see someone behaving badly (to that extent), it is your duty to stand up for those not brave enough to stand up for themselves. Just because he was not on the next leg of the trip, it is no reason not to say anything. It is actually better because now that person won' be lashing out at the person on the next leg of the flight.

[@dogmomma4life845]

I agree, the husband in the dog story should be divorced IMMEDIATELY.

[@deannelson7027]

And put on some sort of watchlist.

[@silverghostcat1924]

I like Ciara's solution 😁

[@dogmomma4life845]

@@deannelson7027 Agreed 💯 Any person that would not only do something so malicious and also try to lie about it afterwards is someone who has no moral compass and will offend again.

[@lisaforsythe5325]

He should also be turned over to the police because in Most states it's illegal to dump dogs

[@dogmomma4life845]

@@lisaforsythe5325 Yes!! All animal cruelty should be considered a felony in all 50 states.

[@terenzo50]

Coal for Christmas is what Santa leaves for bad children. Family tradition? Bollocks!

[@that.ll_do_pig]

17:31 that's how I felt while watching you ladies try to justify a woman sticking her fingers in food after being asked _5_ times to stop it and calling her BF an AH for finally snapping at her. _Or_ laughing at a woman being bullied by her _fiancé's_ family while she's missing her own family.

[@davidray6962]

Pro tip: People who will hurt animals for no particular reason have no issue hurting people. If you see that behavior in someone, get away from them.

[@LindaC616]

Exactly!

[@MrCanucklehead75]

It's sometimes the symptom of an emerging psychopath...as they work they their way up from torturing/killing animals to eventually doing the same to people

[@Blondie42]

I found it sketchy when it was mentioned that the lunatic was being jealous of the dog for sitting/laying in the ladies laps.

[@englishatheart]

@@Blondie42 My "mother," who is a psychotic narcissist in every sense of the words, was jealous of the cat my "father" (he isn't much better than her, hence the quotation marks) briefly had. One day the cat broke through a basement window and hasn't been seen since. Not only did she accuse me of letting the cat out (I have my own cats and am strictly against letting them outside unless on a leash, as I actually care about their safety), but she "thanked" me for doing so because she was jealous the cat had his attention. Well, when she's super abusive to her husband and child and that cat was probably the only bright spot in his life, what did she expect?

[@jafo3814]

People care more for their OWN pets than they do people, just take a look at all the homeless people where you live.

[@LadyAurian]

I don't follow AITA but after this I had to go look up those stories to see if the people posted any follow up, and the fact that the fiance in the coal story also gave coal takes that one to a whole other level. Definitely NTA!

[@peoriagrace1968]

OMG, thanks for looking it up. I would have cried after several too; I wouldn't have just left him and his family. It's hard enough in a new family; but to be treated so cruel. One is funny more is just mean.

[@LadyAurian]

@@peoriagrace1968 I totally agree, one is a joke, 18 is like kicking a person that's already down. And to have your own partner AND in laws do it as well, absolutely brutal. Poor woman!

[@cloudoftime]

@@LadyAurian You people are so sensitive. Good grief.

[@thatsjustgreat]

@@LadyAurianagreed. At the very least, he should have gauged her reaction to the first few, and when he could see her getting more and more upset, should have put a stop to it.

[@johnkacin1500]

Both of my parents passed away before I was 40. Both had been very specific about what we were to do with the insurance payout including other family members and any debts owed as well as funeral expenses. After my mom passed away her sister said that we owed her 1000's of dollars for being there for us. My own sister said she was owed more money because she had a family and needed the money more than I did. Both times I pointed out the insurance papers. I haven't talked to my aunt in 15 years. My sister i would give her a few hundred dollars here and there because she is the only family i have left. But guilting someone over money after someone you loved died is just trash.

[@englishatheart]

Sorry to be that person, but apostrophes aren't used to make plurals. It's just 1000s. Again, sorry.

[@johnkacin1500]

@@englishatheart Just using autocorrect. Don't hate the player but the game! 😆

[@johnkacin1500]

See this is what I hate about replying. You can tell a very personal story. And the 1st reply is you didn't use the right punctuation mark or a capital letter. Are you my 3rd grade teacher?!?

[@vanesa7897]

English isn't everyone's primary language. Plenty of people online make comments and reply on their phones. So take a chill pill next time. You still understood the story. Have a wonderful day.

[@DaveDuncanMusic]

Both mine died before I was in highschool. Stop using that as an intro to your stories.

[@rebeccaw2197]

The story about the man who abandoned the family dog while his wife and kid were out of town is horrifying. How could his family ever trust him again? What else might he do to that poor, elderly dog? Get out get out get out get out - I like Ciara's idea of abandoning the husband in another state.

[@-laydeeintrigue-]

Being jealous of a dog getting attention. Can't believe that guy.

[@gabriel2099]

"Some people are just scum" Put that on a t-shirt!

[@LindaC616]

I've seen the "some people just need a pat on the back" meme

[@randyoneal677]

So Dan's family does that to newbies at Christmas. Are any of those "newbies" still hanging out with that family anymore?

[@LadyAurian]

It gets even worse if you find the post and look at her follow up comments. It wasn't just the family, Dan the fiance also gave her coal. That was literally all she got. I wasn't 100% sold on that one, but after reading that, it's obvious that she was indeed not the asshole in the slightest. Unpleasant family it sounds like!

[@iFapkin]

I suspect that they started giving coal on Christmas because somebody kept bringing a new person around every year and they were tired of trying to buy for new people all the time. With a "coal the first year" tradition now? I wouldn't doubt that every newbie just chooses to stay a first-timer and doesn't bother trying to return the next year.

[@Wil_Liam1]

From the get go,when he mentioned the inheritance, and then arranged the dinner,and they all expected you,the daughter of the deceased to pay for all of their food and dranks,MASSIVE RED FLAG,RUUUNNN,RUN,RUN,far far far awayyyy.. And invest your windfall,and allow it to grow while keeping quiet about all of it !!

[@I_am_enigma53]

The a-hole who dropped off the dog has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. My dog is quite the handful, but if my husband had done this I truly don't think I could forgive him.

[@ampmri2434]

Not to mention I'd always be looking over my shoulder from that revelation on.

[@cloudoftime]

How do you know about his other qualities?

[@ampmri2434]

@@cloudoftime Good question. It wasn't intended for me but I would just add that the husband was upset about being caught via dashcam and he didn't seem to show immediate remorse for his actions according to the story.

[@cloudoftime]

@@ampmri2434 My point was that they assumed he has no redeeming qualities and they don't know what his other qualities are. They might mean that, in their opinion, there is no other quality he _could have_ that would redeem him from their dislike, but that is different. Knowing about one other characteristic is not knowing about all his other attributes.

[@ampmri2434]

@@cloudoftime Exactly. I understood your point. I hope he has redeeming qualities for his family... again not showing remorse is a different point but relevant to his qualities in general.

[@FortheBudgies]

18 gag gifts. He knows she spent time and money buying gifts for his relatives, so he's fine with her stressing about buying presents for his family. I'd leave him because his family is shaming her over not finding their joke funny instead of apologizing and comforting her. Anybody that didn't realize by gift #5 that she wasn't enjoying or understanding the family home is falling into the asshole or even approaching diagnosable personality disorder. They watched her slowly falling apart with each lump of coal and no one rescued her, including her fiance. If her fiance is so oblivious to reading her emotions then that's not a marriage that's going to work. I would not want to join that narcissistic AF family.

[@CaffieneKitty]

For the airplane one if I had any brass in me, I'd make note of specific details they'd mentioned, then as they left "Hey, have fun at Frank's wedding, hope your mom doesn't get spoiled for when the main character's best friend gets killed in that show she likes, and yeah that cell provider is awful, they report any late payments to the credit bureau and provide your complete phone record to collection agencies if they are asked for it."

[@MichaelYoder1961]

For the woman who got the coal, she should have lit it on fire in their living room with glee shouting "Merry Christmas!!!" and cackling like a witch.

[@John_Weiss]

Oh, absolutely agree there!

[@RyuBlack93]

☠☠☠☠🤣

[@bunnybustard5526]

1) those two women need to love themselves more if they think the coal thing is funny 2) without context of family tradition, I'd just assume this is the family saying they hate me and don't want me to date their son. Communication is key. Pranks aren't funny if someone can't instantly clock it as a prank.

[@TheGizmodian]

Absolutely. I would feel like they were making absolute fun of me and were calling me a 'bad' person, because of the connotations with the coal. My idea of a coal prank would be like, a box that says 'DIY DIAMONDS' and there's a little coal nugget with a 'some assembly required' tag. That's it. Not eighteen freakin' pieces. I don't find it funny.

[@Roguefem76]

Exactly. If it was one gift that was coal and the rest were proper gifts, okay. But all of them being coal? Even with warning, that's mean. And honestly I immediately questioned whether it even was a tradition or if that's bs they made up to thinly veil their unsubtle bullying.

[@iFapkin]

Dan and Dan's parents should have done proper gifts, at the VERY least. A fun way to have a coal tradition could be those little bags of chocolate that look like coal, if the extended relatives who don't know the newcomers really want to do that. Dan and his parents are disrespectful as Hell for not considering her feelings when she put so much thought into their presents.

[@diggity1039]

Yup, it's like punching someone in the face and then saying "it's just a prank bro"

[@TripleFisted]

@@diggity1039 physical assault is the same as giving someone a piece of coal? Man ya'll are delusional lol

[@nbarnes6225]

As someone who was traumatized as a pre-teen by an aunt giving me embarrassing gag gifts for Christmas in front of the whole extended family....I would have been devastated by the coal if I wasn't aware of it beforehand. That is NOT funny unless everyone is in on it. If you don't know about it, that is simply a passive-aggressive way of telling someone they suck or they aren't worth it. 100%. I would love it and find it hilarious only if I knew it was a tradition because that's welcoming someone into the family joke, etc. But yeah....I would have gone to the bathroom and bawled my eyes out. Communication is everything in a relationship. My guy should have known she would react that way.

[@blaa6]

I'd love to see more reddit reading but an even longer video like 30+ minutes. Maybe even an hour.

[@johnleeshute]

And more drinks

[@lisaforsythe5325]

I agree. This was quite enjoyable

[@mackthenight]

The lady in the first story needs to run away from this man and his family as fast as she can.

[@thobur2661]

Use a spoon Clsaire says , excellent idea ! Preferabably a big wooden spoon right across the knuckles just like the ones i got growing up from mom. Trust me , i didnt repeat myself 5 more times. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ontah68]

Ah, your Gen X or older. I too learned quickly.

[@Achyll-oh4cu]

The one about the flight, I do not think they were the asshole. They approached them politely and just said "On the next flight maybe you can keep it down a little bit, you were quite loud on this flight." I'm someone who doesn't know how much my voice carries, so I've had people tell me I was being loud, and I feel embarrassed and apologize for being loud. Calling them an asshole for letting you know you were being disruptive, is being an asshole. People need to understand that they aren't the only ones on the flight.

[@danpower2951]

Do more of these, loved it

[@knightmarefishing]

Nah he wasn't the butthole for telling her to stop eating. He asked her multiple multiple times. To just use a spoon even. Not that she couldn't have any. And her blatant disrespect towards him warrants all the anger. Respect goes both ways in a relationship. 🤷‍♂️

[@matthewhall3772]

13:25 😂😂😂 "world's most psycho Christmas" 🤣

[@legonzalez280]

How hard is it to get like a bath bomb set at Walmart, instead is coal. Gift card to Starbucks.

[@shardsofsunshine]

This is the best aita approach on the internet. Please continue to drink and judge

[@AuroraMeansDawn27]

I received inheritance after my dad passed away. My EX husband - foreshadowing - was looking through brochures for motorbikes, campers, etc. I went for a nap, woke up, came downstairs, then said "put those brochures away, i lost my dad for those monies, btw i want a divorce!" He replied "that was some fucking nap!" 😂😂😂

[@darlenelipuma7769]

As to the first one.....I came from nothing, my husband did not. When my parents died, I got a few $ that I used to buy a new riding lawn mower and remodel the bathroom in our house and repair our driveway. When my inlaws died, my husband bought TWO new Corvettes (different years) because that's what he wanted. I was fine with it. He and I both used our money for things that were important to each of us ...and we obviously have different priorities. But his family has also helped us remodel our home in the past. I felt the need to not depend upon them for everything. Been married 50 years. Second one.........SHE'S an f'n BABY! Ignorant , inconsiderate, and rude. He is not an asshole, she is. The jerk who abandoned that dog....DIVORCE HIM! I'd never trust this jerk with an infant or any child. He's still a child! But be careful because if he can so callously get rid of a family pet, what would he do to you for trying to leave him!! The coal story......he should have told you this WAY before you went and spent $$$ on gifts for his family so you were prepared. Find someone else to marry, you'll get over this jerk and his family. And if you do marry him, you'll be dealing with their shit for the rest of your holidays. It's not worth it. On the airplane.....yeah, he's an asshole. Just shut your mouth and let it go. Why cause confrontation? He should have mentioned it to the stewardess or steward. Good video today!!!

[@stevedavis5704]

In the first story I can tell from personal experience that when you have suffered a traumatic loss, the last thing you want to do is take everybody out for a fancy dinner on your dime. The holidays and days that had been important are very difficult the first time around after a loss and he should feel lucky that she even wanted to go celebrate not expect her to foot the bill for it. Not to mention the failure to talk about it ahead of time. The good thing about it is that in most states in the US if it’s kept separate inheritance does not become community property. If I have an inheritance of any sort and divorce my partner if it wasn’t put into the community property it is untouchable.

[@mkadoza]

I may be different, but if my lovers family gave me 18 pieces of coal, Id assume they all hate me. I would believe some family tradition, because MY family tradition is if you get coal, your bad and people hate you. See how miscommunication isnt funny? Id fight someone.

[@iFapkin]

Yes, me too! If my partner brought me to his family's house and they all gave me coal, including the people who I actually know on some level, I'd be livid. The coal tradition could've honestly made sense from the relatives that she doesn't know. But, for the relatives that she does know, and for HIM even, to give her coal as well? That's thoughtless and cruel, especially since she was talking to his parents and to him about their own interests so she could plan gifts accordingly. "Coal on the first year" seems like a tradition that would only pick up traction with a family who doesn't get a lot of return "outsiders," and with a tradition like that, I can't blame them for not coming back on year two.

[@TripleFisted]

I feel like your story is fabricated and you just made it up to guise the fact that you're entitled and want people to give you gifts. If someone REALLY hated you and REALLY thought you were a bad person, why in their right mind would they even waste their time getting you anything to begin with? Do you hate gift to people you really actually truly don't like? Don't answer that because I won't believe that either lol

[@joshuastrawser9160]

I was really expecting the "loud on a flight" one to end with "My wife's almost deaf" or something along those lines. So, AITA? No, because my ex-wife and her mother both have congenital hearing problems. But it's a much funnier way for that situation to end, because I've lived it too many times.

[@almudd]

Darren on point with all of these!

[@alanking7331]

Second instance, the woman is the A hole. All she had to do was use the friggan spoon.

[@ThundaStrack]

Tipsy reading AITA stories is f#cking brilliant. Luvd it!

[@choochoo9506]

"The dog is Ter Teen years old". LOVE it.

[@Shallemb]

More like this please!!!

[@robertnettleton5153]

that anyone could actually think that coal thing was ok is crazy. that has to be the most messed up thing I could think of to surprise anyone with. especially if you know they bought real gifts for your family. that is properly insane, the situation and the reaction. that shit isn't funny.

[@harrisji]

Remind me NEVER to piss-off Clisare! 😆

[@visualartsbyjr2464]

- just use a spoon and dip your fingers in from there. You can’t just do shite like that to food you’re selling to people - toss the guy out of the car while still in motion. How insecure are you to be jealous of an elder dog?! - ahhh family traditions. Reminded me about the movie Ready or Not. Gags gifts are fine I guess but have at least one genuine seeing she put thought into some gifts for Dan’s family.

[@16poetisa]

I would have started crying before I even finished opening 18 - EIGHTEEN!!! - packages of coal. "You humiliated us by not taking our humiliation of YOU in stride!" 🙄 And the thing is, it's not hard to buy someone a small token gift, certainly easier than finding some coal. Good lord.

[@WindsongVirtual]

"...it's not hard to buy someone a small token gift" - Exactly. I spent a couple Christmases with my ex-husband (while we were together, obv 😆)'s aunt and uncle, and even though they didn't know me very well, his aunt bought me things like a pair of PJs and a robe, chocolates, etc. It's not hard to come up with *something* that will make the person feel welcomed, ffs!

[@Aurora3242]

#2 NTA - how many times does someone have to ask her too stop, before you loose it, SHE disrespected her significant other by refusing to stop, SHE endangered the public by putting her nasty fingers in the food, SHE caused wasted time and money having to RE-MAKE the food, everytime she did that! NTA!!!!!

[@chumz80hd]

Clisare and Ciara are my favorite duo 🤣 such sass

[@mary-katherineedie460]

Do more of these!!!! Love the AITA threads!!

[@sundalangur3250]

Cake filling - If I've repeatedly asked you nicely not to do something and you have ignored that request, I'm yelling at you because you clearly ain't getting it when I say it nice and quiet. You don't get to play the victim. Coal Prank - Pranks are only funny if all parties are laughing. If the bf had told her beforehand or been a man and comforted her when he saw she wasn't enjoying the prank, that would be one thing. He didn't and so he doesn't get to condemn her reaction. Noisy Passengers - While I'm not brave enough to confront anyone's bad behavior in public, I don't think it is wrong to do so. Some people have no concept that they are not the only ones in public and need to be told about themselves. I don't even need to comment on the husband abandoning the dog. Except to say get away from him asap.

[@amandahenderson9338]

PLEASE do more of these!

[@magikatnm1]

Anyone who thinks that giving a coal as a gift is a funny prank are the assholes and the OP had every right to get mad. Especially when she took the time to get nice gifts for them

[@MrsWellner]

I love this trend.

[@carriesmith742]

I couldn't be in a relationship with someone that would dip their fingers in something THAT MANY TIMES after being explicitly told not to.. Even most ten year olds know about a simple matter of hygiene if you explain it to them once! Then turning around and trying to gaslight them about "fat shaming".

[@bobbyhanson346]

I think Laura and Nicole might be TAs. haha

[@omarsoliman2355]

I LOVE how upset they got at some of these. They got really invested really fast.

[@jwmcdan1131]

Need more of these

[@raysithlord20]

How could Laura and Nicole be wrong on so many of these?

[@meltcat15]

You guys are not assholes. You’re wonderful ❤️

[@bethannpiontkowski6845]

Yayyyy...Clisare is back 😊

[@donnathelightningbug]

I hope you guys see this, more AITA react court please! I thought this episode was really good and would love to see more of it

[@stephk5255]

It's interesting to see how many people are concerned with reciprocation in the coal gag.

[@belindamilne4922]

1 piece of coal is a prank. 18 is straight up, abuse. If I was her, I’d have given “Dan” all his coal back and dumped him on the spot. Not for the coal (how they even obtained that is beyond me) but for not warning me about it and allowing me to give up Christmas with my own family and waste money, buying gifts for people who think abusive hazing rituals are acceptable behaviour.

[@TripleFisted]

If you fixate on the monetary value of the gifts you're giving someone, I think you're missing the entire point of gifting to begin with. Just saying.

[@AnthonyClarkPaladin]

SO trippy... you guys said every reaction I had to those stories! Makes me wonder though... you guys were tipsy, and I'm not. So is my mind just always in that type of state? Hmmm.

[@Cudddlefish]

Usually with the Try channel drinking episodes there’s something that makes me go, “I’d like to try that drink.” This is the first one that’s made me go, “I think I need a drink.” And it’s 9:30 AM.

[@JazzDrummer1946]

As to the inheritance: They are not considered marital property (in the states) unless otherwise stipulated in the will or trust. A spouse has no claim to it in a divorce. Sometimes, they don't have a claim in the event of the death of their spouse. It might go to another blood relative of the recipient.

[@Michelle-726]

It's interesting Seamus how you think all Americans are the same. 😭

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

You are.

[@Michelle-726]

@@AnnaAnna-uc2ff that's the most ignorant thing I've heard this week.

[@martinmckee5333]

​@@AnnaAnna-uc2ffHow do you justify the claim that *any* 300+ million people are the same?

[@JackBarrett7]

One of lifes hilariously great ironies is that "SnausageFest", a moderator on that "AITA" subreddit is a complete sociopath. He blocked a friend of mine because he (my friend) turned down his advances on a comment thread, then blocked 40 or so people who criticized him for doing it, and called them all 'homophobes'.

[@DJHolte]

Not surprised. Reddit is just another place where people act more like jerks than they know they could get away with in real life, simply because you can be anonymous on those sites, or at the very least, not have to worry about a real life fight. And mods tend to be on a power trip and believe they are "above" everyone else on the site. So, yeah. ;-)

[@JackBarrett7]

@@DJHolte You said it. Seems the wrong place to be if youve any kind of life outside of the internet.

[@tari6085]

One box of coal is a gag gift, 18 boxes is cruel. Here's hoping she's celebrating this Christmas with her family and a new boyfriend.

[@bazzer124]

1st story. Divorce in America v Ireland. It wasn't even legal in Eire til, what, 25 years ago? We've just had a lot more practice at it here in the US. Once you guys get the hang of it you'll get as silly as us. Cheers....

[@functionoflightone]

LOL

[@ricardostuart9775]

13.27 facial expression is what I picture in my mind when I think of an Irish person speaking

[@1rkhachatryan]

Loved this, more like this please 😍!!!

[@alexkaen1701]

I loved that we had differing opinions. I didn't agree with some of them, but it's a conversation and that's awesome

[@chelled.4622]

Cuz she wasnt prepared for the worlds most psycho Christmas LOL

[@auntlynnie]

The cake filling story: unless OP has left out part of the conversation, they weren’t fat-shaming anyone. They asked her FIVE TIMES to just use a spoon! I would have lost my shit. Editing to clarify: I’m fat and have been all my life.

[@kathysmith2049]

I lost my 18 year old cat and 16 year old dog within a month of each other. I was devastated and yesterday called the neighbors dog by my dog’s name. My husband who would never hurt an animal however not a nut like me about them. He never realized how invested he was in the dog. The dog’s picture is on his now.

[@kevinspengler5885]

Greetings from Idaho! Love you guys!!!

[@colinmacvicar2507]

On the one with the dog she wasn’t asking if he was an asshole, which he obviously was, but was asking if she was an asshole for checking his dash cam behind his back.

[@instaperil]

When I was a kid I was given coal. I was devastated. I had tons of gifts and just a small stocking stuffer was hurtful and I never forget how it made me feel.

[@michaelevans-im5fv]

love u guys

[@The_Madd_Golfer]

I think Darren (@DARRENLALOR) summed up the whole of Reddit posts with the phrase, "Some people are just scum!" (7:29) 🤣🤣

[@jahanas22]

Anyone who abandons is animal is a horrible person. That example is even worse. The poor animal thinks he’s playing with it.

[@ErnieB]

Brother made cake filling four times too many. He should have stopped after the first one that she dipped into with her fingers.

[@secondsplitter]

in Germany, misbehaving children only got coal for presents back in the day or as a child story... so i would have taken that pretty much the same. 18 times. Like i'm not welcome or smth... and about the cake stuffing... i even don't care about the wasted money and food, that still sucks, but... 5 times not respecting someone and then playing the victim? no.

[@apatternedhorizon]

This video was too short, definitely make more.

[@LtJackboot]

7:35 some people have to be yelled at because their parents allowed them to ignore instructions growing up. Not his fault that she was raised an a**hole.

[@Spiffanni]

OMG, I loved this! Do a lot more of these. :)

[@fett713akamandodragon5]

Inheritance hubby ITA, filling fingers gf ITA, dog abandoner ITA, Sly and The Family Coal are TAs, loud passengers are always TAs.

[@kylegross162]

If a person can do that to a dog, they will leave you the first chance they get if they are inconvenienced, plus if their daughter ends up disabled for some reason, is he going to do that to her?

[@JohnMaxMcAleer]

You should read the Best Of Reddit Updates sub-thread, a lot of the AITA posts get follow-ups shown on there that make the stories even better...

[@deepbluehue3]

Dare I say the loud people on the plane HAD been drinking ; ~ which is why they didn't consider that they were loud ( or care ) And is why they were DEFENSIVE when confronted .

[@WindsongVirtual]

Maybe, and that's a distinct possibility. But that's an explanation, not a reasonable excuse. Some people really are just assholes who DGAF how their actions (in this case, loud talking) affect everyone around them.

[@deepbluehue3]

I agree ... Some people have no consideration i.e. empathy @@WindsongVirtual