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My name is Derek, I’m 33, and I live in Tucson, Arizona. If you’ve ever lived in the desert, you know how important irrigation systems are. Without them, your yard …

TIFU by offering to “help” my elderly neighbor in Tucson fix his sprinkler system and now my yard is basically the neighborhood water park Read More

My name is Daniel, I’m 36, and I live in Chicago. My younger brother, Jake, just graduated from college this past spring. Like a lot of students, he finished school …

Paid off my little brother’s student loans in Chicago as a surprise graduation gift — he immediately used the “extra” money to buy a $4,000 gaming PC and posted about it on Instagram tagging me Read More

My name is Chris, I’m 30, and I recently moved to Boise, Idaho for a new job. One thing I quickly learned after moving here is that Boise has a …

Told my new friend group in Boise I don’t like craft IPAs and they staged an “intervention” tasting at a local brewery — I now own 6 crowlers I’ll never drink Read More

My name is Rachel, I’m 28, and until recently I lived in a tiny studio apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Like many people in NYC, I paid an absolutely ridiculous …

Quietly moved out of my overpriced studio in Brooklyn at 3 a.m. with zero notice after 14 consecutive months of mystery hallway smells — landlord is still texting me about the security deposit Read More

My name is Ethan, I’m 35, and I work at a small marketing agency in Nashville, Tennessee. Our office is usually pretty normal — typical open-plan desks, a coffee machine …

My coworker in Nashville brings her emotional support goose to the office every Friday and management says it’s “fine” because it’s “ADA related” — send help Read More

My name is Alex, I’m 32, and I commute in Los Angeles. If you’ve ever driven on the 405 freeway, you already know it’s basically a daily test of patience …

Got stuck in a 3-hour traffic jam on the 405 in LA because someone’s Tesla was doing 12 mph in autopilot while the driver was FaceTiming — I honked exactly once and instantly became the villain Read More

My name is Jason, I’m 41, and I live in Tampa, Florida. My mom has always been what people politely call “very involved” in my life. A more honest description …

I (41M) finally blocked my helicopter mom in Tampa after she drove 4 hours unannounced to “check my fridge” while I was at work Read More

My name is Marco, I’m 34, and I live in an apartment complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For the most part, the place is pretty quiet. Nothing dramatic ever really …

Neighbor in Albuquerque keeps leaving religious pamphlets under my windshield wiper — today I left him a politely worded note made entirely of Pokémon cards Read More

My name is Hannah, I’m 27, and this happened during a weekend trip to Asheville, North Carolina. I had heard great things about the coffee scene there, so one morning …

AITAH for not tipping the barista in Asheville who drew a giant frowny face in my latte foam after I asked for no foam? Read More

My name is Eric, I’m 31, and I rent the upper unit of an old duplex in Minneapolis, Minnesota. If you’ve ever lived in the Midwest, you know one universal …

My landlord in Minneapolis “forgot” to turn the heat back on after summer and it’s 38° inside — he offered me a space heater from 1997 as compensation Read More