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User: Calidor
AITA for cutting my friend's hair?
My friend (16f) is wanted by the king of a neighbouring kingdom, and my sister (16f) and I (17f) are trying to help her get to safety. The king and some of his men already know what my friend look like, and I think word has gotten to them that she's travelling with another girl and a boy. In order to throw them off, I thought it would be a good idea if we disguised my friend as a boy by cutting her hair short. I knew that my friend would say no, so I did it while she was asleep. When she woke up, both her and my sister were really mad at me. They were saying that I should have asked first, but even my friend admitted she would have said no. I was just trying to avoid getting captured, and it's not like it won't grow back? I don't think't they're really seeing the bigger picture. AITA?

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User: Yasuho
AITA for kink-shaming my cheirophiliac brother?
Here's the story: I (16f) figured out my brother (22m) is a cheirophiliac (to put it simply, he has a hand fetish) and I told him that it's weird to have a thing for hands. Later that same day, he got arrested for murdering a bunch of girls and taking their hands as trophies, and at the time I poked fun at his fetish, I never realized how far he was taking it. I visited him in prison and he got mad then lashed out at me, and the correctional officers had to bring him back to his cell (which meant I had to leave). AITA?

@Williamnot group

User: Calidor
AITA for cutting my friend's hair?
My friend (16f) is wanted by the king of a neighbouring kingdom, and my sister (16f) and I (17f) are trying to help her get to safety. The king and some of his men already know what my friend look like, and I think word has gotten to them that she's travelling with another girl and a boy. In order to throw them off, I thought it would be a good idea if we disguised my friend as a boy by cutting her hair short. I knew that my friend would say no, so I did it while she was asleep. When she woke up, both her and my sister were really mad at me. They were saying that I should have asked first, but even my friend admitted she would have said no. I was just trying to avoid getting captured, and it's not like it won't grow back? I don't think't they're really seeing the bigger picture. AITA?

Austin: NTA. I'd have probably done the same thing.

Melissa: NTA, friends can be… stubborn.

Tess: NTA, precaution saves lives.

@Williamnot group

User: Yasuho
AITA for kink-shaming my cheirophiliac brother?
Here's the story: I (16f) figured out my brother (22m) is a cheirophiliac (to put it simply, he has a hand fetish) and I told him that it's weird to have a thing for hands. Later that same day, he got arrested for murdering a bunch of girls and taking their hands as trophies, and at the time I poked fun at his fetish, I never realized how far he was taking it. I visited him in prison and he got mad then lashed out at me, and the correctional officers had to bring him back to his cell (which meant I had to leave). AITA?

Austin: NTA …. what the fuck?

@Williamnot group

User: Emily
AITA for forgiving the one guy who made me and my brother's lives a living nightmare?
My brother(16m) and I (9f) were kidnapped and basically tortured by a man working for some sort of cult. We managed to escape, but eventually he kidnapped me again. I got to know him and found out that he was only doing it as a job. I eventually convinced him to help me escape again and that he should come with me. My brother is angry at me about it and still doesn't trust the man, even though without him I probably would have died. AITA for looking for the good in the guy who tortured me and my brother?

Selcoeurl

aceite-maa-lau: AITA for going on a long rant about bro-trucks on social media after having had to get one too many of those bloated monstrosities functional (for a certain value of the word) again? Or for having no patience with people who trotted out the "personal preference" non-argument in defense of the stupid things? In my defense: I don't see the point of having a truck if it needs to be babied, much less if it can't haul essentials, handle rough roads, or get you down a mountain quickly and safely enough if a demon is chasing you.

@squiddicus language

User: Emily
AITA for forgiving the one guy who made me and my brother's lives a living nightmare?
My brother(16m) and I (9f) were kidnapped and basically tortured by a man working for some sort of cult. We managed to escape, but eventually he kidnapped me again. I got to know him and found out that he was only doing it as a job. I eventually convinced him to help me escape again and that he should come with me. My brother is angry at me about it and still doesn't trust the man, even though without him I probably would have died. AITA for looking for the good in the guy who tortured me and my brother?

Ivy: NTA. Not dying is always better than dying, whatever you have to do to achieve it, I would have done the same.
Alice: Definitely NTA! You should always look for the good in people, and try to forgive them!
Bella: Golly, you have unreal levels of forgiveness. I don't think I could ever do that! NTA.
Isla: NTA. Tell your brother to deal with it.

Selcoeurl

User: Emily
AITA for forgiving the one guy who made me and my brother's lives a living nightmare?
My brother(16m) and I (9f) were kidnapped and basically tortured by a man working for some sort of cult. We managed to escape, but eventually he kidnapped me again. I got to know him and found out that he was only doing it as a job. I eventually convinced him to help me escape again and that he should come with me. My brother is angry at me about it and still doesn't trust the man, even though without him I probably would have died. AITA for looking for the good in the guy who tortured me and my brother?

SgtNovemberEchoDelta: NTA, but maybe kinda overly trusting. You keep an eye on him, y'hear? (Also: maybe my personal biases are showin' here, but "security contractors" can go to hell.)

Leslee

User: Satoka
AITA for wanting to crush the golden child's ego?
I (Female, 18) was raised in an orphanage. We're like a dysfunctional family. The original golden child (Male, 24, I'll call him Golden), is a great detective. Our identified parent (Male, 70, I'll call him IP), always compares us to Golden. He wants us to live up to Golden's legacy and we are expected to either be Golden's successor or suffer the lack of attention that IP only gives to the few that are closest to .
The scapegoat (Male, 18) was my best friend, and is now my boyfriend. I often help others through their problems because IP ignores everyone but Golden. As the therapist friend that I am, I help everyone, except Golden, through their issues. Golden seems to have none.
Anyway, Golden had come back from a case and was lording over Scapegoat, flaunting his artificial superiority, and I was completely over it. I said, to Golden, "If you're such a great detective, then why didn't you help us out of trouble when we needed it. Oh, wait, you're too busy ruining our lives."
Golden stormed off and got me in trouble. Was it worth it, or AITA?

@photographsandtime group

User: Satoka
AITA for wanting to crush the golden child's ego?
I (Female, 18) was raised in an orphanage. We're like a dysfunctional family. The original golden child (Male, 24, I'll call him Golden), is a great detective. Our identified parent (Male, 70, I'll call him IP), always compares us to Golden. He wants us to live up to Golden's legacy and we are expected to either be Golden's successor or suffer the lack of attention that IP only gives to the few that are closest to .
The scapegoat (Male, 18) was my best friend, and is now my boyfriend. I often help others through their problems because IP ignores everyone but Golden. As the therapist friend that I am, I help everyone, except Golden, through their issues. Golden seems to have none.
Anyway, Golden had come back from a case and was lording over Scapegoat, flaunting his artificial superiority, and I was completely over it. I said, to Golden, "If you're such a great detective, then why didn't you help us out of trouble when we needed it. Oh, wait, you're too busy ruining our lives."
Golden stormed off and got me in trouble. Was it worth it, or AITA?

Colette: NTA. IP's treatment of your family is cruel. Is he a narcissist? Golden needs to examine his own place in the family and how his behavior is hurting his siblings, especially Scapegoat. He needed to hear what you had to say.
Anabel: ESH. IP and Golden suck for thinking they're better than you, but I wouldn't say that "ruined your lives". Your insult was weak and Golden is a baby for getting offended.
Kiara: NTA. IP's favoritism and neglect hurt your family deeply. You took on the burden of fixing what he broke. Golden flaunting how great he thinks he is and refusing to acknowledge what IP is doing makes him just as bad. He deserves a slap to his ego. IP deserves a slap to his face. They're lucky you aren't doing worse.
Mark: YTA. If you tried to do something besides complain and fuel your family's victim complexes, then IP might have something good to say about you. Your disrespect was uncalled for. Golden didn't ruin your life, you're bitter because he's successful and you aren't. Grow up.
Shelley: INFO: When did you need his help and did not receive it?
Zy: NTA. Golden has a stick up his ass.

Leslee

Colette: NTA. IP's treatment of your family is cruel. Is he a narcissist? Golden needs to examine his own place in the family and how his behavior is hurting his siblings, especially Scapegoat. He needed to hear what you had to say.
Anabel: ESH. IP and Golden suck for thinking they're better than you, but I wouldn't say that "ruined your lives". Your insult was weak and Golden is a baby for getting offended.
Kiara: NTA. IP's favoritism and neglect hurt your family deeply. You took on the burden of fixing what he broke. Golden flaunting how great he thinks he is and refusing to acknowledge what IP is doing makes him just as bad. He deserves a slap to his ego. IP deserves a slap to his face. They're lucky you aren't doing worse.
Mark: YTA. If you tried to do something besides complain and fuel your family's victim complexes, then IP might have something good to say about you. Your disrespect was uncalled for. Golden didn't ruin your life, you're bitter because he's successful and you aren't. Grow up.
Shelley: INFO: When did you need his help and did not receive it?
Zy: NTA. Golden has a stick up his ass.

To Mark: I had tried before, and it resulted in a disaster of epic proportions (One kid committed suicide, one became a killer, because I couldn't help fix the problem fast enough.). This was the first time I had snapped at Golden. As for the comment about me being bitter, I am quite successful. I have many people who would back me up on this. I measure my success by how much I empower those who aren't spoken for, and that includes most everyone in the orphanage I live in, as well as those who are lifted up by my work as Kaijuryoshi.
To Shelley: I had always thought he would convince IP to listen to us. I now understand that to believe Golden would do that is a severe mistake.

@kevalsjov group

AITA for vagueposting my family issues on twitter?
My dad (41m) spends months at a time away for work. A. My other parent (44f) is basically left to raise me (14m) and my little sister (9f) as a stay-at-home single parent. Whenever my dad comes home from his work trips, it feels like he's just disrupting our family dynamic and butting into me and my sister's relationship with our mom. There's not much to be said about my relationship with him. He goes through the motions of calling us every day and coming to school events and stuff, but it feels like he puts his career above the rest of the family sometimes. Besides, it's not like we're short on money or anything, he has a very well-paying, high-profile job. I had been really struggling with readjusting to him coming home again from his recent work trip, and it was all heightened by the fact that he came home high out of his mind one night at like 3AM. My mom was up waiting for him to come home, which I know because I heard him slam open the door and I heard my mom trying to talk him down the whole night basically. It's like he doesn't care about anyone about himself. The next day I'd had enough so I vagueposted about being let down by family on twitter and now everyone's talking about it, because he had such a squeaky clean image before. AITA?

@squiddicus language

User: Brent
AITA for abandoning my quest because I fell in love?
I (20M) was recently sent off on a quest to find a rogue goddess that had escaped into this weird parallel world called Cambridge. The High Council sent me on my own because they figured I could handle it. Basically, I have Creation magic, which is one of the rarest types of magic and one of the 'best' ones, meaning that ever since I was young, people have expected me to fix all their problems, save them from danger, and basically be a hero to my whole kingdom. I'll admit I used to kinda enjoy the attention. But lately the pressure has really been getting to me and I've been terrified of letting people down or finally making a mistake, since if my kingdom falls, the blame would fall to me as the most powerful wizard.

Anyway, I was sent off on this quest to track down the goddess of destruction magic, Netherith. She created a portal through to another world and I was supposed to go through it and bring her back. But once I got there, I realised how impossible my quest was since I was completely alone in a world with TOTALLY different rules to mine. I was feeling super overwhelmed and panicked when this guy (20M) found me and asked if I was alright. I looked at him and I was really confused because I could see he had an aura of magic around him, but people from this world definitely aren't supposed to have those. So I figured he could probably be useful on my quest. He was the only lead I had, so I thought I might as well take it. We met up for coffee a bunch of times so I could get to know him before asking any suspicious questions. But it turns out, he literally knew NOTHING about magic whatsoever. I realised I'd have to go on without him because he hadn't turned out to be useful after all. But I just couldn't do it. After getting to know him, I found out how nice it was to have a conversation with someone who didn't just want my help or wanted to meet the great hero of Feralthia. Not sure i I mentioned, but he was also extremely good-looking. Not that that's relevant in any way. Plus, I knew he was really lonely as well - he doesn't fit in with his family because they only really care about themselves. He also told me that if his family found out he was gay, they'd never accept him.

Basically, I decided to stay in Cambridge for another couple of weeks and put my quest on hold. I didn't know how much pressure I'd been under until I met someone who didn't expect something from me. I feel like we both really like spending time with each other and I think we were both in need of a good friend. But I kinda feel bad, like even though I'll go back to my quest in a week or so, I'm still letting my kingdom down. AITA?

@GoodThingGoing group

Here's two from the old friends

User: u/anarcholyricist (Jonny)
I (23M) was at a party with my best friend (also 23M) so we could rub shoulders with the biggest names in the theatre world and try to break through. Halfway through he ditches me to go off with the producer's wife and when he gets back, he tells me that he sold the rights to our songs. On the one hand, that was what we'd come here to do. On the other hand, he never asked me and basically now I don't have the rights to the lyrics I've spent the past half dozen years working on. Oh, and then he made me sing some of them in front of a crowd even though he knows I hate singing in public. AITA for telling him off in front of everyone, including the producer, the producer's wife, and our own wives? I feel sort of shitty about it and we've sort of made up but I also felt pretty vindicated by doing so.

User: u/goshngolly (Molly)
Sooo this post has some relevance to the clip that's being posted in r/publicfreakouts and r/cringe and all those other subreddits. I'm using a throwaway account to post this since I'm sort of well known and don't want this tied to my real name. I (39F) got to go to the Oscars with my best friends (both 39M) and things…escalated. I mean, we've all seen the clip, right? Well, I'm stuck right between the two of them and I feel like an asshole for choosing sides. They've both been close friends of mine for years and so has J's wife (and R's ex-wife until the divorce) and I see both sides. If what J says is true, R is a bad writing partner and a bad friend. But it was also out of line for J to say that in front of the live TV crew and crowd instead of working it out in private, and I know for a fact that R has been nothing but loyal to J even though J seems hell-bent on making that as hard a task as possible. In the end I took R's side because I'm ultimately closer with him, but I still feel awful for snubbing J and L and the kids. AITA for choosing one of my best friends over the other when they both made it clear it was a "him or me" situation and both of us have a long history of friendship?

@GoodThingGoing group

User: u/ctznutz (Striker) via u/keepcalmandjizzon's account^
k so i'm typing this on my brother's holopad (thanks kc) so plz excuse any typos and the lack of periods n stuff lol if im caught typing this im even more kriffed than i already am which is saying a LOT and also im pretty pissed off rn. so basically im a pilot in the grand army of the republic and my commanding officer is kind of a hardass and he gets pissed at me all the time for stupid things like having my hair too long or speaking out of turn anyways we were on a flight mission and i was in perfect short of a separatist ship's commanding bridge WITH ITS ADMIRAL ON IT and he ordered me to PULL BACK and for context this is the 2ND TIME he's done this exact thing this week (first ship he told me to pull back on went on to drop off the clankers that killed my brother aj) and this time i was like uh ok ace im not letting you lose the war by being a kriffing coward AGAIN and so i dropped my bomb anyway and it took the ship out and youd EXPECT a commanding offiver to be EXCITED about that right well WRONG bc he grounded me for the next star cycle for insubordination or some shit like that and so i may have said some things that are not rulebook approved to him and now hes threatening to court marshal me over it. basically aita for going against orders when the guy giving them had already kriffed up that week and my insubordination ended up helping us in the war effort? idk i feel like im not but my brothers told me to post this to get input since theyre not supposed to talk to me rn oh and also aita for cussing him out after he slapped me and grounded me k thanks bye and thanks again kc i hope ace doesnt see this or youre kriffed too lmao OH AND I CANT REPLY TO YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS BC THIS IS KCS ACCOUNT BUT MAYBE HE CAN READ THEM TO ME IF IM NOT IN TBE BRIGG OR WHATEVER

^I am so sorry about this username; it's not my fault that George Lucas called space jazz….that

@megurineluka03

User: Star
AITA for pulling a steak knife on a goddex?

It’s a long story. For background, my best friend Lune is a trans girl. And her and I had been taught all our lives that they (the goddex) were transphobic and wanted to be the only trans/nonbinary being around. So when my friend and I were named Protectors of the Universe at a banquet, my first reaction was to grab a steak knife from a table on my way up to the stage, and threaten Guardian (the goddex) with it. I knew it wasn’t going to do anything, but I thought they were going to kill Lune for being trans, and I thought anything that kept her alive longer was worth any punishment I’d get. To my surprise, Guardian didn’t even defend themselves. They just apologized that I had been lied to about them, and said they were proud of me and Lune. They haven’t shown any malice towards Lune, so maybe they’re telling the truth about the megachurches spreading fake evidence of their transphobia for the leaders’ benefit. I certainly like the idea of autistic people (such as myself and Lune) being considered holy. And the one thing I know they’re not lying about is being neurodivergent. I’ve caught them repeating random phrases and doing the raptor hands thing. I don’t doubt my motives, but I’m now wondering if maybe I reacted too fast. Then again, I was told these things all my life.

@photographsandtime group

AITA For Lying About Not Seeing A Ghost?

Ok, so my (18M) uncle R (40sM) was secretly replaced by an alien when he was a teenager. I know this because my mom D (40sF) told me so, and she says HE (the alien) told her so. Alien!R disappeared shortly after the abduction, so I can't ask him.
Real!R was abducted at a sleepover with a few other kids. That same night, Alien!R tried to kill them and only two girls survived his rampage. One girl, whose parents owned the house, left town a few months later. The other (L, friend of the previous girl) is our family's sworn enemy because SHE thinks Real!R's soul was swapped with a demon from the legendary Hell Mirror and my real uncle is still trapped in the mirror dimension. We understand how upsetting it is to have one of your friends stolen by aliens and having to watch as his extra-terrestrial clone kills most of your friends and then tries to kill you, but that's no excuse for making up silly lies. She says that a mystery girl gave the mirror to the birthday boy that day, and that he was meant to be the demon's vessel instead of R. The mirror is just a myth, and even if it did exist the "mystery girl" would have been demon-swapped when she touched the mirror, so it's obvious that L's story is fake.
I can see ghosts but prefer not to. Ghosts are rare because they're forced to move on after death, so to get back to the Living Realm they have to flee the Reapers or file a request to go back. But I went to the basement where her friends died in case one of them was there, and there wasn't. But there was an old lady ghost there who claimed to have seen what happened that night.
Her claim is that Real!R really was possessed by a mirror demon, and no aliens were involved. When the Reaper came for the dead teens she ran off (she evaded the Reapers when she died like a hundred years ago and is wanted by them), but later came back because it's her family home and she wants to watch over her great-granddaughter.
But the old hag couldn't PROVE anything, and expected me to just believe her! I don't trust random ghosts, a lot of them like to start shit just to have a break from the dull monotony of constantly evading the ghost police in their quests to finish their unfinished business. Besides, I trust my mom more than I trust a random ghost, my family's enemy, and the family of two of the victims.
My mom and L waited for me outside the house (the family took L's side in the feud so my mom is not allowed on their property, and L didn't want to revisit the place that traumatized her), so when I came out they had to trust whatever I told them.
I lied and said there was nobody there. It's only a half lie because there really wasn't any dead teenager ghosts.
The daughter (16F) of the survivor that left moved back after her parents died, so she was in the house. She says she overheard me talking to her great-grandma and that I was a piece of shit for lying to my mom & L. But she also thinks she's the reincarnation of one of the dead teens (impossible, they died over 20 years ago and she is 16), so SHE'S not innocent either, and I'm not sure I can trust her because she's biased as hell and clearly a liar. But I feel kind of bad for lying, myself. AITA?

FishStick

User: Fishstick
AITAH for being possessed by my childhood enemy and killing my 19th partner and then my eldest 'son?' Like, it's not my fault I guess, I just made the wrong gods mad you know? Now my middle child hates me because he watched me do it and I didn't tell him, and now the village hates me because I killed my gf (aka the church leader) I've also been neglecting my kid but you know he knows how to fend for himself…! I think… wait… WAIT I GTG I LEFT HIM WITH WANDER-

@another_Sarcastic_writer group

User: Sammy
AITAH for running away and leaving my cousin (practically sister) alone with our abusive grandfather?

So my cousin S (16 F) and I (21 M) grew up differently even though we lived in the same house. I went to school and had tons of friends while my cousin was homeschooled by our grandfather. My grandfather gave weird lessons all the time like how to dismantle a bomb and build them. But it was really fun to learn and I looked up to my grandfather a lot so I didn't question it. Around when I was thirteen and she was nine day, I went into S's room and saw that she was bandaging her sides. Her abdomen was covered in bruises and cuts, some bleeding. Her knuckles were bruised and her hand looked mangled.

She looked up at me with red rimmed eyes and I knew there was something serious going on. She was the toughest person I ever knew, seeing her cry broke my heart. I helped her bandage her wounds and learned that our grandfather had been abusing her physically and verbally when I wasn't home. She didn't specify how he would hurt her, so I never got the details. I taught her how to defend herself and I stood up to our grandfather, causing a rift in our relationship permanently. We would have huge fights, often resulting in physical altercations. S seemed to have less bruises but whenever I asked if things were better, she would scoff and change the subject. She looked up to me, she was always extremely thankful for me standing up to him. She was always willing to help me wrap my wounds and helped me come up with excuses about my injuries for school. I loved her (I still do) but my grandfather would constantly jab at me and would bait me into fights. I had developed some unresolved anger against myself and my family. I couldn't live like that anymore so I ran away from home when I was around 17 years old, leaving my 12 year old cousin alone with our grandfather.

Recently, I saw her again and found out that our grandfather had been training S to be an assassin, hence the brutal wounds. She said the reasoning was because both our grandfather and her parents (my absent aunt and uncle) were disgusted that she was born a girl. My aunt and uncle couldn't bear to be around her and my grandfather took out his frustration on her initially before trying to make a weapon out of her.

amongusinreallifesussus

A little over sixteen years ago, I (50,000F) decided to bear offspring so that they could grow to be powerful enough to beat my father one day. It is important to know that my father plans to harness the powers of the Gods to recreate the Universe in his own image, an act that is unquestionably evil. Although I, myself, am ageless and could fight him for all eternity if I thought myself able, I knew that I needed assistance. So, I fled his iron grip over our home planet and travelled to your planet of Terra, in hopes of finding anybody to assist me.

I have largely remained unsuccessful, yet in recent decades I have discovered the man I wish to spend the rest of his life with - Jacob (51M, roughly 25 at the time of meeting). His strength is unmatched, and I knew that he would bear a child of immense strength were we to reproduce. Approximately sixteen years ago, we did just that, and brought Steven into the world.

However, I wished to have two children - one gifted in unpowered brute strength, and one with high magic potential. Jacob is good for the former, however he is not magically gifted in the slightest. I avoided telling him as I knew he would allow his humanity to get in the way of logic and get upset, but I contacted an ally of mine (200F) and bore a daughter, Samantha. I allowed Jacob to raise her as his own and remain unaware.

From her birth, she has refused her birthright, despite me doing everything possible to get her to listen to my teachings. She would rather frolick alongside her mortal friends who remain unaware of her heritage. I have explained countless times what is at stake, yet she remains unconvinced and uninterested.

Jacob has made the decision to discontinue speaking with me over this issue, and Samantha threatens to do the same once she is financially able. I fail to see what I have done wrong here as I believe one's personal feelings are irrelevant in the face of potential universal destruction, not to mention the fact that my daughter - and, lately, my son too - openly dislike me and treat me with unnecessary hostility.

Abey

User: Zoe
AITA for not admitting to my brother that I did in fact get pregnant with his best friends baby, the night of my wedding?
Well I think not, I 21 female got married to my husband 21 male. that night I got a little drunk, and mistook my husband for my brothers best friend 22 male, and slept with him. 2 months later I found out I was pregnant, I have later divorced my husband, and myself and the best friend and now secretly dating. My brother now has his suspicions, I refuse to tell my brother yet. So AITA?

@sheabutter group

User: Zoe
AITA for not admitting to my brother that I did in fact get pregnant with his best friends baby, the night of my wedding?
Well I think not, I 21 female got married to my husband 21 male. that night I got a little drunk, and mistook my husband for my brothers best friend 22 male, and slept with him. 2 months later I found out I was pregnant, I have later divorced my husband, and myself and the best friend and now secretly dating. My brother now has his suspicions, I refuse to tell my brother yet. So AITA?

User: Marsh
YTA, but I almost don't want you to be because what.

@im-with-stoopid pets

User: u/TomatorNator (Tommahud)

AITA for unintentionally helping a murder?

Hear me out, alright? So I (20M) have this friend (19M), and we've been the closest guy-friends of all time in the history of ever. I'll call him Nacho for privacy's sake. If you know, you know, y'know?

In the most respectful way possible, Nacho hasn't been all there lately. He'll tell me he's doing just fine, and then he'll go dissect a live beetle. I thought it was just a phase, and I played along with it, y'know? When we were younger, he was real nice and polite. Yeah, he was a little rowdy, but at that age, who isn't? So I'd humor him and let him get all his grief out, BUT I'd always make sure to reel him in. I thought I was helping.

I'm going to make a long story short here - Nacho may or may not have killed this really nice old lady. It wasn't gruesome or anything like that - she was sick with consumption, so it was bound to happen soon-ish. Probably. He told me to distract the lady's husband, but didn't give me a reason why. I listened, though. I figured Nacho was just up to his usual shenanigans - stealing, scouting, talking to himself, the usual, yeah?

But turns out, she needed her medicine. Desperately. And her husband was the only herbalist around.

I feel guilty just thinking about it, y'know? It's been a week since it happened, and Nacho's just acting like nothing's up. But I can't bring myself to out him to anyone - especially not to the old lady's husband. I've tried, but I just can't. Nacho's been my best, and only, friend for a long time, and I really don't know what I'd do without him. We're the only ones who know that her death wasn't natural.

So, AITA? I'd like to think I'm not, but I don't know anymore.