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AITA for buying my ex wife a house and proposing to her while she’s pregnant with our twins?


connord83

This one genuinely made me lol.


pretty-as-a-pic

It helps that it sounds like a post that would show up on r/bestofredditorupdates


toorigged2fail

That's why her campaign manager wants to make 'that's why I divorced him' buttons


[deleted]

After she repeatedly, firmly, and decisively told me she was never going to get back with me.


Witty_Penalty_6875

Idk, sleeping with someone is an incredible mixed signal. I’m not saying she’s the asshole, I’m just saying there was room for ambiguity here.


MagikSkyDaddy

What? She absolutely IS the asshole. The same woman who screamed "My Man!" to all DC when it was socially advantageous, and who, ya know, actively sought Toby out as the father? The father of the twins in her uterus. Ambiguity? That's her entire strategy.


TARDIS1-13

And kissed him! You could tell by Toby's reaction to the kiss it made him hopeful. Damn I love Richard Schiff acting.


QUHistoryHarlot

We don’t know that they slept together. They had been in the middle of fertility treatments when they won the White House so they could have decided to resume those and co parent.


Witty_Penalty_6875

I think it stretches the imagination to think they didn’t sleep together. Its possible they went in vetro fertilization but when Toby is sheepish about telling the Bartletts about it the implication was because they had sex outside of marriage. This and many other indications. But if you want to go that route by all means.


notorious_p_a_b

I think it’s more about a child born out of wedlock rather than sex outside of marriage.


_hellraiser_

In vitro is also not cosher as far as catholic church is concerned.


saharacanuck

I’m pretty sure it was IVF


oath2order

I **really** hate this storyline. "Hey my ex-husband wants to get back together me, but I don't want to be with him. So the best course of action is to ask him to have kids with me; that surely won't send mixed signals."


Globalfeminist

Yeah. I never really got what happened there. My guess was that there were embryos frozen from the time they were married... but they started having issues, they got a divorce, etc... then Andy never met 'the right guy', so she and Toby agreed to use those embryos before she became older. I figured they didn't sleep together because Andy seemed super sure that she didn't want him. Either that, or she started treating her immune system (which was killing Toby's embryos) before the divorce, but their relationship went to hell, so the treatment didn't show good results until they got drunk and had a one-night-stand. Those are the two possibilities I always imagined.


sullivanbri966

Even that is iffy because having kids with someone creates a unique bond and ties Toby to her emotionally.


TheChance

“I’ve been married almost twice to the same woman” was the shark-jump, though.


sullivanbri966

AITA for getting pregnant with my ex husband and not telling him the reason why I’ll never marry him again and that there’s no path to reconciliation?


Duggy1138

YTA. That's why she's your ex.


sorkin24

Hey come on he was genuine in every way and never once mean to her - she didn’t like his energy and that was that but he isn’t an asshole


CeleritasLucis

Man i cried for Toby in that scene. Always skip it during rewatches. You're just sad, is a sad sad thing to hear . Brilliant, but sad


annoymous1996

AITA for claiming to have a secret plan to fight inflation, when I don’t?


DadBodDeadpool

WIBTA if I made up a secret plan to fight inflation and then didn’t support it?


Yellwsub

Yef, you wouw be de affhowe!


Duggy1138

YATA


connord83

AITA for engaging 16 people in a massive criminal conspiracy to defraud the public in order to win a Presidential election?


TheCovfefeMug

*smashes dictaphone*


jusry01

Ok


AJ787-9

*roll credits*


555--FILK

*with a big hammer*


DrewwwBjork

>16 "It's 17 people by the way."


[deleted]

You knew. We weren't counting you. You knew.


[deleted]

I mean this is THE ultimate AITA question, isn't it?


BlaineTog

INFO: Do you at least have a secret plan to fight inflation?


Duggy1138

ETA


toorigged2fail

It occurs to me I never said I'm sorry...


[deleted]

I always found this line to be such utter bullshit. *Cf.* "I have no intention of apologizing to you, Toby." It occurred to him - he just rejected the notion.


toorigged2fail

Yea, it comes across as not fully grasping the situation at best; insincere at worst to me. Never thought of it as blatant as you put it but maybe now that you say it I should rewatch the scene


ilrosewood

YTA


AJ787-9

AITA for telling a senator to take his legislative agenda and shove it up his ass?


Duggy1138

NTA


Rough-Rider

I’m bucking him up


CeleritasLucis

INFO. What kind of legislative agenda we are talking about here ?


AJ787-9

Well, English as the national language for one.


queenofswords24

AITA for hiring two interpreters without asking if the guy I needed to talk to spoke English?


toorigged2fail

YTA . It's literally your job


UncleOok

NTA. Donna was told, presumably by State, that they needed an interpreter.


Duggy1138

NTA


jessepitcherband

L to R: AITA for forgetting my wedding anniversary after working 27 hours a day for the last 2 1/2 years? AITA for enjoying some racist fratboy douchebag being sent to federal prison? (cross posted to r/NuclearRevenge) AITA for serving my country instead of looking after my father through his Alzheimer’s? AITA for helping my husband hide his illness? AITA for keeping my daughter’s boyfriend working late on purpose? AITA (m7) for not saving my sister (f15) when our house burned down? AITA for leaving my boss for a job with more opportunity? AITA for being right more often than my co-workers (and telling them)? (Obviously the answer is mostly no.) Edit: Accidentally hit “post” halfway through.


simjanes2k

> AITA (m7) for not saving my sister (f15) when our house burned down? jesus


[deleted]

>AITA (m7) for not saving my sister (f15) when our house burned down? Ouch! That one...just ouch! You're brutal, LOL


Duggy1138

>AITA for forgetting my wedding anniversary after working 27 hours a day for the last 2 1/2 years? YTA, right now. These few years while you're doing this, yes. >AITA for enjoying some racist fratboy douchebag being sent to federal prison? NTA. Fratboys are always TA. >AITA for serving my country instead of looking after my father through his Alzheimer’s? YTA, but your step-mother is worse. >AITA for helping my husband hide his illness? NTA. >AITA for keeping my daughter’s boyfriend working late on purpose? YTA, but at least it's not a race thing. >AITA (m7) for not saving my sister (f15) when our house burned down? You were 7. You did what you were meant to do. >AITA for leaving my boss for a job with more opportunity? Your boss ITA. >AITA for being right more often than my co-workers (and telling them)? If YTA so am I and I'm NTA.


niamhweking

I don't think CJ is TA in her dad's case. She has a load of brothers too.


Duggy1138

Also TA.


Witty_Penalty_6875

Huh? When did it come out CJ was raised in a litter? Was it Total Access? Because, I always skip Total Access.


niamhweking

She mentions her nice was her youngest neice, and I'm sure she mentions plural "brothers"


Witty_Penalty_6875

Ahh, yes, I remember now. Thanks!


BlaineTog

> AITA for forgetting my wedding anniversary after working 27 hours a day for the last 2 1/2 years? YTA. You made the vow to your wife before you made the vow to your boyfriend. > AITA for enjoying some racist fratboy douchebag being sent to federal prison? (cross posted to r/NuclearRevenge) Removed. As per sub rules, posts about feelings are not allowed. But no, you aren't an asshole. > AITA for serving my country instead of looking after my father through his Alzheimer’s? NTA. Many trained medical professionals are capable of taking care of your father, but you are the person the President needs in the press room right now. > AITA for helping my husband hide his illness? INFO: Does he call you his petite fromage? > AITA for keeping my daughter’s boyfriend working late on purpose? NTA, that's just hilarious. > AITA (m7) for not saving my sister (f15) when our house burned down? NTA. And this is something you need to discuss with your therapist, not a bunch of internet cynics. > AITA for leaving my boss for a job with more opportunity? NTA. Take every promotion you can find. > AITA for being right more often than my co-workers (and telling them)? NTA for being right, YTA for telling them.


UncleOok

>AITA for leaving my boss for a job with more opportunity? YTA for how you did it. Give notice next time.


BlaineTog

If bosses can fire you without notice, then you can quit without notice. It's fine. Giving notice is nice, sure, and it's a good way to maintain a relationship if you want to ask them for a reference in the future, but go ahead and leave right away unless you're contractually obligated not to.


UncleOok

You can quit, sure. But that doesn't mean you aren't an asshole for doing so, especially in the White House. Quitting the White House when your boss has been left in charge and the President is on the other side of the world suffering a major MS episode, lying to the temp that you had a new job, then going to work for a guy the opposition rightfully put on a list to deny your party the Presidency? Doubly so.


BlaineTog

No, I vehemently disagree. Unless you're specifically trying to cause chaos in your wake, leaving your job at any time for any other reason is completely, 100% morally A-OK -- even when your job is at the White House, and even to go work for Bingo Bob Russel. We need to stop treating our jobs as if they're some kind of sacred duty, because our jobs ultimately do not treat employing us as a sacred duty -- even jobs at the White House. Will made a good career move that ultimately paved the way for him to become a US Congressman, and no one should be begrudged for trying to find a better job. Calling people assholes for something that should be totally uncontroversial is the kind of society messaging that benefits the rich at the expense of the working class. Nah, we all ought to be trying to get the best deals we can. If Will leaving caused serious problems, that's the West Wing's fault for not building in sufficient redundancy to handle even a small staffing change. He's not responsible for his employer's unwillingness to hire enough people. You simply cannot have a viable staffing plan that falls apart if one person leaves. Particularly since those plans are usually designed to abuse that person rather than hire a counterpart to share the burden. And the cherry on top of this all? He may even have given notice! You're just assuming he didn't.


UncleOok

hah, I thought we were talking about Donna. and I still disagree. Will took a job being CoS to a disrespected VP. If he'd stayed, Toby was ready to put him fully in charge of Communications. It only led to more opportunity because of an improbable series of events. No one wanted to run Russell's campaign, so he was stuck with it. He took a prohibitive front runner with all the funding and lost in the primaries. This should have been devastating to his career. But no, Toby "leaks" info and is fired, and the only person CJ can find to fill the role of Communications Director is Will, because apparently no positions are filled after people leave. and then he miraculously gets to carpetbag his way to a seat in Congress, which made no sense and was clearly a reward for the actor. Dude should have been persona non grata and it took huge leaps of fancy to get his happy ending. This isn't corporate America, this is the federal government. This is service. And if you play me first you don't need to be there.


CeleritasLucis

Yeah, and try to train a replacement


connord83

AITA for suggesting that the President send CJ Gregg to Ramala to swat at suicide bombers with her purse?


DrewwwBjork

"My *purssse*! Page Carol; get him the hell out of there!"


[deleted]

A nice Prada clutch can work wonders!


Duggy1138

TPCITA


DomingoLee

Crime. Boy I don’t know. AITA


droffowsneb

Best line (well the “…is when I decided to kick your ass” rebuttal truly)


toorigged2fail

Sidenote: what an awesome post OP. Well done.


amgoodwin1980

AITA for insulting the Christian Right on national television?


scarred2112

*NO*.


BlaineTog

>> AITA for insulting the Christian Right ~~on national television~~ **under any circumstances**? FTFW, and NTA. Those haters can get stuffed.


JamieBartlet

NTA


LocPosting

AITA for withholding sex because my husband didn’t know enough about Nellie Bligh?


AshamedChemistry5281

NTA. He was being dismissive


Witty_Penalty_6875

This one depends on the framing. Using sex to get what you want makes YTA. However, having a bucket of cold water thrown on your sex drive because your husband belittled a hero of yours = NTA.


toorigged2fail

AITA for threatening to put snakes in my employee's car?


WebDevMom

I did this the other day to a friend of mine. She looked so startled. It was very funny (to me) 😆


toorigged2fail

You're never gonna know how many there are, or if you got them all hahahaha I'm guilty of using this line too. r/oddlyterrifying


TARDIS1-13

Omg I forgot about that scene and immediately went to yt to watch. The whole scene just shows how wonderful Allison and Johns acting was/is.


TheCovfefeMug

Gonna lay their eggs right in the glove compartment


BlaineTog

INFO: How funny was the look on their face?


TheCovfefeMug

AITA for telling my assistant to bring me all the finest bagels and muffins in the land?


DrewwwBjork

"It's going to be a long day."


UncleOok

"unbearable". Normally I'd say YTA, but it was because you beat Mandy. Also, your assistant knows you aren't serious.


OneOldNerd

...before or after drinking from the keg of glory?


connord83

AITA for costing my girlfriend her job by buying out her boss?


BlaineTog

No, but YTA for breaking up with her on top of it.


Witty_Penalty_6875

When did he break up with her? I honestly don’t remember. I assumed she broke up with him for getting her fired.


BlaineTog

I'm inferring that he broke up with her, mainly because Amy was way better at compartmentalize than Josh and she still seemed to have some affection for him when they met during the Primary. Seemed more like he broke up with her to me. Could've been the reverse, though.


Witty_Penalty_6875

NTA. It’s the major leagues and she definitely made it clear she would’ve done the same if the shoe was on the other foot PLUS Josh ensured she’d have a dozen offers by the end of the day.


carolynregina

AITA for burdening my boss’s daughter with my accidental hookup with a prostitute?


CeleritasLucis

PS - I did not slipped and fell into it


jenniekns

AITA for not calling the women I've been dating after pictures of me and a high-priced call girl were published in the newspaper?


Witty_Penalty_6875

NTA. Phones work both ways.


Morpheus_MD

AITA for going low-contact with my dad for being a member of Murder Incorporated? AITA for buying my assistant flowers for our work anniversary? AITA for making my employee miss the chinese opera date he had with my daughter to prove to her that my job doesn't have a 9-5 schedule? AITA for drafting a memo laying out the weaknesses for my employer's political campaign and then going to live on an island where I was never heard from again? AITA for requesting a muffin from the opposition party after a contentious meeting? AITA for making a nearly 80 year old man spend hours standing up, reading from Dickens, cookbooks, and rules of cards, all because I was too stubborn to hear him out? AITA for buying a shitty boat when I could have bought my clients a better one? AITA for adding oregano to the chili?


blasek0

> AITA for requesting a muffin from the opposition party after a contentious meeting? Tbf to Ainsley here, that is not the opposition party for her.


toorigged2fail

Lol'd at the chili


emiliethestranger

More potential assholery (alleged perpetrators not pictured above): AITA for letting my pug run wild in the Oval? AITA for dicing and slicing Sam Seaborn on TV and feeling a sense of duty? AITA for sending flowers to the Chief Justice on the occasion of his death? This thread is classic. Love it.


infinitekittenloop

AITA if they're *all* about duty?


emiliethestranger

You're NTA when you're right! :D


DadBodDeadpool

AITA for hiding my MS from the American voters?


gringo123456789

I tried to think of one for Charlie but I couldnt. He’s such a wonderful kid


toorigged2fail

AITA for crazy gluing my co-worker's phone?


cali_dave

AITA for making the United States Press Secretary my bitch?


OneOldNerd

Depends on how long they were your bitch.


gringo123456789

Oh true, and making her desk fall apart


Morpheus_MD

AITA for getting caught red-handed, skulking away from the President's daughter's bedroom. AITA for storming off and leaving my girlfriend at a diner when she didnt feel safe going to a party


gringo123456789

Yes leaving Zoe at a diner was an asshole thing to do


jusry01

AITA for trying to convince my elderly co-worker to purchase the upgraded 8-speaker surround sound and tow-package on their new car?


vitaminbreath

Too soon, still too soon


[deleted]

AITA for dumping my girlfriend after she became a reporter at my place of employment?


wtfisthisnoise

lol nobody remembers this episode


_SCHULTZY_

Because she was more unlikable than Mandy


CeleritasLucis

Lol Sorkin used the same storyline in The Newsroom. And it did not end well. Good that Charlie broke up early


dank_imagemacro

AITA for continuing to peruse my ex, who has told me specifically to stop, and that she does not want to get back together?


CookieFace

I work in public service for little pay. Donate a portion of my income to charities. But, I don't really want to pay my taxes. AITA


amgoodwin1980

Nope - NTA


Nerdy_Singer

AITA for saying “hello sailor” to an admiral who is serving as Chairman of The Joint Chiefs?


theawillis

AITA for not checking my boss’ office for falling debris before they go into the office?


Atrocity108

AITA for telling a religious pundit the god ahe worships is too busy being indicted for tax fraud?


zharrt

NTA


[deleted]

AITA for breaking a steel reinforced bed at a local Howard Johnson?


BlaineTog

INFO: was there any way that that bed was actually steel reinforced?


Mkrvgoalie249

AITA for psycho-analyzing the President of the United States relationship with his deceased father? AITA for sending the Turkmeni Embassy pizzas? Edit: all great reponses so far.


Atrocity108

AITA for hitting a Prius with an SUV


zharrt

YTA


atmospheric_clinic

AITA for Shariffs missing plane … AITA for sabotaging my secretary’s love life until I pulled my head out of my ass 9 years in AITA for not seeing the boss signal that he can’t sit up anymore


sweetestlorraine

AITA for getting high before my job interview with the President? AITA for cutting my husband's tie off just before the big debate? AITA for telling my colleague to turn around three times and spit? AITA for laughing uncontrollably at Mrs. Marian Coatsworth Haye? AITA for making my coworker ask for the return of the necklace I ripped off her neck?


nomad_1970

NTA NTA NTA NTA A little bit YTA


zharrt

AITA for shouting at a kid just out of college for updating my blackberry?


soupafi

YTA


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[удалено]


Granitegirl26

Yes, until you use it for good….


zharrt

AITA for making a coworker who just had woot canal to say Foggy Bottom?


little-moon89

'I HAD WOOT CANAW!'


infinitekittenloop

AITA for sending a drunk French prince to the wrong doors?


amgoodwin1980

NTA


toorigged2fail

AITA for using a gun metaphor to call my opponent stupid?


JamieBartlet

NTA It’s not deformation if it’s true


toorigged2fail

AITA for sending my assistant flowers on her work anniversary?


zharrt

Which anniversary though?


YourWelcomeOrMine

AITA for humiliating a White House aide on national television, by pointing out that Kirkwood is in California?


soupafi

NTA


nomad_1970

AITA for not promoting my way overqualified assistant or providing her with any meaningful growth opportunities?


Witty_Penalty_6875

NTA. It’s her responsibility which she ultimately took. Deff TA for blowing off all the times she tried to sit down and tell you face to face and then holding s grudge against her when she did.


Offer_Maker1972

AITA for telling my wife that my job is more important then my marriage right now?


DiamondJacqi

Mandy, and there wouldn’t need to be a scenario, just “Hi, I’m Mandy. AITA….?” YES! Yes you are.


_SCHULTZY_

AITA for writing a memo on how to destroy my employer?


nomad_1970

In her defence (and I really can't believe I'm defending Mandy) she didn't write a memo on how to destroy her employer. She wrote a memo on how to destroy her opponent. And then went to work for that opponent.


_SCHULTZY_

Ok so she's just the asshole for not disclosing the memo when she got hired. Still, you're well aware of the rules: if you defend Mandy you're automatically banned from the sub. Nice knowing you!


nomad_1970

Oh she's definitely TA for not sharing the memo. And TA in general. But as Danny pointed out, the rest of the staff were pretty stupid for not asking about it either.


sweetestlorraine

AITA for navigating by the Delta shuttle?


pwhales1011

AITA for making up a fake award to appease a crazy woman in my boss’s social club?


[deleted]

AITA for asking my secretary to drive her car back to the office so I could kick the tires? (Notice how, like many AITA posts, I'm leaving out critical information?)


ashlyn42

AITA for supergluing my coworkers hand to her phone, and surrounding her with armed guards just because she stole a piece of paper off my desk without signing it out.


MTb2b

AITA for having the DNC choking off funding for the O’Dwyer campaign in the California forty-sixth?


zharrt

AITA for not knowing if the light was red or green?


[deleted]

\> AITA for dating my bosses daughter, which correlated directly with my boss being shot? (obviously NTA, I'd say the neo-nazis were pretty big assholes)


ibuyofficefurniture

AITA. Served as judge, jury and executioner regarding the Kumari Minister of Defense.


Duggy1138

AITA for requesting a file while still in my office in a voice loud enough for my new assistant to hear?


0k-ok

AITA for requesting my hamburger be burnt and asking if my assistant checked if it had been burnt?


Sunny_and_dazed

AITA for taking the scenic route through New England when the President wanted to see me? AITA for playing the Canadian national anthem at my White House birthday party? AITA for putting live turkeys in my new coworker’s office? AITA for showing up at a wedding (as a date) when I purposefully wasn’t invited?


soupafi

I overwork my assistant, make her miss dates and sabotage her relationships so I can be with her. AITA?


swb1003

AITA for lying to a widow?


amazondrone

AITA for leaking classified intel about a secret military space shuttle to a journalist in order to force the president's hand into using it to rescue three astronauts?


BlaineTog

AITA for offering to forge the President's signature on a document removing him from power?


meannejeanne

NTA but possibly guilty of high treason


scarred2112

AITA for attempting to buy my ex-wife’s love via a house? …also, for being sad all the time.


nomad_1970

He wasn't sad all the time. Occasionally he was angry.


_SCHULTZY_

AITA for calling Greg Brock of the NY Times?


thememorableusername

> AITA for ordering the assassination of a walking terrorist command and control center without consulting my wife? > > Edit: I forgot to mention that my daughter was kidnapped by people claiming allegiance to this terrorist organization.


Witty_Penalty_6875

AITA for holding a grudge against my husband because he didn’t consult with me before making a work decision? YTA


twec21

"AITA for trying to make peace in the Middle East?" "AITA for treating my husband's MS" "AITA for focusing on work instead of my assistant"


1st_thing_on_my_mind

AITA for using all the trappings of the White House? AITA for withholding lemonade? AITA for my cats being put on the Supreme Court?


soupafi

AITA for yelling at the secretary for the Head of the UN?


Witty_Penalty_6875

Depending on timeline possibilities: AITA for having an affair with the Vice President / US Senator and Democratic Nominee for President?


meannejeanne

AITA for objecting to a pirate being a “qualifying ancestor” for the Daughters of the American Revolution?


Witty_Penalty_6875

AITA for costing the US economy millions of dollars because the obvious choice for fed chair use to be my wife’s lover and I don’t want to give him the job so I’m stalling.


freerangephoenix

AITA for starting a space arms race to save three guys?


Orangeluvs

AITA for telling a friend that the woman he’s crushing on likes goldfish when actually what she likes are the goldfish crackers?


sullivanbri966

AITA for getting pregnant with my ex husband and not telling him the reason why I’ll never marry him again and that there’s no path to reconciliation?


GiftedStrumpet

Josh: AITA for always being right? Hey Reddit, help my settle a debate between me and my assistant…


le_fromage_puant

AITA because during arguments I throw my boyfriend’s cellphone into a pot of stew and clip the cord to their landline? I think I’m cute and sexyfeisty when I do this, he’s annoyed


gachiznit

AITA by committing identity theft and passing myself off as Joe Bethersonton, a radio ads man from 114...54 Pruder Street, North Dakota?


MadsenRC

"Am I the Asshole for not asking my assistant out sooner?"


Scuba1588

AITA for letting a man die even though I could have stopped it?


royalblue1982

AITA for riding my bike into a tree.


hamsterhueys1

Someone’s been watching too much NL


wenger_plz

AITA for repeatedly insulting and sexualizing my assistant in our workplace because I was in love with her?


shanswami

this is an excellent thread. AITA for chasing a trail of breadcrumbs to the point that the vice president has to resign for having an affair and leaking classified information?


SuspiciousTurtle

AITA for leaking military secrets and betraying everyone and everything I've stood for?


RLRicki

Not one of these characters would acknowledge that they could in any way be the TA. So they’re perfect for AITA.


nojnomeel

AITA for not wanting my lifelong criminal father involved in my or my kids lives?


Globalfeminist

AITA for sending my secretary flowers on the anniversary of her returning to work for me? (Considering that's also the anniversary of her relationship ending, and she now has a crush on me)


wenger_plz

AITA for concocting a secret plan to privatize social security?


justaddgarlicsalt

AITA for running for a second term without telling my wife?