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r/AITA My Friend is a Dirty Thief

2025-10-14 Comedy
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Evaluating Friend Theft, Boundary Violations, and Financial Exploitation

Learn how to navigate severe betrayals by friends and relatives, including determining when to involve law enforcement or set non-negotiable financial boundaries.

Short Summary

  • Confront a friend who stole an expensive camera and refused restitution, leading to a police report threat.
  • Establish firm visitation boundaries with family after an ex’s mother involved police during a surprise visit.
  • Refuse to subsidize a friend's impulsive entertainment choices by acting as a daily chauffeur without compensation.
  • Protect a child’s legal financial assets from a partner attempting to incorporate survivor benefits into the shared household budget.

This segment analyzes four specific "Am I The Butthole" scenarios where OP’s personal boundaries were aggressively tested regarding theft, unannounced visits, expected favors, and family finances. The host provides sharp commentary, consistently criticizing the OPs for being pushovers, while scoring the transgressors harshly for manipulation and theft.

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Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3hJo9o8qFqrblXu1Plkv8L Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rslash Discord: https://discord.com/invite/VD6eYD3 0:00 Intro 0:07 Thief 4:09 Knock knock 8:23 Money management 10:29 Food 13:41 Benefits "Sneaky Snitch" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) License: CC By Attribution 3.0

Top Comments (10)

@CuriousRoamer23 2025-10-14

Story 1: in the update, the original camera was returned. The "friend" had stolen it in hopes that OP would just buy her boyfriend a new camera and she would get to keep the one she stole. Needless to say, their friendship ended

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@monteverdi1567 2025-10-14

Story 1 had an update: the camera was indeed shipped back and was the original stolen item. OP acknowledged he bass a problem being a people pleaser and has since written off the former friend who was later dropped by their friend group.

571 9 replies
@esorenilegnave 2025-10-14

This whole set should be under a subreddit of “I need to grow a spine” not “AITA”

511 12 replies
@lostshadows768 2025-10-14

Story 2: In defense of fictional characters, a lot of murderers give themselves away by trying so hard to act normal it comes off as suspicious.

294 3 replies
@anti-classist 2025-10-14

It's not illegal to not answer the door if it's the cops... you haven't broken the law.

227 14 replies
@gottathinkupanewone 2025-10-14

Last story: Do not marry that guy! He's expecting to use your son's money to support himself and his own kid. Why would he imagine your son owes him that?

219 8 replies
@Dphantomfan369 2025-10-14

Story 2: she didn’t even go to the door, she went to the bedroom window, that’s creepy as hell. And I wouldn’t let her come around my house again. Especially after calling and lying to the cops for not letting her in. Even if she had to go to the court to make it clear, his mother is not allowed to come to our house, at least.

118 3 replies
@kieran89uk 2025-10-14

As a recovering people-pleaser, I had to find out the hard way that some people will take a mile when given an inch.

105 2 replies
@Ezekiel_23_19 2025-10-14

I think the first story did have an update where the friend returned the original camera. They are no longer friends.

86
@smorphous8928 2025-10-14

Story 1: if she steals from you, she’s not your friend, but a thief.

37

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