In this task you are given an anecdote. You must find out whether the anecdote is something the author has done or is considering doing. Label the instances as "HISTORICAL" when the author has already done something and label them as "HYPOTHETICAL" when the author is considering doing something in the future.

**Cast of characters:**

**Me**: 18/m senior in high school who attends an online school and also works from home

**Mother**: My mother, whose house I live in (I mean, my parents are married, so I guess it's also my dad's house)

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**Background:**

So, we are your average middle class American family, except for the fact that my mom has two horses, and our whole life seems to resolve around them. Now, you may say, "But elaboratenoodle! Horses are so expensive — you are very privileged!" However, I can assure you that we are far from wealthy — the horses are our only "splurge," and I don't enjoy or ever ride them. Because of the horses, my mother has disrupted our lives in a bunch of little ways, but the biggest issue was when she moved our whole family to a different county in order to buy a farm, which meant leaving all of my friends behind and moving to an area where the closest grocery store is almost half an hour away, and going to my office (which I only do once a week) takes almost an hour. But, the little things are just as bad — things like selling our beloved pop-up camper to buy a horse trailer. Now, as every pre-teen has inevitably been told, *owning horses is expensive*. And, yeah, it can be. However, the prices goes up significantly when the two perfectionists that are my parents decide to purchase *a farm*, a brand new truck, a tractor, and a horse trailer.

My parents are pretty smart, but all of these things are pretty financially taxing, and I know we're in a lot of debt. Now, don't get me wrong: I still have an amazing life, and my parents really do care about and love me and my siblings. They even helped me to buy my first car, and pay for my insurance. Still, I still am not happy about this horse scenario. Because we are in debt, I feel *really* guilty whenever they spend money on me at all — I've started paying for my own tuition, a lot of my own food, and I will occasionally secretly cover their grocery bills when I go shopping. But, it's taken a toll on our lives: we avoid making necessary repairs to our house and our cars, paying the taxes is always an ordeal, and we can't afford to go on any trips.

Now, I understand that it's their money, and I appreciate everything that they do for me. But now, I'm preparing to go to college, and their income is high enough to prevent me from getting good financial aid, but because they spend it so foolishly, they can't afford to even help me a little, like paying for my books or helping me out with the cost of housing. And I know that I don't deserve any of their money, but I am still not thrilled about the prospect of owing \~$100,000 for college (and no, I am not going to community college; the closest "community" college is farther away than several four-year universities).

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**The Situation:**

So, as you can tell, I am not super thrilled about the horses, and they've been a lot of trouble from my perspective. But, they are really something she enjoys, and a way for her to connect with my sister. Okay, great. But, one challenge is that my sister chose to attend a brick and mortar school, meaning that only myself and my mother are home during the day. Because of this, my mom often tries to guilt me into helping her with the "daily chores," which include obsessively cleaning up after her horses, as well as brushing them, feeding them, and occasionally riding them.

Unfortunately, I am very busy at all times: I have an intense course load (trust me, it's not the type of online school you're thinking of), in addition to a bunch of extracurriculars, as well as my responsibilities as my company's only web developer / IT specialist / technical support representative. I have a crazy life, but I am very lonely and depressed, which isn't great when combined with a huge workload. I am awake and working from about 8:00 AM to 2:00 AM, I have no local friends outside of work (and all of those people are a lot older than me), and the only time I get out of the house is when I go to the office or go skiing with my dad (we got really cheap season passes for which I had to pay most of the price). My mom, however doesn't really have time for this either, as she also works, in addition to having to take care of the house during the day, but I really don't think it's fair for me to expect me to add even more chaos to my life for these stupid animals — chaos that leaves me covered in filth for the rest of my day. I feel guilty for leaving her so much work, but I really do not need more stress in my life right now. AITA?

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TL;DR: My mother has thrown our lives into chaos because of her horses, and I don't want to help take care of them.
HISTORICAL

I made a comment on another post here basically assuming that it’s impolite to show pubes in a public area but I got downvoted quite a bit and everyone told me that in fact it is socially acceptable.  Am I wrong or am I the asshole for saying people should cover their pubes/pubic region in public?  I seriously want to know the answer to this so I can adjust my viewpoint accordingly.
HISTORICAL

So basically my whole family smokes weed. My mom, dad, stepmom, four brothers, and my two sisters. 
My sister’s fiancé also smokes and my sister used to smoke until she got pregnant about 3 months ago. 
My brother in law we’ll call D, just lost his job and had to move back in with his dad with my pregnant sister who we’ll call P.
My other sister (C) is married and has two kids with my brother in law (M). M works in the construction industry and has a very high position.
M offered to put in a letter of recommendation for D, which basically cements him getting a job,  on the condition that he would pass the drug test.  
The way my sister explained it to me was that if M recommend him and he failed the test it would really risk his credibility and potentially affect his income. 
I’m not sure if that’s an over exaggeration. 
But nonetheless today I was helping them move and I noticed he was already smoking when I got there. I also saw a little cleansing kit I’m not sure what they’re called. The things at smoke shops that’s supposed to clean your pee for drug tests. 
WIBTA if I tell C about this? 



HYPOTHETICAL

