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I am a 40 WM. I work as a minister in our town's church. I have ever-so-graciously taken in my niece who had no place to go, and then I discovered her dancing naked in the woods and conjuring spirits. I am appalled by her actions, and I am fearful that I might somehow be accused of something sinister based upon her mischief.

Since I have become the minister of this church, I have not been respected appropriately by some of the people in the town. I barely make enough money to get by, and I cannot even afford niceties for the church such as golden candlesticks (shouldn't the Lord have the very best). This scandal is sure to cause me to be run out of town.

I legitimately want my congregation to be safe and their souls to be bound for Glory. I am worried that there is a real threat of witchcraft in the town, and I have called in numerous experts to help get to the bottom of things.

Now, everyone in town is getting angry at us because we are trying to do the Lord's work. I don't understand how these people cannot see that the devil is at work. AITA for trying to save my congregation?

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I am a married man who loves my wife dearly. I am married to Elizabeth Proctor. I am so in love with her and could not see us separating.

Yes, I may have committed a sin. The sin was adultery. I had an affair with Abigail, but it was not my choice. My thoughts got a hold of me and I could not help the outcome. I try day and night to fix things with Elizabeth but it always seems like it's my fault. I am terribly sorry for the way things turned out and for what I did, but Elizabeth always seems to bash me for what I did. I feel as if she shouldn't be acting the way she is because I am sorry for what I did. It was my mistake but I could not help it at the moment.

I cannot seem to forgive myself for what I did, although I feel the need to seek Elizabeth's forgiveness. This all seems to be falling on me as if I'm the one to blame. AITA for doing what I did, or should I be forgiven and move past it?

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For weeks I have been helping to prove justice over the Salem witchcraft trials:

These children continue to tremble in fear of these evil spirits that they continue to see. There are 20 of these children so it leads me to believe that what they are saying is true.

I have had people testify against these children but none of their stories match up. Since none of their stories match up, it leads me to the conclusion that the adults accusing the children and the adults being accused by the children are wrong here.

For example: John Proctor claimed that Abigail was a "whore". He also claimed that he "knew her"(Abigail) and that his wife would never lie. We brought her in to see if he was testifying the truth but she said that he never had an affair with her in the first place. She said that she had her suspicions but that he was faithful.

After he lied we sentenced 19 people to death including him and his wife.

AITD?

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I found out my husband had an affair with a much younger girl.

This happened some time ago, yet I still have not forgiven him. He gets upset at me for not forgiving him. He tells me that he already suffers as it is knowing that he did such an act, but he was willing to keep lying to my face until I found out.

He is always upset with himself and feels guilty about his actions, but I am still very upset about it. I do not understand how he could do such a thing to me. He says he loves me, but if he did why would he cheat on me?

I don't know what I should do.

AITD for not forgiving him already?

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I am the minister in Salem's church. My daughter has gotten sick from some disease. She is not responsive to anyone and has been like this since I found her in the woods dancing with her friends.

Everyone is telling me to keep Salem informed with what is happening. If I do this and people find out she has become sick from witchcraft in the woods, my reputation will be ruined. I am already not respected by most of the church members because I don't have enough money to buy the best things for our church.

AITA for not keeping the town informed about the witchcraft happening?

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I have recently caught my husband cheating. I don't know how long this has been going on. I have been sick for a long time. I keep trying to talk to him about it.

He dismisses me every time. He tells me to trust him but how can I now. He says that i am shamming him for bringing it up. I just want some answers to why he did it. If he loved me he would want to talk about it.

AITD for wanting to talk about it.

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I turned the town against accused people because they were witches. My name is Abigail Williams and I am a 17 year old female. After my uncle saw me in the woods with some of my friends dancing, when my cousin Betty saw her dad, my uncle, she fell down and acted like she had fainted. I got her home and to bed with my uncle and had gotten the doctor to come look at her. My uncle asked me multiple times what we were doing in the woods and I said we were just dancing, uncle Parris. He went on to ask me if we were performing witchcraft and I said no, he asked why Betty fainted if it weren't witchcraft, and I said she was just scared. after some of the town's people convinced uncle Parris to go down to the town's people and tell them the town's people there aren't witches in Salem. After he left some of my friends had walked into Betty's room and started discussing the town's peoples fear of witches and what we should do. While we were talking the most handsome man of my dreams walked in his name was John Proctor, however, John was married to a woman not as great as me, my jealousy began to burn inside me. After having a short conversation with John my uncle came in with some other town's people and an outsider who came to get rid of the witches in Salem. This began the time where people started being accused of being seen with the Devil, and I started it. I would say a name then Betty and the cycle went on.

AITD for turning my whole town against accused women, children, and men?

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I am married and I love my wife. I love her and do not want her angry at me.

Seven months ago I committed adultery. I was feeling alone when Elizabeth was sick and my feelings overcame me and I could not help myself. I still love my wife and I feel terrible about what I have done.

I have done everything to try and make it up to her and I ask her before I do anything. Even after seven months of trying to make it up to her and walking on eggshells she is still acting cold towards me.

AITD For cheating or should I be forgiven after seven months of trying to make it up.

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I am a 17 WF. Being a rebellious bunch, Me and my friends decided to go out dancing in the woods one night. We dared each other to do some weird stuff, including drinking chicken blood in a voodoo ritual!

Anyways, The reverend caught us dancing wildly and thought the devil had taken us over. To try and avoid the punishment that he would surely come back with, I ran, and when the reverend pressed me on the issue I gave out the names of various people in the village. I thought there was no way that they would prosecute all of these innocent people, because the blame would be spread so thin.

The reverend, being the meticulous and conniving church bureaucrat that he is went and tried everybody that I named for witchcraft, why I never thought he would go that far!

AITA for naming others to get myself out of trouble?

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I am somewhat happily married. At the time there is not happiness between me and my husband John Proctor.

John had an affair with a younger girl named Abigail. It shocked me when I eventually found out about it. He had been hiding it from me for quite some time. I cannot seem to wrap my head around the fact that he actually had an affair with someone. This is a major sin. Adultery.

He should be ashamed of what he did. He is always blaming himself for it, but is always begging for my forgiveness. I cannot give him that at the moment. I'm still in shock and disbelief from all of it.

AITA for not forgiving him?

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My wife has been sick for some time now and she doesn't show me love anymore. I met this girl, her name is Abigail and I enjoy spending time with her.

I'll admit to what I have done is wrong but I enjoy myself when I am with her. My wife has found out about her and she keeps on bringing it up. I have told her it was nothing to worry about. I felt so ashamed but I didn't want her to find out

AITD for lying to her about it?

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Over the past few months, I have discovered that my husband has had an affair with a 19 year old:

We hired Abigail Williams as our maid for a short time. I had my suspicions of her from the beginning.

I did not like the way that she interacted with my husband so after a few months I fired her. Not long after, I found out that he had an affair with her. I think he told me because he did not want to wallow around in the guilt of it but also to maintain our marriage.

AITD for having been upset with him for many months and not forgiven him yet?

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I am a 30 WM. I am married to Elizabeth Proctor. I am committed to her with all of my heart.

Seven months ago, I had an affair with a 17 year old. Her name was Abigail Williams. I did not mean to do this but I could not control my thoughts. I admitted this to my wife. She said she forgives me but she always asks me if I went to Salem or what I did in Salem.

I have tried for seven months to gain her trust back but I can't seem to get her to trust me. AITA for cheating or should I be forgiven?

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32 WF. I am married to a man that is cheating on me with a 17 year old girl. I am not sure for how long, but I know he has.

I have tried everything to still stay close to, but it's hard to be anything but cold with him when I know he's been with one of the village girls. When I try to talk it out he denies me any information and tells me to look for the "good in him" and to stop judging him harshly.

AITA for being distant with my husband who's been cheating on me?

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Seven months ago I was sick and my husband had an affair with a much younger girl. I can not get over what he did. Even though it has been seven months and he has been trying to make it up to me I am still angry. He feels guilty about what he has done but is mad at me for not forgiving him.

AITD

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I am the pastor of my church in Salem and I caught my daughter, niece, servant and teenage girls dancing and doing rituals in the words. I have asked my niece what they were doing and she said they were only dancing, however, that does not explain why my daughter is not moving, eating, or talking to any of us. I told my niece that my reputation is on the line but it seems like she does not care or understand. I know people do not agree with my sermons and they do not trust me because they think I am a bad pastor, however, my niece does not understand I am trying to fix that. Though all my niece tells me they were only dancing, even though I saw someone without clothes and she tells me I am seeing things and snapped at her over my reputation and not caring about my daughter.

AITD for yelling at my niece about my reputation and not caring about my daughter?

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My husband had an affair with a 17 year old girl. I am a 32 WF. Seven months ago I was sick and my family could not go to church. During this time, my husband had an affair with Abigail Williams

He feels very guilty about it and always asks for forgiveness. I am still upset about him having relations with Abigail. He says he loves me more than her but then why would he cheat on me?

AITA for not forgiving my husband?

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I am a sinful man who has committed the sin of adultery against my wife:

I have been married to my wife for many years and I still love her just as much as the day I met her. I just hope and pray that she forgives me.

We had this maid for a very short time that I let seduce me. She was very manipulative and I let my sinful nature get the best of me one day. I let her get the best of me and fell into the sin. I tried my best to resist it out of respect for my wife but I did not stand strong.

I eventually told Elizabeth and she is still mad at me to this day. I am trying to do everything that I can to make things right with her because of how much she means to me. I know that may be hard for her to believe right now but I really am trying my best.

AITD for having an affair and trying to make things right with my wife?

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I have made many mistakes in my life but loving John was not one of them. I have lied to my family about doing forbidden things. I have accused many people of being witches. I have turned the whole town against each other.

I only did this so we could be together. I framed John's wife, Elizabeth, so she would get punished. John was not happy, I could see it. I wanted him to be happy with me.

AITD for wanting John to be with me.

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My wife will not forgive me for having an affair with a 17 year old girl.

I am a married man to Elizabeth Proctor. We have a pretty stable marriage, except for the mistake I made. Some time ago, I cheated on my wife with a much younger girl. I do not honestly know why I did it. I was just not in the right mind when I committed the sin of adultery.

I was scared to tell my wife. I was worried that our relationship would end due to my great mistake. Because of this fear I kept it from her as long as I could.

She eventually started to suspect that I had cheated on her and this led to her eventually finding out.

When I saw how mad and unforgiving she was at me it broke my heart. I know that she will not forgive me and I feel so awful for doing what I have done to her. I just want things to go back to the way they were before I committed this careless and awful act.

AITA for what I have done?

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I am a 17 WF. I have friends and I have enemies. I see myself as friendly to everyone.

I am blamed for witchcraft all the time. One night me and my friends were off in the woods having fun when things took a turn. Long story short, we got caught doing some things that were seen as unholy. People thought the devil had something to do with it. All the people I named off got killed, and I didn't. I am being accused of witchcraft from that one specific night.

There is also another night of accusation pointed at me. I apparently drank some stuff or did something to try and kill John Proctors wife. I feel like the reasoning of that story is because I am hated for John Proctors affair with me.

AITA for being my normal self and dealing with witchcraft, or are people lying on my name to get me killed?

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I found my daughter and niece dancing in the woods conjuring spirits they have named witches in the town of Salem.

I have worked hard to try and push the evil spirits out of Salem. The children are being choked by the witches spirits when they are on trial. We have sent many believed witches to death. The only way to avoid hanging is to confess and call out other witches.

There have been people to testify against the girls who are calling people witches but they do not seem believable.

AITD for believing the children and helping the trial.

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I am a 17 WF. I was found in the woods dancing with my friends. The town thinks that we were partaking in witchcraft and joining with the Devil. We were doing none of this though. We were just dancing.

My uncle started questioning me about what we were doing and he was certain it was witchcraft. I had no other choice than to start blaming all the witches in the town. This led to many people being tried and hanged.

AITA for blaming others for withcraft?

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I am a married man who has done a horrible thing in the form of adultery, but I am trying to make amends with my wife.

I had an affair with one of the young women of the town, and my wife found out about it. It had not lasted long and I was disgusted with what i did. I have asked my wife to hear me out and asked her to not be so judgmental, as to repair our relationship, but she just closes me out. I'm trying my hardest to repair this relationship, but there is no hope in sight.

AITA for trying to make up for cheating on my wife?

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I am a man who is happily married, however, I cheated on my wife with a girl much younger than me.

I love my wife and have been deeply hurt by myself for cheating on her. Though the whole incident is in the past and I've tried to make it better with her she still brings it up to this day. I told her I made a mistake and that I love her and I am sorry for what I did but every time I try to apologize she seems to just get mad with me time and time again. Then when I don't bring anything up she says something about it and makes me mad when I walk into the door she's all distant with herself. Sometimes when I walk into the house she seems like she doesn't want to hear about my day or seems lost in her own mind.

AITD for yelling at her when she brings up the fact I cheated?

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I caused 19 people to die because I was afraid to tell others that I was messing around with witchcraft:

Me and a few of my relatives went down into the woods one night to dance and brew things we were not supposed to. I know that I should not have done those things.

I was so afraid that when people started asking us if the devil told us anything, we said that we saw several of the townspeople with the devil. The only reason we did this is because we were afraid of what trouble we might get into.

We ended up getting 19 innocent people killed because of accusing them of witchcraft.

AITD for doing this?

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I found out my husband cheated on me with a girl who worked for us.

Me and my husband are happily married with children, however, when I found out he was cheating I was heartbroken. He has apologized time and time again, however, and I still have not fully forgiven him and bring it up when he gets home sometimes. When I try to talk about it and talk it out with him he gets mad and snaps at me.

AITD for bringing it up and trying to talk about it?

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I was found dancing in the woods by my uncle When questioned I said that I was only dancing and not practicing witchcraft. When people started to say I was a witch I accused other people. I was trying to push the Devil out of Salem. Many people say I was faking and the people I accused were not witches and I was doing it for my own personal gain. Over time people no longer believed me that there are witches in Salem.

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40WM. I caught my daughter, along with other girls in the village dancing naked around a fire, and now i'm telling the whole village about this witchcraft.

After my daughter was caught, she fainted due to apparent witchcraft, and will not move out of her bed. I've tried everything. If she doesn't wake up due to this heresy my name will be blackened- How would I go on?

Due to this I have been doing my best to push the witchcraft out of Salem by any means necessary: prosecuting witches, getting confessions, then helping to sentence and executing those who would not admit the devil compelled their souls.

So- AITA for flushing witchcraft out of my beloved town and upholding my reputation?

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I am the minister of our town's Church. I am not fulfilling my duties as the minister. I have many problems and challenges I am seeking at the moment.

There is a belief going around that witchcraft is happening upon our people. I am doing what I can to help and to find a way to stop it. I am still getting bashed and blamed for not doing enough or for not trying.

I have talked to some girls about witchcraft and it does seem like it is happening. Since I have not brought an end to it, people are suspecting me of not doing anything or taking their side.

AITA for keeping to myself so far and not having any ideas on how to bring an end to this madness?

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I am a pastor at my church. I am very strict with the things I believe in. I want what is best for my family.

I have recently caught my niece dancing in the woods after i have forbidden it. I threatened her to tell me the truth or she will be punished. I didn't want people to know about this because then my name will be dirty.

AITD for threatening her.

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I caused mass hysteria among my town.

I am a 17 WF, who is the niece to the pastor of my town. One night my cousin, Betty, and I decided that we would be rebellious by dancing and drinking chicken blood in the woods. Being careless teenagers we did not check around to make sure that we were alone.

After a little dancing and drinking the blood my uncle, Reverend Parris, caught us. Betty so scared of what her father would do to her pretended to pass out to avoid all the trouble. This left me to take all of the blame for what we both did. I was so scared that the only thing I could think of was to blame others so that I wouldn't get in trouble.

I started by saying I saw the Devil and that I saw people around the town with him. I didn't think it would go that far, but it did. It was never intentional.

AITA?