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AITA for kicking my friend out of my pool party after she pushed someone in?
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The issue isn’t water. The issue is consent. A pool party works because adults self-select whether they get in or not. Stealing that agency is not quirky, it’s arrogant. The phone’s contents may be irreplaceable, the trust certainly is, and no one wants to walk home dripping because someone else needed to feel like a free spirit.
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So you kick her out, and she acts like you just canceled spring break. Of course she calls you uptight and some others mutter that you ruined the vibe, because enforcing boundaries always plays badly with those allergic to accountability. But the truth is simple. A pool party with rules is still a party. A party where phones and dignity float to the bottom is just bad hosting.
Maya wasn’t the life of the party. She was the reason it sank.
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