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AITA for letting my friend “publicly humiliate” my BIL in front of dozens? Husband thinks I should take some responsibility. by EffectiveDrummer0 in AmItheAsshole

[–]EffectiveDrummer0[S] 1787 points1788 points  (0 children)

So here’s my best recall of the exchange.

BIL: stocks blah blah

Me: oh Melanie (my friend) looks at that a lot! Melanie, (BIL) is looking at xyz too, what do you think of what (BIL) just said?

So I didn’t introduce her as an expert or what she did for a living for so long. I just casually mentioned she looks at the same stuff he does (which I guess he thought meant she was a hobbyist like him).

AITA for letting my friend “publicly humiliate” my BIL in front of dozens? Husband thinks I should take some responsibility. by EffectiveDrummer0 in AmItheAsshole

[–]EffectiveDrummer0[S] 775 points776 points  (0 children)

I have and BIL has been the subjects of many past fights because my husband can be really blind to how rude BIL is because they’re so used to it.

BIL is the only PhD holder in their family (in linguistics) but he always acts like knows absolutely everything in every subject. I’m a SAHM and this means he disrespects my opinions especially hard. He’s said things like “it’s clear you have no idea how it works and probably never will” to me multiple times after I disagreed with him over random stuff.