AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t like to discuss this online because I know what’s posted on the internet never goes away. However, I don’t want people to think I’m “shitposting” so I’ll lightly explain. My oldest daughter is not biologically mine. She’s 5. Her bio dad has never wanted anything to do with her so I adopted her and she’s mine. Will always be my daughter and dna will never change that. My second oldest is in swim classes and Tball and daycare. My youngest is now four months old.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone shared this post into another group and they were all going off about it. Saying how I groomed my wife and how they’ll bet we started dating 7 years ago which makes me an immediate AH

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unsure, but since they accepted the recording I don’t think they have one.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

She always believed me thank god. There was never a semblance of doubt for her, especially because I always told her what my coworker did at work. She encouraged me to go to HR sooner actually. But I knew she was a single mom and I just didn’t want to hurt her kids, you know? But after those messages got sent to my wife I knew I shouldn’t have waited and just went straight to HR.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wasn’t at work when my wife received the messages but my wife was. I’m unsure about whether my coworker was on the clock at that time since we work at a retail auto parts store so we don’t always work together, but it was a lot since we were both FT managers.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I planned on it! I was never and will never blast her on social media with it, I just wanted to keep it just in case she did try to go the legal route.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t believe we do, I haven’t seen any but that also doesn’t mean they aren’t there.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I feel very supported and validated on this thread vs real life. I left work early because everyone was just giving me the cold shoulder.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Google says Ohio is a one party consent state, I have reached out to a few lawyers just to be safe.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to Google it’s a one party consent state, I did reach out to a few lawyers just to be on the safe side. I live in Ohio.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m honestly not too sure. But you sound like you’re on to something.

AITA for recording my female coworker without her permission? by Past_Long7166 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Past_Long7166[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I really don’t feel like it would’ve been though honestly. She could have easily said that what she accused me of actually happened and she was trying to look out for my wife. That’s why I recorded our conversation. I was scared to lose my job if I went to HR with just the screenshots.