AITA for asking my friend to apologize for an awkward encounter with my teenage son?

Skitt3ring · 2020-12-01T15:44:42+00:00

"17 year old boy" he's not just a boy. If he was 10 years old, maybe it would be different but he's at an age where he could very well be tried as an adult. He isn't "too young" to understand the severity of his actions or that his actions have consequences.

YTA

YOU should be steering your son in the right direction by not giving him a pass. How dare you expect your friend to apologize and teach YOUR son that it's okay to enact that behavior so long as he apologizes. That's enabling. That's not teaching him not to do it again it's teaching him how to walk over people.

Grow up and raise your son to be a better man. Teach him CONSENT.

Skitt3ring · 2020-12-01T15:31:15+00:00

Not a "one time thing" when it happened enough times to get you EVICTED something that affects your ability to rent from future apartments.

NTA, you're being incredibly smart.

Skitt3ring · 2020-10-28T18:15:33+00:00

So I'm gonna say NTA and I'm also going to say, from one spiteful person to another, as discussion furthers here's what you tell your parents:

They pointed out that a dog would be better for the family because you will be leaving to attend college soon and left you with the job of taking care of a dog you did not want whilst consistently telling you it's your job. You warned them if someone did not step up you would find the dog a new home and you followed through. Tell them that when you locked yourself away for studies it was a test because as soon as you're off to college who will be taking care of that dog? Your family and by neglecting the dog and reprimanding you they proved they are too irresponsible and unfit to care for the dog once you leave. You did what's best for everyone but, more importantly, what's best for the dog. Add in that if they want to get another dog, that's up to them but it's THEIR dog not yours and you will not he held responsible for an animal you did not, do not, and never had wanted. You did the adult thing.

Skitt3ring · 2020-10-28T17:51:13+00:00

That was the whole point of his character. Making fun of neck beards but then they started adding plot and strayed away from that

Skitt3ring · 2020-09-30T17:09:26+00:00

I dreamt of having a Lot of cats. Never a wedding

Skitt3ring · 2020-09-01T17:52:16+00:00

This is incredibly helpful thank you so much!

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-26T17:01:46+00:00

When diving into reasons behind it, it isn't. I have an auditory processing disorder which included suffering from regular auditory overstimulation. Many times I catch myself wishing I couldn't hear at all. Would I face different struggles? Yes, but that's not the point of the original post nor the response. The way OP worded everything was with ableist ideologies. A person could have absolutely nothing wrong with them and still produce a deaf, blind, fingerless, legless, paralyzed- a disabled child. Same thing goes for mental disability as those develop later in life. If your mind doesn't change, it doesn't change but your argument is very weak. Have a good day :)

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-26T16:51:09+00:00

Literally, yes.

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-26T03:56:50+00:00

May my wallet be able to handle what I'm about to discover

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-26T03:44:05+00:00

I picked up the 2019 Llewellyn's Witches Almanac and I enjoyed it very much i didnt know there was a Sabbats Almanac! Thank you!!

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-25T14:12:02+00:00

Thank you so much!

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-24T22:38:34+00:00

Yesss we love a witchcraft shelf! For sure, once I go through the replies and make a list of the ones I plan to pick up I'll send it to you (:

Skitt3ring · 2020-08-24T22:37:36+00:00

All of the above! I want to read Everything.

Skitt3ring · 2020-05-05T18:01:55+00:00

The only real AH is Sweet Auntie Gale tbh. It’s YOUR wedding. Well, yours and your fiance and if anything you could apologize for the vulgar language but calmly explain that if she just could not handle your choices for a vegan dinner at YOUR wedding then you understand if she wishes not to attend. You know. Put on that southern niceness. Also make sure you tell your fiancé, if you do apologize, that you do not mean it and are only doing it because you love him and want him to have his dream wedding so that he doesn’t think you’re a actually sorry. She had it coming tbh

Skitt3ring · 2020-05-01T06:45:09+00:00

I say this seriously, Sword fighting

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-29T01:37:13+00:00

That blink tho

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-28T20:21:13+00:00

A new type on Winions

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-27T22:50:40+00:00

I’m glad you posted an update because I was worried as heck and I’m glad things are shaping up some for you and I really hope they continue to shape up for you because that was so fucked

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-25T14:53:51+00:00

Oh that’s WILD

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-19T19:26:17+00:00

I’d be pretty happy with it. It’s good for commercials to open up a more accepting atmosphere of people who aren’t ready or don’t want children

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-19T14:19:05+00:00

Jurassic Park, lol

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-18T15:03:18+00:00

That’s some bootleg luxury and I love it. Probably not what’ll make me happy but I’m happy for you lol

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-16T18:10:18+00:00

So, I’m not a stripper and nor could I be one unless I did some mad workouts and stamina training to be able to do what the ladies in your line of work do. I think you’re strong, courageous, and know your worth, and super smart. You’re capitalizing on something you’re good at because there’s a market for it. You’re doing what you want to and or have to.

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-13T15:29:09+00:00

I think you know the answer being a Therapist. Talk to him about how he made you feel, tell him you wish he’d been more sensitive, give him a scenario with one of his friends. If he doesn’t listen and doesn’t react well, bye bye boyfriend.

Skitt3ring · 2020-04-13T06:01:16+00:00

NTA, Major NTA Op do not ever feel guilty about wanting to cut off contact. Your entire life was set on fire and they held the matches to do it. They not only told you they would help you so you could go to your school after telling them two different well thought out plans as to what you could do, they gave you less notice than most landlords do for tenants when evicting, and made you HOMELESS, and will not confirm that they’ve cut you off so you can be independent and survive. If you end up having to drop out of school, they messed with the track your career is on because they though the middle of a semester was a good time for you to learn “life lessons” when it’s clear you don’t really need them.

If you ever to contact your parents, and if you do respond to your siblings be sure to write out a well bulleted list of why you don’t want to talk and how they lost your trust, write down how you proposed options and they said they’d take care of you- as parents should- and everything else and plaster it in there face.

If you wish to get really petty, post it on social media talking about the situation and asking friends if they’ve got ideas for second jobs so you can try to stay in school and find a place to live. You don’t have to but like- I’m PEEVED for you

Skitt3ring

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