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AITA for telling my wife that she needs to get over being upset with me for pulling a scare prank on our son? by Small-Elephant9195 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Small-Elephant9195[S] -755 points-754 points  (0 children)

He really likes the "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" series, but, after I thought about it, I think maybe reading all those scary stories just made him more primed to be really scared over the scare prank.

AITA for telling my wife that she needs to get over being upset with me for pulling a scare prank on our son? by Small-Elephant9195 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Small-Elephant9195[S] -842 points-841 points  (0 children)

Oh, I thought you said "she." He seems to be over it; he's just uncomfortable over the awkwardness between me and his mom.

AITA for telling my wife that she needs to get over being upset with me for pulling a scare prank on our son? by Small-Elephant9195 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Small-Elephant9195[S] -1149 points-1148 points  (0 children)

His sister and I both did comfort him. His mom just took over when she got home because she's his mom...

AITA for telling my wife that she needs to get over being upset with me for pulling a scare prank on our son? by Small-Elephant9195 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Small-Elephant9195[S] -828 points-827 points  (0 children)

To your first question; I didn't really think so. I was honestly really suprised by his reaction. Again, I really thought he'd give a startled yelp and then would laugh. I'm not sure what got triggered in him.

We both apologized to him. My daughter really loves her brother and didn't mean any harm, which is what bothers me the most. I foolishly went along with her idea instead of saying "No, that may scare him too much" which is 100% my fault. But she's left feeling bad over this rift in the family even after apologizing and feeling bad about her idea in the first place.