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AITA for Allowing My Son to Turn Off the TV at My Husband Movie Night? One evening, a family movie night took an unexpected turn, sparking a heated family argument. The parents, a 39-year-old mother, and her 42-year-old husband, were enjoying their regular movie night with friends. But this time, their 14-year-old son Alan decided to step in.
Alan was concerned about his younger brother James, who had been spooked by some recent ghost stories. Knowing that James was scared and anxious after a troubling sleepover, Alan confronted his dad about the scary movie they planned to watch. When his father and his friends didn’t take James’s fears seriously, Alan took drastic action and turned off the TV.
This move only fueled the conflict, leading the mother to step in and ask everyone to leave the living room. She was upset that her husband and his friends were mocking James’s fears and insisted that her husband apologize for being insensitive.
The next morning, the tension was still high. James felt guilty for causing the rift between his brother and dad and ended up in tears. The mother began to question if her reaction had been too extreme, especially with the ongoing tension between her husband and Alan.
As they tried to sort out the mess, the family struggled to balance their entertainment choices with the need to be sensitive to each other’s feelings. The movie night had turned into a lesson in empathy and family dynamics.
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MrBananaStorm writes:
I was like “oh just a miscommunication” until
Their father and his friends just laughed and made fun of James so that’s why Alan got mad, turned it off and they started arguing.
“Haha my 8 year old son is scared” what a fucking asshole.
NTA, NTA, NTA.
NTA but your husband is.
If my husband humiliated and made fun of my kid, kicking out his friends and making him sleep on the couch would only be step one.
I’m sorry for the boys though, they shouldn’t have to feel this way. Alan is a good kid, he stood up for his little brother, James is lucky to have a brother like him, I think he’s going to be a good influence for the little one.
You and your husband definitely need to talk about this when he stops sulking and throwing a tantrum like a 4 yo🙄 He needs to apologise to the kids and I really hope you won’t back down on this.
Hey for all the people yelling “KIDS SHOULD RESPECT DAD NO MATTER WHAT”
My father was like this. He hadn’t heard from me since I turned 18. I’m 27 now, and generally don’t k people of he’s alive or not. Don’t really care.
When my husband left for work this morning James started crying cause he thinks it’s his fault
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I’m not a parent so I don’t know what I’d do to fix it
But I would not stand for that. I would make that veeery clear to husband. Sleeping on the couch would be… step one.
CyclonicHavoc writes:
Your kid is 8 years old, and his own dad was picking on and making fun of him with his friends because he was frightened of a movie?
Your husband needs to grow up and to learn that parenting also means respecting your children when they ask for something, even if that means changing the channel because they’re terrified and can’t fall asleep.
You nor your kids are to blame for what happened. Your husband is a selfish person and is only thinking of himself and his own interests before he thinks of his kids and their comfort.
NTA.
NTA. Your oldest sounds like he was being a good and protective older brother. A group of grown men should not be making fun of an 8-year-old that’s just unacceptable behavior. Maybe they could have found a middle ground of turning it down or something to that effect but as soon as they started mistreating children they lost that chance. You did the right thing and I think your husband is the one who owes an apology here.
