Am I the Asshole? Reddit Stories: Scaring Kids, Evicting Girlfriend, and Family Trauma

Relationship Struggles and Parental Expectations

• 💡 A 17-year-old discusses their strained relationship with their father, who is distant due to an affair and struggles with the son's identity and academic choices.
• 🎯 The son expresses that he doesn't care about making his father proud, leading to hurt feelings and a realization that a child's role is to become who they are, not who their parents want them to be.
• 💔 A 33-year-old evicts his girlfriend of three years after she lies about her whereabouts, goes clubbing, and loses his car keys and car, which is later towed.
• 🏠 The girlfriend's family criticizes the eviction, but the narrator believes her actions (getting drunk, lying, losing the car) warrant the breakup and eviction.

Neighbor Dispute and Privacy Invasion

• 🏠 A 29-year-old woman is repeatedly bothered by her 7-year-old twin neighbors peering into her bedroom window.
• 🗣️ Despite speaking to the children and their parents multiple times, the parents dismiss the behavior as "kids being kids" and suggest closing the blinds.
• 🎭 In response, the woman intentionally scares the children by jumping out at them wearing a terrifying mask, leading to their distress and the mother's anger.
• ✅ The woman feels justified, as the children have not returned to her yard since the incident, but questions if she went too far.

Career vs. Family and Marital Disagreements

• 👩‍🔧 A 27-year-old petroleum service technician loves her well-paying career and feels respected by her colleagues.
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Her husband, who earns the same amount, wants her to quit and work part-time, believing women belong at home and her skills are needed more domestically.
• ⚖️ The narrator feels this is sexism and is unwilling to give up a career she enjoys, especially since their daughter understands her work.

Dealing with Past Trauma and Family Betrayal

• 😔 A person confronts their best friend's father, blaming him for their friend's suicide due to his denial of childhood sexual abuse.
• 💔 The friend's father, who divorced his wife over the issue, is now estranged from his daughter, who also blames him.
• 🗣️ The confrontation leads to the father begging for forgiveness from his daughter, who rejects him, leaving the narrator questioning if they went too far despite the father's role in the family's breakdown.