u/Striking-Maximum-900

My wife (44F) and I (46M) have a son (14M). He was diagnosed with ASD when he was nine, and we’ve done our best to support him and make life good for him. We support his interests, we give him everything he wants - Hell, I once punched a guy in a store because he called my kid a slur. I’d do anything for my son. So when my wife and I found out he was being bullied at his old school, we started a charter school for kids like him. That’s where the problems started.

There was this young teen girl - “D” - and IMO, her parents were completely negligent. She was over at our house all the time, so clearly they weren’t watching her. Honestly, we didn’t like this girl; my wife is the principal of the school, so she knew that D was trouble. But, unfortunately, my son is a teen boy and he developed a crush.

Thing is, D has a boyfriend (or at least she’s hooking up with some boy). My son was devastated. He tried various ways to express his feelings for this girl, which was really hard for him to do btw, but she wouldn’t even give him a chance! He made her this amazing poster with pictures he’d taken of her, and she started screaming about how she doesn’t love him and never will. She completely humiliated him in front of his schoolmates, and he was so distraught he ran out of the school. (Does anyone think we should bring a lawsuit against her? My son could have gotten seriously hurt.)

So, my son and D were paired up for a project for parent-teacher conferences. D came whining to my wife about wanting to change partners; as if she hadn’t already hurt him enough, right? My wife obviously shut that down and told D she couldn’t switch.

Now, I didn’t see what happened at the conference; no one did. It’s D’s word against my son’s, and she’s obviously blowing things way out of proportion, claiming he was “harassing” her and all this crap. My son says he just wanted to hold her hand, and she wouldn’t let him! It’s the easiest thing in the world to hold someone’s hand, what’s her deal?! Her parents made this big stinking scene about how my wife was covering things up to protect our son (which is bs, he didn’t do anything wrong so there’s nothing to cover up), and I rightfully called them out for being negligent parents. They decided to pull D out of the school. Good riddance.

My son is completely broken up about this whole thing. He’s actually worried he DID harass D in some way, though we’ve reassured him he didn’t. It’ll be better for us once this girl is gone; but my son called my oldest kid (I think she’s like 19 now? She’s in college, doesn’t come home much) and told her about it, and she actually thinks my wife and I are the problem! Brought up all this crap about “you always put him first” and “this was bound to happen” and honestly I tuned out because, seriously, what? She still resents her brother because he needs more from us than she ever did, and doesn’t see how privileged she is to not be autistic.

But her comments did bother my wife a little bit, so I’m looking for some unbiased opinions: AITJ? 

(Author’s Note: This was written with EXTREME prejudice. I have not actually watched the show yet, but I’ve seen several clips related to how terrible these parents are.)

I (47M) went through some really traumatic stuff while I was in the army, and something even worse a few years ago. For a while, I was drinking like a fish, but I quit and found something healthier. Make fun if you want, but I LARP as a detective. Thing is, I get REALLY into character, and I admit, I’ve gotten violent with people in the past. Not proud of that, but now I’m scheduled for a lobotomy. Isn’t that a little overkill for a coping method? AITJ?

I (24F) never really knew either of my parents. I’ve got these two friends (23F and 21F), and they’re super great - they really, really are - but… they’re pretty prejudiced against a certain demographic of people. And my dad would have fallen into that demographic.

Now, keep in mind, *I* was raised with that prejudice too; for a long time I felt like I was a mistake because of everything. I recently met this guy who showed me that a lot of the stereotypes I was taught are completely wrong, and I’m working on being better about everything.

Anyway, the point is, my friends didn’t know about my dad; I was really worried they wouldn’t accept me if they knew. And when they found out, they were super upset with me. They even threatened me.

We’re cool again now - doing better than ever, actually, since the Honmoon is sealed for good - but I’m still wondering, AITJ? I mean, one of them pulled a gok-do on me. I know she was upset, but I really think that was an overreaction.

So, complicated situation; gonna try to be vague to protect her safety. I know a politically important couple who were blessed with a baby girl after trying for years. My sisters and I were so happy for them, but not everyone around shared that sentiment. After a security fiasco where their baby’s life was threatened, I convinced them it would be best to hide the baby until she was old enough to protect herself, and my sisters and I raised her in an isolated forest.

Well, as will happen, she met a boy and became convinced she was in love (I honestly think she only met him yesterday, but she’s sixteen; they’re all dramatic at that age). She came home singing and talking about how in love she was, and we finally had to tell her the truth about her parents, and that she wasn’t going to see that boy again because we were taking her back to them. She was obviously upset, and moped the whole trip.

And the worst part? After all we did for her, she touched the spinning wheel anyway! So it feels like raising her in the woods was pointless, but it was the best idea I had at the time. AITJ?