Everyone likes a little help from their mom now and then, but sometimes they can take things way, way too far.
A woman on Reddit's son was left feeling this way after she panicked when he didn't come home from work on time and frantically called his boss to ask about his whereabouts, leaving him angry and embarrassed.
The Original Poster (OP), who goes by SundayEvening356 on the site, wasn't sure about how she'd handled things, so she went to the AITA (Am I The A**hole) subReddit for input.
OP asked:
"AITA For Calling My Son's Boss?"She explained: "I'm a widow living with my son Jason (21) in an apartment. He works a day job from 8am to 2pm. Lately he's been having problems with his car breaking down for several reasons. He is planning on getting it fixed at the end of this month." "So the situation took place yesterday. When Jason was at work and didn't come home til 5. He's usually home at 2:30pm. I called him several times starting from 2:30pm but got no response. I tried every 10 minutes but he didn't pick up." "I started getting worried and at 4pm I called his friend who's a co worker of his but he said he didn't know wether Jason got off work or not and he already called jason but got no response. It occured to me to call his boss as last resort because I legitimately started worrying because like I said the car Jason drives isn't stable." "I asked Jason's friend to text me his boss's number and I made the call almost immediately. His boss told me Jason was working extra hours til 5 and assured me everything was fine. Just that Jason had been busy with work." "Jason came home, stayed quiet when eating his meal and pretty much ignored my questions about why he didn't bother to text back and ease my worried, racing mind. He looked at me then told me he's planning on moving out soon. I was taken aback." "I don't pressure him to pay rent or take his time to help with anything. I asked why and he blew up suddenly saying he was not a kid and that I should've never called his boss and made a fool of him like that just because he was 2 hrs or so late for lunch. He called me controlling and paranoid. He said this doesn't seem to work because despite the fact that he's an adult I still treat him like a 10 year old chasing after him whenever he goes just because he lives with me." "He said I needed to understand his need for freedom and claimed I have no respect for him as an adult. I argued that it wasn't like I was treating him like a kid but was just worried and quite honestly frustrated to not recieve a text back after I stated I was worried for him. I mean he could've been involved in an accident for all I know." "He said those thoughts were my problem and insisted on moving out next month. We haven't talked all day and he spent his time in his room by himself." People on Reddit were then asked to judge who was in the wrong in this situation based on the following categories:
- NTA - Not The A**hole
- YTA - You're The A**hole
- ESH - Everyone Sucks Here
- NAH - No A**holes Here
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