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In this story, a family gathering to celebrate Michael’s engagement turned uncomfortable due to his ongoing resentment towards his parents’ divorce. Michael’s parents, Natalie, and OP, had an amicable but non-romantic marriage, which they maintained until their children were older. However, Michael struggled to accept the divorce, even though he didn’t live with his parents during the process. During dinner with his in-laws, Michael made spiteful comments about how traumatizing the divorce was for him and how it negatively impacted the family. This created an awkward atmosphere and led to a confrontation between Michael and his parent.
While OP attempted to address the issue during the dinner, it became evident that Michael still carried emotional baggage from the divorce. After dinner, Michael sent a text expressing his frustration with his parent’s response to his comments. Keep on scrolling down below to read the full story narrated by OP and make sure to read it till the end, so you could be able to let us know if OP is an A-hole.
1. OP and her wife had an amicable wedding, and OP has 2 children Michael and Lily. By the time Michael was about 10 years old OP’s marriage became dry and they didn’t have any romantic feelings left. For the sake of the children, OP decided to continue the marriage until the children left home
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2. When Michael moved away for college OP decided to finally make his divorce official
3. Michael was unable to handle the divorce of his parents well, he tried to convince them to couple therapy but OP explained that they stayed together for the good of the family.
4. OP is currently married and so is her ex-wife, now Michael is engaged to Liam, and OP and her ex-wife had dinner with his in-laws to celebrate the engagement.
5. Michael has a habit of making mean comments about the divorce and how traumatizing it was for him, during dinner Michael’s in-laws asked OP how long has it been since they were apart.
6. OP and Natalie were embarrassed about how Michael made such a comment in front of his in-laws
7. Eventually OP said to Michael that it’s been 9 years since his mother and OP were not together and said it’s over time to get over it
8. Now OP wants to know whether he’s an A-hole
9. OP shared that English is not his first language
10. I think actually OP didn’t do anything wrong instead he corrected him
11. This user thinks that OP’s son was being selfish
12. Exactly, it was not an appropriate place to vent.
13. This user made a solid point, and I totally agree with it.
14. If it still bothers him then for real he needs to see a therapist
15. What are your thoughts on this user’s response?
16. In the first place he shouldn’t have brought this up at the dinner
18. Literally everyone said OP is not an A-hole and it’s very true, do you also think the same?
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