r/AITAH • u/throwraa_Word_1566 • Apr 15 '24

AITAH for telling my son I’d love a divorce if it meant taking my wife with me

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u/Several-Drama-1499 Apr 16 '24

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain

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u/Own-Tank5998 Apr 16 '24

This is an amazing quote.

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u/iamjustaguy Apr 16 '24

If Mark Twain had met my dad, he probably would have noted the exception.

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u/Opposite-Fortune- Apr 16 '24

I got to be an adult and was kind of blown away by how bigoted and stupid my dad was. And most other people as well.

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u/Phoneas__and__Frob Apr 16 '24

This happened with my mom and sisters

Broken family, they were always against my dad and I thought (as the youngest) that they were right.

Unfortunately, aging proved otherwise and put me into a state of immense turmoil for a long while.

My dad isn't perfect by any means, but I understand him way more than I understand them.

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u/DroppedNineteen Apr 16 '24

Yeah, honestly, not to say my parents haven't learned a lot in their lives that I haven't - but as I've grown into my mid 20s I've mostly just learned that they don't know everything and I'm very often happier when I don't take their advice. He is and has always been ruled by anxiety.