Man Decides To Hide His Stepson's Birthday Gift Because He Feels It's A Waste Of Money, Wife Finds Out And Calls The Cops On Him

"He said he was just looking out for my son"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• June 26, 2023

When something gets missing, or someone goes missing, the first thing anyone would do is contact the police. People frequently hold disparate opinions about involving the police in minor neighborhood disputes, depending on their personal experiences.

When there are disputes or suspicious activity in their neighborhood, some individuals immediately call the police. However, for others, calling the police is frequently a last resort because of worries or negative experiences.

In today's story, the OP called the police on her husband for taking away her son's motorcycle. This is a $7k motorcycle the OP got her son for his 18th birthday, but her current husband believes the OP is encouraging him to be reckless, distracting him from school and, by extension, his future.

Later on, OP's son's motorcycle went missing, and they opened a police report, but nothing came out of it, only for the OP's MIL to visit them and reveal that she saw a motorcycle, one that's similar to the one that they lost in the OP's husband's other house.

MIL even showed the OP a photo she took of it, which confirmed that it was indeed her son's motorcycle. The OP confronted her husband while telling him to bring back the motorcycle, which he refused to do.

The OP had enough and called the cops. The motorcycle was found and returned, but her husband had to be taken in. 

The story's title

OP's husband thinks she's encouraging her son to be reckless, distracting him from school and by extension his future

OP's husband admitted that he took and hid the motorcycle in his garage as a last resort

OP's husband told his entire family about it and they judged her for calling the police on her own husband

OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a-hole:

I might be the ah for calling the police and escalating things instead of figuring out another way to turn the motorcycle or at least have a conversation with my husband about what he did and how he felt about the motorcycle in the first place.

Thousands of Redditors trooped to the comments section to drop their own one cent about the entire situation

The OP needs to get away from him and his entitled behavior

The OP should ignore any responses based on this

Why does he thinks he needs to teach a lesson in that way?

It is time for the OP to get out of that marriage

It's left for the OP to figure out if she still wants to be married to such a man

The OP is actually coming round to her husband's idea

Kickin' the husband to the curb

This redditor believes nothing good will come out of this

Can we categorically call this situation a choice between the husband and the son? Many redditors consider it a choice between being able to make your own decisions and becoming a servant to the pompous creature the OP is married to.

She was declared not the AH, and you can leave your own verdict in the comments section below.

Maryjane