R/Am I the asshole for ghosting my son?
I’ll keep this short and sweet. My(45M) son(16M) is a disrespectful, disobedient, socially inept, untalented brat. Seriously, compared to his sister(14F, perfect, talented, obedient, respectful) he’s a real pest.
Anyway, my daughter has always excelled at school and extracurriculars. She has friends and is a prodigy (she takes after me.) My son doesn’t have friends because he doesn’t deserve them. I’m gracious enough to let him play with my daughter’s friends, even though he’s the worst.
After my wife(43F) killed my dad and left us, I took it upon myself to raise the kids on my own, with a little help from my servants, but mostly on my own.
Anyway, about a year and a half ago, my son disrespected one of my generals, and by extent disrespected me, by saying my battle plans were cruel and unnecessarily violent. He was being a little bitch about it, even after I had been so gracious to him throughout his life.
I obviously couldn’t let this slide, so I held a party of sorts and burned off part of his head. Then I kicked him out and basically told him he could come back when pigs fly.
I feel like I was justified in my decisions, after all, my house my rules, but my annoying-ass brother keeps judging me. Reddit, AITA?