64 Spine-Chilling Halloween Disasters That Will Make You Question Everything Beyond Costumes
His mother came home not long after and ended up sitting with him, hugging and comforting him. Naturally she wasn’t amused by my antics which I understand because–again–I screwed up.
However, she has stayed mad at me for all these days afterward. She will barely talk to me. I eventually got tired of it and told her that she needed to get over it. I screwed up but I didn’t mean any harm. I just way underestimated how much our prank would scare our son. I also think that our daughter is seeing how she is treating me over it and is being made to feel way too bad over her idea that was just playful; not bad-natured. But she just says that I “should have known better” and won’t seem to forgive me.
I get it; she’s always been a complete mama bear. But it’s not as if I don’t love our kids, too. Was my prank honestly so beyond that pale that I deserve to keep being punished over it?
I (29F) am divorced with an 9 year old daughter. My daughter’s father (32M) has been in a relationship with a woman named Stephanie for about 6 months now. She has two younger daughters (ages 4&5).
My ex-husband and I have had many conversations about how to ease my own child into their new “blended family” by making sure that she still has lots of time with her dad, not combining every single special event with the other kids, and keeping lines of communication open. Overall, the introduction has been positive, but my daughter has mentioned that the younger children can be overwhelming and sometimes annoying. However, despite the conversations, every single special event has been blended, for lack of a better word.
We’re coming up on Halloween and my daughter has trick or treating plans with her best friend and her family. Halloween is my custody time.
My ex-husband asked if he could come and bring his new girlfriend and her children. I said no, as I wanted my daughter to be able to have time with her friend without having the other little kids in tow. They are not officially her siblings in any way, and I feel that she deserves protected time just for her.
My ex husband says that I am purposely excluding his new girlfriend and that I should be more concerned that she doesn’t have many friends or others to go out with on that evening. I feel like that is not my problem and I am advocating for my own child without having her feel like she needs to people please or feel guilty. I am not asking my daughter her opinion as I do not want her to feel burdened with any guilt. I did also invite them to the Halloween event at her school that same week to help initiate balance.
AITAH?
I’m a 50-year-old man.
My wife and I have a son and a daughter. My daughter married one of my son’s best friends. We took him in when he was 15 and treated him like one of our own. He was kicked out of his father’s home, and we took care of him like our own. My daughter fell in love with him and they got married right out of high school. He went to college, while she took care of their daughter.
My daughter was resentful of the fact that she had to give up her dreams, and this created problems in their relationship. Her husband ended up having an affair and siring an illegitimate child. The mother was an addict and lost custody.
After months of back and forth, my daughter decided to reconcile with her husband. We were not happy with her decision but decided to not let our disappointment show when she brought him around. We treated him the same.
7 years go by, and last month my daughter decided that she cannot give her marriage a chance. I think we all knew that she was ashamed of her decision to reconcile. It came as a shock to my son in law because they were expecting another baby (which my daughter has decided to abort).
She also told us she is moving on and is already dating one of my friends’ sons, a widower with a daughter my granddaughter’s age and they are good friends.
She has known him since they were both kids and I’m more than happy about her finding love.
This Halloween, she brought her new boyfriend to the celebration and we welcomed him wholeheartedly. And in the pictures in the clear that they were acting like a couple.
My son in law (soon to be former SIL) showed up to my office and accused me of encouraging the break up of his family when he was trying hard to save it. He was also disappointed that I didn’t invite his 7-year-old daughter (His daughter went to her grandparents. So I don’t understand the accusations)
I understand that being alone on Halloween for the first time in two decades must have felt bad, but he is no longer my daughter’s husband. My son also cut him out of his life.
AITA for supporting my daughter in her decision and maintaining boundaries with her ex?
Around Halloween 2019 I (23f) got my daughter (now 5f) a pair of little red horns attached to hair clips. She has worn then almost every day since they are her favourite thing in the world. Last night we went on a social distance safe truck or treat our neighbourhood set up with my ex(35m). She wanted to stay at his house for the night so she could be with her step brother which I agreed to. This morning when I went to pick her up she was sobbing. When I finally got her to calm down she told me her dad took the horns and said she could have them back next October. Obviously I was pissed and demanded he give me back the horns and he told me she’s gonna get made fun of and how they make his mother upset because her granddaughter is “in love with devil horns she’s gonna worship him one day” and how I’m a bad mother for letting her wear them. It was honestly out of nowhere since he’s never commented on them before. AITA for letting my kid wear horns all year?
Update! Thank you so much for all the kind words! I had her decently young and am still trying to figure this Mom thing out but I’m so glad I made the right choice. We did get her OG pair back after he took them which seemed to be something I didn’t quite communicate in the post but we also ordered her a couple of new pairs of horns plus some other cute Halloween hair clips she loves! We have also started watching star vs the forces of evil and she loved it! Thank you so much for suggesting that show! As for ex he is on thin ice and I had a talk with him after she went to sleep and told him that if he cannot get over her wearing horns then he can just not see her unless she wants to see him.
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