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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Predi423 on 2023-06-25 06:04:57+00:00.

Last night me and my girlfriend were watching a movie, probably about 11PM. Our son was supposed to be in bed and asleep for a couple hours by now, but apparently he woke up and walked out to go use the bathroom right when a character loudly said “Fuck.”

We had the volume lower than normal, but he still heard it. I tried my best to get him back to bed calmly but he kept asking what it meant. I told him it’s bad word he shouldn’t say and that he doesn’t need to know what it means.

Apparently that only made him more curious. It’s been about a day later and we’ve threatened and given out as many punishments as we can think of. “Sit in a corner” “We’ll take your video games” “We wont let friends come over” etc. But he won’t stop saying it and / or asking what it means.

Well, me and my girlfriend wanted to go out to eat. Usually, we would take our son with us, however we decided that we probably shouldn’t, as he might say it in public or even to someone, or ask someone what it meant. I don’t want to deal with that or have to explain it to someone. I especially don’t want to be kicked out of a place because our son is constantly saying obscenities.

So for the first time since he was like, two, we got a baby sitter. Not a complete stranger, one of our friends that my son has met many times. I knew he wouldn’t be happy, but he just refused to stop inquiring about the new word he just learned.

He was very upset with not getting to go to dinner. I told him that we would bring him back food and wouldn’t be gone long and that our friend would watch a movie with him or play with him, whatever he wanted. He wasn’t having it.

We were only gone for two hours and apparently when we were gone, all he did was sit in his room and pout. He did eventually get bored and come out to watch TV, but was still visibly upset.

Now we’re home, and we’ve made some progress. He seems to be mostly over his fascination with the word. Regardless, he’s still mad about not getting to go out. I feel like a bit of an asshole, but idk.

AITA?