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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Weekly-Ad-4794 on 2023-09-28 00:36:40.

Our 10yo son had a scheduled physical yesterday that was made a few months ago. My son made it perfectly clear he did not want his mom in the examination room, just me.

Something came up yesterday and I asked her if she could take Liam and I’d be like 20 minutes late. She could leave or wait in the waiting room when I arrived. She said okay.

When I arrived, neither my son nor my ex was there. I asked the front desk if they ever came and she looked confused. She said Liam came in with his dad and they were waiting for the doctor. I said, well I’m the dad. I asked if she meant my son’s stepdad Chris. She said that makes sense and explained a lot (Liam and Chris look nothing alike).

They told me to go to exam room 5 and the doctor was having my son do some squating thing and sure enough, there was Chris.

I whispered to Chris thanks for dropping Liam off and then there was there super cringe awkward moment when the doctor asked my son to pull down his underwear in front of us. My son’s drawstring wouldn’t untie and Chris instinctively tried to untie it but couldn’t. So he just pulled his pants and my son almost fell down and Chris looked at me and shrugged and joked “well it’s not anything I haven’t seen. I’ve been his stepdad for awhile. I’ve bathed him and Charlie (my son’s stepbrother) together.”

Then he told my son who looked uncomfortable and said “it’s okay. We’re all guys in the room. I actually got to go too.” Then he left. It was weird. I told my son that’s not how physicals usually work out and I’m sorry I was late. He didn’t say anything which is unlike him. He did ask to stay at my house (he is with his mom Monday through Wednesday and me the rest of the week).

I told him I’d ask his mom. I did call her and she wanted to know why. I said he’s had a rough day. Leave it at that. And you should had told me you weren’t going to make this appointment instead of Chris. She asked if something happened with Chris and I said no something happened with you not communicating with me. It mattered. She said she got stuck on a work call. I said so what? You could had texted me.

Chris texted me this morning and said he wanted to take Liam and the rest of the kids out for ice cream after school. I knew he was trying to make up for what happened. I called him and said Liam is actually mad at you still but he will forgive and forget. But don’t blame yourself, blame your wife.