An entitled jerk shoves my four-year-old son out of the way, all because he was standing in the trail that we were hiking on. But when that happened, I saw Red, as I taught this entitled jerk a lesson that he would never forget. Here's what happened. Okay, so I was out for a hike with my son and my dog. It's rainy and slightly windy, but it's just a lovely day to be in the woods. There's bright green needles and leaves against a gray sky, and there's wildflowers bursting up through it all. My son finds a snail on a tree and he is absolutely stoked.
We're looking at it, talking about its shell, its slime, as well as what it's doing and why it's there. It's a narrow section of the trail, so we're over on the side, and my dog has her face buried in the bushes. And it's right at that magical moment with me and my son, that the entitled jerk of this story comes storming around the corner.
I see this guy coming up with his dog, and my son sees a big chocolate lab, so he gets all excited about the big dog, and he happily invites them over to see the snail that he got. My son is standing in the middle of the trail now, and he's looking at this guy and telling him to look at this snail that he got.
Now, I'm not sure what my son was gonna say next, but this entitled jerk actually pushes my son out of the way. Mind you, my son is four years old, and he's literally asking this guy to see a snail that he found on a trail on a Sunday morning. Now, when that happened, I immediately blocked his way.
I looked at him and I said, you need to apologize to my son right now. This entitled jerk looks me in the eye and says, he can't just be standing in the middle of the trail. And when I say I saw red, I'm being completely serious. I got a little bit closer and I spoke more clearly. I said to him, you push my son, apologize right now.
When I said that, I'm pretty sure this guy was not ready for this level of confrontation, so he immediately backs down. He mumbles an apology, and then takes off as fast as his stupid legs can possibly move. And it makes me wonder, does this guy like own the trail for some reason? I mean, where is he going that he can't politely ask a child to move?
What is so pressing that he can't wait for a child to move out of his way? I'm honestly so astonished by this guy's entitlement, and he better hope he never sees me on that trail ever again. Yeah, that guy had some serious nerve to push your kid out of the way on a trail. Like seriously, what is wrong with some people?
Like there is a myriad of different responses this guy could have made to this kid being like, oh look I've got a snail. He could have just kept walking and said, oh that's cool buddy, but I'm in a hurry. Or he could have stopped and humored the kid like any normal person would. But to literally push him out of the way like that, like that is crazy to me and there is no good excuse for that.
But in the end, I love the way the original poster reacted, because that's exactly how I would have reacted. If I had my son on this awesome hike, and he found a really cool snail and he was trying to show somebody, and then that person pushed my son out of the way, I think I would have gone bananas. Like, there's no way I would let that slide.
So good for the original poster for standing up for their son, because this entitled jerk clearly was used to getting away with toxic stuff like that. And it's about time that they realize that their actions are definitely going to have consequences. If you like Am I the Jerk, you're probably going to love Am I the Genius. Check it out, link down below in the description.
Also, go to amythejerk.com slash submit if you would like to submit your own stories. My girlfriend gets mad anytime I spend money and has even gone as far as calling me a parasite anytime we get at an argument. And right now I'm very hurt and very confused, and I seriously don't know what to do. Here's what happened. So my girlfriend and I have been together for three years with plans to get married and save for a home, although we currently maintain separate residences.
I relocated to be closer to her, moving 30 minutes away from my workplace. Previously, I lived in the city without a car, which necessitated her driving to see me. Anticipating that we'd spend a lot of time at my place as we had before, I rented a large luxury apartment. However, we ended up spending more time at her condo. We've agreed I'll move into her condo once my lease is up, as we continue to primarily stay at her place.
Now we've reached some agreements, such as moving my furniture into her condo, and my cat has essentially made it her home as well. Nonetheless, when my girlfriend becomes upset, her attitude towards me staying at her place fluctuates. Mostly she is welcoming, and other times, she uses it as leverage during conflicts. She tells me to take my belongings and move out, and calls me a parasite, accusing me of being financially dependent on her.
This situation is quite stressful and unsettling for me, and despite earning twice as much as my girlfriend, I'm facing accusations of financial dependency, which only adds significant stress about expenses. She points out that I'll never be able to save enough for a house and frequently mentions that I don't contribute for rent or utilities.
But then she forgets about my other expenses. For example, just the other day, I purchased her a business ticket worth about four months of her mortgage. She criticizes my spending habits even for essential expenses like medications or even meals during work or when I need to work from a coffee shop.
This creates a challenging environment, where financial contributions and personal spending become sources of contention rather than a cooperative discussion. I've tried to address these issues openly and constructively, pointing out that our decisions have been made jointly, and I've even explained how it was essentially her decision that I continue to lease out my apartment.
Right now, I'm scheduled to move in with her in the next few days, and we've agreed to have our own expenses, just so our fights over our finances can finally come to an end. So honestly, am I the jerk in this situation? Because right now, I really don't know what to do. No, you are absolutely not the jerk.
Your girlfriend is calling you a parasite. Like literally what is she doing? Like does she just not want you to move in with her or what? It seems like anytime there's some kind of fight between the two of you. She's the first one to try and turn it on you and be like wow you're depending on me financially. You're just a parasite. Like that in my opinion is a giant red flag and that is not something I would ignore. Like that would even make me question wanting to move in with her in the first place.
So no, I don't think you're the jerk at all, and I think you really haven't done anything wrong besides spend your own money. Because the way she's acting is absolutely inappropriate, and you do not deserve that kind of treatment in the slightest. My entitled brother and his family moved into the house that we're renting, and refused to pay for their half of the rent. So my family and I moved out of that house, but now my parents and my brother are calling me a jerk for not helping out. And at this point, I seriously don't know what to do. Here's what happened.
Okay, so I rented my parents' house after they retired and moved south. I paid slightly below market rate, and the plan was for me to save up and eventually buy the house at a great price. They would then give that money to my brother as his part of their estate, and my share was the subsidized rent and the very subsidized purchase agreement.
And you know what? Everybody thought this was fair. That is, until my brother's wife started running up debts that they couldn't cover. This led to them losing their home and needing help. Now, I love my brother and my nephews, so when my mom asked me if they could move in, I talked to my husband and we agreed. We are in the process of adopting two siblings, but we are still not there.
And this was only going to be temporary, so why not? Half off the rent for a few months would totally help us with the down payments and expenses. They moved in in February, and when March rolled around, I transferred my half of the usual rent to my parents. But my mom then called us back, asking me where the rest of it was. I said that I was assuming my brother was paying for the other half, but nope, that definitely did not happen. I had to pay for all of the rent.
I asked why I had to pay for them to stay in my house and my mom said that it wasn't my house yet and that I was being mouthy and it was right then that I saw the writing on the wall. I paid the rent and I started looking. We had a good amount saved up and we didn't need a big old house with lots of maintenance issues that we had been handling. We ended up paying the full rent in April as well but we moved out and into the house that we closed on and this was ready for immediate possession.
With my husband and I having decent income and 25% down, it all went really smoothly. The only downside is the much smaller yard, but it is a block away from a public park so we aren't losing that much. Now, I did tell my parents we were leaving. Well, on May 1st, I got another call from my mom and she wanted the rent, but I said I wasn't living there any longer. She said that I was breaking our deal, but I said that our deal never included me paying for my brother's living expenses.
She then said that they couldn't afford to cover the mortgage without my rent, but I told her to get the money from my brother as he was still working. She said that he was still paying his debts, but I said that his wife should also get a job to maybe help out. Well, to make a long story short, she said I was being cheap and vicious to my brother and to my parents. We are settling into our new house, and for now we are just ignoring them.
But I'm honestly wondering if maybe I'm in the wrong, because right now I'm seriously not sure. No, in my opinion, I don't think you're the jerk at all. Like, you did not sign up to pay for everybody's rent at that house, and you obviously let them in to be a good person and try and help them out. Like, that is your brother after all. So the fact that they took advantage of you and basically said, oh yeah, you're gonna pay for everything.
Like that really is unfair, and that really throws you under the bus. So if I was in your shoes, I would have moved out as well. The way you're getting treated is completely unfair, and I don't blame you for getting out of there while you could.
Dude, stop with the voice. Just keep it simple. I've seen promos on TV do this is how you get the fans engaged. This is how you get listeners. We're trying to get listeners here. If we just say, oh, we're two dudes that talk about Bravo. People are getting tired of it already. We need some oomph. All right, then fine. Let's try to do it with your voice. Bravo, bros. Good job.
My stepdad demands that I lie to my mom when it comes to how I feel about my step-siblings simply because my mom is unhappy and that if I lie, I'm gonna make my mom happy again and things will be okay. But when I said no, my stepdad called me selfish and right now it has me questioning everything and at this point I seriously don't know what to do. Here's what happened.
I'm a 16 year old female, and when I was 10 years old, I lost my dad. My parents were in a transitional period as my mom's parents called it, and this was in the weeks prior to his passing. And what I think that means is that they were trying to figure out how to divorce without messing me up. But I thought it was pretty clear my parents' relationship was done. They hadn't seemed happy and so long, and I don't remember them being affectionate with each other. Within a year of my dad passing away, my mom met a guy that we will call Harvey, and they were dating for two years when she introduced me to him.
Now, he seemed okay, but I wasn't like, oh my gosh, I'm so excited to have my mom dating someone. But overall, it was pretty fine. Mom asked me what I thought, and I told her that he seemed okay, and that she was really happy, which was really nice. She asked me if I thought he'd make a good bonus dad, and I told her I hated how that sounded. We talked things over, and she admitted that she wanted to pick someone I could see being the new father figure in my life.
She said it didn't have to be an only dad thing, but even if I loved someone enough to think of them as a second dad. I told her that wouldn't happen, but I'd be fine with Harvey sticking around and being married to her if she wanted that. We went to therapy and Harvey eventually joined us. And by the time we were done, I was almost 15 years old and they were married and mom was pregnant. My mom had two kids in the last 18 months. My half brother is 17 months old and my half sister is 3 months old.
Things were kind of crazy when my half brother was born, so mom didn't do any kind of party or celebration of his birth. Since she and Harvey made sure they won't have any more kids, my mom decided to throw a party to celebrate the kids being born. So this is probably where
where I should say that I'm pretty indifferent to the babies. I know they are technically my half-siblings, but I don't really feel anything towards them. Honestly, it makes me sad that I was the only kids my parents had together, because I think it would have been nice to have someone who's been there with me, especially through my parents' relationship breakdown, my father passing away, and my mom remarrying and starting a family with Harvey. But I just don't see my half-siblings the way I imagined seeing a full sibling.
because we only share one parent. I'm also so much older than them, and our experiences will always be so different. I don't hate them, but I honestly can't say that I love them either. During the party for the babies, I got kind of tired of faking being happy and enthusiastic about it, so I went upstairs for a while and was talking to my best friend.
Well, apparently my mom overheard and she talked to Harvey afterwards and was absolutely devastated because she has realized I don't feel all warm and fuzzy about the babies and I'm not really happy to have half-siblings. She realized that I do see them as half-siblings quite literally and that hurt her a lot because she assumed that I would see them as full siblings.
Harvey told me that mom found out, and he told me to lie to her, just so mom would think that she misunderstood, also that she could go back to being happy again. But when I said no, I'm not gonna do that, he told me that I'm being so selfish. So honestly, am I the jerk in this situation for not wanting to lie? Because right now, I'm very frustrated, and I simply don't know what to do. Okay, first and foremost, it is incredibly weird that Harvey is trying to make you lie to your mom.
Like, for reference, the original poster is a teenager, and in my opinion, I think the way he's going about doing this is completely inappropriate. Like, I really think you're entitled to your own feelings. There is so much to unpack here, and honestly, it's just not fair for him to be like, oh, just lie to her. We want her to be happy right now. It's like, what are you doing? That is so unfair. So no, in my opinion, I don't think you're the jerk, and I think it's incredibly inappropriate for Harvey to try and make you lie.
That, in my opinion, is completely uncalled for, and I think that you were in the right for standing up for yourself. Am I the jerk for telling my dad that I will never forgive him for missing my high school graduation just so he can go to another event that his stepdaughter is taking place in. Because right now, I am hurt once again that he's choosing her over me. And at this point, I seriously don't know what to do. Here's what happened. I'm an 18-year-old male and I'm graduating high school at the end of this month.
And my dad dropped some awful news on me two nights ago that his stepdaughter who's 14 years old has an award ceremony for some competition that she entered and won in another state, which happens to be on the exact same day that I'm getting graduated, while saying that she wants him to be there in person. He told me he couldn't possibly make it to both, and since his wife and their children together will be going, he needs to be there too. He told me he would make it up to me and we would celebrate another time.
Now I still live with him, but not for much longer, and my mom passed away when I was 7, and my dad got married again when I was 11 or 12 years old. So it's been a few years as it is. His stepdaughter never knew her biological dad, so my dad has accepted her as his own.
and he has prioritized her a lot in the last five to six years. It doesn't always show in the most obvious ways, but it can seriously be felt. Our father's son time was put on an indefinite hiatus, and instead, dad told me we needed to include her in our time together, but he also spent time with just her on father-daughter time.
I brought it up to my dad and he told me I wasn't exactly making an effort to be closer to her, so he wanted all of us to bond and didn't want me to just focus on my relationship with him. He has attended her dance recitals instead of my basketball games if they're on the same time. It doesn't matter if mine was known about it first, he will still skip my stuff to go to hers. He will take us on family days, and whenever he and his wife say the kids can choose what they want to do, he picks her choices over mine.
He claims it's because they will be the most fun for everybody, but really, he even says it afterwards. Anything his little princess wants is what she gets. Our refrigerator and our shower broke at the same time, and his stepdaughter's birthday was coming up, so he took money from my birthday fund just to pay for that stuff, and so his stepdaughter would definitely get what she wanted.
For reference, she got this Barbie house thing, as well as a whole fashion set, and I'm pretty sure it cost well over $250. He didn't get all the money back by the time my birthday came around, so instead, he gave me a $30 gift card for Steam when he had promised me a new monitor and keyboard for my computer.
And by the way, the computer was a gift for my grandparents. Now, when my dad said he wasn't gonna be at my graduation, but instead he was gonna go and support her, I told him straight up that there is no way he could ever make up for that. And he can absolutely forget about being included in my life going forward. He told me that he would make it up to me, but I told him I will always come second to his little princess, and I am not gonna be okay with that. I told him he's discarded me for the last time.
Now, my dad begged me to be reasonable, but I just walked away. Then, I invited both sets of grandparents to my graduation, who thankfully agreed to come along. His wife told me that I could have come along with them, and that I don't really need to attend the ceremony, but I could instead support my sister.
I said that her daughter is not my sister and I do not want to support their family anymore because I'm going to be out of their hair really soon. When I said that, she called me selfish and told me that I can't deny her daughter a dad. So seriously, am I the jerk in this situation? What should I do? No, you are not the jerk and you're definitely not overreacting.
Graduating from high school is a massive milestone. The fact that your dad wants to go out of state to do another thing that his daughter wants to do, in my opinion especially compared to this, is completely wrong. Like this really is not okay and I don't blame you for being upset. Like just think about it for a second. His dad has completely neglected him on everything ever since he got married again.
And like, I totally understand that he wants to have some kind of relationship with his new stepdaughter, but for him to completely ignore his older son and be like, oh, we've got to work together as a family. Like, that is just a cop-out to never do anything his son ever wants to do. Like, it literally seems like there's no compromise when it comes to your step-sister stuff, but instead, they always pick her stuff over you. So to that end, I'm so sorry you're dealing with that, but in my opinion, I don't think you're on the wrong, and I think your dad is absolutely making a mistake.
I'm a 25 year old female and I'm an electrician. I started my apprenticeship at 17 years old and was hired immediately by my sponsor after I received my license. The reason I chose a trade was that I grew up in a trailer with my mom and my sister and I have wanted to own my own house since I can remember. And being in the trades gave me access to a stable job and access to more money sooner. My partner who is 29 years old, she is a plumber and we have saved a lot of money.
In the end we bought land and built a tiny house in the uptown area of our city. It has two bedrooms and one bathroom, and one of our bathrooms is a reptile room, since I keep snakes and my partner keeps bearded dragons. We are also child free and very happy in our home.
Now, my sister is a waitress and has three kids. Her husband just left her for a woman my age and she is left without his income to raise all three of her kids on her own. Her husband bought out her half of the house during the divorce and that left her and the kids living with my mom in the trailer. I can admit I didn't grow up in the safest of areas and was carrying some form of protection with me when I was a teenager because there was a lot of danger.
Now because of the safety issues, my sister came to my partner and I and begged us to let her and her sons move in. She said we would have to get rid of our reptiles to keep them in our room, her sons could have the other bedroom, and she would sleep in our kitchen on an air mattress. She said nothing about paying rent or helping around the house.
Well, when she said all this, I told her no, because two toddlers and a little kid who's about to start kindergarten are not suitable to be at our home, and we don't want too many people in our house. She said that we live in a better part of town with better schools, and that she definitely needed the help.
I told her we didn't have the room and that I was sorry. But I told her I could hook her up with some journeymen that I know, and she could get started on an apprenticeship that pays better than her current job if she needed extra money. Well, she called my job and my partner's job dirty blue collar trash, and then she left our home.
She then posted online about how we wouldn't let her stay at our house, and now my relatives are messaging me about it. They're asking me how I could let a single mother and three kids be homeless, and how they're my blood and that I owe my sister better than this. Now I feel like a complete jerk, even though my partner told me that I have every right to not want them in our house.
So seriously, am I the jerk for not wanting my sister and her kids in my home? Because right now, I seriously don't know what to do. No, I don't think you're the jerk at all. I think you made the best choice for you and your partner, as it doesn't sound like your house is very big in the slightest. Like, she's not only barking orders at you of like moving your lizards and your snakes around, but also being like, oh yeah, my kids will take the other room and I'll sleep in the kitchen on an air mattress.
And it's almost like she wasn't asking if she could do that, but rather telling you that this is what's gonna happen. Like, personally, that would've rubbed me the wrong way. But also, it doesn't seem like there's any room for that kind of activity. Like, this is a tiny house, and then suddenly there's gonna be four more people in this house. Like, that's not gonna work in the slightest, and I don't blame you for saying no.
Plus, just look at how she reacted when you told her no. She said that you have dirty blue collar trash jobs and then makes you the villain when you say no to her demands. That behavior is absolutely unacceptable and I don't think that you did anything wrong. When you subscribe, make sure to hit the bell to turn on notifications. To finish listening to all the stories, check out the playlist at the top of the description.
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