Mom Calls Cops On Son's Friend For Playing Video Games Nonstop, Asks If She Was Wrong

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mattstaff
Aug 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

This mom decided to consult the moral judges of Reddit's AITA community over whether or not she was in the wrong for going ahead and calling the cops on her son's friend because the video games were being played nonstop. I mean, hey, everything in moderation. It sounds like the balance was definitely off with this particular situation. 

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    Font - Font - AITA for calling the police on my son's friend? My son, Brian [13] has a friend, Tom [13] who I really dislike. To put it in the gentlest possible terms, Tom has never been disciplined a single day in his life, and is under the impression that there are and never will be any consequences for his actions. However, since Brian is on the spectrum, very few other children want to hang out with him. I have tried to tell him that Tom is using him for his Nintendo Switch, but he is unable
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    Font - Font - Over the weekend, Tom came over for a sleepover. As usual, he raced right up to Brian's room, turned on the game, and sat there for hours. He played until 3am on Sunday morning, and then he woke up at 10am, and without joining us for breakfast, started playing more. At around 12, Brian had reached his limit and told Tom that it was time to go home. He was tuned out completely. Brian then came to me asking what he should do, and I told him to be more assertive. An hour later, he cam
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    Font - I walked in to find Tom, as usual, mouth breathing at the screen. I told him I had to drive him home, and Tom responded that he'd walk (it's like two miles). Then I told him that he had to go home, and the kid legitimately looked me in the eye and said "No, I don't think I will." He actually tried to pull off the Captain America line. I then called his mother who didn't pick up. Finally, I unplugged the machine from the wall causing his game to turn off, but he attached the controller to
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    Font - At my limit, I went into the other room and called the police. Since we live in a small town, the police officer (a good friend of ours) came right over. He walked up to Tom and said the there had been complaints of trespassing, which Tom responded to by saying he was invited. The officer looked at me, and I assured him that we had asked him to go home. Then the officer asked if he wanted to be charged with misdemeanor trespassing. Tom finally got his act together and was taken home by th
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    Font - AblazedSapphire · 8h NTA, In my opinion. I have a brother who is also on the spectrum and it would make me very angry if someone he considered a friend would take advantage of him like that. Obviously calling the police seems a little extreme, but Tom wasn't listening to any reason and he needed to learn that his actions have consequences. You have a right to protect your son and if calling your police friend to give Tom some form of discipline was the only method, then I agree. G Reply 4
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    Font - Memento_Mori420 · 8h Partassipant [3] 3 2 Awards NTA. You took all the proper steps. At that point it was down to calling the police or physically dragging the little brat out of your home. Both for the child's safety and for you not getting sued, calling the police was the right thing to do. G Reply 10k 3 ...
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    Font - FortuneWhereThoutBe · 7h NTA If the harassing texts continue from the mother and from numbers of people you don't know please contact the police again about harassment oh, this woman gave your number out to strangers for the specific purpose of harassing you G Reply 4 482 3 ...
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    Handwriting - calamity-avalley · 8h NTA. The kid was never in real danger, but the visit from the cop may make him think twice about his behaviour in the future! (though that's optimistic). You've done nothing wrong. G Reply 1 1k 3 ..
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    Font - SmartFX2001 · 7h NTA. Tom's response to the officer that he was invited, says a lot. He wasn't phased by the cop initially, as most children would be. If OP had just left Tom in the room for awhile instead of calling the police (as an earlier post suggested), what if Tom trashed the room? He was definitely acting entitled enough to do something like that... G Reply 4 655 3 ...
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    Font - NTA. Good riddance to them. G Reply 32 ...
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    Rectangle - TokarevCowboy · 8h NTA you did your job as a parent, obviously the little brat needs a parent to teach him better. É 6 Reply ↑ 63 3
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    Rectangle - timelording · 5h YTA you should've tried calling Tom's mom a second time or followed up with a text. Before calling the cops. It's not unreasonable for someone to miss a call because they were in a meeting. G Reply 167 3
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    Rectangle - deiyinreborn · 8h Partassipant [4] NTA NTA at all. G Reply 1 25 3 ...
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