Grandparents demand to know grandson’s SSN for “food stamps,” the parents find out they’re lying and report them for identity theft: “We have locked and checked everything to make sure our son’s identity is safe”

Betrayal is a cut that runs deep. It's fraught with corruption, lies, malice, and all the qualities you don't want to see in someone. It's insult to injury because it's not just that someone did something negative to you, but it's the fact that it was someone you trusted in some capacity just makes it all the more hurtful. It could be a parent, friend, or lover. It could be that they lied, that they hid information from you, stole money from you, or cheated you in some way. It's one of the worst feelings to realize that your trust has been shaken.

When you can't trust your own family, there's almost nowhere left to turn to for solace. It's jarring to say the least, and I don't envy anyone who's in a situation like that. In the story below, it was the grandparents of a boy who did the betraying.

The narrator is a woman whose in-laws have asked for some sketchy and sensitive information. They claim they're on food stamps, and that they use the excuse of taking care of their grandson as the way to get their stamps. They claim that the food bank has asked for the grandson's SSN, but the parents find out it isn't true.

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AITAH for not letting my In-Laws use my sons SSN to continue getting food from food banks

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When I first started reading this, I thought that it was dramatic of the protagonist to want to bring the in-laws to court for fraud and identity theft, but as I kept reading I realized the significance of what they did. If they're lying about why they need his SSN then there's definitely something fishy going on, and they might have already started something illegal.
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Grandparents demand to know grandson’s SSN for “food stamps,” the parents find out they’re lying and report them for identity theft: “We have locked and checked everything to make sure our son’s identity is safe”

AITAH for not letting my In-Laws use my sons SSN to continue getting food from food banks

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