Dear Judging Community:
My son (15) has few responsibilities around the place he shares with me, his father and brother (13):
- Keep up with schoolwork.
- Take out the trash and recycling.
- Keep his room clean.
In return, we don’t harass him, and we give him an allowance.
As he is a 15-year-old boy, you can imagine he is not holding up his end of the bargain.
It’s No. 3 that’s really bothering me at the moment.
Y’all, look:
Those are clean clothes that have been on the floor for more than two weeks.
Well, they aren’t clean anymore, of course.
I know they WERE clean because I dried and folded them.
Lest you thing I regularly do his laundry, let me explain: He put his clothes in the wash, then “forgot” about them. I needed to do laundry, so I finished them up.
I see now I should have just put them in the trash.
We’ve had numerous arguments about this.
He says it’s his room, and he will clean it up when he’s ready.
I say it’s slovenly behavior, and he never should have let it get like this. But as he did, he should clean it up. Now.
So Community, AITA for expecting him to keep his room clean?
Before you answer, one more thing I need to tell you.
He asked for a few of my Oreos, then ate the entire package without a word to me. I found the empty package in the trash.
So. AITA?
Thanks for weighing in,
Beth
Observe and report 
By definition, a 15 year old is TA. It’s just how it is. Sorry mom. Don’t give him any more of your anything, least of all your Oreos. Seriously.
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Hahaha! You’re right. Of course.
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NAH. He’s a kid; his brain isn’t fully developed and working yet. 🙂
I’ve been a lurker on reddit for a while now … just the popular, light stuff (nothing dark). Surprised to see r/aita mentioned here, even if it’s the Twitter version.
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Reddit wears me out. I like it on Twitter because it’s curated.
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