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<p>Watching your grown children date can be uncomfortable &mdash; let alone when they&#39;re being asked out by one of your closest friends.</p><p>One mom<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/k40a61/aita_for_being_furious_about_my_good_friend_of_35/"> has taken to Reddit</a> to seek advice after finding out that her friend hit on her 22-year-old son. She&#39;s wondering if she has a right to be annoyed at her friend, or if she&#39;s overreacting.</p><h2>She found out on a family Zoom call:</h2><blockquote> <p>I just learned about this during a thanksgiving zoom call. My son and daughter (who already knew all about it) were laughing. I am not seeing the humor.</p> </blockquote><h2>It happened a year ago:</h2><blockquote> <p>Apparently she got his number at a Christmas party last year and texted asking him out several times. This is someone I trusted as one of my closest friends. I feel very betrayed.</p> </blockquote><h2>She wants to send the woman a strongly worded email:</h2><blockquote> <p>She&rsquo;s more than twice his age. I know people will think I&rsquo;m being unreasonable and that&rsquo;s fine. I&rsquo;ve composed an email to this &ldquo;friend&rdquo;. I haven&rsquo;t hit send. [Am I the a-hole]?</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>The people of Reddit mostly agree that even if the age gap wasn&#39;t bad enough, this is a major violation of trust and boundaries.</h2><p>EnterTheBugbear says:</p><blockquote> <p>Please refer to the Buster Bluth rule - if she had the opportunity to change his diapers, it&#39;s f****** creepy. Full stop.</p> </blockquote><p>klouroo agrees:</p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;m assuming this person knew your son as a child? This is weird and icky and has strange power dynamics and relationship layers that in my mind make it impossible for this to be appropriate. Blech. I&rsquo;m glad he can laugh about it but I don&rsquo;t blame you for feeling betrayed (or skeeved out or irate or appalled or whatever other feelings you might have).</p> </blockquote><p>TheLadyEve says a warning would&#39;ve been nice:</p><blockquote> <p>Sure, he&#39;s an adult and he can do what he likes, but you have every right to be angry with your &quot;friend&quot; because they proceeded with this, without telling you, and without regard for what it would do to your friendship.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>And ihateherds agrees:</p><blockquote> <p>Yeah a lot of people are focused on the part about the 55 year old trying to date a 22 year old, which is certainly something, but to do it behind your friend&#39;s back is really the worst part. I wouldn&#39;t even ask out my best friend&#39;s neighbor without mentioning it them first, let alone their CHILD</p> </blockquote><p>Unoriginal-Wolf points out it&#39;s weird that the friend tried multiple times:</p><blockquote> <p>If the genders were reversed I&rsquo;m sure you would of nip this ASAP. I think he finds it amusing because he wasn&rsquo;t the one who trusted her, protect your children and stop being friends with her if she won&rsquo;t stop texting your son</p> <p>If he&rsquo;s laughing he obviously already rejected her so why is she still trying to talk to him.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Current-Read says it&#39;s totally fine to go nuclear in this case:</p><blockquote> <p>if my friend twice the age of my kid sent several texts asking them out i would UNHUNGE on said friend for inappropriately asking out my child and REPEATEDLY asking them out then i would drop them like the trash they are. But you know, your choice because im just extreme with these things because i know lots of people who&#39;ve veen taken advantage of by older people.</p> </blockquote><p>And funnyctgirl has an even bigger mess on her hands:</p><blockquote> <p>I just went through a similar situation although my friend of 3 years SLEPT with my 26 year old son. It&#39;s not appropriate. She has since been cut off and I don&#39;t regret it.</p> </blockquote><h2>So there you go. Ummm, don&#39;t hit on your friends&#39; kids!</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Mom asks if she has a right to be angry that her friend asked her 22-year-old son out.

Watching your grown children date can be uncomfortable &mdash; let alone when they&#39;re being asked out by one of your closest friends.One mom has taken to Reddit to seek advice after finding out that her friend hit on her 22-year-old son. She&#39;s wondering if she has a right to be annoyed at her friend, or if she&#39;s overreacting.She found out on a family Zoom call: I just learned about this during a thanksgiving zoom call. My son and daughter (who already knew all about it) were laughing. I am not seeing the humor. It happened a year ago: Apparently she got his number at a Christmas party last year and texted asking him out several times. This is someone I trusted as one of my closest friends. I feel very betrayed. She wants to send the woman a strongly worded email: She&rsquo;s more than twice his age. I know people will think I&rsquo;m being unreasonable and that&rsquo;s fine. I&rsquo;ve composed an email to this &ldquo;friend&rdquo;. I haven&rsquo;t hit send. [Am I the a-hole]? The people of Reddit mostly agree that even if the age gap wasn&#39;t bad enough, this is a major violation of trust and boundaries.EnterTheBugbear says: Please refer to the Buster Bluth rule - if she had the opportunity to change his diapers, it&#39;s f****** creepy. Full stop. klouroo agrees: I&rsquo;m assuming this person knew your son as a child? This is weird and icky and has strange power dynamics and relationship layers that in my mind make it impossible for this to be appropriate. Blech. I&rsquo;m glad he can laugh about it but I don&rsquo;t blame you for feeling betrayed (or skeeved out or irate or appalled or whatever other feelings you might have). TheLadyEve says a warning would&#39;ve been nice: Sure, he&#39;s an adult and he can do what he likes, but you have every right to be angry with your &quot;friend&quot; because they proceeded with this, without telling you, and without regard for what it would do to your friendship. And ihateherds agrees: Yeah a lot of people are focused on the part about the 55 year old trying to date a 22 year old, which is certainly something, but to do it behind your friend&#39;s back is really the worst part. I wouldn&#39;t even ask out my best friend&#39;s neighbor without mentioning it them first, let alone their CHILD Unoriginal-Wolf points out it&#39;s weird that the friend tried multiple times: If the genders were reversed I&rsquo;m sure you would of nip this ASAP. I think he finds it amusing because he wasn&rsquo;t the one who trusted her, protect your children and stop being friends with her if she won&rsquo;t stop texting your son If he&rsquo;s laughing he obviously already rejected her so why is she still trying to talk to him. Current-Read says it&#39;s totally fine to go nuclear in this case: if my friend twice the age of my kid sent several texts asking them out i would UNHUNGE on said friend for inappropriately asking out my child and REPEATEDLY asking them out then i would drop them like the trash they are. But you know, your choice because im just extreme with these things because i know lots of people who&#39;ve veen taken advantage of by older people. And funnyctgirl has an even bigger mess on her hands: I just went through a similar situation although my friend of 3 years SLEPT with my 26 year old son. It&#39;s not appropriate. She has since been cut off and I don&#39;t regret it. So there you go. Ummm, don&#39;t hit on your friends&#39; kids!

Watching your grown children date can be uncomfortable &mdash; let alone when they&#39;re being asked out by one of your closest friends.  One mom has taken to Reddit to seek advice after finding out that her friend hit on her 22-year-old...