Childhood games often led to scraped knees and dramatic tears, but adults will show up the kids in sheer pettiness any day of the week.

When the mom next door’s temper flared over a playground mishap, this mom delivered a retort so bold it left her opponent speechless.

Read on for the full story!

My mom’s witty comeback

When I was a kid, I played outside a lot with neighbor kids.

One day, one kid chased me to be mean, tripped and fell on the ground.

This led to some pretty angry adults.

He told his mom. His mother walked to our house, furious about what ”I” had done with her kid.

When I told my mom the truth, the other kids (that followed her) confirmed it.

But this mom didn’t concede gracefully.

When the woman realised she was wrong, she threatened to send her husband after my mom.

But this mom had something to say.

My divorced mom said the glorious sentence:

”Go ahead and send him. You won’t get him back.”

She walked away immediately and we never heard from her again.

Threats fall flat in the face of wit.

What did Reddit think?

This commenter wonders what must have led the other mom to behave this way.

This redditor has no notes!

If the other mom was going to play tough, then so could she!

More praises for this witty mother.

This battle of words ended with one triumphant and the other so defeated, she didn’t dare to speak another word.

Hopefully she learned a valuable lesson in not underestimating her opponent!

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