It’s not always easy to enjoy a family meal, but it’s especially difficult when it seems like one of your parents is trying to pick a fight with you.

In today’s story, an adult son gets into an argument with his dad at a restaurant. He doesn’t want to fight, so he leaves.

Now, he’s wondering if he made the right decision.

Let’s learn all the details…

AITA for leaving the dinner table?

I was having dinner with my parents at a restaurant and we were enjoying our meal.

Conversation followed the meal when my father asks me to take off my jacket so he can see my chest(I’m a dude).

I was uncomfortable with the request at the time so I declined.

There were other people around too.

Whatever the reason, I said no.

His dad wouldn’t let it go.

He kept going at it trying to get me to take it off when I would repeatedly say no.

Maybe 3 times.

At that point he started getting a little angry, and I don’t remember what he was saying but I remember pleading, “please stop,” and “I don’t want to fight”.

His dad seemed to want to fight.

It didn’t work, as he was totally in the mode to fight for some reason.

I asserted that I’m allowed to say no and that he should just drop it.

Then, I forgot what he said, but he said something in a way that there was no turning back.

Like, “drop what?!”

Which just totally conveyed the fact that he was acting on rage and ready to fight at a restaurant.

He felt like he made the mature decision.

Faced with this ridiculous situation, I muttered that I needed to go and left.

I’m proud of myself for that.

If I was younger I definitely would have fought there.

His mom is on the dad’s side.

When I saw them again, somehow my father talked my mother into saying that I ruined dinner.

That me walking away was the ultimate wrong.

I countered by saying that my father is the one who gave me no choice but to leave.

I saw two options: fight or leave and I wasn’t going to fight at a restaurant.

My father blames me and says that I ruined dinner and that I could have stayed and ignored him or suggested wrapping up dinner due to the sour mood.

But that sounds like a load of bs victim blaming to me.

He wonders what other people think about this situation.

If he wanted to enjoy dinner he could have just taken no for an answer.

Thoughts?

Thanks for reading.

I wonder if his dad often tries to pick fights.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story…

This reader thinks the dad is “creepy.”

He did the right thing.

The dad was the one who messed up.

This reader praises his actions.

His mother is enabling his father’s behavior.

This reader calls the dad “abusive.”

His dad is acting so childish!

Walking away was definitely the best move.

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