Some events are meant to be shared between a parent and child, and it can sting when someone else tries to step in.

So, what would you do if your teenage son had a special mother-and-son dinner and you learned his stepmom was planning to attend without even asking you first?

Would you stay quiet because it’s not your decision? Or would you speak up and risk upsetting someone?

In the following story, one mother grapples with this exact decision and is unsure what to do.

Here’s the full story.

AITA if I tell my son’s step mother she cant go to a mother/son dinner?

So, my 15-year-old son has a mother-and-son dinner event with his football team.

I’m obviously planning to go, as it’d be a nice bonding time, and well, I’m his mother.

Today, my son told me that my ex’s wife was planning to go, but she didn’t say a word to me about it.

She’s not exactly sure how to feel.

In all honesty, I don’t want her to go.

Yes, she’s been in my son’s life for the past five years or so, but she’s not his mom, nor did she have the respect to call/text me and ask how I felt about it.

Now I want to know how it would look if I politely told her I didn’t want her to go? I’m just really conflicted.

AITA?

Yikes! It sounds like her emotions are getting the best of her.

Let’s check out what the readers over at Reddit think she should do about this whole thing.

According to this reader, it’s her son’s choice.

Here’s someone who can understand her way of thinking.

Here’s someone else who thinks her son should decide.

Yet another person who suggests she respect her son’s wishes.

It’s easy to see why she feels this way, but she should ask her son how he feels.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.