Hey, Hey Waffle gang. I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more relationship stories. And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider him? Like, subscribe. Maybe that notification bell too. Let's crack on with today's first story. Which comes from a throwaway account and says, am I the asshole

for staying neutral in a situation between my son and my daughter and wife?

This all started a couple of years ago, and it completely split our family apart.

My son, Z, 22 male, has pretty much been estranged from her since he was 18.

Adam is the son of good family friends.

He and my daughter, P. 24 female, begun dating around when they were 19.

The problem is, Adam was a bully to my son throughout school.

As you can imagine, he didn't take it very well. It was furious,

however, my daughter refused to budge on this. I tried to stay out of the situation, but my wife

took my daughter's side, partially as we're good friends with Adam's parents, but also because

she thought Zed would eventually get over it. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Instead,

it made a stark difference in my son's personality. He'd become much more aggressive, cold,

and disrespectful. He no longer listened to what me or his mother had to say, often using

intimidation to get what he wanted. It would also disappear for days at a time

without so much as a word. This would more or less carry on until he left for university,

after which he probably spent no more than two weeks in total back at home, opting to stay with

friends or whatever girl he was seeing at the time. He has rejected any olive branch we extend.

This has completely destroyed our family and it especially hurts my wife as they were quite

close before this happened.

The last time we spoke was last year before lockdown.

He called me a coward for sitting on the fence.

I understand why he feels the way he does, but

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