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Am I the butthole for grounding my 16-year-old son for a month after he called his stepdad a slur?

I'm a 43-year-old guy and my son is 16. I'm divorced and my ex-remaried recently.

My ex-wife's new husband Jonathan is black. Meanwhile, me and her are white. He and my ex-wife

are now expecting a baby together. Jonathan also has two teenage boys himself. My ex and I share

custody, but our son spends most of his time at my place because he has more room and privacy here.

Last weekend, he was at his moms, and on Sunday, he called me all upset saying to come pick him up.

I rushed over there, and I found out that he got into a fight with Jonathan over some chores,

and Jonathan locked him out of the wifi and banned him from video games until he did his chores.

That's exactly how me and my ex-discipline are son.

More long-term and serious punishments are of course decided between my ex and I, but the whole

no-video game-soday type of thing is totally fine for Jonathan to do.

My ex and Jonathan then told me that my son got super upset over this punishment and told Jonathan

to f off. Jonathan then told my son to stop talking like that to which my son replied,

you and your sons ruined my life so you don't get to tell me what to do. I won't take orders from

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