r/Amithedevil My Son Isn't Allowed to Have Friends

A mother who confronted her 18-year-old son’s girlfriend for spending the night at her ex-husband’s house after prom is torn between protecting her son’s future and being labeled a 'butthole' by Reddit. She argues that her son’s reckless behavior—drinking, fighting, sneaking out—requires tough love, especially given her traumatic past with his father. Yet the community pushes back: the girlfriend is an adult, the house isn’t hers, and forcibly entering the home to shame her crosses a line. Meanwhile, a father who bans his 16-year-old from texting friends after 9pm is called out for targeting connection, not technology—especially when he steals his son’s earbuds and disables voice chat. The real issue? Fear of friendship, not screen time. A woman who refuses to pay her 19-year-old nephew to mow her lawn calls him 'entitled,' but the community sees her as the one avoiding responsibility. The episode culminates in a deeply personal story of marital betrayal and emotional isolation: a man who cheated once, made amends, and now faces a wife who won’t let him go to a bachelor party—only to be met with a cryptic, emotionally detached reconciliation that feels more like transaction than trust. The central theme isn’t about rules, but about whether love can survive after betrayal when the punishment outlives the crime.