An argument between a man and his son caused the son to say that his parents can't see their grandkids anymore, and now the man doesn't want to give his son an inheritance. The source of all this drama? Wine. In a Reddit post, the man explained that his son and his daughter-in-law have some home repairs being done, so they were staying with the man and his wife. The man reports that his son's wife would not follow the rules at their house.
"They are pretty simple like clean up after yourself, don’t be loud at night and the big one was no drinking in the home. No alcohol in the home. We made this really clear and my son knows his mother has trauma related to alcohol. We informed DIL in general terms also," he explained in the post.
The man and his wife began to suspect that their guests were drinking.
Though they didn't initially have proof of it, the man and his wife suspected that their son and his wife were breaking a house rule: no drinking. Eventually, the man's wife found a bottle of wine in the attic and was so upset that she dumped it out.
The man's wife and daughter-in-law got into a fight.
Their daughter-in-law was not happy that her wine was dumped out, especially because she reportedly claimed that it cost $300. The two women got into a fight, and although the son and daughter-in-law still stayed at the house until their renovations were finished, the man described their relationship as "tense" ever since.
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The son told his dad that he can't see his grandkids anymore.
The man said that after some time, he met up with his son, thinking that some time apart was all that was needed to get rid of the tension.
He was wrong. His son told him that he wouldn't be able to see his grandkids anymore after what happened. "He knew the one big rule in the home, caused stress to his mother ( my wife)," the man wrote. "He told me it was final and I told him if he goes through with this he will be out of the will."
The man later found out the bottle of wine was only $25.
Though the daughter-in-law originally said that she spent $300 on the bottle of wine that was poured out, the man later found out that the wine was just $25. He turned to Redditors to ask for their opinion on the situation.
Some Redditors were skeptical.
Some Redditors were interested in hearing the other side of the story. They assumed that this huge argument could not simply be the result of dumping out a bottle of wine.
"There is roughly a 0% chance this is only about the wine," one Redditor responded. "I wonder what other past events factored into them not letting you see their children anymore."
"This is one of those posts where it feels very murky and one sided, and I feel like hearing the son or DIL’s side would shed a whole new light on this," another wrote. "(Taking away access to grandkids over a bottle of wine? Bet there are other reasons OP isn’t telling us.)"
Others sided with the man.
Others seemed to trust the man's side of the story a bit more. Some felt that the man and his wife did their son and daughter-in-law a favor when they let them stay at their house, and following a few simple rules should not be a big deal.
One Redditor commented: "You know what costs more than a $300 bottle of wine? Paying rent on an apartment or STR while your home is getting repaired. They stayed with you and the only cost was abiding by a few simple rules. They could have gone elsewhere to drink."
The whole story seems dramatic, some said.
From the beginning, starting with dumping the wine out, the family failed to have appropriate responses to things that happened, some Redditors pointed out. They could've simply communicated, but instead resorted to dramatic reactions like dumping the whole bottle of wine out and making threats about the grandkids and inheritance.
"Your son withholding your grandchildren in response is another extreme," a Redditor wrote. "EDIT: and of course they should have just followed your rules. And your threat to take him out of the will only escalated and maybe proved to your son that he was right to rethink the relationship. Your entire story was just escalation after escalation from all involved."
They should've been able to handle staying in a house without alcohol, according to some.
Some Redditors believe that the man and his wife were not asking for much.
"Don’t know why everyone thinks it’s acceptable to be so dependent on alcohol that being asked to not drink it for a little while is a crime," one Redditor responded. "You were kind enough to offer them to stay in your home, and gave them some rules to follow. When they didn’t follow them, you didn’t even kick them out."
Another added that they simply couldn't drink at home, but they could still drink within that timeframe if they wanted to, so again, it was not a big ask. "They weren’t even asked to not drink alcohol at all for a while," the Redditor noted. "They were just asked to keep it out of the home. Pretty simple."
The wife could've had a good reason for dumping out the wine.
While some Redditors didn't understand why the wife resorted to dumping out the bottle of wine, some defended her and said it might make sense.
"OP's wife may have needed to empty the bottle for personal reasons," one Redditor explained. "If she's an alcoholic, it might be much safer for her to head to the nearest sink and pour it out. If she has other alcohol-related trauma, she might have to empty it to avoid triggering it. I can't tell. The fact that the bottle was open might be critical to this. I can resist a wrapped chocolate bar far better than one that's been opened."
Is a bottle of wine worth ruining a relationship over? Probably not. Is it the true source of this family conflict, or just one small piece of it? Redditors weren't sure.
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