Man Is At A Loss For Words After Learning Wife Wants To Ignore Son’s Creepy Behavior

Teenagers sneaking out of their homes isn’t something that surprising. We see it happening in movies and in real life too — it’s just a typical part of teenagers’ resistance against their parents. When they sneak out, usually they do things that parents don’t allow them to do at home.

So, when the OP noticed his son sneaking out of the home, he probably expected him to do something similar. Yet, he didn’t. Instead, he just creeped out on their neighbors in their backyard, which creeped out the father in return. Then, when he started looking for ways to solve this odd situation, he met unexpected resistance.

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Usually teenagers sneak out of their homes to have fun with friends, but from time to time, there’s one, who has different plans

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This time, the teenager turned out to be the author’s son

Dad catches teen son creeping in neighbor’s yard at night, wife shockingly defends him in family dispute.

Dad catches teen son creeping around neighbor’s yard at night, wife shockingly defends him in family dispute.

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One day, the man noticed his son sneaking out, so he checked to see where he was going

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He noticed the boy simply snooping in the neighbor’s backyard, which was beyond creepy

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When he confronted the boy, he lied about his intentions, while his mom didn’t think this behavior was worth that much attention

One night the OP heard a strange noise on the side of their house. So, he checks it out and sees his 14-year-old son sneaking out. Teenagers sneaking out isn’t a new occurrence – they have been doing that for generations. Usually, they do that to hang out with their friends, maybe go to parties, engage in activities that parents wouldn’t like such as alcohol, and so on. 

Yet, in this story, that wasn’t the case. This teenager was sneaking out of his home to snoop on the family’s neighbors. Yes, you read that right. The boy was creeping around the neighbor’s backyard and around their home for 10 minutes or so. 

The dad could not let this behavior slip; it was beyond creepy, so he confronted his son. The boy started explaining something about looking for their indoor cat, who had run away from home, but this was clearly a lie since the cat was home. 

What makes matters worse is the fact that it wasn’t the only time the boy did this. His dad checked security cameras and noticed that it had been going on for 3 months, at least two or three times a week. One time was creepy enough, but knowing it’s a reoccurring thing makes it even creepier. 

The OP turned to his wife expecting her to chime in on how they can solve this issue of their son violating the privacy of their neighbors. After all, people should be entitled to privacy in their homes, as it’s important for a person’s autonomy, emotional, and mental well-being. And even though these people seem to not know their neighbor boy is watching them, it doesn’t change the creepiness factor. 

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In fact, if one day they would learn about it, they could easily sue the family for stalking. As we already acknowledged, the boy watching them for some unexplained reason is trespassing on their privacy, which can cause quite a lot of emotional harm when found out, so there are grounds for a lawsuit for sure. 

Despite all of this, the teenager’s mom wants to ignore this behavior, which flabbergasted the OP. His son’s behavior made him beyond uncomfortable, so he wanted to nip it in the bud with his wife’s help, but she chose to ignore it.

People online had a similar reaction to the OP – they were perplexed about why the boy’s mom wanted to ignore his trespassing and creepy behavior.

This made the original poster reveal that in his opinion she might know more than she’s letting on, as she wasn’t particularly surprised upon learning about her son’s behavior. Well, it doesn’t make the situation any better – if she is in the know, is she doing anything to prevent it? Because she should. 

Either way, besides the doctor’s appointment he already got for his son, the dad cannot do much else now, only wonder what’s actually going on in his home. So, we ask you – what would you have done if you were in his shoes?

The man had a drastically different opinion than his wife, so he asked for netizens’ takes, who ended up supporting him — the boy was acting creepy and needs help

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