Mother Tells Son a "Secret" That Her Husband Told Her Not to Tell, and Now It's Causing Problems

There's one thing that we all have tucked away in our heads and hearts that we don't want to share with anyone. This one thing is called a secret, and people tend to have a lot of them, actually.

When it comes to secrets, I think most of us can agree that it's a bit hard to figure out when a secret must stay a secret and when it must come out. Many of us probably receive secrets with the intention of keeping them to ourselves, but sometimes that's not the case.

Our judgment is quite strong, and sometimes if your gut is telling you to do something, then you should follow it. The mother in this story, unfortunately, bore the burden of carrying a secret that she felt wasn't right, so she decided to tell her son about it.

Following this decision came a lot of arguments, hurt feelings, and overall negativity. Unfortunately, this is what happens sometimes when things come out that people didn't want to be revealed.

This story is a little complex, but it's yet another AITA post from Reddit that seems to have garnered a lot of responses. Let's dive into this story to hear the situation and see all of the responses from Reddit users.

Here's the post from OP explaining the story.

thtiwRA57758

This is where the story gets a little twisted, and she catches her husband lying.

thtiwRA57758

The comments quickly came in, and it seems that people immediately say she's not the TA, but her husband is.

reyballesta

Clearly, her husband is in the same category as children by the way he acts.

Borgteddy

This comment actually received a bit of a response from OP.

stickaforkinmeplz

This is definitely something that might be a deal breaker.

jocoreddit

People tend to agree that if she stays with her husband, then she is the TA.

fractaldawn

Her husband is in the wrong, and it seems that her revealing the secret was justified.

NachoPrecarioso

It seems that the Reddit comments are encouraging her to leave her husband.

Akuma_Wolvester

It's a big red flag that he acted this way and took her son's best friend from him.

allexgrace

I mean, that wouldn't be a bad idea. Clearly, Mike has more sense than her husband.

bluecarnallove

He's absolutely bonkers. I would agree.

TypicalManagement680

This would make me wonder a lot of things about my husband.

_clumsykay__

It's great that she told her son and stood by him in his time of need.

Daniellewithadhd81

This is such childish behavior.

StrawberrySapphic

Her husband was totally out of line, and he's the AH for hurting her son like that.

lestatisalive

Red flags abound in this whole situation.

Pommegranites

This is a comment made of gold.

lightweight65

Either way, it has been agreed that this was a terrible way to handle this situation.

JudgeJed100

Couples counseling might not even fix this.

WA_State_Buckeye

This about sums it up.

headfullofpain

Another comment suggests she would be the AH if she kept her husband around.

delkarnu

This post seems to have garnered a pretty straightforward agreement on whether or not OP is the AH. Well, this is definitely a secret that should not have been kept, and it seems that the mother understood that.

What do you think about this situation, and do you agree with the Reddit comments on the verdict?