Teen Refuses to Eat Out: AITA for Choosing Rest Over Vietnamese Dinner?

AITA for refusing to eat out with my family? Dad insists, I resist, and threats are made. Reddit weighs in on this family dinner dilemma.

Damjan

Published in Interesting
9 Feb 2026

Teen Refuses to Eat Out: AITA for Choosing Rest Over Vietnamese Dinner?

A teen refusing Vietnamese dinner sounds small on paper, until it turns into a full-on Wi-Fi standoff in the middle of a Friday night. And yeah, it’s exactly as petty as it sounds, mostly because the same thing already happened last month.

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OP is 15 and an introvert who likes being home, but sometimes they do go out and have fun. This time, dad offers to take OP and their sister to a Vietnamese restaurant after taekwondo and school, and OP says they are tired and just want to rest. Dad does not accept “no,” keeps pushing, and escalates to threatening to take away the Wi-Fi as punishment.

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Once the shouting starts, the real question becomes whether OP is actually the problem, or just finally fed up with being forced out when they are exhausted.

Original Post

for some background, i am 15m and a introvert. i prefer to stay at home than go outside.

BUT sometimes i like to go outside and have fun. So my dad offered to take me and my sister to a Vietnamese restaurant.

it was a Friday and i just came home from my taekwondo lessons and school. i said "no sorry i am really tired i want to stay home" then he said "no you have to come" and i said again that i was tired and i just wanted to relax by myself.

he still said i had to come and he will take away the Wi-Fi if i didn't. i was really pissed at this point because, last month, this same exact thing happened with the same restaurant.

i was getting mad because he just wouldn't take no for a answer and kept shouting and threatening to take the WIFI away. so i ALSO shouted, "why is saying no to going out a punishment?

i am just tired!" (he takes away the WIFI as a punishment) and i was just so mad at this point and decided just to rest and not go to the reatuarant. AITA?