AITA for forcing my son to use a bidet and threatening to talk to his friends or take him to the doctor about his underwear

A father’s quiet frustration mounts as he confronts an unexpected challenge in his teenage son’s hygiene, a struggle masked by the routine of daily ch**es now laid bare in the absence of his wife.

What should be a simple act of growing independence becomes a source of tension and helplessness, revealing cracks in the boy’s readiness for adulthood and the father’s desperate attempts to guide him.

Faced with foul laundry and a son’s stubborn refusal to change, the father’s resolve hardens into action—installing a bidet as both a tool and ultimatum.

But the boy’s retreat into defiance, choosing discomfort over responsibility, turns a private family struggle into a poignant battle between care, discipline, and the painful realities of parenting a child who resists growing up.