AITA for going home after my husband dangled me over the parking garage edge as a prank and I thought he was k**ling me?
The user described an incident that occurred during a planned dinner date with their husband. The couple had booked a specific restaurant that the husband was eager to visit.
After driving there, they parked on the top floor of a nearby parking garage and began walking down the stairs near the edge.
As they reached an area with a small railing before a drop-off, the husband shouted "SAY GOODBYE!," suddenly picked up the user, and dangled them over the edge. The user experienced extreme fear, believing they might be k**led.
After being pulled back, the husband laughed, calling it a joke, which left the user in shock and without an appet*te.
The user decided to leave the date immediately, leading to a conflict with the husband, and now questions if they were wrong to go home.
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The original poster (OP) reacted to a moment of extreme physical and emotional terror inflicted by their partner by prioritizing their immediate safety and emotional well-being by leaving the situation.
The central conflict lies between the OP's need for security and appropriate boundaries versus the husband's insistence that his dangerous act was harmless fun and that the OP overreacted by ending the date.
The core question for consideration is whether the OP was in the wrong for leaving the date immediately after their husband physically endangered them, or if the husband's actions—dangling a person over a high edge as a 'joke' and then failing to offer adequate comfort—justified the OP's decision to terminate the outing.
Strong Takes and Sharper Words from the Crowd:
Support, sarcasm, and strong words — the replies covered it all. This one definitely got people talking.