AITA for telling my son's girlfriend that she is stupid?
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The original poster (OP) experienced significant offense when her son's girlfriend expressed concerns about exposing a future child to Brazilian culture due to the OP's history of plastic surgery.
The conflict centers on the OP's justifiable anger at what she perceived as a rude and culturally insensitive judgment versus her son's demand that she apologize for her harsh reaction to the girlfriend's statement.
Is the OP obligated to apologize for her verbally aggressive response to a boundary that she felt was deeply insulting and culturally biased, or does the severity of the girlfriend's initial accusation absolve the OP of the need to retract her strong statement?
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