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[–]The_Imerfect_Mango 47 ポイント48 ポイント

Can I get some context? I love stories like these.

[–]NuclearWaffelle[S] 34 ポイント35 ポイント

I was at a BBQ yesterday and there was this little kid that looked about 7 years old running around while the parent was sitting with the host drinking wine. I came to the party in normal clothes, because I don't like swimming, and so did a lot of other people. At this gathering, there was a large pool with freezing water in it, and a hot tub that me and my friends we hanging out by. I'm chatting with my friends when the kid comes by and starts shooting me and all of my friends with cold water.

Needless to say, everyone was pretty pissed at both the kid and the parent because we're soaking wet, my clothes are ruined, and we're freezing. So I grabbed a watering can, filled it with cold water and dumped it on the little prick (keep in mind he was swimming in the cold water to begin with). Apparently retribution is the biggest sin because the parent came over and was mad that we didn't like his display of marksmanship.

I think I ended it by throwing his water gun (which want actually his) into the deep end and saying something along the line of "fetch."

tl;dr Exactly what the title said

Edit: I think I neglected to mention that I'm a high schooler and so was everyone else there, so I apologize if I don't have the patients for small children as a parent should. His antics went on for about a half hour before I lost it.

Edit 2: I didn't know it was a pool party, and neither did a lot of my friends, else I would've dressed appropriately. Also, he continued to shoot at us after the bucket of eater, hence why I threw his water gun (which floated, by the way) into the pool and away from him.

[–]dan-syndrome 33 ポイント34 ポイント

I was imagining a grown man dumping a barrel of water Thor style on a kid who playfully squirted some water at him. LIVE UP TO MY EXPECTATIONS DAMMIT!

But joking aside, WTF were you thinking with throwing the kid's gun and saying "fetch?" Just take the gun and squirt him back, then return the gun to his parents. That's all you needed to do.

[–]ERR40 31 ポイント32 ポイント

Water guns at a BBQ, oh the horror.

[–]jakksquat7 22 ポイント23 ポイント

Getting wet while next to a pool with kids in it...never saw that coming.

[–]Splortabot 12 ポイント13 ポイント

Oh let me go enjoy this pool party/bbq and sit on the ledge of the pool. But fuck that little 7 year old for being a kid. This guy sounds like a fucking prick.

[–]j3w 3 ポイント4 ポイント

In May.

[–]ThePolemicist 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Memorial Day weekend is considered the unofficial start of summer in the US. That's when all of the neighborhood swimming pools open up, and almost everyone has or attends a BBQ.

[–]Cikedo 140 ポイント141 ポイント

my clothes are ruined

...WHAT?

the kid comes by and starts shooting me and all of my friends with cold water

The kid shoots multiple people with a water gun, manages to "soak" all of you, literally ruin your clothes...

I mean shit, I grew up with some pretty decent super soakers... even then it took a good bit of time just to get ONE person soaked... but soak an entire group of people? Not to mention, do you have any idea how difficult it is to pump a super soaker when you're a little kid? Especially enough to soak someone. Even more especially to soak multiple someones.

If you ask me, I think you exaggerated the fucking shit out of the story.

The little kid got you and your friends a little wet (I don't know how he would get you any wetter than that, unless he focus fired on one person. Still, getting shot with water is understandingly annoying), you flipped out and lost your shit, dumped a bucket on him, grabbed his toy and threw it (like an 8 year old), made a snarky comment, and are now trying to justify it.

I totally get getting him wet, most people would. But don't act like this is a fucking travesty the likes of which the world has never known.

[–]FuzzyTurtlez 51 ポイント52 ポイント

yea getting him wet back was one thing but throwing his super soaker in the water and yelling, "fetch" was a douche bag move.

[–]thetallgiant -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

Or maybe you should control your little fuck trophy.

[–]IamGraham 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Its funny when people use this term. What do you think you are?

[–]ScoobyDone 23 ポイント24 ポイント

But how could we feel sorry for him if we knew that all that really happened was he got his t-shirt and jeans a little wet and he snapped on the little bastard?

[–]LordBlackmore 0 ポイント1 ポイント

IMO, OP acting just as childish as the kid he's complaining about.

[–]jrg2004 9 ポイント10 ポイント

She either wore dry clean only clothes to a Memorial Day bbq, or has never washed her clothes. So either shortsighted, dirty, or a liar. Either way, sounds like the kid is less of a douchebag than OP.

[–]edwartica 6 ポイント7 ポイント

[–]NuclearWaffelle[S] -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

I'm not trying to make it sound like a huge tragedy. I'm just trying to explain the inconvenience of freezing outside, having to borrow clothes from my friend and avoid getting wet the rest of the gathering, all because someone couldn't keep control of their kid.

By the way, it wasn't a super soaker, it was one of those stupid water wand things that could hold a lot of water and hit about 2-3 people with it. Yes, I could literally feel my clothes get heavier because of him.

[–]ScoobyDone 8 ポイント9 ポイント

So tell us. What were you wearing?

[–]Touch_Of_Red 3 ポイント4 ポイント

I'll bet everything I own that a fedora was included in the ensemble.

[–]ScoobyDone 1 ポイント2 ポイント

And it got wet at a pool party. The humanity!

[–]Reggaejunkiejew31 10 ポイント11 ポイント

You sound like the biggest fucking cry baby.

[–]vuhleeitee 8 ポイント9 ポイント

Getting wet is a logical hazard of going to a pool party, what idiot wears clothes they're afraid of getting wet to a damn pool party? Should the kid have sprayed you? No. However, your parents should be embarrassed over your bratty tantrum about the icky water getting your precious clothes wet, more than this kid's parents should be over their seven year old acting...like a seven year old.

[–]60secondwarlord 2 ポイント3 ポイント

Exactly and unless she was wearing a suede suit and hushpuppies I highly doubt water from a child's pump action squirt gun ruined her clothes. You can take this L and grow the fuck up.

[–]Schlot 4 ポイント5 ポイント

You are young and intemperate.

[–]dan-syndrome 3 ポイント4 ポイント

OP destroys his house's sinks when they squirt water at him.

[–]kingoftown 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Freezing outside?

I came to the party in normal clothes, because I don't like swimming ...

This means it was a pool party. Which probably means it't not fucking freezing outside I would guess. '

[–]LordBlackmore 0 ポイント1 ポイント

What you seem to fail to realize is that you acted just as childish as the kid you're complaining about. The correct response was to find the parents, or an adult who's in charge and tell them.

[–]hupacmoneybags 0 ポイント1 ポイント

But youre analyzing this story like it actually happened. And thats where you went wrong.

[–]kingoftown -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Edit: I think I've neglected to mention that I'm a high schooler and everyone else there was as well.

It finally all makes sense

[–]throwing_myself_away -1 ポイント0 ポイント

TIL you've never owned a silk shirt.

[–]ScoobyDone 47 ポイント48 ポイント

Your clothes were ruined? They got wet. Sounds like the kid was a bit of a brat, and you are a massive bitch.

[–]Fall down 7 times. Get up 8.Pawn0 8 ポイント9 ポイント

I don't know how any clothes would get ruined by water....do you not wash them op? Do you have dry clean only?

[–]ScoobyDone 3 ポイント4 ポイント

Stays home on rainy days too I guess. Must be a hard life.

[–]securitytheatre 0 ポイント1 ポイント

OP was probably not wearing a suit, but I had a wool suit that was ruined by getting wet.

[–]theseekerofbacon 22 ポイント23 ポイント

my clothes are ruined

Man, if only you lived in a universe where you could do something as crazy as stand in the sun for a couple minutes.

[–]Uncharted-Zone 4 ポイント5 ポイント

I don't know about you, but I hate the feeling of wet clothes sticking to my body, and "a couple minutes" of standing in sunlight definitely won't dry them enough to get rid of that feeling. How does that justify going up to strangers and spraying them with water guns anyway?

[–]catechizer 1 ポイント2 ポイント

It doesn't but the point is OP's clothes weren't ruined. If water ruined clothes then a lot more people would own equipment to do their own dry cleaning at home.

[–]shoelesssailor 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Pool water has chemicals in it dingus. It can stain. And depending on the fabric op was wearing, the damage could render the item unwearable

[–]bigb12345 7 ポイント8 ポイント

Maybe you should not wear silk and suede garments to a poolside bbq....

[–]ScoobyDone 4 ポイント5 ポイント

Did he get squirted with pool water? It sounds like you are making up as much shit as the OP.

[–]Jaben3421 -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Some fabrics don't do well with water, especially salt water from a pool.

[–]aarone46 8 ポイント9 ポイント

Salt water...from a pool?

[–]wachet 3 ポイント4 ポイント

Salt is often substituted for part of the chlorine in a pool.

[–]aarone46 1 ポイント2 ポイント

TIL. Thanks!

[–]THANKS-FOR-THE-GOLD 0 ポイント1 ポイント

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_water_chlorination

It still uses chlorine but it generates the chlorine rather than buying/adding chlorine.

[–]Jaben3421 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Usually you have salt and/or chlorine in a pool to keep the water clean.

[–]aarone46 0 ポイント1 ポイント

TIL. Thanks!

[–]pooroldedgar -1 ポイント0 ポイント

I had that once, at a hotel. Jumping in was like taking a big bite of cake only to realize it's carrot.

[–]SteveDaveMcFace 0 ポイント1 ポイント

I love carrot cake.

[–]AptCasaNova -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Seersucker, perhaps?

[–]herschel_34 12 ポイント13 ポイント

Did you leave the part out where you 1) asked the kid to quit? 2) ask the parents to take care of the child's behavior?

What did the kid do/say when you asked him to quit? Did the parents honor your request?

[–]FormerFastCat 13 ポイント14 ポイント

Apparently you lack the ability to spell as well.

Clothes "ruined" by water...oh the fucking humanity! Look, I get it the kid was being a little shit, but as you're ALMOST an adult, you should have reacted a little differently here.

So Congrats, the winner of the shitty parents award is..... Yours!

[–]jaysqueens -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Clothes can get ruined by water. Especially if you are at the age where clothes matter. Aren't you being a little bit hard on the kid?

[–]MetalCreed 2 ポイント3 ポイント

throwing his water gun (which want actually his) into the deep end and saying something along the line of "fetch."

Not exactly this scenario, but that's how my dad taught me to swim and dive in the deep end.

[–]baumkramer 7 ポイント8 ポイント

I think I ended it by throwing his water gun (which want actually his) into the deep end and saying something along the line of "fetch."

Sounds a lot like this didn't happen

[–]mommy2libras 12 ポイント13 ポイント

We have a huge bbq every year for the 4th of July. The kids there are allowed to play with squirt guns and such but all of the older people are already aware of it. If the get someone wet, they know they've become fair game and one of the uncles might just dump an ice chest over them. However, they are also aware that some people don't want to be wet and will tell them so, so they avoid squirting those people. If the kid is squirting other people with water, they should expect retaliation.

But I have to ask- why are you wearing clothes to a bbq that can be ruined by water alone ? This has nothing to do with the kid- if the parents are going to let them run around, getting people wet then they should expect that their kid is going to get it back- but you do know that bbqs are not the cleanest places, right? Don't wear anything that can get ruined easily since, when hanging around and eating outside, you never know what can happen. I always bring extra clothes as well. You can never tell when that lawn chair will break, spilling whatever you're holding all over you or when you might slip on some damp grass. Grass and bbq stains are a bitch.

[–]The_Imerfect_Mango 10 ポイント11 ポイント

Nobody has any respect for elders these days.

[–]mechesh 4 ポイント5 ポイント

wait wait wait...who says douchy assholes deserve respect?

The parents had no right to get bad at OP for giving the kid a taste of his own medicine. Nobody got hurt, it is all ok. good parents would have told the kid he deserved it.

[–]The_Imerfect_Mango 16 ポイント17 ポイント

I did not mean the parents... I was referring to OP. Yeesh, I'm sorry I said anything.

[–]Hungry_Lion 5 ポイント6 ポイント

He grabbed the kids toy, threw it away, and told him to fetch. I'd be mad too if that was my kid.

[–]mechesh -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

That's how he ended it...after the parents got mad because he dumped water on the kid who had squirted him already.

If it was my kid my response to the kid would be "well that's what you get...actions have consequences and you squirted him first."

[–]Hungry_Lion 1 ポイント2 ポイント

I don't. The way I see it OP was acting like a child. He should have just said something to the kids parents. if he just had to splash the kid back, he should have done it playfully, not with malice. That's how I would have done it at least.

[–]mechesh 0 ポイント1 ポイント

we can speculate he did it with malice given his attitude, but we don't know...unless he has posted something I have not read.

[–]23_vibrators 5 ポイント6 ポイント

I'm agreeing with everyone who said you're supposed to be the mature one here.
So if he was playing with a toy sword and hit you a few times, would you backhand him for your "retribution"?
As a dad of a 1 year old, reddit scares me. There's a whole generation of this shit going on.

[–]dan-syndrome 6 ポイント7 ポイント

OP is a highschooler and the kid was 7.

[–]FallenKnightGX -2 ポイント-1 ポイント

How is this an excuse?

I remembering being annoyed by little kids and telling them off a bit. But man did I get in massive trouble for it. They're little, they don't quite understand the social rules of being at a BBQ near a pool.

If you have an issue speak with the parent and chances are they'll understand - if not get away from the pool, stand near someone the kid doesn't like, do anything else other than what you did. Do not flip out on the kid it'll only make you the asshole (as seen here).

In this scenario anyone who is of HS age should know how to properly deal with a child. Simply being in HS doesn't give this kid a get out of jail free card for being a jerk w/o cause.

[–]bigb12345 -2 ポイント-1 ポイント

Op is a slightly older kid than the one who squirted him....the op forgets that 5 years ago he would have been running around with a water gun and having fun, instead of pretending to be an adult but just coming off like a jerk face.

[–]dan-syndrome 0 ポイント1 ポイント

His reaction was immature, but his age (or their age difference) makes it more justifiable than if it was a 40 year old.

[–]Lurker2commentor 2 ポイント3 ポイント

"There's a whole generation of kids who haven't had kids yet and don't know how to handle children. We're doomed. "

[–]23_vibrators 0 ポイント1 ポイント

What's that from?

[–]Lurker2commentor 0 ポイント1 ポイント

I was poking fun at your comment of "their is a whole generation of this shit going on."

[–]23_vibrators -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Oh. The quotation marks had me figuring it was a quote.
I was kinda hoping to see where that was going.
Generalizing to a generation is incorrect, and I shouldn't have done so.
It's really not about knowing how to handle kids here, it's just a disturbing lack of empathy or sonder.

[–]ViiKuna 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Got hit by a toy sword? Retribution! (Sorry for the tumblr-type gif)

[–]killgeof -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Fuck that. You need to teach your child manners. Are you really ok with your child going around hitting adults and spraying them with water guns? If the parent had stepped up when all of this started nothing would have happened to the child. And what happened to him was deserved imo.

[–]23_vibrators 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Parent making a mistake in not supervising adequately doesn't justify a mistake like OPs.
Two wrongs don't make a right. OP is supposed to be the mature one here.

[–]killgeof 2 ポイント3 ポイント

What mistake? Pouring water on a kid who wants to play with water guns? What the Fuck are you talking about?

[–]23_vibrators 0 ポイント1 ポイント

Trying to one-up a child with malicious intent isn't a mistake?

[–]killgeof 0 ポイント1 ポイント

The malicious intent of what? Getting him wet? He's at a pool shooting unsuspecting people with a water gun. Is that the way you raise your kids? Let them do whatever they want and then get mad at other people when they do the same thing back to them? I hope not or else the kid will grow up thinking they can do whatever they want and just run to you for protection. The kid wasn't hurt and hopefully learned a life lesson today. Don't expect good things to happen to you when you run around shooting strangers with water guns. As an adult or young adult you might get your ass whipped for doing that.

[–]killgeof 1 ポイント2 ポイント

also I'm never going to take advice on how to "act like an adult" from someone named 23_vibrators.

[–]GotAhGurs -5 ポイント-4 ポイント

Your own absurd lack of accountability for your own child is what scares me. Your child should not be squirting water on anyone or hitting anyone with any toys. If he does, he might encounter reactions you won't agree with. Don't like it? Don't let your kid get in that position.

[–]23_vibrators 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Wtf? This was a social gathering with a pool involved and a water pistol, not some platform for OP to carry out street justice

[–]clavalle 0 ポイント1 ポイント

...at a pool party.

People need some fucking perspective in this thread.

[–]imusik4 3 ポイント4 ポイント

Well, OP, you may be in high school, but it looks like you've already become a grumpy old man.

[–]El_Gringo1775 3 ポイント4 ポイント

So... the best way to respond was to display the maturity of a 7 year old kid? Your clothes got wet, yeah it sucks but cmon, be the bigger person. Mostly because you fucking are

[–]kingoftown -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Clothes RUINED! RUINED!!! His fedora will never lay flat again.

[–]limpack -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

Why shouldnt he have shown the kid that actions have consequences and gave himself some sweet revenge at the same time? Sounds like a win-win to me.

[–]JCue 1 ポイント2 ポイント

Except for the whole battery of a child and the potential to get arrested side. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Battery is any unwanted or unconsensual touching by person or with an object.

[–]JCue -1 ポイント0 ポイント

Except for the whole battery of a child and the potential to get arrested side. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Battery is any unwanted or unconsensual touching by person or with an object.

[–]limpack 1 ポイント2 ポイント

If your first line of defense in such a situation is the law, then you have deprived yourself of any dignity already. I'll give you something to think about: aggression as a function of the psyche is there for a reason. Trying to remove it from interpersonal relationships results in very very sick behaviours.

[–]JCue -1 ポイント0 ポイント

That is idiotic to attack a person's character as a defense from a stupid attack when one simply does not understand the laws in play. I do not need you to give me anything to think about. It is not worth ruining your life to give someone kid a life lesson he will never remember in the first place.

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    [–]Jestalurker 26 ポイント27 ポイント

    /r/Childfree is leaking again.

    [–]popupguy -1 ポイント0 ポイント

    the shittiest parts of reddit somehow manage to coverge in /r/adviceanimals. Burn this sub down! Put an end to all May-mays!

    [–]Rag_roller 15 ポイント16 ポイント

    You still live at home, don't you?

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      [–]pooroldedgar 3 ポイント4 ポイント

      It was a BBQ!

      [–]Hungry_Lion -1 ポイント0 ポイント

      Is this you?

      [–]bigb12345 0 ポイント1 ポイント

      So bitter...

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        [–]gamman 0 ポイント1 ポイント

        I hate kids at best, but its not the kids fault. You should have poured the water over the parent for not controlling the feral.

        FWIW, If I had done that as a kid I would have copped a flogging. I was taught to have respect for elders. We could play and be kids, but we had to behave around other adults. I guess this is where I learned to have respect, something which seems to escape parents and their children these days.

        [–]evil_boy4life 0 ポイント1 ポイント

        What fucking wanker you are.

        A 7 year old being a seven year old and spraying a little water. It's not the fact that you soaked him back. No, that would be joining the game. It's the fact that you got pissed at the kid and did it out of spite.

        If I would have been present I would have decked you, son.

        Pathetic excuse for a man.

        [–]ShoutyCrackers 7 ポイント8 ポイント

        So, you'd escalate a situation into violence. Not a smart move. You've just become an aggressor in an actionable situation.

        Guess who just broke the law. You did. Who's going to defend the kid when you're dead or in prison?

        Let me give you a short scenario of what happens if this goes down with me. (I live in Texas, and something very similar to this has actually happened to me, although I never actually shot)

        Your kid squirts me. I tell him to stop. He doesn't. You don't do anything. He squirts me again. I dump water on his head. He goes crying to you. You flip your shit and come at me.

        Now you are the aggressor and I have the right to defend myself. Now I'm not a badass, I'm a cripple. But I'm licensed to carry a concealed weapon and live in a state that lets me defend myself. It doesn't end well for you. You either get shot and die or get shot and arrested. Cops won't care about the water thing at this point. You attacked, I defended. Advantage, me.

        I gather from your verbiage that you're not from Texas. I'd gather GB or Canada. Rules are different there I'm sure, but guns aside, the outcome would be the same, negative for you, advantage me.

        I realize that you're just an internet tough guy feeling smug behind his monitor, but the reality of the situation is that your intended course of action is ill-advised.

        Kids need to learn the consequences of their actions. Squirt people with water, get water thrown on you. Proper response to an action. It isn't OPs place to yell at the kid, its his parent's (or if he's your kid, its yours). So if you aren't disciplining your kid to learn how to behave in society and escalate a situation into violence in defense of your ill mannered child, you've just reinforced his bad behavior. Bad things happen to kids who don't learn consequences of their actions. One way or another, life catches up to them, and when it does, it hits them like a freight train.

        When you reinforce negative societal behavior, you're more at fault than the child is.

        [–]KingdomOf -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        Lmao!! I was picturing you as a grown man, like 30s-40s, and was just thinking damn, this guy's pretty immature. Makes sense now

        [–]lexsird[🍰] -4 ポイント-3 ポイント

        [–]Springpeen -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        Patients? So you're a doctor enrolled in high school?

        [–]JCue -3 ポイント-2 ポイント

        You are not batman. Vigilantism is highly illegal. If you are at least 16 years old, what you did was battery of a child. You can get convicted of a felony and go to prison for this. You are no old enough to know right and wrong and what you did was wrong. You are very lucky the parents did not decide to call the police. I am in no way trying to be a dick. You're at the age of responsible behavior yet lack the knowledge of punishments of a common law conviction.

        [–]CommanderZiggens 0 ポイント1 ポイント

        I had no idea that dumping a bucket of water on a kid after he sprayed you with a water gun was considered vigilantism.

        [–]supersouporsalad -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        So you went to pool party and got angry that you got wet at a pool party so you find the kid and dump water on him? You sound like a vindictive baby back bitch

        [–]UCgirl -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        Should have walked over and squired the parents. Then get charged with assault. Wouldn't have shocked me.

        [–]edwartica -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        Maybe you should "fetch" some clothes that aren't so easy to ruin.

        [–]wiljones -1 ポイント0 ポイント

        Op you really are an immature douche. Petty revenge makes you look bad. Of course the parent was mad you had no fucking right to do that. That's the behavior I'd expect from a 10 year old.