Coffee is a must-have in many people's routines thanks to its delicious taste and the fact that it can get you raring to go in the morning. But when one dad gave his 11-year-old son a sip of coffee, however, his wife was less than impressed with him – but there was an unusual backstory behind it. "My wife and I were both raised Mormon.
I left the church about 4 months ago. I started drinking coffee since I no longer thought it was wrong. We agreed that the kids would not have the option to drink it until they were at least 16", he explained on Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole' forum.
The dad explained his "son has often stated that he does not like the smell of coffee of the taste of the espresso jelly beans or anything else coffee flavoured", so when he was "at a town fair" and there were "coffee trials" he let his 11-year-old have some as he "was asking constantly to try a taste." He "gave him a tiny bit expecting that he would also find it gross", but he had the opposite reaction. He shared: "He enjoyed it and proceeded to tell my wife as soon as we got home before I could discuss it with her.
She is very upset with me and thinks I ruined our trust. "I probably shouldn't have let him have the coffee but I feel like she is overreacting so am I the a**hole?", he asked. In the comments, people said nobody was in the wrong and they could see both sides of the argument.
One wrote: "There is a difference between allowing your child to drink coffee and allowing them to taste coffee. .