AITAH for laughing at my father-in-law when he hurt his b**t after he didn’t listen to me?

A Reddit user shares a lighthearted yet intense story about assembling his new grill while his father-in-law came over to supervise—and criticize. The father-in-law ignored a warning not to sit on a plastic table, leading to an accident that ended with a hospital trip for stitches. Now, both the father-in-law and the user’s wife are upset at him for laughing when the mishap happened, even though he says it was mostly out of nervousness.

‘ AITAH for laughing at my father-in-law when he hurt his b**t after he didn’t listen to me?’

I just bought a new propane grill. My wife told her dad and he came over to supervise because obviously I could not possibly do it by myself. I actually could have used his help a couple of times lifting the heavier parts or moving them around but he decided that he was just there to criticize.

He chose to do so by sitting on one of our plastic patio tables and continuously tell me what I’m doing wrong. I’m used to it so I mostly ignore him except to tell him to grab one of the chairs instead of sitting on a table not meant for that.

He proceeded to tell me that he wasn’t fat and that he wasn’t going to damage it. Whatever it is a plastic table I’ve had forever so I don’t really care. I was almost done the grill when I heard something awesome. My wife was bringing us out some beer and he leaned back and put all his weight on the table.

Which had promptly snapped. A fluke made a shard of it cut through his jeans like butter and gashed his right ass cheek. Badly. Like I had to do first aid and call an ambulance. I laughed a little mostly out of nervousness but also because it was funny as f**k. Him and my wife both got mad at me for laughing at his injury.

I said he was an adult who made a stupid decision then doubled down after being corrected. And that b**t injuries were inherently funny. Even bad ones. He had to get stitches on his ass and is sitting rather tenderly but they are still upset at me. I honestly was just nervous and that’s why I laughed.. So AITAH?

Here’s what Redditors had to say:

penguinswithfedoras −  “When one insists upon f**king around, one does, indeed, tend to find out”. NTA.

Special_Ad1555 −  NTA. You told him to sit in a chair. He chose to be a d**k about it. Him and your wife can kick rocks. At least after his b**t heals anyways. 

MrMastodon −  NTA. He’s being really butthurt over this for some reason. Maybe embarrassment.

lapsteelguitar −  I have to agree with two things, OP: 1) B**t injuries are funny. 2) Your FIL did this to himself.. NTA.

Magdovus −  Tell him that once the stitches are out he can put the stick back in.

HeliosVII −  NTA but your wife is a problem that will only get worse. She had no good reason getting her a**hole of a dad involved in something you could perfectly manage.

svkatt −  NTA. B**t injuries ARE inherently funny 🤣!!! Even if it’s happened to me (I TRIED roller skating for the first time in 20 years)!

ccl-now −  Your wife sounds – difficult. Your FIL is a patronising pillock and she doesn’t seem to see that. What happened was inherently funny and doubly so because it was a case of getting exactly what he deserved but the whole situation just went right over her head.

chez2202 −  NTA. I know a lot of people. I’m 50 so I’ve obviously met many people over my lifetime. I don’t think that there are even 3 of them who wouldn’t have laughed, and that’s without warning them beforehand!!!

Madame_Kitsune98 −  NTA. Tell your wife you don’t need her daddy’s supervision or approval, but apparently, he needs a keeper to tell him not to park his stupid ass on something that won’t support him. Oh wait, you told him that.
So, you know, remind her he fucked around and found out, and no, you don’t feel bad for a grown man who just won’t learn.