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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Minimum_Effective759 on 2023-09-15 20:27:36.

Was playing with my nephew (9) and his dog outside. Nephew finds ant hill. I say don’t touch the ant hill. Nephew proceeds to do what almost every child in history has done and pokes the ant hill with a stick. I say okay stop it, they’re crawling up the stick. Nephew doesn’t drop the stick. I tell him he’s about to learn a hard lesson and then sit back and drink my beer.

A few minutes later nephew starts screaming because he got three ant bites. I take him inside to put benadryl cream on them. He’s a little tearful but he’s fine. His mom says what happened, I tell her. She says why didn’t you make him leave it alone. I said I told him to and he didn’t listen. She says you should have taken the stick away from him and distracted him. I said (jokingly) he’s a nine year old boy not a puppy. Wrong thing to say. Sister in law and brother start yelling at me. She’s more upset then the kid is.

AITA