r/AITAH • u/HopefullyIntentional • 4d ago

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u/grouchykitten1517 4d ago

You don't have to leave a mark on a child for 3 days to prevent them from hitting you.

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u/rockthrowing 4d ago

No you don’t but that wasn’t OPs intention. They just wanted the kid to stop hitting them. OP defended themselves and it sounds like it worked since SIL won’t talk to them anymore, meaning the kid shouldn’t be around them anymore.

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u/TheBluesDoser 4d ago

Well maybe you should.

Let ‘em come, boys and girls.

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u/AceVisconti 4d ago

It's not OP's job to parent her sister in law's child. I would have smacked anyone threatening to bounce a goddamn basket ball off my head. Depending on how hard something like that hits you, you can wind up with a concussion or broken nose. She gave him a warning, and he didn't let up. She was well within her rights to follow through or else he would never take it seriously, and CONTINUE assaulting her.