A dad has asked social media whether he was in the right to punish his vegetarian son for a defiant act.
The bloke, known only as temptemptemp772, wrote on Reddit's Am I The A**hole page how his teenage son had to be punished for ruining loads of meat.
He explained on the site that he goes hunting every year for 'economic reasons'.
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He kills a few deer and then he has meat stored in the family's freezer all winter, which allows them to essentially have free meals during the cold months.
"The bulk of the meat is kept in a large freezer in the garage and about once a week we pull out what we will need for the next week or so. Which means the freezer is normally only opened about once a week," he said.
The man also explained that his 15-year-old son became vegetarian six months ago and he and his wife didn't have a problem with it.
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"We started making meatless meals twice a week and made sure every other dinner was such that the meat was separate from everything else so he could still eat with us," the dad said. "This has been working great for the last six months with no complaints."
"However, last week when I pulled the meat for the week out of our freezer in the garage he decided to come behind me and unplug the freezer.
"I guess he thought we weren't doing enough to support his cause? He never spoke to us or complained about our twice a week set up prior to unplugging the freezer."
Unsurprisingly, the meat started to rot inside the freezer, however it wasn't until it was too late that the family discovered the problem.
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The smell was 'putrid' and they had to work fast to get the spoilt meat out of the home.
"I asked my son if he knew what happened and he proudly said that he had unplugged it on purpose and now we would have to be meat free," the dad wrote.
"I told him that he didn't have the right to ruin a freezer full of meat and raise the families grocery bill without discussing it with anyone.
"I told him that as part of his punishment he had to clean up his mess. Meaning dispose of all of the rotting meat and either sufficiently clean and sanitise the freezer or purchase a new one out of his savings."
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But the son hit back against the order and called his dad out for being an a**hole.
The dad was praised for his approach to the act and he even drew support from some vegetarians.
One explained how the son's defiant approach means the deer will now have died for no reason, which is worse than if they went into a meal.
People also said the son should definitely be forced to replace the freezer as rotting meat will forever ruin any type of machine.
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