This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Slight-Firefighter on 2023-07-03 00:02:15+00:00.

Staying with my husband’s family for Labor Day weekend at a beach house with a long pier (great for swimming, fishing, etc….) and my husband and I are hanging out on this pier chatting and this sweet boy from next door is asking politely if he could fish off of the pier because theirs is a bit shorter and doesn’t go quite as deep into the water. The family are renters that are just staying for the weekend as well. I tell the boy it should be fine, just let me ask our in-laws (since we obviously don’t own the place). I expect a, “Sure! Go ahead young boy of 8 years old who asked politely before just coming over to fish”, but no, I get…. “Absolutely not! Go tell them that they have their own pier they can fish on!” They always preach respect, helping others, “back in my day crap…”, and being good neighbors, but when it comes to polite children asking for permission to use their stuff, it’s “NO!”. I waited til my in-laws left for the day and let the kid go fish out there anyway. This is also their 4th home. They have another beach house (with a pier), a farmhouse elsewhere, and a wine country home…. AITA?

I might be the a-hole because they did buy the place along with the pier, it’s theirs, and they can do with it as they please. Millions of dollars spent…