The internet has slammed a man for locking his wife in their bedroom so he could talk with a friend, after a viral post on Reddit.
On Thursday, user leila221 shared the story on the popular Reddit forum r/AmITheA**hole, and with over 10,000 upvotes and over 1,000 comments, users have overwhelmingly sided with the woman.
In the post, she explained: "Our bedroom has two locks; the regular key lock (both sides) and a barrel bolt (inside only).
"We had an unexpected and unwelcome late-night guest (my husband's friend). I wanted to kick him out but my husband said he needed to speak to him for five minutes about something important. I told him to talk to him elsewhere and not inside the house.
"He kept insisting it would just be five minutes and asked me to wait in our room. I said 'no' and I was going to go and ask the friend to leave but my husband ended up locking me inside of our bedroom."
The user continued to explain that her husband did not take five minutes and she was still locked inside over an hour later.
"I decided to just go to sleep and I locked the door with the barrel bolt," she said. "I fell asleep before he came back and when he did, he was knocking and telling me to open the door. I did wake up but I ignored him."
She explained that her husband is aware she is a light sleeper and that in the morning they had a fight about the events of the evening. She finished the post with "AITA?"
Shocked by the story, Redditors happily sided with the woman.
One user wrote: "He locked you in your bedroom in order to 'talk to his friend'? What kind of 'discussion' requires locking your spouse away in a room in the middle of the night?"
Another user pointed out how the incident would have broken their trust: "You should consider if you can trust your husband after this (I personally would not trust someone who would lock me inside a room and come back hours later)."
One Redditor also highlighted the potential seriousness of the incident: "I really think people are underplaying how serious this was. As is OP. He literally imprisoned you, you were locked in a room, with no way out, intentionally.
"I'm not victim-blaming, but I have to know why didn't you call the police and report it? Does stuff like this happen a lot? Have you grown accustomed to abuse? Why do you have a bedroom that locks on the outside?"
In fact, the law clearly states that locking someone in a room against their will is false imprisonment. This is an intentional tort, meaning a wrongful act that can cause harm, whether physical or psychological. This is against the law in the U.S.
Another reply to the story said: "I feel like there's more going on here and it's probably bad. Are you safe?"
Newsweek has reached out to leila221 for comment.
Anyone seeking help should call The National Domestic Violence Hotline, a free and confidential hotline available 24/7 that can be reached on 1-800-799-7233 or TTY 1-800-787-3224. The Hotline also provides information on local resources. For more information visit https://www.thehotline.org/.
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