A furious mum was left horrified after her in-laws forced her four-year-old son to wet himself while they were looking after him.
The distraught mum had left her child, who has ADHD, with her husband - the child's step-dad - while she went to her best friend's funeral.
However, while she mourning her friend, her husband decided to drop the little boy off at his own sister's house to be looked after by her and her husband, without consulting her first.
While she was at the funeral, the mum received a message from her sister-in-law telling her she would need to collect the little boy because he had wet himself in her house.
The woman shared the incident on Reddit's Am I The A**hole forum and revealed the cruel in-laws had put the boy on a 'time-out' for a full 90 minutes, refusing him permission to use the bathroom, writes The Mirror
She said: "I was all kinds of shocked and confused and had many questions in mind, like how the hell my son ended up at my sister-in-law's house after I left him with his step-dad,"
"I called my husband but he didn't answer or call back."
"I went over there quickly and found my son crying and wet. I asked my sister-in-law and her husband what happened and they said my son was making so much noise while playing with the kids so they put him on time out.
"After that he told them he needed the bathroom but my sister-in-law's husband said he couldn't go to the bathroom while on time out and denied him access after he begged, resulting in him peeing right where he was standing."
The fuming mum blasted the vile couple for their behaviour but they insisted a four-year-old should be able to hold it in for 90 minutes.
The enraged mum said: "I berated them for treating my son cruelly and denying him a simple request. I asked how could they do this to a child with a condition when they themselves are parents.
"Sister-in-law got offended I implied she and her husband were neglectful parents. We argued then I took my son and went home and my husband wasn't there."
The woman says her marriage is now on the rocks after her husband later came home in a fit of rage about how she had treated his sister and her husband.
The husband demanded that the mum apologise to his sister, to which she responded: "In your dreams after how my son was treated."
She added: "Things escalated I had to take my son and go stay with a friend. My husband kept texting stuff like how I was avoiding confrontation and refusing to admit I over-stepped etc. He said he only expects me to come home AFTER I apologise to his sister and her husband."
But Reddit users sided with the mother branding the in-laws as "disgusting" and "cruel".
One Reddit user commented: "A 90-minute time out?! WTF that’s absolutely disgusting. Do not apologise. Girl find yourself a divorce lawyer and protect your poor child."
"They were neglectful and cruel, and if they have a problem with you saying that, it's probably because they know it's true," another added. "You have a right to be furious, don't apologise for protecting your son."
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