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AIBU?

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To still share a book with my y7 son

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nyorksdad · 28/01/2020 21:45

Happy to be told aibu but thought I would canvas opinions.

My 12 year old son (from a previous relationship) has always loved reading (like me).

Ever since he was little, we've had a tradition of reading a few pages from a book each night together in his room before he goes to sleep. Either he reads or I do. This has progressed over his life from baby books through Thomas the Tank engine! and onto teenage thrillers, sci-fi and comedy now. We must have been through hundreds but he still wants to do it.

I enjoy doing it, it's a bit of quality time together when he's not glued to a gadget, he's actually paying attention to me, I don't have to fob him off because of work and we like to discuss the book together. I don't see it as any different to listening to an Audible or going to a book club! Obviously he does read by himself during the day as well.

My girlfriend however, thinks it's ridiculous at his age and I should pack it in and just send him to bed to read his book on his own and I'm not helping him grow up. Apparantly all her friends agree so just thought I would ask what people thought.

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Stephminx · 29/01/2020 03:20

YANBU - crack on while he still wants too.

I’d be worried about the GF reaction to this though - insecure, jealous, needing to whine about it to friends ? Very odd to me. She should want you to have a close relationship with your son.

How is she with your son ?

user1483387154 · 29/01/2020 03:23

your girlfriend is being unreasonable.
Please keep doing this with your son it's important on so many levels.

Iggypoppie · 29/01/2020 03:28

Your girlfriend sounds jealous of your son :-(

Nancydrawn · 29/01/2020 03:54

My father read to me and my siblings until I was...15? 16? (They were younger.)

I can still hear some of those stories in my head, and when he dies, I will be so grateful for that.

And when I can't sleep, I just put on an audiobook and I'm out in about five minutes.

LoveIsLovely · 29/01/2020 04:02

It's lovely.

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