[AFJuvat]

Those of you who know me will probably chime in with a "Yes you most definately are!" Hear me out on this one first..

I'm married with two usually wonderful kids (ages 13 and 11)

After coming home from work last night, I took the dog for a walk 9installing swimming pool, backyard fence is down)

After the dog completes his business, I take him back in - my son makes mention of a dog mess stain on the den carpet (the dog had gotten sick earlier).

Somewhat miffed that he noticed the mess and did nothing about it, I told him to go clean it up.

15 minutes pass, nothing happening, mess still there. I start yelling for son to get his As* in there and clean it up.

At the same time, son has been whining to mom about not wanting to clean up the mess. Wife finally yells that fine, she will do it.

Son, sensing trouble, goes to bed. I order son out of bed and tell him once again to clean up the mess.

Wife starts yelling at me that she will do it - I start yelling that my point was, I told him to do it and damnit, he was going to do it.

Son, giving me dirty looks, walks into den. I repeat me displeasure about him finding the mess and not cleaning it up and then further, whining to mom about not wanting to clean it until she agreed to do it.

Son makes terrible mistake at this point and starts yelling at me....

After the beating, wife continues to yell that she will do it. I'm so angry at this point, I cannot see straight. I go down the street to the local pub to have a few Guinnesses and cool off.

Naturally, son is not speaking to me at this point, wife is not speaking to me at this point. I do not feel I did anything wrong. I'm pis*ed at her for contridicting me in front of the kids.

**for those of you who do not believe in hitting children - sorry, that is how I was raised, and that is how my kids are raised I don't believe in time-outs, and I do not reason with children I am the parent and you will do as I say - this is not a democracy, this is a benevolant dictatorship. In any case, he was smacked a few times across the mouth...

So, who is wrong here? Am I being an unreasonable as*hole?

AFJuvat