Parents pulled a shitty prank for New Years
We had my parents over to spend New Years eve with us and and our children. Our kids are young so they obviously went to bed early. During the count down my dad had my mom sneak into our bedroom where our power box is for the house to shut off the power thus shutting off the lights at New Years. Why that prank is awful is because my husband does not like the dark. Our hallway has hallway lights and we have a nightlight in our bedroom. My husband had a very bad upbringing. His mom left when he was 5 and his dad passed away when he was 7 so he lived with his grandparents.
They were both abusive. His grandmother was more verbally abusive but his grandfather was a sick fuck of a man and anytime he abused my husband it was in the dark or made him wear a blindfold when he abused him. So my husband associates the dark with being abused so he doesn't like it. He avoids going out at night if he can. My parents know everything because me and my husband were high school sweethearts and my husband moved in with us when he was 17 because his grandfather through him down a flight of stairs and he told my parents everything that was going on in that home. So they let him stay.
They know all about his abuse. They know he doesn't like the dark. So they did that prank knowing it would cause a panic attack and it didn he had a horrible panic attack when that happened and my parents were just laughed. I told them their stupid prank wasn't funny and my mom said "We think it is." I asked why they did that and my dad was like "We felt starting a new year means changes and figured it was time for Tristan to face his fears." All while laughing. I ended the party because my husband had locked himself in the bathroom to have his panic attack.
My parents aren't sorry and feel they did nothing wrong so I said they don't need to come over again until they are sorry. I've had some family reach out to tell me I'm overreacting and they just pulled a harmless prank and how they lety husband sleep on their couch as teenager so I shouldn't be mad about the prank but my siblings are ALL on my side because my parents just keep doing things not even just to my husband and not care how it affects others.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.