I (46M) was having an argument with my wife (22F) about who was supposed to be taking out the garbage. She said I was being lazy so I hit her face with the back of my hand. I just gave her a little tap on the mouth to show her who’s boss and she ran out of the house crying. She called the police, and they charged me with assault and now everyone is saying I’m an abusive husband. AITA?

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Update: This is his wife. I’m using his account to say you people are horrible. My husband is NTA and I totally deserved that love tap on the mouth.

Update 2: This is Police Officer Tony Tiger. I’m using his account to say that what op did was totally legal. Those police who charged him were probably just bitter that they can’t control their women like him. So stop saying what he did was assault.

Update 3: This is President Donald Trump, here to say that OP is very normal, totally fine. He did nothing wrong. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it. Everybody is saying he’s a great guy, almost as great as me. His crazy wife deserved it. Definitely NTA.

Okay, stepping out of the narrative here. This post, including the… creative updates, isn’t being shared by the original user. I’m [Someone who knows the truth, e.g., a friend of the wife who saw the original post before it was removed, a social worker involved in a domestic violence case who was alerted, or a relative of the wife who saw what happened]. I saw the original post and these subsequent ‘updates’ appear on a forum before they were likely taken down. I’m sharing this here, on a platform known for judging behavior, not because the original poster genuinely wants judgment on hitting his wife (that’s clearly assault), but to show the disturbing level of denial, manipulation (those updates are obviously fake), and twisted self-justification someone capable of domestic violence displays.

My question isn’t AITA for the ‘tap’ (it’s abuse). My question is:

WIBTA for re-posting this entire thread, including the clearly fabricated ‘updates,’ to publicly highlight the original poster’s horrifying behavior and delusion?