Mom Kicks Out Teen’s Friend After He Calls Her a ‘Buzzkill.’ Now Her Son Is Furious

A 48-year-old nurse turned to Reddit after a tense exchange with her teenage son and his friend, which began when she simply asked them to lower their volume late at night.

She explained that her demanding work schedule leaves her exhausted, yet she still takes pride in maintaining a peaceful, tidy home.

“Not a mansion or anything but it’s clean and it’s mine and I like my peace,” she wrote. Her 16-year-old son “Jake” had invited a couple of friends over one evening when things escalated.

The boys were in the living room “playing Xbox or whatever, eating chips and yelling like usual,” she said. After working a long shift and preparing for another in the morning, she asked them around 10:30 p.m. to quiet down.

“I didn’t yell, I just said ‘Hey guys, can we turn it down a little?’ Real casual,” she recalled. The teens agreed at first, but minutes later she overheard Jake’s friend “Liam” mock her request.

“Bro, your mom’s being a buzzkill tonight,” Liam said, prompting laughter from the group. Lying in her room, she was stunned: “I just kinda laid there like… really? In my house??”

Feeling disrespected, she returned to the living room and confronted him directly. “Liam, you’re a guest in my house. If asking you to be respectful is too much, maybe you don’t need to be here tonight,” she told him.

She admits her response may have come off as stern, but she doesn’t regret it. Liam mumbled an apology, but she asked him to leave anyway.

Her son later confronted her, accusing her of embarrassing him and claiming she overreacted by sending his friend home. Now, she’s questioning whether she went too far.

“I’m sitting here wondering if I was too harsh,” she wrote. “Like yeah maybe I could’ve let it slide, but also — it’s my damn house?? I’m not gonna be disrespected like that just cause I asked for some quiet.”

Unsure of how to handle the situation, she shared her story online to get perspective.

One commenter quickly reassured her that she was not wrong. “Your son should have asked his friend to respect your need for rest when he rudely mouthed off about not being able to do what he wanted in someone else’s home. NTA,” the user wrote.

They went on to defend her choice: “I would have a chat with your son about what it’s like to work all day in your job. And for the record, my parents would never put up with that type of talk in their house and their jobs weren’t nearly as physically exhausting. We kids respected what they were doing for us.”

Grateful for the support, the mom replied, “Thanks.. I’ll talk to him. Maybe there’s some a——ness on both sides.”

For her, the issue wasn’t about ruining her son’s fun—it was about drawing a clear boundary in her own home. While Jake may still feel embarrassed, she hopes their conversation will help him understand her point of view.