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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Puzzleheaded-Aerie48 on 2026-03-26 03:40:28+00:00.
My wife and I have 1 son who is in kindergarten. When it is her day to take him to school, I will leave before them to beat traffic. I usually just tap her on her butt and say I love you and leave.
So this morning was her day to take him to school, so I did my normal thing on tapping her on the butt and said I love you. I didn’t think anything of it. Day went on as usual until around the time my son gets out of school. My wife called me and told me that something happened with our son and his teacher.
For background my son adores his teacher and very much likes being in her class. So I arrive to see my wife waiting in the office of the school and we both go in to talk to the principal.
I was extremely worried because he hasn’t had any issues at all. But apparently when everyone was leaving for the day and they were all walking in line to leave, my son tapped his TEACHER on the butt and said I love you.
Realization hit me like a truck, he learned that behavior from ME!! My wife and I were both extremely embarrassed about the situation but his teacher was very understanding. We all had a talk with him about why that is not okay. I’m assuming he thought that it was a way to show his love for someone.
Do not tap your wife’s butt in front of your 5 year old…
TL;DR- My son saw me tap my wife’s behind, and imitated that behavior onto his teacher.