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Am I wrong in this situation?

So earlier this afternoon my wife and I had a pretty heated argument about the water bill. We have a 15 yr old son and a 16 yr old daughter that take 2-3 showers each a day. This month's bill was crazy high so with me being the patriarch of the family I naturally catch the most heat. I told her I would personally see to it our kids change their bathing habits, so while my wife was at her yoga class earlier I sat them down and we talked it out. I told them that for now on they have to take baths together and cut it down to one bath a day. A huge shouting match transpired but in the end they acquiesced after I threatened to take away their privileges. I forced them to get in the bath with each other and then shit hit the fan. When my wife got home she went to the bathroom and accidentally walked in on them. She was pissed. They told her I made them do it. She confronted me and asked me why I would do that and I told her that as a family it's time we focused on water conservation so our bills wouldn't be so high. She went to the bedroom and locked the door after I punched her so now I have to sleep on the couch because my 2 teenagers aren't willing to bathe with each other. When I was a kid I didn't stop taking showers with my dad until I turned 23. These kids have had it so easy compared to me. Was I wrong in this situation?

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Side Score: 3
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Side Score: 3
1 point

Haha no offence but I found this hilarous.

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It just takes an (wide)open-minded people to agree on your decision

What's unusual is the gender

You and your dad are a male while

your kids is a girl and a boy.

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and you said you punched your wife, that's wrong tough I understand and respect you

You shouldn't hurt someone you love.

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There's another solution for high bills like

You and your wife can take a bath together

Just take a shower once a day

Off faucet when it's not in use

Do laundry only once a week

Side: Yes

In a way. You shouldn’t have hit your wife, and you shouldn’t have made them take a bath together. Maybe make them take only one shower a day.

Though you were trying to fix a problem, these were mistakes.

Side: Yes

Your dad was a liberal and a Catholic priest. He obviously didn't wear the pants in the family, seeing he didn't wear pants...

Side: Yes
2 points

You are not wrong if, and only if all of the following conditions are true:

- ...putting your teenage kids in a sexually compromising situation is a good thing, and incest between your progeny is considered a moral, social, and genetic good.

- ...your family is your personal property and is to be controlled and manipulated as such.

- ...violence is a superior conflict resolution method to thinking and discussion.

- ...wives are happier and more fulfilling life partners when they are beaten.

- ...the financial stress is so bad that simply cutting the kids down to 1 shower a day each (a 66% reduction in their water usage) is insufficient, so they have to cut it down further by showering together (an 83% reduction in their water usage,) and each showering only on alternating days is somehow impossible.

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Thanks for providing a satirical topic, I hope you enjoyed my sarcasm.

Side: No
1 point

There are somethings I disagree with, like you hitting your wife(although I can totally see myself doing it in a bad argument with my anger issues...). I feel the better situation in that case is to sit down with her and ask what she feels you should do.

On the other hand, making your kids bathe together is not a bad idea, they are siblings and should act as so. When I lived with my grandma, i had to take a bath with my 2 other siblings. I did not stop this until we moved out. Though there a many different ways to solve thus, this was one and it is a solution worth a try. You should show your kids you are the boss in the house, and if they do not want to listen then... well then that leaves you with two options. 1) Make them move out with some one old enough to own a house of apartment.

2) Cut the water every time they try to take a shower. If you can't, you should just ground them from WIFI and electronics. Dont let them outta the house. They will straighten up real quick.

Side: No