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>be me
>have wife and son
>son doesn't care about video games like his dad
>son going into second grade
>has a friend come over for the first time, Davey
>Davey's a little quiet, possibly autistic
>takes an interest in my video games immediately
>he's seen pokemon on the tv but never played the games
>i had already migrated all mons & wiped my copy of gold for future playthroughs
>let Davey play it while he's over, son watches the tv while Davey plays gold next to him
>this becomes a habit, he comes over a few times a week & i let him play my copies of other games but he mostly sticks to gold
>he even catches a shiny spinarak which surprised me as i only found a shiny ten years into playing the series
>eventually the boys stopped interacting while he was over, son would just go to his room while Davey played pokemon gold on the couch
>i would give Davey tips, i even started a playthrough of silver alongside him to trade between us
>soon son starts getting extremely jealous, starts lashing out at me and the wife
>feel pretty terrible about the situation
>don't want to punish Davey for this, having him not come over anymore and play with his pokemon would be cruel but i can't neglect my son
>decide to invite Davey's father over to talk to him about the situation
>think if he spent more time with his son things would be good, even gonna give Davey his copy of gold to keep
>tell him the situation, that im spending more time with Davey while he's over than my son is
>he flips the fuck out, thinks im some sort of child molester
>kicks the shit out of me
>he yanks Davey home by his collar while yelling profanities at me
>bruised all over, spitting up blood
>police show up the next week, wife finds out about all this
>somehow upset with me
>get charged as a sex offender soon after
>wife then leaves me
>she gets custody of my son, no visitation
>lost my family over wanting to let autistic kid play my old pokemon games
>jokes on them though
>still have Davey's shiny spinarak
