Dad Stays Home With Daughter During Illness Flair Up But Misses Younger Daughter's Recital, And Now His Wife Is Upset At Him

It can be difficult to split your time between your children and in this case it's proven.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• May 7, 2023

Welcome back to another Reddit post that made it to the top of the list today for us to check out. We always enjoy going over these AITA thread posts because they have a lot of information, and there are always a lot of fun comments to look through on the posts.

So today we are actually going through this post that was submitted by a dad who is looking to see if he's wrong for choosing to stay with one child over going to another child's recital. He's mostly wondering if he's wrong because his wife is upset at him for making this decision.

Ultimately, he doesn't exactly think he's wrong because his older daughter needed him then, even if it meant that he missed his youngest's dance recital. The mom explained that the daughter didn't even want to dance when she realized her dad wasn't there, which made the story even more sad.

However, people in the comments seem actually to be on OP's side, and we have to agree with them. It's a hard choice to make for anyone, but ultimately he had to be there for his daughter.

If you want to know more about this post and see what was said in the comments, then keep on reading as we look at all the details.

OP's post is short and to the point. he explains the situation with his daughters and also how his wife reacted to this situation.

People in the comments quickly came to the realization that he was indeed not in the wrong and that he is making a choice based on the situation. Sometimes no choice is the good choice.

Many people agreed with this comment and we just have to trust that the dad made the best decision on the circumstances that he was in.

People kind of came for the wife in how she explained the situation and asked if his wife had stepped up to tell the daughter anything. OP responded and gave us a little more information on what happened prior to him not going.

This is a great comparison because this is absolutely right. We probably would have made the same choice especially if the wife was already there to support her recital.

Unfortunately these are the things that you have to think about especially as a parent of someone who a chronic illness. It was important for him to stay with her, so he decided to stay back.

This person requested some info on the situation and how often this happens to see if maybe his wife was not overacting.

The fact that his daughter was upset and in pain automatically means that she pretty much gets his attention. It's a medical concern and ultimately, the mom was there with the youngest daughter.

OP's wife is probably being a little unfair in this situation and it's just important for him to be there for her in this situation and she should understand that.

The dad definitely was in the right for this because he made the decision he felt was best for this situation. We have to trust that this dad made the right choice, and we hope that his wife understands that he did his best.

What would you do, and do you think that the dad made the right decision?

Daphnie