Husband Upsets His Gothel-Like Wife After Taking His Daughter To A Salon For A Haircut

The wife couldn't accept what happened to her child's hair.

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• Published in Interesting
• May 18, 2022

Kids who are old enough to make certain decisions should be allowed to choose the haircut they want. Even at an early age, children should be taught bodily autonomy.

It is the right of an individual to decide what happens to their body. When a child learns how to be in control of their body, it lowers the chances of them becoming a victim of sexual abuse, sexual assault, and violence.

In case they go through an abusive situation, they would be brave enough to admit what happened to them. Parents should respect their child's wishes as long as they're not harmful.

But what if one of them is obsessive about their children? A dad to an eight-year-old girl shares his experience using a throwaway account on Reddit.

According to the original poster, his wife is obsessed with their child's blonde and curly hair. She was so obsessed to the point of buying fancy hair products for the kid.

The kid wanted a haircut, so she approached her mom first. Unfortunately, the woman wouldn't listen.

So the little girl approached her dad, to which he obliged, despite knowing that his wife would be upset. The little girl was so happy about getting her haircut.

But after the wife saw what happened to the hair she was obsessing over, she had a major meltdown. So the original poster asked Reddit if he was wrong for taking his child out for a haircut.

The original poster's family of three.

He narrates the extent of his wife obsession.

See how controlling the mom is?

The child hates it. Yet the mom doesn't respect her child's boundaries.

Since the wife wouldn't listen, it's the original poster who decided to grant his child wish.

The kid was so happy with her brand-new haircut.

The wife's overreaction

Redditor's agree that the wife's response to the situation was just over the top.

Users agree that this mom is like Gothel from Disney's Rapunzel.

Mother knows best, but not all the time.

If the mom keeps on doing what she's doing, the girl will end up having low self-esteem.

But we all know that the dad isn't the bad guy here.

Children do not deserve to be treated like dolls.

Even little boys are being treated like Barbie dolls.

People have gone through the same experience as the girl.

What the future would be like for the relationship between the mother and daughter.

Maybe the original poster's wife should read this post.

The original poster needs to address this situation. It could be damaging for his daughter in the future.

For a lot of redditor's the wife's behavior isn't normal.

We hope the original poster can talk sense into his wife. Or perhaps get her into therapy.

Eventually, the wife's behavior is going to drain the poor girl.

Eight-year-olds are old enough to make decisions about some aspects of their life, and that includes their hairstyle.

The mom is being emotionally abusive already.

Don't we all agree?

Some people are going through the same thing in their adulthood.

Some religious families can be toxic.

We hope she's in a good place now.

A redditor thinks that he should've told his wife. But we all know what will happen if he did.

In the end, a lot of users agree that the mom needs help.

The husband needs to recognize that this is no longer a problem with his daughter's hair. He needs to fix the situation while his child is young.

We hope that the original poster will do what's best for his child and that the little girl will gain her bodily autonomy.

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