Internet backs man's bold move over brother and daughter's dispute
Internet hails a father who supported his daughter when she was treated 'rudely' by her uncle. The user took to Reddit and explained the whole situation when the user's daughter Maddie was 'kicked' out of the room by her uncle after his kids' were not ready to share the room with her.
The Internet supports the father, as he immediately left the vacation after his daughter was treated like this. The post gained a thousand comments within 14 hours. The father wondered and wrote, "AITA for causing a scene and leaving a free vacation over the way my daughter was being treated?"
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The user then continued, "My brother, Nate, and his wife, Jen, invited me and my daughter, Maddie (10) to go on vacation with them and their kids, Laura (12) and Danny (9). Nate and Jen are extremely well off. They both have high paying jobs and earn around $350k between them."
The user then explained about his financial condition and wrote, "Maddie and I are middle class. I own a small house and Maddie goes to a private school. Maddie has a good life but it doesn't compare to her cousins. My brother and Jen rented a house for us and paid for the rental, all of the food, and all of the activities. The only thing I paid for was gas when driving myself and Maddie to the house."
'They're being rude to the other kids or adults'
Then the user explained his relationship with his brother and wrote, "I also have to say Nate and I don't get along very well but I have a great relationship with Jen, mostly because of how they are with the kids. Nate tells the kids they don't have to be nice to anyone, never encourages them to share their toys, and doesn't discipline his kids. Jen is the opposite. She constantly tells the kids to share with their cousins and will punish them if they're being rude to the other kids or adults."
'The kids brought tons of toys but refused to let Maddie play with them'
The user then explained about the vacation, "Now to the vacation. They rented a 3 bedroom house. Nate and Jen had the master bedroom, I had the second bedroom with a double bed, and all of the kids were going to share a room with 2 bunk beds (4 beds). The first night was pretty rough. The kids brought tons of toys but refused to let Maddie play with them. Jen came in and told them that before they left she told them they'd have to share their toys so they either share or she takes them away."
The user added, "They were a little rude but mostly fine the rest of the night. The second night Jen went out to dinner with an old friend and Nate and I were home with the kids. We were getting the kids ready for bed and an argument broke out between the kids because Laura and Danny decided they don't want to share with Maddie and told her to sleep on the couch. I expected Nate to tell them that the bedroom was for all of the kids but he told Maddie that she either has to sleep with me or on the couch."
'I asked if he was serious'
The user then confronted his brother for his ungrateful attitude towards his daughter. He wrote, "I asked if he was serious and he said yes and that his kids weren't comfortable sharing with Maddie and since he paid for the house, he has a right to kick Maddie out of the room. I told Maddie to get her bag and that if she doesn't have a bed, we're going home. Maybe an hour after we left Jen came back and asked why Maddie and I left. I told her what happened and she asked me to come back and promised that she'd take care of her husband and the kids because she wants her kids to have a good relationship with their cousins."
In the end, the user wrote, "I said no and shortly after we got home I got a call from my brother yelling at me for causing a scene, creating problems between him and his wife, and being ungrateful for a free vacation. He got our parents involved and they're agreeing that it's a free vacation and I can't be picky. AITA for leaving with Maddie?"
'Sounds like a miserable free vacation'
After the post went online, the post gained a lot of views from users, and Redditors tagged the father "NTA," as one of the users wrote, "NTA. Nate is one of those parents who wants his kids to "win" at all costs. He never figured out that the most important thing for a parent to remember is to raise decent human beings. That's what his wife is trying to do; he's hellbent on raising a couple of a**holes. I feel sorry for Jen. Your parents are dead wrong. You did the right thing. Sounds like a miserable free vacation."
Another user wrote about the situation and wrote, "Really weird that Jen has stayed married to him if she has a solid career of her own though. I mean, I can understand her overlooking his extreme AHness before the kids, happens all the time. But after the kids? When he contradicts every single thing she does with the children? That does not seem real to me. On the off chance this is real, then OP is NTA and somebody needs to help Jen get out of whatever Soul locking blood magic contract Nate has her in."
The last user wrote, "NTA. This above. I always say that I just want my kids to be healthy and happy and decent humans. If I manage that, I'm a success. That is my bar."
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