Man Gets It Hot From Redditors After Saying He Was Tired Of His Daughter’s Complaints At Every Family Therapy Session
You can't neglect your child at a young age and expect an open welcome when you return after many years.
Some family wounds do not stay buried, especially when everyone is sitting in the same room trying to fix them. One Reddit user says his attempt to reconnect with his adult daughter has turned into a tense cycle of blame, frustration, and awkward silence.
Posting to the WIBTA community as u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMe, he explained that he, his wife, and their 26-year-old daughter are attending family therapy. The problem is that his daughter keeps bringing up how he treated her when she was younger, and he says she has spent three sessions focusing on his mistakes instead of moving forward.
Now he wants to step away from the sessions, but his wife does not agree. Here is the full story.
Would I be the a**hole?
u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMeHow the daughter felt...
u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMeSession three
u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMe
This isn't family therapy
u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMe
Doubts are crawling in
u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMe
The Reddit community served the author a hot meal that he won’t be able to digest well. They said that his daughter has every right to complain, so he ought to bear every second of it.
Here are some of the best replies to the story shared by the author:
That set the tone for the comments right away.
1. 3 sessions is not enough
poeadam
2. Is this your solution?
GlitterSparkleDevine
3. Can someone grab some popcorn!
AMonitorDarkly
4. Listen and let her vent her anger
TwoCentsPsychologist
5. You cannot give up
mustafabiscuithead
This is similar to the person who walked out when their parents’ anniversary party turned into an intervention.
6. The level it can get to
lyruhhh
7. "No wonder your daughter has issues with you"
ThreatLvlMidnight74
8. Reaping the consequences of your actions
DazedandConfused-9
9. Go to the sessions with less ego
hellocloudshellosky
10. Having your flaws projected back to you
evolqueen66
11. All you have to do is literally sit and listen
sadkitten577890
12. Your daughter and the therapist are correct
SteffyOsornio
13. Childish, selfish, and overly sensitive
Psychsarepeopletoo
14. Do you need it to be spelled out for you?
skidoo1032
15. You hurt someone, yet you can't sit down and listen
dca_user
16. You can't skip any step in this therapy process
Educational-Fan3346
17. This redditor really can't say
ironwolf56
18. Move forward and take responsibility
wtfaidhfr
19. "You're at fault, but do not give up"
ttnl35
20. Mind the choices that you make
kajamae
21. Keeping it bottled up will lead to resentment
So it's better you sit your a** down and listen to her lament in peace, or you can walk away and reap resentment later on.
melisssne
22. "I doubt that you care"
bunnybunnybiscuit
Some kids won’t even want you in their lives since you neglected them, but the author’s daughter still wanted to give him a chance; however, he’s just too impatient. We hope that he reconsiders and keeps "listening" if he doesn’t want his daughter to resent him in the long run.
That family therapy room is still doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Still wondering if therapy is the right move, read this AITA where someone asked for therapy to fix a strained relationship with resistant parents.
