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.
When you decide to have a baby, you automatically take on additional responsibilities because you must always be available for your child. However, when you choose to run away from those responsibilities and come back after a long time, you cannot expect that child to welcome you with open arms, can you?
This Reddit user named u/WhyTalkOnlyAboutMe came to the WIBTA community to share his family therapy story and seek advice, but he received a lot of backlash from the Reddit community. In his story, he is attending family therapy with his wife and their 26-year-old daughter, but his problem is that his daughter keeps complaining about him as if he has "never done anything good for her at all."
Apparently, the author neglected his daughter at a young age but is now seeking a better relationship with her; however, all she does is vent her frustrations about him during the therapy sessions. The author has listened to his daughter’s "daddy this" and "daddy that" tales for three sessions in a row, and he is apparently tired, despite the therapist telling him that "listening" is the first step to finding a solution.
The author then told his wife that he wanted to exempt himself from the therapy sessions and that it would be better to stay away if he is causing so much pain to his daughter, but his wife had a different view. Here is the story in the author’s own words.
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:
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
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.
