Single Dad Learns How To Cook His Late Wife's Recipes For His Daughter Only To Find Out His MIL Throws Them Away

For a child to lose a parent is a traumatic event at any age. But for a 6-year-old, dealing with death and grief is far more challenging to navigate.

One Reddit user, u/0gravity0respect, shared the story of how his young daughter had been struggling with the death of her mother, and he was doing everything he could to help his little girl. She refused to eat because she only wanted her mother's cooking, so the loving dad learned to cook all of his late wife's recipes for their daughter.

Naturally, our OP's in-laws (his wife's parents) stepped up to help him with raising their granddaughter. They would take care of her while he went to work, so he would drop his daughter off each day, along with the meals he had cooked for her.

However, the in-laws weren't impressed with their granddaughter's diet, and they felt she should be eating a wider variety of foods. The Reddit user explained that he was learning as quickly as possible and doing the very best he could to feed his daughter.

Eventually, our OP discovered that his MIL had gone one step further; she had started throwing out the meals he was cooking for his daughter. Since his daughter refused to eat any other meals, she had only been having snacks while with her grandparents.

Naturally, our OP was furious! So, he decided to start leaving his daughter with his sister instead of his in-laws.

Of course, they were offended and said he was overreacting. But our OP wasn't going to back down.

Instead, he turned to the AITA (Am I The A**hole?) community for help. Scroll down to read the story in full and see what people had to say about it.

One Reddit user, u/0gravity0respect, shared the story of how his young daughter had been struggling with the death of her mother.

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He explained that his young daughter was a very picky eater.

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She refused to eat because she only wanted her mother's cooking, so the loving dad learned to cook all of his late wife's recipes for their daughter.

Reddit / 0gravity0respect

He would prepare meals for his daughter to take with her to her grandparents' house while he was at work.

Reddit / 0gravity0respect

But his MIL wasn't impressed.

Reddit / 0gravity0respect

Eventually, he discovered that his MIL had gone one step further; she had started throwing out the meals he was cooking for his daughter.

Reddit / 0gravity0respect

Since his daughter refused to eat any other meals, she had only been having snacks while with her grandparents.

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Our OP was understandably furious at his MIL.

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His in-laws labeled him "cruel" for the way he reacted.

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Here's how people reacted.

Reddit / Altaira9

NTA!

Reddit / jasemina8487

"Your MIL is a bully."

Reddit / C0pper-an0de

"You're not overreacting."

Reddit / deleted

"She outright disrespected your parenting choices."

Reddit / CashieBashie

"Your MIL is being mean and cruel."

Reddit / BelliAmie

"G'parents are a**holes."

Reddit / Deo14

"She's essentially starving your child."

Reddit / Electronic-Chapter-1

"You don't need this."

Reddit / curiousbelgian

"Such entitlement."

Reddit / YallIHaveSoManyCats

"You're doing a good thing."

Reddit / rhysandandstuff

"I'm torn."

Reddit / SirNemesis

What's your take on our OP's situation? Do you think he's being unreasonable, or is he entirely within his rights to react the way he did?

The Reddit community was pretty adamant that the dad was by no means the a**hole here, and we tend to agree with them.

As always, we would love to hear from you! Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section.