This year has been a letdown for all of us, but for parents with kids celebrating what should be big, fun milestones, it's been especially tough. For one girl having a sweet 16 , the invitation list was cut down to only a few "essential" people, and one guest in particular made her regret inviting him.
The mom began by setting the scene.
"Today was my daughter’s 16th birthday, but due to everything going on we couldn’t have the party we had planned, so I told her she can pick 6 people to be there and I wouldn’t be offended as to who she wanted there," the mom wrote in her post.
"But she ended up picking my parents, my husband’s parents, her boyfriend and her best friend. The plan was to have a small celebration [to replace] her birthday party, with pizza and cake, and then a bon fire."
Though the plans had drastically changed, her daughter had her heart set on wearing a dress she had picked out for the original party.
"It was just a dress, it was really nice and I thought it was a decent length (not that it really mattered)," the mom wrote.
"My in-laws came over early, and when my daughter came downstairs my FIL said 'don’t you think that’s a little short?' I looked at him and said that it was fine, and she looked beautiful. He shrugged his shoulders and said 'I wouldn’t have let [my husband’s sister] wear that at [my daughter]’s age, but she wasn’t girly so I guess I didn’t have to worry about that' and then chuckled."
Noticing her daughter looked uncomfortable, the mom pulled her aside and led her to the kitchen to reassure her that she looked beautiful.
"My husband asked his dad to stop, and things were going okay," the mom noted. "When my daughter’s boyfriend arrived and she introduced him to my in-laws (my parents had already met him), my husband’s father said 'oh now there’s boys here? I really hope there’s shorts under that dress' my daughter’s face got really red, and I asked my FIL to stop or I’m going to ask him to leave, as he was making my daughter feel uncomfortable. He replied with 'well that’s just my opinion, I don’t think it’s appropriate to wear especially with boys around.'"
That being the final straw, the mom simply asked him to leave.
"My husband and his mother gave me an 'are your serious look' and then my in-laws just got up and left," she reported.
"My husband thinks I made a big deal out of nothing, and we’ve been inside arguing while my daughter is currently outside trying to enjoy herself. I feel like maybe what I did was unnecessary but he was also making my daughter uncomfortable and the way he was speaking to her was not okay."
So now she's leaving it up to Reddit to decide if she acted out of turn.
You could practically hear the applause for this mom from the Reddit users.
Another person assured her that as a woman, the mom was making the right choice for her girl.
"Your husband will probably never understand how those kinds of comments make girls and young women feel," one user wrote.
"Yes I agree, and I think that’s why he probably doesn’t see why it’s a huge deal," the mom wrote back. "Including the fact that his sister always wore baggy clothing, and was maybe seen in a dress once her entire life, so I don’t think he understands the impact of it for women, especially at such a young age. I dealt with it with my own father, but my mother shut it down really quick and he’s learnt from it."
Kudos to this mom for sticking by her kid and teaching her a powerful lesson.
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