We all hope we are never forced to make a life or death decision when it comes to our children, but if the occasion should arise, we hope we are equipped to do the best we can. Of course we can never know exactly how we'll react, but what we do know is that whatever choice we make it'll be done with the best of intentions.
While one mom was on a walk with her twin girls, she was forced to make a snap decision, and her husband is none-too-pleased with what she chose to do.
The mom explains that she took her daughters with her to get medicine for her husband.
"I don't think it was that late but it was pretty dark out," she noted. "We could've took the car but the pharmacy is only a couple of blocks away from our house and the twins wanted to walk. Besides, our neighborhood is pretty peaceful and I thought it would be good exercise.
"While we were walking, a dog started barking and lunging at us. We didn't pay it too much [attention] because it was on a chain. We went to the pharmacy, got the medicine, and on our way back we passed the dog again."
Only this time when they passed the dog, who was still lunging and barking, his chain snapped.
"I saw a black mass moving fast towards us in my peripheral and I just picked up my daughters and ran," she wrote. "My daughters are both five. That's like 40lbs each. But adrenaline strength is real. I used to run track in high school and college, but nowhere near as fast as I was running in that moment with two kids and a plastic bag full of medication."
The dog was hot on their tails, and her one twin began slipping out of her arms.
In a snap decision, the mom said they were passing a house with a fence and she quickly tosssed her baby girl over it and kept running with the other twin.
"A guy had just parked his car and got out and I started running to him, screaming, 'Help!' and he chased the dog away and walked with me while I went back to get my daughter. She was unhurt, but she was crying, and saying I left her and why couldn't I have thrown her sister instead."
Shaken, the mom and her girls finally came home and were greeted by her husband, who asked what took them so long.
"I tell him, 'We got chased by a dog,' and before I could tell the whole story, our daughter blabs, 'Mommy threw me over the fence!' and runs to him and starts crying," she wrote.
"He looks at me, upset, and demands to know what happened. After I finish telling him, I thought he would understand, but he started saying things, like, 'What if she got hurt? What if she fell on some glass and cut herself? What if the dog stopped chasing you and jumped over the fence at her?'"
Already feeling guilty and wound up, the mom apologized and said "Okay, sorry, I get it."
"But he kept going," she said. "'No, you don't get it.' Blah blah blah and I yelled at him, 'WHAT SHOULD I HAVE DONE THEN, HUH? AND HERE'S YOUR STUPID MEDICATION! NEXT TIME GET IT YOURSELF!'mI swear I was going to throw the bag at his stupid face, but they were all staring at me in shock because I'm not really a yeller and I felt bad. I threw the bag on the counter instead and went to our room and slammed the door."
Although she did end up tucking her girls into bed and apologized for "saying the 'S' word (aka stupid)," her husband spent the rest of the night tiptoeing downstairs. The mom wants to know if she was totally out of line.
Redditors assured her she was only "guilty" of protecting her child.
"Your instincts kicked in," assured one reader. "Better her with a broken arm than mauled by a dog and traumatized. Husband wasn’t there so he has no say."
Others were a little weirded out by her husband's response.
"Of course you get it, no one wants to chuck their kid over a fence," another person wrote. "You were in a moment of panic/crisis/terror for your daughters’ dang lives! You basically did all you could think to do in that moment to keep everyone as safe as possible. I hope now that he’s over the shock he’s putting off coming to bed because he’s figuring out how to balance an apology with 'I was momentarily overwhelmed by the craziness of the whole story.'”
All in all, we are glad everyone is safe and (relatively) uscathed. It sounds like dad will be going to bed with his tail between his legs.
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