Her Teen Daughter’s Friend Made A Comment About Her Weight During A Family Dinner, So She Banished The Friend From Their House Until They Apologize
This thirty-seven-year-old woman and her husband currently have two children together– a daughter who is fourteen and a son who is ten.
Ever since she can remember, though, her daughter has always been a bit socially awkward. And it was so obvious that she and her husband actually got their daughter tested because they suspected she might have been on the spectrum.
“It turns out she isn’t on the spectrum. My daughter is just a natural introvert,” she said.
So, her daughter has often struggled to make friends her age at school. This year, though, her daughter did make a new friend– and she and her husband were beyond thrilled.
And a couple of months ago, they decided to invite her daughter’s friend over to have dinner. Afterward, the girls also planned to have a sleepover.
Anyway, her daughter’s friend ended up going over, and her husband– who is usually the cook in their family– made dinner that night. In turn, he whipped up a very nice meal and served it to everyone.
Then, during dinner, she decided to try to make conversation with her daughter’s new friend and asked if she was enjoying the food. To her total shock, though, her daughter’s friend made a pretty offhand comment.
“Yes! Your husband is a great cook! No wonder you’ve ended up a bigger woman,” her daughter’s friend reportedly said. Yikes.
After that, the room immediately went quiet. Then, her husband attempted to laugh off the comment and change the subject.
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But to be honest, she was not having it. According to her, her daughter’s friend had just leveled an entirely uncalled-for insult at her.
However, it’s not like her daughter’s friend did not realize the comment came out wrong.
“My daughter’s friend seemed to realize that she had messed up,” she revealed.
“But, she didn’t say anything else. We finished an awkward dinner in mostly silence, and my daughter’s friend did stay the night.”
Now, this entire incident obviously happened a couple of months ago. This past week, though, her daughter ended up asking if she could have that same friend over at the house again. But she ended up telling her daughter that the friend would have to apologize first.
Apparently, her daughter was confused by that at first and asked what her friend needed to apologize for.
So, she reminded her daughter about the dinner table comment, but her daughter honestly did not see a reason for her friend to apologize.
In fact, her daughter claimed that the situation was well over by now and said that she did not want to bring it up again.
In turn, her daughter then went over to her husband and asked the same question– if the friend could come over again.
And her husband ended up just saying yes without giving it a second thought. But then, her daughter told her husband what she had said about the required apology, and her husband ended up calling her out.
“[The friend] just felt awkward and tried to make a joke. It didn’t land. For the sake of our daughter, can’t you just let it go?” her husband asked.
Well, she did admit that she could just let it go. However, she still wants an apology from the teen anyway. Apparently, she “needs” to see that her daughter’s friend understands how rude the comment was before she allows her daughter to hang out with her.
At the same time, though, her husband thinks she is being ridiculous and just plain weird for insisting that a fourteen-year-old apologize to her– especially because the girl is such good friends with her daughter now.
“But I think it’s weird that I’m still waiting for an apology from that same girl. Seriously, that’s all I need. I just need to know that any friend of my daughter is willing to own up to her screw-ups,” she vented.
Despite her own perspective, though, her husband’s comments have started to get to her. So now, she’s been left wondering if banishing her daughter’s friend from their house until she receives an apology is justified or just crazy.
Have you ever ended up with your foot in your mouth at a dinner with people you don’t know well? Do you think her daughter’s friend probably already felt terrible after how awkward the rest of the meal was? Or do you believe that her friend should have apologized on the spot anyway? If you were in her shoes, how would you handle this situation?
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