She Forced Her Daughter To Go To The Aquarium With A Girl Her Daughter Didn’t Like, And After It Went Horribly, Her Husband Freaked Out On Her
This 38-year-old woman has a 10-year-old daughter named Melody, who currently attends an after-school program.
It was at that program that Melody met another little girl named Leah, who is also 10-years-old.
“I know Leah’s mom, Daniella, somewhat well, as we had older kids in class together a few years back,” she explained.
Unfortunately, though, her daughter has repeatedly told her about issues with Leah. Apparently, Leah is quite loud, tends to ask rude questions, and doesn’t really respect personal space.
But, while she understood Melody’s frustrations, she told her daughter that they didn’t have to be best friends. Instead, Melody just still needed to be polite.
“Daniella later confided in me that Leah is on the spectrum, which I already suspected,” she added.
Anyway, more recently, both of the kids had a day off from school. So, Daniella wound up giving her a call and asking if Melody would like to go to the aquarium with Leah.
She thought that was a great idea and told the other mother yes. Once she got off the phone call and actually told Melody, though, her daughter was really upset and didn’t want to go.
But she reiterated how she had already told Daniella yes, and also claimed the outing would be fun.
Andy Dean – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual child
Finally, she pointed out how Leah didn’t have a bunch of friends. So, perhaps if more kids actually took the time to know her, they would realize that she is really nice.
Her daughter Melody wasn’t thrilled about that and just wound up grumbling. However, the 10-year-old eventually agreed to go to the aquarium with Leah.
So, she sent Melody on her way and figured everything would go fine. Only about a half hour after the girls left, though, she received a phone call from her sister-in-law.
It just so happened that her sister-in-law and son had been leaving the aquarium right as Daniella, Leah, and Melody were walking in. At that point, Melody spotted her aunt and immediately claimed she wanted to leave.
Obviously, though, her sister-in-law didn’t just want to take Melody away from the playdate. And upon hearing about all of this, she was mortified and felt horrible for Leah.
She wound up asking to speak with her daughter and told her sister-in-law to take Melody out of earshot from Daniella and Leah. Then, she reprimanded her daughter.
“I told Melody she was being extremely rude. I asked her how poor Leah felt after she went with her and instantly wanted to leave,” she recalled.
Still, her daughter didn’t get it and just kept whining about wanting to leave. So, she eventually just gave up and told her sister-in-law to bring Melody home– because as rude as she thought it was, she figured it would probably be worse for Daniella and Leah to have to manage her whiny and grumpy kid.
So, her sister-in-law wound up dropping Melody off at home. At that point, she told her daughter for a second time how rude that kind of behavior was. She also claimed that it would not have killed Melody to do something nice for somebody else for just one afternoon.
Her daughter still wasn’t very receptive to her statements, though, and just said she didn’t want Leah to be her friend. Then, Melody just went to her room.
So, she ultimately called Daniella to apologize and learned that Daniella and Leah wound up leaving the aquarium early– because after her daughter left, Leah cried and wasn’t having a good time.
Thankfully, Daniella had not yet paid for her daughter’s admission pass to the aquarium before Melody left. She still felt really bad the trip was ruined because of her daughter, though, so she decided to send Daniella money for their passes anyway.
But while she thought she handled the whole situation in the best way possible, her husband wound up seriously disagreeing.
Later that night, after he found out what had happened, her husband actually freaked out on her. He accused her of violating their daughter’s autonomy and even claimed it was her fault everything happened.
Quite frankly, though, she believed that was a serious overreaction– especially since he “coddled” Melody and took her out to a father-daughter dinner that evening.
“I feel a valuable lesson was missed yesterday,” she vented.
Still, in the wake of her husband’s accusations, she’s been left wondering whether forcing her daughter to go to the aquarium with Leah was the wrong thing to do.
Can you understand the lesson she was trying to teach her daughter about being nice? At the same time, do you agree that she violated her daughter’s boundaries? How would you have handled this situation? What could she have done better?
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