He Upset His Wife After He Refused To Drive To Bail His Teen Stepdaughter Out of Jail In The Middle of The Night
Did you or someone you know ever have to spend a night in jail during your teenage years?
One man recently upset his wife after he refused to drive hours to bail his stepdaughter out of jail in the middle of the night and insisted on doing it in the morning.
He and his wife have a nine-year-old son together, and he has two stepchildren, a 16-year-old son and a 19-year-old daughter named Meg.
Meg is currently in her second year of college at a school four hours away from their home. She’s been living independently, using loans to pay for school and working during the summer, but he and his wife still send her a bit of money each month to keep her afloat.
Unfortunately, Meg found herself in some trouble a few nights ago while he and his wife were sleeping.
“My wife got a call from Meg at 3:00 a.m.,” he recalled.
“[It’s] every parent’s worst nightmare because no call at that time is good news. Thankfully, Meg was okay, but she had gotten arrested. Apparently, she had been at a party with friends and gotten drunk.”
After drinking at a party, Meg walked home with a group of people who intoxicatedly ended up at the wrong house.
The owners of that house called the cops on them, as they thought Meg and her friends were breaking and entering.
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When the cops arrived, Meg panicked and ran, but she was eventually caught and charged with underage drinking and disorderly conduct.
When Meg spoke to her mom, she asked them to make the four-hour drive to bail her out of jail as soon as possible.
When his wife hung up the phone, she ordered him to get out of bed, assuming he’d be okay with making the four-hour drive at 3:00 a.m.
However, he wasn’t. He told his wife that if they were going to drive that far, he’d need some extra sleep. His wife was not happy with that answer, ripped the blankets off their bed, and told him to get up.
He eventually did get up and argued with his wife, telling her that there were two other kids in the house they’d have to inform of their leaving, and he didn’t want to bother them in the middle of the night.
Additionally, he reminded his wife that because of her astigmatism, he knew it was dangerous for her to drive so late, so she’d make him do it.
“I told her that Meg is safe, even though she’s probably scared and uncomfortable, but that maybe she needs to feel that way right now,” he said.
“She tried to argue with me, but I told her that I am not going to fight about this, so she either leaves now or lets me sleep. Thankfully, she let me get some sleep but woke me up right at 7:00 a.m. and told me to get in the car.”
During their car ride to get Meg, he and his wife continued to argue. He tried explaining that although Meg may have been freaked out, it was most likely for the best to have her sit in jail for a few more hours and reflect on her actions.
His wife accused him of being biased and said if their son were under arrest, he’d get him right away.
However, he feels that is far from the truth. He wouldn’t bail any of his kids out of jail until he was ready to get them.
Still, his wife thinks he was a jerk for not getting out of bed immediately to get his stepdaughter.
Was he being a jerk, or did he make a good decision that night?
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