She Hates Her Mother-In-Law For Cutting Off Her Daughter’s Hair Behind Her Back And Taking A Mother-Daughter Moment Away From Her
If you’re a parent, you know how sensitive young kids can be when it comes to cutting their hair. It’s usually an experience you need to oversee and plan carefully, as you want to ensure you and your child feel safe and satisfied.
A woman is furious with her mother-in-law, who had a barber chop off her daughter’s long hair without getting her permission when they were supposed to wait and donate it at another salon.
She has a nine-year-old daughter, who, before recently, had only had one haircut in her life.
Her daughter’s locks grew so long that they reached all the way to her lower back. Due to the fact that she works in healthcare, she presented her daughter with the idea of waiting until she had around 18 inches of hair to get it cut. Then, they could donate it to a different kid who needed it while still being left with shoulder-length hair.
“She loved that idea and measured her hair all the time,” she said.
“She was within a few inches of being able to donate 18 inches.”
Then, while her mother-in-law was taking care of her daughter and older son, she took them to a barbershop to cut her son’s hair without discussing it with her first.
Once her son’s hair was cut, her mother-in-law took it upon herself to ask the barber to trim her daughter’s hair as well.
Much to her surprise, the barber cut her daughter’s hair so short that it hardly covered her ears and let it fall to the floor instead of collecting it for donation.
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To make matters worse, her daughter’s hair wasn’t in that bad shape, as she would routinely trim the ends to make sure it stayed healthy as it grew.
“Her dad brought her home, and I sobbed,” she recalled.
“I didn’t let my daughter see how sad I was because I didn’t want her to think I was upset about how she looked.”
“Of course, she’s beautiful with no hair; I was just sad I missed that moment with her. I was sad all of our work and her excitement to help another little girl, was laying on a barbershop floor.”
She was so angry at her mother-in-law for undermining her parenting and cutting her kid’s hair without her say-so that she didn’t speak to her for about two weeks.
When she finally did, she expressed her disappointment, and her mother-in-law told her she was overreacting.
Her mother-in-law apologized for cutting her daughter’s hair more than she did for doing it without any permission.
Since then, she’s done her best to remain low-contact with her mother-in-law, though she’s still getting accused of taking the situation too seriously.
Should she forgive her mother-in-law, or are her feelings valid?
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