There is a unique level of absurdity in a man who watches someone slip and marches into a freezing rainstorm just to prove he’s right, only to sue his own daughter when gravity wins.
It’s been close to two months since this 30-year-old woman has spoken to her 61-year-old dad, and this is the first time in all of the years she’s been alive that this has happened.
On Boxing Day, which is celebrated the day after Christmas, her 31-year-old husband had a little too much to drink, but he wasn’t misbehaving.
Regardless, her dad freaked out on him, and that really did upset her husband, who managed to move past it the following day. Then on December 28th, she invited her family to their house for a board game and a Christmas movie night.
The night was fun, but at 7:30, the power cut out, so some of her family members tried to leave.
“There was freezing rain, and we couldn’t buy salt due to a local shortage (still ongoing). My cousin went out and slipped. My dad caught him,” she explained.
“He came back inside and chewed us out about not having salt. We explained we didn’t have any and why. My dad then decided to go outside alone in the dark after knowing it was freezing rain, after seeing my cousin fall, to do who knows what.”
“He slipped and fell. He bruised himself but had no major injuries. He drove himself and my mom home after, so he was fine.”
She said she could get her dad Tylenol and ice, and he freaked out on her all over again in front of the rest of their family members.
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Her dad had really ruined the mood, so more people wanted to get out of there. There was still freezing rain happening, but she and her husband put down kitty litter and helped get everyone safely out to their cars one at a time, so nobody else fell.
She decided to give her dad space for the next 24 hours so he could calm down, and then she texted him to check in and see if he was alright.
Her dad replied that it was all her husband’s fault for failing to buy salt and that he retained a lawyer so he could go ahead and sue them for falling!
“He said he has told the whole family he is doing this (like he is proud of it?) I immediately block his number and my husband, and I leave all family group chats he is in, as we can’t be talking and have him use any of it against us in court,” she added.
“Haven’t heard from him since. My mom is beyond angry and is threatening to leave him for treating us like this. He did it while she was at work, so clearly he knew it was a bad/wrong idea.”
“She says he cancelled the lawyer, but who knows for sure. We discussed that the behaviour is odd, and he [may have] something wrong with him; he needs to be [checked out]. I truly think he has some early brain disease, and it’s manifesting with an increased need to be right.”
Her dad has had some serious issues with his anger throughout the years, and he has a history of screaming over small matters that don’t warrant that kind of reaction.
She’s not sure if she should unblock her dad and let him know he broke her trust and hurt her feelings while outlining what he can do to earn her trust back, or if she should cut him out of her life over the ice incident.
I think if her dad is behaving in a strange way, he very well could have something going on medically. She should ask her mom to convince him to get checked out, and in the meantime, she should not be in contact with him.
It’s certainly not rational for her dad have reacted like this after slipping and falling on the ice at her house.
What do you think?
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