A woman asked an online community to find out whether she was wrong for taking her husband’s side over her daughters.
*Names have been modified by the OP for privacy.
A Kid From a Past Relationship
The woman married *Josh and had three children with him (*Oliver, *Cath, and *Kate). She also had a daughter, *Penelope, from a past relationship.
“Josh was unkind to Penelope in the past, which caused our separation.”
They Got Back Together.
Despite the OP being aware that Josh hadn’t been nice to her daughter, she still decided to get back together with him.
“However, one and a half years later, we made the decision to attempt to mend our relationship because we truly loved each other.”
Apparently, Josh Was a Changed Man.
“Josh was no longer unkind to Penelope in the past, and we had three children together. (To emphasize, Penelope was omitted because she is not Josh’s biological daughter.)”
A Quarrel.
“The issue starts right here: My other children wanted to watch, too, as Penelope had been watching TV for VIRTUALLY the whole day. Josh handled everything because I was working at the time. A short while later, I heard Penelope screaming violently at Josh, so I went downstairs to see what was going on.”
She Had to Intervene.
“Basically, this is what she told me: Josh: P, stop staring at that TV, let your siblings watch. Penelope: After I finish this final episode, they can binge-watch it till they pass out on the couch.”
It Ended in Tears.
“Kate apparently began sobbing excessively because she wanted to see her show. So, Josh stopped Penelope from finishing her episode and told her that she may continue it later before taking the remote and giving it to Kate. That’s when Penelope started yelling.”
Pettiness.
“Here’s where I believe I am wrong: Penelope said that since I, not Josh, had purchased the couch, they could watch on the floor. We genuinely believed she was joking, but she wasn’t kidding. I told her, we are family, and families share things.”
She Felt Left Out.
“Then she began ranting about how Josh had never treated her like family and that, therefore, they aren’t. Josh became irate and said she had been watching the television he bought while he kept silent.”
A Glass of Juice.
“I told her that it was true, so if she really intended to play that type of game, then be it. She broke down in tears and dumped an entire glass of juice on the couch. Josh and I were both angry and yelled at her to go to her room. Now that her grandmother has said I was too harsh on her, I am starting to question if I was the jerk.”
She Asked People for Their Opinion.
“Oliver advised me to put this here so that others could judge whether or not I am the jerk. Thank you in advance for your response.”
They certainly had something to say.
The Community Did Not Sympathize With the Woman.
“So… You intentionally and knowingly got back with someone who was cruel to one of your children in the past?” One user asked.
“It’s fine because they truly love each other, so that cancels out Josh being cruel to her child(!)” Another user shared.
Questionable Parenting.
Many users felt the woman’s choice for getting back with a man she was fully aware was mean to her child was poor parenting.
“I’m sure that’s comforting to her child who was emotionally brutalized by her stepfather; at least her mum is ‘truly in love’.”
Questionable Morals.
“As long as she is getting the D. Seriously, I don’t understand how this is so common with parents, do you even like your kids? Why have them if you are not going to take care of them? Disgusting.”
Lack of Context.
“There’s definitely a lot of backstory context needed. At what point did they have kids relative to ‘Josh being unkind to Penelope’ and relative to that break? The OP definitely makes it sound like after all of that, which leads you to a whole host of other questions there. How much older is Penelope? Either case, this mother isn’t really protecting her daughter.”
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