Husband Calls Wife Irresponsible For Leaving Their Daughter Alone, Asks If He’s Being Overprotective

• By Arsalan Sajid
• 4 months ago
• 5 minutes read

It is understood that if two people are accompanying each other to a destination and one of them needs to leave immediately for work, they should notify the other to avoid annoyance; otherwise, the left one will be worried.

OP told a tale regarding his wife’s similar attitude when taking their elder daughter to the store and left her there for over two hours with no indication that she was going anywhere else. OP and his wife Jen had two daughters, ages 13 and seven. Jen spent the day out with her oldest daughter Emily, while OP stayed at home with the youngest. Emily contacted OP after three hours, crying since she couldn’t find her mother despite searching for an hour. Read the complete article to discover out how OP reacted when he ran to the clothing store to find her daughter alone, with no sign of her wife nearby.

Source: Reddit

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1. OP wonders if he was incorrect to call his wife irresponsible, possibly because he was overprotective of his daughter.

2. OP lived with her wife Jen and their two 13- and 7-year-old daughters. Jen spent the day out with her older daughter Emily, while OP stayed at home with their youngest.

3. After three hours, Emily called OP from a clothing store, crying that she hadn’t seen her mother in an hour and that her phone had gone to voicemail.

4. OP advised Emily to calm down and arrived soon, but she couldn’t find Jen or her car nearby. OP attempted to contact Jen, but to no avail.

5. Jen contacted OP after 40 minutes to say she had driven to another store and did not take Emily because she wanted to return immediately.

6. After returning, OP chastised Jen for being careless in leaving Emily alone, but Jen believed Emily was mature enough to care for herself.

7. OP was upset with Jen for leaving her daughter at a random store without informing her. OP accepted his overprotective conduct due to the high crime incidence in the area.

OP advised Emily to calm down before hurrying to the store to pick her up. The OP couldn’t find Jen or her car nearby and attempted to call her, but her phone was on voicemail. He kept looking in surrounding stores, but to no effect. After 40 minutes, OP received a phone from Jen, who stated that she went to another store to grab something and did not accompany Emily because she did not expect it to take that long. OP was enraged because he thought she could at least inform Emily of her departure and labeled her irresponsible. Jen became agitated and said that Emily was old enough to care for herself.

Now that you’ve heard the story, let’s dive into what Redditors had to say. Keep reading to discover other people’s perspectives on the matter.

8. According to Redditor, anyone accompanying a person to the store has the right to know where another person is going.

9. Yes, it is called basic etiquette.

10. Redditors believe that sharing where you are is the basic kind of communication required when two people are going somewhere together.

11. Redditor calls OP’s behavior irresponsible and states that her daughter will always remember it.

12. Yes, every sensible person should do the same thing.

13. Redditor believes that OP’s wife deliberately didn’t tell her daughter about her going just to avoid her asking to accompany her.

14. It is the same question on everyone’s mind at the moment.

15. According to Redditor, OP’s wife was gone for an hour and 40 minutes with the phone on, do not disturb, which is quite suspicious.

16. Indeed! Only iPhone users can understand this.

17. Redditor admires OP’s daughter’s decision to call her father in an emergency.

18. Yes, it seemed strange that she neglected her daughter for so long.

19. Redditor confronts OP’s wife for leaving her daughter in panic after she couldn’t find her mother.

20. Redditor has a valid point.

Jen made a mistake since Emily was entitled to know if her accompanying mother went to another store and left her behind. Every sane person became concerned when they were unable to locate the other person, but Emily did the proper thing by informing her father. OP had the right to ask his wife about her irresponsible behavior, and Jen was angry because she was unable to provide a sensible response. Jen’s behavior was questionable because she could simply have told her daughter before leaving so Emily wouldn’t fear, but she chose not to and received criticism. How do you see the OP’s situation? Share your thoughts in the comments area below, and stay tuned to Wholesomeness for more tales.