Today, at 3:00 am, I sat with my 3 year-old daughter while she tried to go back to sleep. She'd had a nightmare, and I'd read that "not leaving" was the most important thing a father could do. My wife woke and called me a pervert for sitting there. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was trying to sleep when I saw a head looming from the darkness with no eyes and a mouth open like a silent scream. I just froze and pissed myself. It was my daughter wanting to cuddle with us. Alas, the bed was wet, so she got put back in her bed, while we had to share the sofa downstairs. FML
Today, my husband actually helped put our 4 year-old to bed because I was watching my nephews, who were about to be picked up. When I was sitting with my nephews in the living room, he yelled for me to help with our daughter. I said I couldn’t and he told me to shut up. I put her to bed every other night. FML
Today, my son climbed into our bed because he'd had a nightmare. He and my wife spent hours whispering and giggling like they were at a slumber party. Cute, until the next morning, when they were both tired, grumpy, and uncooperative. FML
Today, I was having trouble sleeping due to jet lag. I was finally sleepy and looking forward to a decent night of rest when my 4 year-old woke up and refused to stay in his room or try to rest. The next two hours involved him shouting at me, kicking me, and crying because he wanted Daddy, who is on a business trip. FML
Today, I'm dead on my feet after being awake since 1AM with the baby. I begged my wife to watch both the baby and our four year-old for an hour while I napped. She refused, and instead said she needed a rest more. Her reason? “I might need to do a shit later.” FML
Today, my 3-year-old fell asleep in our bed while cuddling me, and I let him stay since he was being so sweet. In the middle of the night, he took off his pants and pissed all over my head and back. FML
Today, as I was taking my three year-old daughter home from daycare, she asked where her daddy was. I tried to tell her that I was her father, but she answered, "No, not you! My other daddy!" I've got some talking to do tonight. FML
Today, my 2-year-old daughter and my 27-year-old husband both woke me up in the early hours of the morning. Their complaints were the same: they'd both wet the bed. FML
Today, my daughter hugged me around the neck and whispered, "I'm going to cut your head off." I'm afraid to go to sleep now. FML
Today, it's 3:42 a.m. and my son is crying because I won't let him play with his dirty diaper. FML
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RESTAREA 0
Hopefully she was just joking? And, I mean, it was 3am, she was probably out of it anyway. No worries, you did the right thing and it's good that you're not letting her come into your own bed when those things happen because then they'll do it all the time. That's how it was with my brothers, atleast.
patrickhb 0
If she's serious, then she's clearly not cut out for parenthood - certainly not adoption. She's your DAUGHTER, and the fact you adopted shouldn't make a difference - your wife should understand, and shouldn't even be able to CONSIDER that. You should leave her, both because she doesn't appreciate and understand you AT ALL, and because she clearly doesn't feel the same way as you do about the adoption.
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jd_superjive 0
This wouldnt be an issue if it was her watching the child, what trust issues does she have exactly?
percypigs 0
i always thought it was spelt 'paedophile'. oh well.
greengreta 0
Must be nice to have so much time that you can spell check everyone's posts on a website.
percypigs 0
argh, ive just realised that post made me sound like a twat :| i thought I was wrong, that's why i said it. dammit, now i look like one of those annoying people who pick faults :(
QuietRiots 0
Probably it was a joke. If not, please save yourself a lot of trouble and move on.
MrIrish20 1
**** your wife, I hope for her sake she was kidding. Although you could just as easily explain it to her. If she's really that rude, move on like #158 said.
greengreta 0
I'd like to know when it started that the minute a man has a daughter he becomes a pedophile. This attitude makes me ill and is extremely prevalent on this website.
artgrrl 0
That's unfortunate. I used to get nightmares all the time, and luckily my parents let me wiggle in between them in their bed (back before they hated each other and divorced) and it was deeply comforting to be beside my guardians when I was scared. I hope your wife learns that you did the right thing, and that motherhood will be something she'll come to understand.
BB360 0
WTF? Was your **** hanging out?
Soniplaystation 0
ur wife is a ****.
nike1 0
YDI for having a shitty wife.
xXmoses_rocksXx 0
Well, I completely disagree with your wife. You were being a great father, adopted or not. So, whatever she says, **** her! And all the people that said 'YDI', what the ******* HELL?! How the hell does he deserve it? He was being a good dad! Any woman would be LUCKY to have a man like the OP to be the father of their children!!!