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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ZBrandon 0
Wow, what a bitch. that just isnt right, FYL
kelseysue92 0
aww... you know what? just you trying to be a good dad is a lot more than a lot of fathers can say. just keep it up and good luck :)
meadowlark 0
I'm sure she was just confused. It was the middle of the night. You did the right thing. I wish my father would have stayed with me if I had a bad dream as a child. Don't read too much into the situation, and you don't need to leave your wife like everyone else says. Good for you for adopting a child. Best of luck to you x
VeganVampyre 27
Even if it was the middle of the night, there's something troubling about the fact that her first thought was "he's being a perv!" rather than, "is our daughter okay?" Generally when you've just woken up and you're still sleepy some things may not make sense, but you wouldn't say or do something that's totally out of character. So even if she couldn't think of a good reason for him to be in there, she shouldn't have come to the conclusion that he was doing something wrong unless she had already been thinking/worrying about him doing something, or she just doesn't trust him. They definitely need to talk about this.
sharkshaveteeth 0
Yeah, I don't understand why she is calling you a perv. That is really not called for whatsoever, I don't care what time of day or night it is. Kudos to you for stepping up to the plate and doing whatever you possibly can to make your daughter feel comfortable and more secure!
ChrmnMa0 0
Jebus. lets spell divorce together!
onelove7563 0
I call BS, either that or she was kidding when she said it.
Iloveyencheck 0
aw what a nice dad :) but it wife must have been kidding and if not FYL.
xHaniffax 0
your wife is dumb
Sipos 0
Saying that kind of thing is serious. It shouldn't be said for a joke. You should ask her why she said it. I assume that she doesn't actually think that but you should make it clear it isn't ok to say if she doesn't. Calling someone a pervert can really mess up their life even if it is complete bulshit.
dirtyrubes 0
Your wife is a perv for that being the first place she goes when she sees you comforting your step-daughter.
perfectwinds 0
ADOPTED daughter, not STEP daughter.
dirtyrubes 0
Yeah, you're right. My bad.
Moemoemoe_fml 0
Perfectwinds, real-daughter/step-daughter/adopted-daughter, it's all still his daughter, regardless of which is was. It doesn't changes anything, it's still his daughter.
perfectwinds 0
Not necessarily. Step-family aren't always family.