'My father-in-law told me to stop cuddling my 15-year-old daughter - I'm fuming'
It can be difficult when kids reach their teenage years as they might become more rebellious and show less attention and love to their parents. So when they give you something, you might want to cling onto that as a parent.
But one dad has faced a backlash from his wife and in-laws after they felt it was not appropriate for him to be cuddling with his 15-year-old daughter during a movie.
The man had been watching a film with his teenager and two other kids with his wife and in-laws at home but they were not happy with what they were seeing.
The man had been watching a film with his children, wife and in-laws at home - but they were not happy with what they were seeing.
His daughter has always been fond of a cuddle (stock photo) (Getty Images/PhotoAlto)Taking to Reddit, the dad-of-three explained that when the kids went to bed his father-in-law told him what he thought of him cuddling his daughter and the dad was not impressed.
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Taking to Reddit, the dad-of-three explained that when the kids went to bed, his father-in-law told him what he thought of him cuddling his daughter - and he was left fuming.
In the post, the dad, who posted anonymously, explained: "My eldest has always been a cuddler, and that suits me fine because I am too.
"Recently my in-laws were over, and we were all watching a movie together. It was a kids movie, and so my 15- year-old was bored out of her mind and tired, so she started to snuggle up to me and go to sleep."
After the film finished, he sent the kids to their rooms so the adults could chat a bit longer but the in-laws only had one thing on their mind.
"After a short silence my father-in-law let it drop that he thought it was inappropriate I still cuddled with my 15-year-old," wrote the dad.
"To my surprise, my wife and mother-in-law both agreed with him.
"I have a lot of respect for my in-laws, I get along with them great and I consider them closer than my own parents. Obviously I'm quite fond of my wife as well, but I outright told them to 'f*** off and go f*** themselves' and then left them and went to bed."
He explained that they were not happy with his reply and have been requesting an apology since.
In response, many have come to the support of the dad and said there is nothing wrong with showing affection to your kids.
One person wrote: "You cuddle your kid. It's lovely that she feels so comfortable with you. They're projecting their own disgusting thoughts."
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While another stated: "I feel like this is the ideal situation to play dumb and go 'why would that be inappropriate?' to make them spell out literally what they're implying and realise how disgusting they are being and question why their mind goes straight to that place."
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