AITAH for canceling my daughter’s weekend trip after she mocked my husband for taking paternity leave?
Throwaway because my daughter follows my main.
I(35F) have a daughter(15F) with my ex(36M). I’m remarried to my husband(37M) and we also have a baby(6moF). Co-parenting is usually fine, and my daughter is generally a good kid, just very online lately.
My husband recently took paternity leave. He’s been doing a lot of the day-to-day stuff: bottles, laundry, nighttime wakeups, and cooking when I’m tapped out. I’m grateful, and I’ve told him that.
Last week my daughter was over and I asked her to watch the baby for 15 minutes while I showered. She rolled her eyes and said something like, “Why are you asking me? Isn’t that what he’s home for?”
I said he’s not “home” like he’s on vacation, he’s caring for the baby. She laughed and said, “It’s still weird. Men that do all that are kind of embarrassing.”
My husband didn’t snap back, he just got quiet. I asked my daughter to explain what she meant, and she doubled down that dads shouldn’t be doing “mom stuff” and that it makes a guy look weak.
I lost my patience. She had plans that weekend to go to an amusement park with me and my husband. I told her the trip was canceled and she could stay with her dad(36M) until she can speak respectfully about our family. I drove her over that night.
Now she’s texting apologies and saying I overreacted and “ruined her weekend.” My ex thinks I should have just talked it out instead of pulling the plug on something she was excited about.
AITAH for canceling the trip and sending her to her dad’s over what she said about my husband taking paternity leave?
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