A man left his TeenageDaughter stuck on a roof for two hours after she called him for help — and the reason why is possibly the pettiest thing we’ve read this week.
As his 17-year-old daughter’s bedroom window is connected to the roof, she naturally sneaks up there to hang out sometimes. He cautioned her against it. “a million times”, and when she went up again and got stuck, he didn’t immediately rush home to help her back down.
The father of a 34-year-old took to Reddit’s Am I the A**hole subredditTo get second opinions about whether he was being too harsh with his daughter.
He explained to me that his daughter is with him twice a week, and every other weekend, because his mom and he are divorced.
She and her friends bring blankets, food and other items to sit on the roof because the roof is flat outside her window.
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The Redditor said although it’s not hugely unsafe as it’s not “particularly high up”As it can be tricky to get back in through the window, he advises her to stay off the roof. The ledge is 4ft above the roof. It makes it difficult for the 5ft girl to get back in without having to stand on something.
His daughter called him last weekend to tell him that she was stuck on the roof, and that she needed him to get home right away.
But he assured her he’d be home. “soon”And he said the same thing as he had spoken to her “a million times”Not to climb up on her own. “she can figure out how to get back in herself”.
His daughter called his mom when he finally got home, two hours later. “absolutely furious”.
He stated: “It was cold but our daughter was fine and I told her mom that if our daughter had listened to me about not going out there, it wouldn’t have happened.
“Our daughter is fine and I wasn’t gone that long, but her mom and even my girlfriend are saying that I put my need to prove a point above my daughter’s wellbeing.”
The most popular comment with nearly 15,000 views: “LOL. I’m sorry I’m laughing at the expense of your daughter. When I was 16, I used to do the same thing at my parents/ house.
“They always told me to stop. So I got stuck and they were HOME! Instead of helping me right away, they went outside and took pictures of me stuck on the roof!
“There is still a framed photo of me on the roof that my mother has on her desk. LOL.”
They added that they don’t believe the Redditor is “the a**hole” in this situation as she wasn’t in any danger and he did come home and help her in the end.
Another commenter, however, asked about the weather.
Redditor Linda said it was around 8 degrees Celsius. However, she was wearing two layers. “and is used to colder temperatures”. One commenter responded by saying: “YTA [you’re the a**hole]. That’s too cold. Since you weren’t physically there who had no way of knowing if what she was wearing was truly sufficiently warm.”
Another one: “You left your daughter outside in -8 degrees for over two hours? Of course YTA. Give her a punishment, point out ‘I told you so’, but you don’t withhold help to prove a point. What was she wearing? Could she have got hypothermia? Did you even ask her? This was totally inappropriate of you.”
What do you think?