Kids: Today, at 3:00 am, I sat with my 3 year-old daughter while she...

By me. - 15/07/2009 08:02 - United States

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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RESTAREA 0

Wednesday 15 July 2009 16:11

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

Wednesday 15 July 2009 16:14

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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DirtyParkBench 0

Saturday 18 July 2009 12:20

Either your wife is a total bitch, or you set off her creep alert. I don't know if this is a FYL or YDI, but either way, it's an FHL for the kid.

kpanchal 0

Saturday 18 July 2009 12:49

Your wife sounds like a ******* bitch. If she doesn't like you being a good dad, then make her stupid ass do all the work. It's her little bastard anyway.

CharlieMitsuki 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 5:43

I'm not going to say anything bad about your wife because that is, after all, your wife. Not only that, but I don't know what kind of childhood she had that would lead her mind to jump to that conclusion automatically. However, I do think that you guys need to have a serious talk if she is going to flip out about you parenting.

Smiley_70 22

Sunday 19 July 2009 16:32

Charlie - totally agree. Also being 3 in the morning - she might have been abused when she was younger and jumping to conclusions.

Kligmaniac 0

Sunday 19 July 2009 22:29

You did the right thing.

acycrina 0

Friday 24 July 2009 12:24

To be honest, the fact you even called we your "adopted" daughter instead of your daughter gives me a little pang in it chest, being adopted myself... To the humor-something person who commented before, that just made me horribly sad. as some advice: never call your daughter that, because I know from experience that seeing your parents call you their "adopted" daughter instead of their daughter hurts a lot. It a good that you were trying to comfort her, and I would speak to your wife if I were you. It'll cause trouble in the future if she thinks comforting your daughter is perverted.

cherry_bomb_fml 0

Saturday 25 July 2009 7:24

you're a great dad :) she's a lucky little girl. your wife? all i can say is - ISSUES

tipple 0

Wednesday 29 July 2009 20:12

Yeah, that's crap. There are a surprising number of people, a lot of them women, who seem to believe there are only two types of men: those who ignore children and those who molest them. I don't know who I feel more sorry for - the men who get distrust and abuse dumped on them for caring about children, or the poor children that are denied caring and closeness from their fathers and father figures.

esklstar 0

Friday 31 July 2009 16:06

u did the right thing she is stupid.

TeagueM 0

Friday 7 August 2009 2:58

Ummmm nice The Book Thief reference. You dick.

its_me_123 0

Thursday 7 January 2010 4:21

Good book though ;) And OP, your wife over-reacted a bit didn't she?!! You did the right thing making sure your adopted daughter was ok..."not leaving" is definitely important - children feel safer knowing there is someone who will be there to look after them if they need it :)