I'm not the PP, and I'm someone who is VERY measured in all the situations you describe. At work I actually am like, the person people call to deal with difficult people because I have a seemingly never ending well of self control and patience. It is my specialty, taming other emotionally volatile people. But I have to say if someone called my daughter fat on the internet I too believe I would have a debilitating disproportionate response, regardless of her weight. Girls these days (of every size) need NO help worrying about their bodies. And this type of comment from someone you know can ring in your ears for the rest of your life. I would absolutely lose my sh*t. Kids deserve parents who will go to the mattresses for them, no one ever fought for me growing up (guess how I got to be so good at dealing with emotionally volatile people?), I'm not going to let my kids down. |
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Have an affair, tell people about it, then treat those people badly you don't get to walk around all wah wah wah when the consequences hit. |
How does making the comment more memorable by making a big deal help the kid? OP's parent let their own kid down. |
I don't know what to tell you. There are clearly two types of people here. The people for whom such an insult to their kid would cause them to see red and lash out before they could even think properly about it and the people who act like those people are crazy. I would rather be the former. To an extent of course. Here we have a relationship that has clearly had drama in the past and a dad defending his daughter. I would rather see my parent fight for me than try to sweep it under the rug. To each their own. |
You should be glad you sound like a Karen who never wants to be called on her sh!t. I’m extremely successful socially, professionally and emotionally. But he drunk Karen treating your waitress like crap, I will stand up to you for her. You bully a family because their kid with Tourette’s is making noise at a restaurant. I’m gonna be there to shut you down. Sorry Karen! |
It’s almost like if you don’t want your cheating exposed - in any way, including on Facebook - you should just, not cheat? I mean what a crazy concept here. |
Would you shut up with the Play Stupid Games crap. |
I only said it once hahaha, strike a nerve? |
I hope your daughter thinks FB is for old people and didn't see the dumpster fire reaction to her graduation. You should all grow up! |
How are so many still ignoring the fact that Dave’s wife and kids did nothing wrong? Are you that dumb or just unwilling to see that there are innocent parties to this shit show and DH should have considered them. JFC. Grow the up. Only super trashy people act like this on social media and in public. |
I mean you are clearly just dragging this out so I just must be in the mood to argue with trolls about this but again, his family is the victim of HIM. If someone does something awful to me and I react, and my reaction done emotionally and in the moment in response to a completely unexpected and cruel gesture hurts the feelings of someone else, I may feel bad after the fact but the guilt of that does not in fact rest on my shoulders. We are entitled to have our own human authentic reactions to events and do not have a responsibility to every person who could be impacted by it. I think the DH could have handled it better but I certainly don't blame him and in the context of the question at hand "who is most out of bounds here" it is not the DH! It is, in fact, definitively, Dave. |
Grow up and stop this performative justice. It’s gross and trashy. |
I do not think that means what you think it means haha |
Shows what you know and why you are ok with this kind of behavior. |
So you'd trade the feelings of Dave's kids for your own? Screw them and Dave's wife, right? As long as you can get revenge for what someone said about your daughter it's all good? |