Dad Shares He Got into Trouble for Choosing to Have a McDonald's Meal for Dinner

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By Fatima Virrey , Parent Herald Sep 09, 11:16 am

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A dad shares in a Reddit community how he got into trouble buying himself a Mcdonald's meal. In an

According to the dad, who goes by the user name EnvironmentNumerous6, he ate the Mcdonald's meal in front of his wife and daughter, who had chicken salad for dinner. After, his wife called him childish, but he explained that he could have shared the meal with his daughter if she asked.

Before the solo Mcdonald's meal

In the Reddit post, the dad shared that he and his daughter argued earlier that day. It was because of the distribution of chores. he said, "I told her mopping the hallway was included in her part every Saturday, but she insisted limiting to her room only."

Before the dad left for work, his daughter was quite angry at him.

Buying the meal

When the dad was going home that Friday, he decided that he wanted to buy some Mcdonald's. It was Friday, so he thought it was going to be okay.

Before ordering his meal, he called his wife to ask if she was interested in having some fast food meal. The wife said that she made chicken salad and preferred to eat that.

Then the father tried calling the daughter. He said, "I then called my daughter who answered quite loudly and rude(ly)."

When the father asked if his 10-year-old daughter was still about their argument that morning, the young girl hung up. The father tried to call again, but he got declined.

The Redditor thought, during that time, that he could have sent the young girl a message. However, he talked himself out of it. He said, "I figured she didn't need any McDonald's and so only bought myself a set."

At the dinner table

When the dad came home, he enjoyed his Mcdonald's meal while his daughter and wife were eating chicken salad. The young girl kept on glaring at his dad because of what happened.

The father was very much willing to share his meal, only if his daughter asked, but she did not.

After dinner, his wife called him childish for not buying their daughter a Mcdonald's meal.

The following day, the daughter mopped the hall, and her father got him the Mcdonald's meal.

AITA for only buying myself McDonald's when my daughter hung up on my call? from r/AmItheAsshole

Netizens' reactions

Those who were members of the community had different opinions on what happened.

Some thought they would do the same thing.

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Others admired the kind of parenting that the father in the post did.

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There were also comments about how the father should not have given the young girl Mcdonald's on the following day.

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