A 19-year-old girl has a dad who is 60-years-old, and her dad recently got a new girlfriend. A few weeks ago, she got to meet her dad’s new girlfriend for the first time, and things did not go well.
Not only does her dad’s new girlfriend look a lot like her…but her dad’s new girlfriend is also close to the same as her.
Her dad’s new girlfriend is only 23, so 4 years older than she is.
“His GF is young as hell and she looks exactly like me, similar dress sense, similar voice, and mannerisms,” she explained.
“We look disturbingly alike. Us looking alike and her age has really been messing with my mind. My dad says he doesn’t see it but he’s clearly lying if even the waitress thought we were twins!!!!”
“It was so embarrassing when the waitress realized it was his girlfriend and not his daughter. I could literally see the entire waitstaff discussing it.”
After that incident in the restaurant, she made it clear to her dad that she would never like to spend time with him and his new girlfriend in public ever again.
She went on to tell her dad that she would happily be seen out and about with him if he decided to break up with his new girlfriend, but all of that made her dad mad.
Her dad thinks she’s being awful for getting upset over his girlfriend’s age, and he does not see the resemblance between her and his girlfriend at all.
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She believes how she feels is valid, and she thinks her dad is being the completely unreasonable one.
Here’s what the internet had to say.
“Your dad isn’t being simply unreasonable, he’s being selfish, ignorant of your feelings, and really, really gross for not only dating a woman a couple of years older than his teenage daughter but also for choosing one that could pass for his daughter’s twin.”
“He is failing as a parent by not making better choices (seriously, ew) and not seeing, validating, and taking into account your feelings whatsoever.”
“Okay first the fact that she’s 37 years younger than him is already enough to creep ANYONE out!! And then to invalidate your feelings I would ice him out.”
“Men that old dating women that young is gross.”
“Ask your dad if he’d be cool with you dating someone who is 56. If he says yes, set up a double date with one of your friend’s dad’s and your dad and his GF.”
“Obvs, your friend’s dad would have to be in on the prank, and not actually think you’re on a real date with him.”
“As someone who used to waitress in a town with several universities, my favorite game to play was ‘Girlfriend or Daughter’.”
“Staff would guess if the 55-year-old man with a woman who looked like she was still in school were dating, or if he was visiting and spending some time with his baby girl. Was the game insensitive?”
“Absolutely, I was 21 and a bit judgy. Was I able to accurately guess 95% of the time that they were dating?”
“On the nose almost every time- and they were on a date 9/10 times. All this to say that you’re not wrong for not wanting to be an unwilling participant in this game show.”
“Clearly, your dad is going through…something, but at 19 it’s not your job to figure it out or to fix it. From an internet stranger please know that you’re allowed to wash your hands of this entirely and hold this boundary firm.”
“Good luck with whatever fallout you get for not congratulating your dad for dating your (slightly) older sister.”
“The fact that HE doesn’t care is weird. I went for a flu shot with my dad in college, and they referred to us as Mister and Missus.”
“I STILL can’t tell which of us was more upset by the mix-up. If people thought his GF was my twin, I’m pretty sure he would have walked out and just kept walking.”
“I went on a few dates with someone who was a nice guy but I had to end it with him because he looked too much like my older brother.”
“I thought maybe it was just me, but when I introduced him to my friend she said the same thing. It was just too weird.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say here.