His Girlfriend Is Furious With Him For Spending More Money On His Daughter Than Her During A Shopping Trip
This man has shared custody of his 14-year-old daughter, who goes to stay with him every other weekend.
So, in anticipation of the visits, he always tries to plan something fun to ensure that his daughter enjoys her time with him.
Now that his daughter is a teen, though, planning cool activities has become a bit more challenging.
“I can’t just take her to the playground as I used to,” he said.
He also remembers how when he was a teenager, the last thing he wanted was to hang out with his parents. So, he keeps that in mind and tries to come up with more “grown-up” activities for himself and his daughter.
For instance, they will get dinner at fancy restaurants, go off-roading with ATVs, or he will teach her how to drive– on non-public roads, of course.
And during a visit just last weekend, he decided to take his daughter clothes shopping– an activity that nearly every teen girl loves.
Before the outing, he also basically told his daughter that she could pick out whatever items she wanted. Then, he would cover the costs– as long as they were within reason.
However, it is important to note that he also has a girlfriend. And even though he and his girlfriend do not live together yet, his daughter met his girlfriend and appeared to approve of their relationship.
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So, once his girlfriend heard about their father-daughter shopping trip and asked to tag along, he agreed to let her come.
By the time they got to shopping, though, things had taken a bad turn. Apparently, it all started after his girlfriend found a dress that she really loved. He claimed that she looked pretty amazing in it, too.
But then, he checked out the garment’s price tag and was forced to tell his girlfriend that the dress was just too expensive. So, she wound up picking out a few smaller items that he purchased.
Once it came time for him to pay for his daughter’s shopping items, though, it became clear that his girlfriend was upset.
Apparently, she saw how much he paid for his daughter’s clothes and decided to make an angry face at him. Then, she reportedly acted cold toward him for the rest of the afternoon.
“At the time, I didn’t know why. But I didn’t want to bring it up in front of my daughter,” he recalled.
After they actually arrived home, though, his girlfriend came right out with it and claimed that he treated her unfairly.
Apparently, she was angry with him because he refused to buy the dress that was too expensive yet ended up spending even more money on his daughter’s clothes.
He didn’t think his girlfriend had a right to be mad at him about that, though, and he attempted to be honest.
“I told her that I will always spend more money on my daughter than her,” he explained. That is his daughter, after all.
If you could not have guessed, though, his girlfriend did not understand that. Instead, his statement actually made her even more upset. So, they ultimately got into a big argument, and she ended up leaving.
Now, it has been nearly a week since the whole incident, and his girlfriend is still furious with him. So, he has been left wondering whether spending more money on his daughter than his girlfriend was actually a jerky thing to do or not.
Is his girlfriend entitled to his money? Should she care if he spends more money on his daughter? At the same time, do you think she may be upset about something else? If you were in his shoes, how would you reconcile this situation?
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