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- A woman severed ties with her mom and brother over their comments about her young daughter
- The poster says her brother, whom she referred to as a “golden child,” questioned her 2-year-old’s manners and the size of her feet
- Their mom didn’t intervene, and now the woman wants nothing to do with them
A 30-year-old woman turned to Reddit after cutting off her mother and brother due to their rude behavior towards her 2-year-old daughter.
The situation unfolded during a family visit where her brother, Mady, whom she describes as the “golden child,” made several derogatory comments about her daughter.
“My daughter was having fun with her uncle Roy, and bonding when golden child, uncle Mady appeared after waking up midday,” the woman recounts in her post. “Uncle Mady immediately started insulting my daughter, claiming that we hadn’t taught her any manners.”
His behavior was not only rude but also surprising, given that Mady had only met his niece a handful of times.
“He claims it is disrespectful for her to call Uncle Roy, ‘Uncle Roy’, and culturally, elders should not be called by their first name,” she writes.
However, Mady’s comments were not limited to general criticism, as he also made jabs about the child’s appearance.
“My mom mentioned how a pair of shoes she had bought my daughter did not fit her. Mady started commenting on how big her feet were,” the woman writes.
“He said, ‘She has gigantic feet like her mother,’ and then asked me, ‘What are you, a size 20?’ ”
His comments crossed a line, prompting the woman to intervene and call her husband to pick them up.
“I was not going to sit and listen to my daughter, a toddler, getting insulted any longer,” she notes.
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The situation escalated further when her husband confronted Mady about his behavior, which led to a heated exchange between the two men. Mady called them names, kicking them out of the house despite it being their parents’ home.
The woman’s mother failed to address Mady’s behavior. Instead, she defended him by saying his comments weren’t that bad.
In the aftermath of the incident, the woman and her husband cut off contact with her mother and Mady, while maintaining a relationship with her other brother, Roy.
“My mom did not call after the fact, but waited a week to call us, after my aunt spoke to her. She has now tried to call us once a week, which we have not answered, as we felt her efforts were bare minimum,” she adds.
The poster reflects on her actions, seeking to understand if there was anything she could have done differently.
“I want to take accountability for my own role, and I want to find out if there is something I’m not seeing that I could have done differently,” she concludes. “I want to do the best for my daughter.”
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