Imagine you’re a 47-year-old dad, excited to introduce your new 33-year-old girlfriend to your 12-year-old daughter. You decide to take them out for lunch at a restaurant, hoping for a pleasant bonding experience. But things take an unexpected turn when your daughter calls out your girlfriend’s peculiar behavior towards the waitstaff. ️
New Girlfriend Meets Daughter

Girlfriend’s Issue with Waitstaff

Sensitive to Entitled Attitudes

Time to Order

Requesting a Fork

Daughter Gets Triggered

Politeness Reminder

Outburst in the Restaurant

Cutting the Meal Short

Dad’s Disappointment

Grounded for Embarrassment

Different Approaches

Ignorance and Rudeness

Late Mother’s Influence

Dad’s Dilemma: Grounding Daughter for Public Outburst
So, this dad is caught in a tough spot. His daughter publicly calls out his new girlfriend’s behavior towards waitstaff, leading to an embarrassing scene in the restaurant. He grounds her for her outburst, but now he’s questioning if he’s in the wrong. Was it right for the daughter to confront the girlfriend’s behavior, or should she have respected her dad’s relationship and kept her opinions to herself? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
Commenter calls out OP’s girlfriend for entitled behavior towards waitstaff.

Daughter called out girlfriend’s snobbish behavior, dad punished her instead. YTA.

Choosing a partner over your child? YTA strikes again ♀️

Daughter calls out entitled girlfriend’s mistreatment of waitstaff. YTA.

Commenter calls out OP for being the a**hole, gets support.

Commenter calls out father for grounding daughter who stood up for waitstaff.

Commenter calls out dad for letting girlfriend misbehave, offers advice.

Daughter called out girlfriend’s attitude, but OP prioritizes rudeness.
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Daughter calls out dad’s rude girlfriend towards waitstaff, gets grounded. YTA.

Commenter questions girlfriend’s attitude towards waitstaff, receives hilarious and insightful replies.

Daughter calls out girlfriend’s rude behavior towards waitstaff. YTA.

Daughter called out bad behavior, but dad punished her?

Commenter calls out dad and girlfriend for being judgy towards waitstaff

Daughter calls out girlfriend’s attitude, dad grounds her. YTA.

Daughter called out rude girlfriend, dad punished her. Commenters disagree.

Daughter calls out rude waitstaff, dad grounds her. YTA confirmed

12-year-old daughter shows more emotional maturity than dad’s girlfriend

Server calls out OP for being TA and suggests eating at home ️

Father grounds daughter for criticizing girlfriend’s rude behavior. YTA.
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Savage reply to a judgmental YTA comment

12yo called out rude girlfriend, dad grounded her. YTA confirmed.

Commenter calls out dad’s girlfriend for being entitled and rude.

Enforcing politeness on others is important, YTA for grounding.

Daughter calls out rude girlfriend. Dad grounds her. YTA.

Daughter defends waitstaff, dad’s GF needs to grow up

Commenter calls out dad for enabling girlfriend’s rude behavior

Dad gets called out by daughter, grounds her. YTA confirmed

Father chooses rude girlfriend over daughter, internet outraged

Parenting fail? Commenter calls out OP and girlfriend’s behavior

Teaching manners to girlfriend is better than punishing daughter

Father grounds daughter for calling out girlfriend’s behavior
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Commenter calls out YTA dad and his snobby girlfriend

Daughter calls out rude behavior, dad chooses rude girlfriend over daughter

Comment suggests girlfriend has mental issues

Daughter punished for doing the right thing? YTA strikes again
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Commenter calls out father for poor lesson on entitlement

Commenter calls out dad for poor example-setting & girlfriend’s behavior

Daughter called out dad’s girlfriend for being rude to waitstaff

Commenter calls out dad for bad behavior and parenting skills

Commenter calls out rude behavior towards waitstaff, deems YTA and GF

Father prioritizes young girlfriend over daughter’s valid concerns

Server calls out rude behavior, demands apology from father

Commenter criticizes dad’s parenting and defends daughter’s behavior

Daughter calls out girlfriend’s attitude towards waitstaff, dad grounds her. YTA.

Daughter called out dad’s disrespectful girlfriend to waitstaff. YTA.

Waitstaff judgment and idolizing late mother, YTA comment section.

Commenter suspects girlfriend is a modern-day Cruella de Vil

Commenter thinks dad is the a**hole

Daughter calls out dad’s entitled girlfriend, gets punished. YTA.

Parenting gone wrong: Dad shames daughter for standing up to rudeness

Commenter calls out fake AITA post, lists cliches.

Commenter calls out bad behavior with clown emoji
