I Went Out Of Town Whilst Daughter Was Sick And Her Dad Called Me Selfish For Doing so | Reddit
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
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Summary
In today's AITA story, OP had been planning to go to this concert for months. But the night before she was supposed to leave, her daughter suddenly fell ill. Her ex insisted OP should cancel and her family piled on the guilt. But OP ended up going anyway... only to come home to accusations that she "abandoned her child." Now she's wondering if she really messed up or if everyone's blowing things way out of proportion.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Story 1
2:11 Story 1 Edits
2:42 Story 1 Comments / OP's Replies
6:02 Story 1 Update
10:07 Story 2
15:30 Story 2 Comments / OP's Replies
16:54 Story 2 Update
20:56 Story 2 Comments / OP's Replies
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Waffle Gang, I do hope you're well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more Reddit stories. |
| 0:10.3 | And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider? |
| 0:13.0 | Then I'll like, subscribe, maybe that notification bell too. |
| 0:16.3 | Let's crack on with today's first story. |
| 0:19.9 | Much love, guys. Now, today's first story comes from the |
| 0:22.9 | Am I the Asshole subreddit and it says, Am I the asshole for going out of town for a concert |
| 0:28.6 | while my daughter is sick. Over six months ago, I bought tickets to a concert five plus hours |
| 0:35.5 | away from my city. The concert is tomorrow and I plan to drive |
| 0:39.8 | down tonight after work and after dropping my daughter off at Adat. The ticket to my accommodations |
| 0:45.7 | are already paid for and non-refundable. I've been really excited for this trip since I found out |
| 0:51.4 | about it. All week my daughter, 10, has been home sick. |
| 0:56.1 | She has a dry cough, slight fever, but nothing extreme. |
| 0:59.8 | And a decreased appetite. |
| 1:01.8 | I work from home and it's slow season at work, so I was able to be by her side all week |
| 1:06.4 | to take care of her. |
| 1:08.0 | She's slowly getting better but still not feeling great. |
| 1:11.6 | Updated her dad on her condition so he could keep an eye on it. And now he's saying I'm being |
| 1:16.4 | selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn't catch whatever she has. We share custody. |
| 1:22.6 | During the school year, I have her during the week so I can stay on top of her schooling, |
| 1:26.8 | homework, extracurricular activities, |
| 1:28.9 | etc. If I'm not on top of it, he can't be bothered. Her dad picks her up from school on Fridays |
| 1:34.8 | and has her for the weekend. I pick her up Sunday morning just before noon to take her to horseback |
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