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She gets away with doing whatever she wants

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Timbucktutu · 06/03/2026 19:01

Nice evening, cosy by the fire.
Dd decides she wants to make soup, I tell her we don’t have the ingredients and we can make tomorrow. Dd stubborn and becomes quite single minded when she gets an idea into her head (suspect Nd) so I just leave her to it and try to be patient about the mess that will be made and to just let it go.
Dh goes into the kitchen and sees she’s spilt a jar of cinnamon all over the floor, starts to get angry, Dd saying sorry. He tells her she can’t make all this and can’t get all these ingredients out, comes in to tell me. At this point I don’t see the point of getting angry and he storms out saying that she gets away with doing whatever she wants

Who is being unreasonable here?

OP posts:
ToKittyornottoKitty · 06/03/2026 19:15

You are, you said no, let her do it anyway and refused to back your husband up.
How old is she?

NotAnotherScarf · 06/03/2026 19:13

Ablondiebutagoody · 06/03/2026 19:11

I don't see why either of you have such a problem with dd amusing herself. You both sound mean.

It's like "how dare she be creative"

Edited

Because I'd bet good money that the op will be left with all the mess. That dd will use something that the op or DH planned to cook with tomorrow and she was told no. End of. No.

INX · 06/03/2026 19:12

Ablondiebutagoody · 06/03/2026 19:11

I don't see why either of you have such a problem with dd amusing herself. You both sound mean.

It's like "how dare she be creative"

Edited

On the contrary, they sound like they allow their DD to be boss of the house.

Ablondiebutagoody · 06/03/2026 19:11

I don't see why either of you have such a problem with dd amusing herself. You both sound mean.

It's like "how dare she be creative"

INX · 06/03/2026 19:11

And by the way, age is always relevant on these threads.

suburburban · 06/03/2026 19:10

I think I’d be annoyed about the mess too and wouldn’t have let her make it in the first place

INX · 06/03/2026 19:10

You both are.

If you don't want her making soup until the next day, then why was she taking it upon herself to ignore you and you just sat back and let her?

Also, why were you even thinking about the mess considering she'll surely be cleaning it all up (although I suspect not).

Muckypig · 06/03/2026 19:09

You are. You said no, explained why, and then did nothing to follow through or even back your DH up when it came to cleaning up the mess she had made.

Cerialkiller · 06/03/2026 19:07

I'm confused because you said one thing and did something else. If you want to leave her to it then why tell her not to do it first? You are just undermining yourself here.

How old is DD?

DH shouldn't have got angry about the mess but if DD made it and didn't clean it up then it's understandable. I'm assuming DD is an older teen if she's making soup?

Bonkers1966 · 06/03/2026 19:02

You are married to an idiot.

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