There’s no easy path through grief, and I imagine that losing your mother unexpectedly at a young age is one of the hardest things imaginable.

Add to it a father who moves on what seems like – in your mind – quickly, and you’ve got a recipe for some pretty big feelings.

This widower lost his wife unexpectedly at a fairly young age.

AITA if I stop paying my daughter’s tuition over a disgusting comment she made towards my new girlfriend?

My (56M) wife died at the young age of 51 from a car accident.

I was in deep mourning for about a year after her death.

He’s since met another woman he’s fallen head over heels in love with.

I met my new GF C (43F) around January.

C was the one who made me laugh for the first time after my wife died.

She’s smart as hell (3 Ivy League degrees), has a dark sense of humor that I love, a terrific cook, and overall an amazing woman who I can imagine spending the rest of my life with.

She is also on the heavier side, a fact that becomes relevant later.

His son has taken the news fairly well but his daughter has not.

I have 2 children, E (25M) and A (19F).

They were well aware that I had gotten a new GF before I first introduced them to C this summer.

She got along immediately with E, but A was very very standoffish.

After that initial meeting I asked A if there was something wrong but she denied it.

C made a few more attempts to get to know A but they were all rudely rejected.

Things came to a head at Thanksgiving.

E and A both came home for Thanksgiving dinner.

I asked A to please be polite during the meal since she’s always been rude in her interactions with C even though C has been nothing but gracious in return.

The dinner was going as well as it could have for the first 10 minutes, although I noticed A glaring at C the entire time.

When C went to grab her third helping of mashed potatoes, A said “Don’t you think you’ve eaten enough, you fat pig?”

C started sobbing immediately and ran off into the bedroom. I felt my face turn red and told A to get out.

Now this dad is making big threats – and following through on them, too.

About half an hour after A left I texted her stating that I would no longer pay her tuition unless 1. She apologized to C and 2. C accepts her apology.

A must have assumed that I was bluffing because she instead doubled down on her behavior during Thanksgiving dinner.

I then logged into her university’s tuition payment website, canceled next semester’s tuition, and sent A the screenshots.

She called me crying and begging me to reconsider but I told her my mind was made up.

Does Reddit think he’s doing the right thing?

This person thinks dad needs to take a deep breath and a step back.

They think he needs to try harder to empathize with his daughter.

It would honestly be hard for anyone.

Those holidays after loss are fraught with emotion.

Some weren’t so sympathetic, though.

I think his daughter does deserve some more grace.

That said, she definitely owes her dad’s girlfriend an apology as well.

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