In a perfect world, you would be a part of your children’s lives from the moment they are born.

Sometimes, however, you don’t fully know that you are a parent until years down the road.

What would you do if you were 17 and your father, who you only recently found out was your dad, started trying to act like a parent and tell you what to do?

That is what the young lady in this story is dealing with, so she put him in his place.

Take a look.

AITA for saying ‘No child support, no opinion’?

I(17) think I might have to explain how I was born for context.

My mom has two friends. I’ll call them ‘Amelia’ and ‘Jessica.’

Jessica’s husband cheated on her with Amelia, getting her pregnant, but Jessica forgave them.

Then he cheated on her with my mom.

Jessica still forgave him and forgave my mom, which makes me think she’s probably the most forgiving person on the planet.

Wow, what a guy.

Anyways, my mom insisted that Jessica’s husband is my father but he always denied it, up until several months ago when he realized how much we look alike. So he agreed to a DNA test.

Turns out he is my father.

So, two affair children by two different women for him.

He has been visiting about once a month but things are still awkward between us.

It has nothing to do with child support, but he is trying to step in much too late.

I was reading a romance novel when he told me I’m too young for those books and said I must stop reading them.

I told him I won’t.

But he said I have to listen to him since he is my father.

So I said ‘No child support, no opinion.’

He seemed pretty stung by it. Was it too much?

AITAH?

It sounds like he is trying to move into that parenting role too much and too late.

Let’s see what the people in the comments on Reddit say about it.

This person says she wasn’t at all out of line.

Yes, don’t be like mom.

This commenter says he can’t just pick when to be ‘dad’.

He needs to earn his place.

He clearly doesn’t know how to parent.

He has to earn a spot in her life, not demand it.

If you enjoyed that story, read this one about a mom who was forced to bring her three kids with her to apply for government benefits, but ended up getting the job of her dreams.