Parents often don’t stop to think what their relationships and marriages look like from the perspectives of their children.

For better or worse they see it all, so it’s probably best to at least consider whether or not we’re modeling a relationship we hope they’ll emulate one day.

OP is a teenager. Her father financially supports their family and expects their mother to do everything else. She complains loudly and often when her duties are not completed up to snuff.

My f16 father m46 is the “breadwinner” while mom is a sahm. She handles everything around the house like cooking, mopping, washing, laundry, etc. I’m the oldest and I try to help but really there’s only so much I can do while my dad just gets home at the end of the day and literally complains about everything. like how the carpet isn’t clean or how the food is cold.

As a result; I’d have to listen to a huge argument daily between him and mom.

OP doesn’t like it, and so he decided to devise a plan to show his father he’s wrong.

It’s exhausting but honestly…I think that my dad is in the wrong here. I tried talking to him to get him to see how his behavior is but to no avail.

So what I did was pick a day off for him and pretend to act like him.

She dressed like her father and acted like her father, tossing out catchphrases until the man finally decided to get it.

I put together an outfit that looked like a suit and put black tape over my lips to look like a mustache. at 6pm. I went inside the house. Shouted “I’M HOME!!” then sat next to him in the living room and started kicking my shoes while complaining about the state of the house at the top of my lungs.

He glanced at me confused asking what I was doing. I ignored him then started yelling about the carpet being dirty, shower not ready, the kids needing to be quiet and so on.

He kept staring while mom and my siblings laughed. My youngest brother kept pointing towards me saying “this is daddy”. I then proceeded to yell about dinner then berated my mom for not preparing ut before time.

My dad stopped me and in a serious tone asked what I was doing.

I turned to him and said “WHAT?! CAN’T A MAN EFFING REST AFTER WORKING LONG HOURS!!” in the most macho voice I could muster.

My dad got the hint because this was the common phrase he uses daily. He went quiet and avoided looking at me.

I stopped the act and told him I was trying to show him what he’s like everyday when he comes home from work.

Now her dad is mad for being “disrespected” and her mom supposes she could have gone about things a bit differently.

He said nothing, just went outside and refused to speak to me.

Later he went on about how I “mocked” and invalidated him. That he does work hard and me doing this was disrespectful and invalidating.

Mom said it was funny but also thought I hurt my dad’s feelings and I could’ve gotten the message across some other way instead.

AITA?

Does Reddit think OP crossed a line? They’re about to sound off!

The top comment says some people can’t handle a mirror.

This person sure does hope he learned a lesson.

While this commenter says men like him are usually clueless.

An expert says this could be exactly what dad needed.

They say OP was brave to be able to pull this out.

Y’all, this kiddo deserves a high-five and a hug.

I love the way he stood up for his mama.