Dad Sees Long-Haired Daughter with Shaved Head, Becomes Furious upon Finding Out His Wife Made Her Do So

A mother forced her daughter to cut her long, beautiful hair as a way to show support for her cancer diagnosis. Her husband thought she manipulated their daughter, and he is questioning the future of his marriage.

A father took it to Reddit to ask users if he was wrong for being angry at his wife for making their 17-year-old daughter cut off her hair.

His wife has been battling cancer. Fortunately, she has been assured a 100% recovery because it was detected early. However, the chemotherapy has taken a toll on her body and left her with no hair.

The wife had to shave off the bit of hair she had left. Despite being on her way to optimal health again, she made an eyebrow-raising suggestion to her husband.

Asking Her Daughter to Cut Her Hair

The wife approached her husband and suggested they get their 17-year-old daughter, Anna, to shave off her hair. The father explained that their daughter had long, healthy hair that she loved to take good care of.

The father thought it was best to privately tell Anna about her mother's suggestion. He asked if she was comfortable cutting her hair, and she said she was not. After speaking to her, he thought the matter had been settled. Then, one day, his wife and daughter returned from a "girls' shopping trip," something they often did together.

But what was shocking was seeing his daughter with a buzz cut after she explicitly told him she was uncomfortable cutting off all her hair.

The father went back to his daughter to find out what had happened. She told him her mother told her she would not forgive her if she did not shave her hair in support of her cancer diagnosis.

He checked in with the 17-year-old again and asked her if she was happy about it; again, the teenager said she was not, which made the father angry. After talking to Anna, the father confronted his wife, who did not seem bothered by how her daughter felt. She reasoned, "It was Anna's choice to or not; I just told her how I'd see the situation."

Her reasoning only infuriated the father more. He told her she needed to respect Anna's choices and not to determine how she should support her. In addition, the father thought it was normal for a 17-year-old not to want to buzz cut.

Still, the mother emphasized that it was how she wanted Anna to show her support. Since they had the argument, the father has been sleeping on the couch.

Although he understood that his wife was struggling with her cancer diagnosis, he felt that she was manipulative and that her behavior was uncalled for. The whole situation even had him question whether he could continue the relationship.

What Did the Commenters Think about the Mother's Behavior?

People in the comments section started listing all family members who had battled cancer to point out that they never asked them to shave their hair as a sign of solidarity.

One Reddit user said she offered to shave her hair in support of her sister, but she forbade it because she understood there were other ways to show her love that did not involve altering her appearance.

Other commenters also believed the mother was "toxic" and "manipulative." More evident to readers was that she was jealous of her daughter's hair. The mother was called selfish, and because of this, people predicted her marriage would end and her relationship with her daughter would be damaged.

Despite how self-centered the commenters found the mother to be, they worried about how Anna was doing after being forced to shave her hair.

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