A woman is seeking help from netizens over what she should do to put a stop to her elderly father’s flirtatious habits with other women, one which her mother is unaware of.
She shared her dilemma in a lengthy confession on Facebook, where she detailed how her father’s actions were putting not only his marriage at risk, but the entire family’s harmony too.
‘Red-flag’ messages
In the post, the OP wrote that her 73-year-old father was retired and had been married for close to 50 years
However, that didn’t stop him from secretly reaching out to other women and exchanging text messages which she described as “beyond what one would expect between ordinary friends”.
“To be honest, this isn’t the first time. But I chose to look the other way because I didn’t want to make a huge issue out of it and was afraid of hurting my mother.
“I believe he met the women while going for massages or by hanging out with them. After all, he’s retired and has plenty of free time, while my mother is still working,” she wrote.
Confrontation
Things came to a boiling point when an unknown woman sent a text message filled with intimate language as the OP was helping her father with something on his phone.
Unable to tolerate it any longer, the OP, while fuming within, casually told her father: “Someone messaged you. I wonder if it’s a woman from China or someone else?”
“At that moment, he became extremely nervous and was afraid I might reply the woman myself as I was holding onto his phone.
“The moment he got his phone back, the very first thing he did was to delete the message and this left me feeling deeply disappointed.
“How could a man who’s been married for nearly 50 years do such things? My mother has sacrificed so much for this family over the years, while my father’s looking for excitement elsewhere.”
Ultimatum
The OP later demanded that her father either cut off all contact with the woman who texted him, or invite her over to dinner if she was truly just a friend of his. However, he never gave her an answer.
She also added while her father isn’t a devout Christian, he still attends church regularly, leading her to believe that his faith would cause him to set moral boundaries for himself.
The OP then ended her post by asking whether she should quietly let her father continue his secret conversations with other women, or call him out on it.
She also expressed fears over her mother’s ability to handle the truth, saying that she will “fall apart” if she were to find out the truth.
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