Scots are being urged to get their Christmas cards and parcels sent off early this year, with the first national deadline falling on Monday December 12 amid ongoing strike action.
21.11.2022 - 15:23 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A dad has been criticised online for forcing his daughter to cook a family meal, saying that it's a "traditional family role" that must be fulfilled.
The daughter wasn't happy with this request, but her dad said that she'd "suffer consequences" if she didn't do as she was told. Her mother was meant to be doing the cooking for the guests that they'd invited over, but fell unwell the day before.
Not keen on taking on the task of preparing a meal, the daughter suggested ordering a takeaway instead - which her dad saw as "rude" when dinner guests had been invited over, the Mirror reports.
He took to Reddit to explain that his 21-year-old daughter was a college student who lived at the house rent-free, with the condition that she take turns cooking, cleaning and looking after her younger sibling.
The dad wrote: "Am I an a**hole for making my daughter cook dinner for my friends and I?
"A few days ago I invited my friends over for dinner. My wife was going to cook up something for us as she usually does but unfortunately, the day before they were to arrive she was feeling a bit nauseous, but told me it would probably go away the next day (it didn't)."
He continued: "My wife told me the next day she felt even worse. I didn't want to make my sick wife cook dinner, so I asked my daughter who was free at the time if she could do the cooking instead. She got an attitude with me and said I should just order takeout."
The father then explained that he thought this would be rude, and that they had an "agreement" that the daughter should be fulfilling - and that she'd "suffer consequences" if she didn't.
She did eventually end up cooking the meal, but has maintained a frosty attitude to her dad ever since. He says he understands why his
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