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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/SinokPS on 2025-10-24 02:19:18+00:00.
My wife went out to see a movie with her friend tonight while I had the reigns. Not a terribly uncommon scenario for either of us (my wife while I go out and I while she does). We are a blended family, my two oldest daughters (16, 13), my stepson (14) and my wife and my daughter (4) were all home. I made dinner and it was all complaints (I legit did over salt some of it, and felt bad about that). I asked for things to be put away, homework addressed, and a little assistance getting some milk for the youngest via my oldest and all requests were defiantly turned down, so it was a whole evening of reiterating or just moving on to the next thing/forcing a teenager off their device, etc.
I was overstimulated and under-helped for them all to be like this at once. I lost my shit and called the older kids "useless assholes" after about the 12th denied request to help me grab my phone from downstairs while getting the 4 year old ready for bed.
I have subsequently apologized to each of the teens and they don't seem too bothered but I have never, ever in all my years being a dad said something like that to them and feel like a complete fuck-up.
TL;DR: I lost my shit and called my teenage kids a bunch of assholes, now I feel horrible.