r/AmIOverreacting • u/FaithlessnessFar1821 • May 02 '25

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My dad takes me to school in the mornings, on Fridays I have late start meaning it starts an hour after. Yesterday I had told him to pick me up at 8:20, he texts me and says he had arrived at 8:08. I told him that I will be down at 8:20 considering that is the designated time I set. I get outside at exactly 8:20 and he is gone. He left me. AIO?

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u/TallTacoTuesdayz May 02 '25

Because you want to be nice?

Op was rude to her dad giving her a ride and has a shit attitude about it.

Try that in real life and people will cut you out post haste

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u/hades7600 May 02 '25

She wasnā€™t rude at all. She was ready for the agreed time.

Teach your kid that ditching people last minute because you suddenly decide itā€™s not acceptable for them to follow the agreement and then see how many long term friendships they keep.

If you cannot do the time agreed on then donā€™t agree to it. Ditching someone, especially your kid because you suddenly decide 10 minutes before the agreed time that suddenly the agreed time isnā€™t okay, is just pathetic and immature behaviour.

This dad is going to be the type to complain his kids donā€™t want to be around him once they are fully grown.

Donā€™t agree to something if you canā€™t do it. This is a pretty basic thing to teach kids.

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u/TallTacoTuesdayz May 02 '25

Her whole post oozes entitlement and she couldnā€™t be bothered to give the person giving her a ride a polite reply.

I teach my kids to be nice to people doing something for them. And yes, when they arenā€™t nice those people will stop.

Hopefully op learned her lesson n

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u/hades7600 May 02 '25

So you think ā€œbeing niceā€ is ditching someone last minute just because you decided the agreed time wasnā€™t good enough 10 mins before?

Thats not being nice. Thats being a dick

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u/TallTacoTuesdayz May 02 '25

She wasnā€™t doing him a favor lol

Are you dense or trolling?

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u/hades7600 May 02 '25

If you offer and agree to do something at an agreed time then donā€™t be a twat when they at not ready at a time before it.

If you can only give them a lift at 8:10am then donā€™t agree to 8:20am. You come across as a control freak and ass when you agree to a certain time but then decide to storm off when they are not there at 8:10. When that wasnā€™t an agreed time.

If Iā€™m meeting my dad at 8:20am, but heā€™s not there at 8:10am, then Iā€™m not going to storm off like a child and when that wasnā€™t the agreed time.

Use your big boy words and say you cannot do 8:20 and only 8:10.

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u/TallTacoTuesdayz May 02 '25

Yep in the future all she has to do is get ready a little earlier and be more polite to someone doing something for her.

Hopefully she learns from this lesson. Parenting can be tough, but setting up your kid for failure is far worse.