My wife is a dentist. So she’s always making sure our kids do all the stuff dentists tell you to do but nobody actually does (flossing twice a day for example). She always gets on me when I forget to do that with our kids (7F, 4F) When I brush their teeth.
On Monday, after I finished brushing the younger ones teeth, she shraight up asking me if I flossed. I said no, and she said she wants me to do it right then. I told her no becausd I was already out of the bathroom. She then started talking about the ”benefits” (which I’m aware of after hearing it so many times). I told her I’d do it the next day, and she got mad at me for refusing to listen to her. I was listening, but just didn’t want to do it right then. She actually took it much more seriously than I thought she would, because she didnt feel like talking much when the kids went to sleep.
AITA?
Teeth health starts at a young age but it’s also based on genetics. 7 year old can definitely learn to floss herself and wife can floss kids if it’s so important. Yall are a team.
YTA care for your kids fucking teeth. Disregarding your children’s dental health isn’t okay. Disregarding any aspect of your children’s health because “everyone else disregards their health” isn’t okay.
You can be a lazy bum about your own health.
Don’t be a lazy bum about your children’s health. They only get so many teeth
“Nobody actually does”… I do 🤷🏼♀️
YTA kids won’t take it seriously if you don’t. It’s important they learn convenience isn’t more important than disciplined health and hygiene habits.
That aside, there is a reason why mothers are so f***ing stressed out. When they can’t even trust their own husband to work with them for the betterment of their family, it’s isolating and feels like the weight of everything is on them, and resentment grows. Don’t be surprised when she doesn’t want to have sex.
YTA. Teaching your kids that good habits don’t matter, and that ignoring their mother is fine.
Get it done, it’s important
YTA. Flossing is one of the best habits you can get kids started on, and you need to have a unified front as parents.
YTA floss your kids teeth you bum
Do you think you know more about oral health than your dentist wife?
Is it really so bad to have a wife that is passionate about the health of your children?
Idk what’s going on in your head, but you come across as lazy and ungrateful. You don’t “forget” to floss their teeth, you’re not a child. You just don’t want to.
If this is the biggest issue in your marriage right now, you are one lucky man. Listen to your caring wife.
YTA.
>I told her no becausd I was already out of the bathroom
So go back in the bathroom and do it, like an adult.
>She then started talking about the ”benefits”
She’s a dentist, dude. She knows way more about this than you.
>but just didn’t want to do it right then.
Are you this lazy in every facet of your children’s lives?
YTA. Why aren’t you completing the job? Your wife, the dentist, asks you to provide proper oral care.
And you will, but only when you want to, when it’s convenient for you?
If your half assing everything else in your life, don’t be surprised when she kicks you out.
YTA… fighting with your wife who is a professional in her field because of what…. Your own ego?? You’re doing a disssrvice to your children. Just floss their teeth and stop trying to defy her for no reason.
YTA
“tHe DiVoRcE cAmE oUt oF nOwHeRe”
YTA you’re their father and you should be doing your part in taking care of your kids. And why did you put benefits in quotation marks? It seems like you don’t respect her education for some reason. Why is being told to take care of your children seen as nagging by you? Why couldn’t you just walk back into the bathroom and floss their teeth?