Mandy planned a family trip to her dad’s lake house with her husband and their two kids. But she told her 12-year-old stepdaughter not to come — claiming the house was too small and there wasn’t a bed for her.
Her stepdaughter was disappointed but didn’t argue. Her husband agreed… at first.
But on the way there, he quietly told Mandy, “When you married me, it wasn’t just me. It was me and my daughter.”
Once they arrived, Mandy started settling in — until she heard a door slam. Her husband had packed his things and left.
He left a note behind:
“Enjoy your getaway week. I can’t be here, knowing that my daughter was left out.”
He refused to come back, and the vacation was ruined. Mandy now feels betrayed and abandoned — but many readers see it differently.
Some say she excluded his daughter while still bringing her own parents, proving the issue wasn’t space — it was priority. Others argue her husband did the right thing by standing up for his child.
Now Mandy is asking: Did I deserve this? Or did he overreact?
