Homophobic Neighbor Calls This Dad’s Daughter “A Freak” Because She’s Openly Gay, Dad Brings Up His Secret Affair In Front Of His Wife
Too many LGBTQ+ persons live under the shadow of discrimination, violence, and fear. Global data makes clear that the dehumanization of LGBTQ+ persons is systemic, pervasive, and often violent. So the closest people to them, family members and friends, are quintessential figures in not only supporting but also standing up for them and for the freedom to be, love, and live like yourself.
This dad who the internet has been praising shared a story of how his gay daughter got badly insulted by a homophobic neighbor. Their daughters have lived opposite for years now and they would come over and have sleepovers in the past, until one day, it stopped.
“Last year my daughter came out as a lesbian and a short while later we noticed that our friends across the road never seemed to want to chat anymore,” the dad wrote in a post on r/NuclearRevenge and added that “her friend had messaged her to say that she wasn’t allowed around our house anymore.”
So the dad did what anyone would and paid a visit to the neighbor. This didn’t go well, and may have ended up costing him his marriage too.
Some time ago, this dad shared a story of how he served nuclear revenge on a jerk neighbor who badly insulted his daughter after she came out as gay
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Image credits: Timur Weber (not the actual photo)
Bored Panda reached out to the author of this story who’s the dad of the LGBTQ teen. “I’m afraid the epilogue is a bit dull. *** dad and his wife split. She has a new guy living there already. Her daughter is ok AFAIK and sees her dad every couple of weeks. She and my daughter are friendly but don’t see much of each other,” the dad told us. He also said his daughter is fine and she is “seeing a nice girl from her school.”
The dad told us he “doesn’t see a lot of insults in life because most bigots are cowards and I’m a big ugly git. My daughter sees some abuse from kids at school but her school is good at handling it.”
He also said that online he has had some people message me with homophobic slurs when I’ve spoken about her. “But honestly throwing insults back at right-wing trolls comes pretty easy to me. They rarely reply back afterward. I’d much rather they try to throw their hate at me than my kid.”
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“To the parents of LGBTQ children, love your kids. Be there for them. They are brave enough to stand up in a world that throws hate at them just for being themselves. That’s something to be goddamn proud of them for.”
“Make damn sure the love they get outweighs all the hate that every small-minded asshat in the world combined can throw. Don’t lie to them and pretend it’s always going to be an easy journey, just make sure they know it’s one they aren’t walking alone,” the dad of the LGBTQ teen said.
This is what people had to comment about the incident
Good on you! He got a taste of his own medicine and you probably helped his daughter be free of his toxic mind
When the neighbor was insulting a 15yo girl, he was punching down. The father is NTA for going after him in the way he did
Don't feel bad. He was cheating on his wife, not only did he deserve this but cheaters always get caught. It was going to happen to him sooner or later, you just made it happen sooner. That and if he was so concerned about exposing his daughter to "immoral behavior", than he shouldn't be such a flaming hypocrite.
I worked with a woman who was scared of the lesbians in our factory. I finally said are you attracted to every man you meet? They're not attracted to every woman they met either.
I have never in my 59+ years ever had to proclaim my sexual preference. Except when women asked me out and I declined but thanked them. Thanks to the dad for supporting his daughter.
Well, the ultimate result will be that your daughter's friend views the destruction of her family as your (and by association, your daughter's) faults. It will not result in the restoration of their friendship or sudden openness and acceptance of your child specifically, or other gay people in general. Rather, she will be vilified further, and her former friend may even begin to lash out since your daughter is the easiest target compared with those she lives with and relies on. This was a "feels good in the moment, but not worth the long term" situation he ultimately should have stayed far, far away from. He honestly shouldn't even have "confronted" the parents after his daughter got a very clear answer on why the sleep overs stopped, and instead simply encouraged his kid to find new friends.
Could give a hint of who this woman is to the wife to discribe her. Plus, if I was the wife my first question after " that other girl home" would have been "what woman?"... And asking for her description to see if it could be someone from his relatives and juste a quiproquo.
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NO. No one should ever walk away or let it go when a full-grown adult verbally attacks a child. Especially one who is cheating on his wife.
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Good on you! He got a taste of his own medicine and you probably helped his daughter be free of his toxic mind
When the neighbor was insulting a 15yo girl, he was punching down. The father is NTA for going after him in the way he did
Don't feel bad. He was cheating on his wife, not only did he deserve this but cheaters always get caught. It was going to happen to him sooner or later, you just made it happen sooner. That and if he was so concerned about exposing his daughter to "immoral behavior", than he shouldn't be such a flaming hypocrite.
I worked with a woman who was scared of the lesbians in our factory. I finally said are you attracted to every man you meet? They're not attracted to every woman they met either.
I have never in my 59+ years ever had to proclaim my sexual preference. Except when women asked me out and I declined but thanked them. Thanks to the dad for supporting his daughter.
Well, the ultimate result will be that your daughter's friend views the destruction of her family as your (and by association, your daughter's) faults. It will not result in the restoration of their friendship or sudden openness and acceptance of your child specifically, or other gay people in general. Rather, she will be vilified further, and her former friend may even begin to lash out since your daughter is the easiest target compared with those she lives with and relies on. This was a "feels good in the moment, but not worth the long term" situation he ultimately should have stayed far, far away from. He honestly shouldn't even have "confronted" the parents after his daughter got a very clear answer on why the sleep overs stopped, and instead simply encouraged his kid to find new friends.
Could give a hint of who this woman is to the wife to discribe her. Plus, if I was the wife my first question after " that other girl home" would have been "what woman?"... And asking for her description to see if it could be someone from his relatives and juste a quiproquo.
Load More Replies... NO. No one should ever walk away or let it go when a full-grown adult verbally attacks a child. Especially one who is cheating on his wife.
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