17-year-old goes on a girls trip with besties, only to discover her father having a romantic dinner with another woman: '[He] begged me not to tell my mom'

This high school senior was certainly not expecting to run into her father during her first girls trip.

Don't worry, it only gets worse from there.

After convincing her parents to let her go on a weekend trip with her best friends, she was a bit taken aback when she learned that her father just so happened to have a business trip in the same area that very same weekend. Coincidence? We think not.

When she and her friends went out to a fancy dinner one night, things took a bit of a turn. The daughter saw her father there, but this time, he wasn't spying on her. Instead, she spent much of the evening spying on him, since he was seated opposite another woman. Let's just say they did not look like colleagues. 

By the end of the evening, the 17-year-old couldn't take it anymore and walked right over to confront her father, demanding answers. He then begged his daughter not to tell his mother what she saw, which inevitably put the onus on the daughter to make a difficult decision. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of this online community.

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  • It's hard to empathize with the father here on a number of levels. Not only did he essentially follow his daughter on her weekend trip, but he used that same time to have a romantic weekend with the woman he has been allegedly having an affair with for who knows how long! And the fact that he thought he could get away with doing both those things at once over the same weekend displays a level of hubris and a lack of forethought that the average decent person would not possess.

  • "[Am I overreacting] for confronting my dad when I saw him with another woman on a trip and refusing to keep it a secret?"

    I (17F) recently went on a weekend trip with some friends after convincing my dad to let me go. Coincidentally, he mentioned he had a "business trip" in the same city and said he might check in on me while there. I thought it was a little odd but didn't question it at the time.
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  • On the last night of the trip, my friends and I decided to go out for a nice dinner. While we were eating, I spotted my dad sitting at a table in the back with a woman who definitely wasn't my mom.
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  • They were holding hands, laughing, and looked way too close to just be colleagues. My stomach dropped, and I felt frozen in shock.
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  • I debated whether I should just walk away and pretend I didn't see anything, but I couldn't. I got up, walked over to him, and asked, "What's going on?" His
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  • face turned pale, and he quickly tried to brush it off as a "business dinner." The woman, however, didn't even try to act casual she had her hand on his arm and looked at him in a way that made it obvious they were more than friends.
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  • I told him I wasn't stupid and knew exactly what was happening. He got defensive and told me to sit back down and not make a scene. Feeling hurt and betrayed, I left the restaurant and didn't speak to him for the rest of the trip.
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  • When we got home, he pulled me aside and begged me not to tell my mom, saying it would "destroy the family" and that "things are more complicated than I understand." He even tried to
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  • guilt me, saying that telling my mom would only hurt her and that it would be selfish of me to get involved.
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  • But I feel like he's the one tearing our family apart by lying and sneaking around. I haven't told my mom yet, but the guilt is eating me alive. Every time I see them together, it feels like I'm complicit in his betrayal.
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  • I'm torn. My mom deserves to know the truth, but I don't want to be the reason everything falls apart. At the same time, I can't keep pretending like nothing. happened.
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  • AIO for confronting him in the first place? And WIBTA if I told my mom, even though he begged me not to?
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  • Hawk2205 • 2h ago she deserves to know
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  • A man and a woman sit at a table over a romantic dinner.
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  • No-Plate-2244 2h ago. Tell your mom if it's something complicated he is an adult and should be able to explain.
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  • start46 2h ago • You have to tell your mom. I understand it's complicated and hard but your mom deserves to know. Not only is your dad lying and disrespecting her he is putting her health at risk to.
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  • He is the one who betrayed her he can explain it. How would you feel if your mom finds out and knows you knew about it and didn't tell her because I would bet your dad would throw you under the bus to. This is all
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  • on your dad not you. Also I'm so sorry you are in this position. Just be there and support your mom the best you can.
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  • Walnuss_Bleistift • 2h ago Your dad is manipulating you in order to save his own a That's a wretched thing to do. You do what you think is right. He dug his own grave
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