Single Dad Refuses to Go on Family Trip Unless His Nephew's Friend Is Disinvited – and His Reason Goes Viral

The single father is open about why he refuses to go on his family’s upcoming vacation.

The 43-year-old revealed he won’t be taking part in the family trip this year if his nephew’s friend is invited, he explained on Reddit.

In the post, he says his decision is a way to protect his 15-year-old daughter Emily, who he claims was severely abused by his nephew’s friend Jeff.

“I’m really close to my family, which consists of my siblings, their spouses, their children, and my parents,” he begins the post. “Every year at this time of the year, we go on vacation for two weeks and come back just before Christmas. We should be leaving a week from today.”

While going over the travel plans with his sister, he discovered that his nephew’s friend would be joining as well.

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“I actually almost lost it,” the user wrote. “I told her, albeit without thinking, that we are not going, and she started begging me, talking about tradition and family and blah blah.”

At first he told his sister that he would gladly “eat my share of the cost” and not go, but “after a long conversation, I said I would go if they canceled Jeff.”

Elsewhere in the post, he elaborated on some of the ways Jeff “tortured” his daughter at school.

“I’ve talked to the school, we’ve had meetings with his parents, she’s been changing classes a lot, but he still goes out of his way to tease Emily,” the user says. “She told me herself that she can deal with name-calling, but she doesn’t stop there.”

He states: “He pulls her hair, tears her clothes, destroys her things, as if this child is a real nightmare. They even got into a fist fight that got them both suspended last year because he stole her backpack and put it in a full toilet in the boys’ bathroom.”

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The man admits that Jeff is not as lucky as his daughter, as he “lives in a very unstable environment, financially and emotionally” with parents he claims are not that attentive.

After his sister claimed that Jeff “needs a break from his toxic home life,” the Redditor responded, “I respect that, but why does that mean I have to put my daughter in a house with her tormentor for two weeks?”

He explains that he put his foot down and told his sister he wasn’t going on the trip with his daughter – but the situation quickly erupted into “pure chaos”.

“My family is divided,” he says. “My parents are begging me to go, I keep getting messages. My daughter told me she won’t go if Jeff goes. She had a complete panic attack about it.”

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In the comments section, many users sided with the single father for protecting his daughter and not making excuses for Jeff’s behavior.

“Jeff’s situation may be tragic, but your priority should always be your daughter, and it sounds like you have your priorities straight,” one person commented. “Keep your stance. Jeff is not your responsibility, and asking you to sacrifice your daughter’s mental well-being for a child who has repeatedly tortured her is completely cruel.”

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Another user suggested that a dad take his daughter on a separate vacation “just the two of you and have a blast.”

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