16-Year-Old Discovers Dad Is Cheating On Mom, Reveals It in Front of Whole Family after Being Humiliated by Him

• A teenager who didn’t have a good relationship with their father opened up about the man’s infidelity on Reddit.
• The child felt suspicious after noticing the man’s strange behavior.
• One day, the man returned home late, unaware his child would smell an unfamiliar scent off him. It was only a matter of a few days that his child discovered his biggest secret.

A 16-year-old took to Reddit to ask other users if they were at fault for exposing their father’s infidelity in front of their family. Before jumping to the main story, the teenager described their relationship with their father.

While growing up, the teenager and their siblings mostly found their father away from their home because of work. The man used to stay at his workplace for long hours and often traveled to other cities. He was barely at home with his family.

“Siblings and I were basically raised only by my Mom, and I’m really close with her,” the teenager revealed. The child avoided talking to their father because the man only spoke about the kid’s poor performance at school. The man always told the Redditor to improve their grades or else things would get complicated.

While growing up, the teenager noticed that their father’s behavior had become unusual but didn’t suspect anything. It wasn’t until the child turned 16 that they realized what the man had been hiding from his family.

“I remember a few months ago, he came home super late, and I could smell a little perfume on him,” the Redditor recalled. The teenager didn’t do anything to find out about the unusual scent that day but soon realized what it meant.

A few days later, the man left his phone on the table, unaware that it would make his family learn about his biggest secret. A few moments later, the teenager saw a notification on the phone screen.

“Last night was amazing. Can’t wait to see you again,” someone wrote in a text message sent to the man. The teenager was shocked to read the unusual message on their father’s phone but knew what to do next.

Instead of confronting their father or telling their siblings about the message, the teenager rushed to their mother. Thinking the woman would confront their father, the kid told her what they saw on their father’s phone, but she wasn’t surprised. The Redditor recalled:

“She got pretty emotional, which I felt bad about.”

Watching their mother upset, the teenager decided not to talk to take their conversation further. The child recalled that their mother told them not to worry about it. She assured the child she would take care of everything, unaware that the kid would soon expose the man.

Soon after seeing the text message, the teenager was invited to a dinner at their grandparents’ house. It was a family reunion where the child’s cousins were also present. While having food, one of the teenager’s cousins started talking about his new job.

When the child’s father learned about the cousin’s new role at a software company, he diverted everyone’s attention to his child. The Redditor recalled, “My Dad took the opportunity to call me out and say I should follow after my cousin and focus more in school.”

Instead of responding to their father, the teenager quietly ate their food until their uncle joined the conversation, complaining about how it was difficult to talk to “young people” these days. The teenager’s father agreed, saying that children had stopped respecting their parents and that the Redditor never respected him.

At that point, the teenager lost his cool and exposed the man’s infidelity. The child said they couldn’t respect their father, knowing he was cheating on his wife without feeling guilty. Hearing those words made everyone silent, and the teenager’s father felt shocked.

Instead of scolding his child, the man began arguing with his wife, blaming her for spoiling the teenager. Their argument escalated to the point that other family members had to intervene to calm them down. Soon, the man’s wife left the dinner with her children, telling her husband not to come home.

“When we got home, my phone started blowing up,” the teenager recalled. Many family members, including the child’s cousins and uncles, blamed them for ruining their parents’ marriage. As a result, the teenager felt guilty and apologized to their mother.

The woman understood her child’s feelings but said confronting the man privately would have been better. However, she didn’t blame the child for ruining her relationship with her husband. Meanwhile, the child’s father kept calling them while staying out of the house, but they didn’t respond.

After narrating the incident, the teenager asked other Redditors for their opinions regarding the situation. A user said, “NTA. It’s a bit awkward to do it over dinner, but if I were a teenager and my dad was insulting my entire person like that, I think I would snap thirty seconds before you did.”

The Reddit user assured the teenager they were not at fault for ruining anything, but their father was to be blamed. Meanwhile, another user blamed the child’s father and extended family for everything. The user added:

“I also highly doubt your extended family would have played defense if your mum was the one cheating.”

Here is another story about a child who found out her father’s wife was cheating on him. Instead of telling her father, the woman got her stepmother fired and her lover arrested.