Is it right to skip my child’s birth to see my dying father? The most difficult decision of his life

Making difficult decisions is always with us in life. And they are harder to make, when it comes to your family or friends. You even may have that kind of questions in your head, when you don’t have the problem of solving them, but even in that case it is difficult to give yourself an answer.

In certain situations, choices can be incomparable and it will make the case more difficult. This man had to make the most difficult decision of his life. He had to choose between staying for his child’s birth or visiting his dying father. Choosing the first one, would mean never have an opportunity to see your parent alive. And choosing the second option, would mean to never see the most important moment of your kid’s life as a parent.

Unsplash – Alex Hockett

People knew about his experience after he posted about it on the popular subreddit, called “Am I The A**hole?” (AITA). It was posted three years ago. He told how his wife went into labor after he left for his father’s house. The situation was bedraggled and his wife kept calling him asking if he couldn’t join her at the hospital. The man didn’t have so much time for thinking, and as it turned out, he chose to see his dying father…