Today, through no fault of mine; (I was coordinating a catering event for a family) and I happened to eavesdrop, or more aptly - overheard the parents of the home in the middle of a heated discussion (they were quite loud and I was in the kitchen).
And guess the subject of contention?
Ostensibly, on the man’s parental right to barge in, into his matured daughters room without first, knocking!
The wife vehemently protested the daughter might not be appropriately dressed and she’d always told him to knock before entering the daughters room - an act he always never consented to. The father protested, arguing on why that shouldn’t be a problem as he is the father and what would his daughter be concealing from him? Insinuating he’d seen her nude as a baby. The mother protested, there was a difference.
He then asked why she had to go in first and he was to be restricted. Her answer; she was a female. And she also knocked before going into their son’s room, in respect of his privacy. The husband termed the notion plain ridiculous.
Unfortunately, I had to go outside to check on the fish getting grilled, so I didn’t catch the end of the discussion.
Notwithstanding, the question that boggled my mind is this: Did the mother go overboard, trying to ensuring the personal privacy of her daughter?
And should a father knock or just barge-in, into his daughters room?
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