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r/AmITheVillain · Posted by u/not-in-my-house 6 hours ago.

AITV for telling my daughter she can’t date a vigilante?

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I (49M) forbade my daughter “Jane” (21F) from dating a vigilante (22ish?M). For context: recently, my daughter was saved by a vigilante whom I won’t name, but I will hunt down if I find out he showed up at her window AGAIN. Now I understand her being grateful to him for saving her from a collapsing building during a bank heist, but this is really pushing it. From what I know, they ran into each other a few more times after that and hit it off. The next thing I know, my daughter invites me out for dinner and tells me that she’s been getting to know him, and they’ve started dating. She must have been looking for my approval, but I just won't tolerate that! I gave her a stern talking to because, quite frankly, she’s putting herself and our whole family by extension in danger by associating with a well-known vigilante. Before I know it, I’m going to have the Joker knocking on my door at 3 am.

I already got one hell of a fright when I heard something go bump in the night the other day when she was staying over. I was worried someone had come for Jane, so I burst into her room and found a certain vigilante halfway through her window!!

I get that she’s taken with this guy, but as her father, I just can't let her endanger herself like that. Of course, to make things worse, Jane had to bring her mother into this. Her mother, as always, stood by her side and opposed me. She told me I had no business telling our adult daughter who she could or couldn’t date! This all spiraled out of control, and now the whole family’s involved and taking sides, telling me I’m a helicopter parent or too controlling when all I’m doing is making sure Jane is safe.

Am I the Villain for telling my daughter she can’t date a vigilante?

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