I Found My Dad's Reddit Account. I Wish I'd Never Read It.
Briefly

A 15-year-old girl finds her father's private Reddit account, which contains posts expressing his life grievances and feelings of resentment toward his family. She discovers he feels guilty about these negative feelings but also harbors frustrations regarding his role as a parent. The girl feels conflicted about having seen his private thoughts, which included things about her that she had previously dismissed. She struggles with whether to confront him about what she found or to keep it secret, feeling the weight of his emotional distress.
A lot of his posts were heavy. They consisted of complaints about his life, how he resents his family, and then feels guilty about feeling so resentful.
He said some nasty things specifically about me, too, about some personal incidents I don't want to share here, but that I had shrugged off as just normal interactions.
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