If you’re looking for the world’s loveliest dad, we might just have found him.
Reddit user carlinha1289 said that her mum was never really interested in doing stuff together – including things like trying out manicures, bra shopping and waxing.
And that can be hard for a kid trying to navigate the tricky world of female beauty.
Thankfully, her dad was the kind to go over and beyond to make her feel comfortable.
And that included getting his legs waxed in secret before she went to have it done for the first time so that he knew she’d be OK.
carlinha1280 only recently discovered what her dad had done.
She says that when she was 16 and about to have her school prom, she told her dad that she wanted to get her legs waxed.
‘I mean, I obviously didn’t want to have missed spots and I wanted my legs to be smooth and whatnot,’ she says.
‘My dad was very hesitant. He first said “no, not yet”, but as prom was approaching I became more and more insistent and he just said “fine” and that he’d do some research and book and appointment.
‘As usual, he held to his word and a few days later, I had an appointment with the sweetest waxer I’ll probably ever meet.
‘My dad had ONE condition: no upper legs. We convinced him to do a couple (of) inches from my knees…but no more than that.’
In the 10 years since carlinha1289 forgot about the story and it was only when she made a waxing appointment recently with her first waxer, that she uncovered the truth.
‘After all the catching up we did (a good five years!) she said she had to tell me something.
‘She told me that before my first appointment, my dad had called her and booked an appointment for himself. He spoke to her about her techniques and whatnot. He requested a full leg shave and she was happy to oblige.
‘After he was done, he told her that he really didn’t enjoy any of it but that his 16-year-old daughter wanted to have her legs waxed and that he wanted to try it first. He booked an appointment for me that very same day.
‘It was just another reminder of how thoughtful he is and always was.’
And obviously, fellow Redditors can’t handle the precious sweetness of such a story.
‘Man this is incredible,’ writes one.
‘He went through it himself to make sure it’d be OK for you. That’s parenthood right there.’
Another simply asked the question on all our lips: ‘Dad of the year award???’
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