A video clip has gained a lot of attention online after a daughter ran to her mom because she couldn’t recognize her dad was the one standing right in front of her and had just returned from deployment in the military.
The man felt bad when his daughter didn’t run into his arms upon his arrival but rather ran to her mom.
His wife explained that she had to cut the video so as not to hurt her husband’s feelings.
She stated that being away for long periods definitely affects the bond of family, adding that it fortunately didn’t take her little daughter long to recognize that the man she avoided is her father.
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“I had to cut it out of my last one to not hurt his feelings… but being away for such long periods of time really does affect us all. Luckily, it didn’t take her too long to remember,” she wrote.
At the time of this report, the video had reached 3.8 million views on TikTok and over 1.5k comments.
Many viewers who watched the video agreed that military life can deeply impact the bond between family members. Here are some comments:
Nicole Rose 🦋 said: “I fear this will be my boy, he’s going turning 8 months soon and his dad is leaving for a year in a few weeks.”
Brandon said: “It su.cks. When I came home and tried to be dad again my son would always run to my wife for everything. It’s like I was invisible.”
dana said: “My dad used to travel for work, once when I was 3 i didn’t recognise him and he started crying, he quit his job because of that.”
Veechi said: “Send this to the politicians that send us away for no reason other than their profit.”
realclassy said: “Imagine sacrificing family time to go to the military to fight ur fellow humans beings because 2 presidents, dont like each other. War is pointless.”
Zakariya 🇨🇦 said: “I committed war crimes in foreign countries instead of raising my daughter and now she doesn’t know who i am.”
emily said: “My daughter didn’t recognize my husband at first and took her like a couple hours before she was like ah ok hello dad, it was so sad seeing her so confused when he would FaceTime.”
