A Valentine's Battle with My 4-Year-Old Daughter with Down Syndrome!?

Valentine's chocolate.
...Wait, was it...

a battle!?

This year's Valentine's Day.

From my daughter,
to Daddy, chocolate🍫

This should have been
a heart-warming moment

for a father...

When she handed it to me.

Daughter
"Here you go~"

...Precious.
Her pronunciation is too cute.
The way she ends her sentences is unfair.

Daddy is completely knocked out.

—or so I thought.



However.

Right after that.

My daughter's hand...

slowly...

reaches for the chocolate.



...Huh?

No, no.

You just gave it to me, right?🙂

It started from here.

⚔️ Father vs. Daughter

A fierce chocolate battle

Daddy, defending.
Daughter, reclaiming.

An all-out war, of all things.



I tried offering her a different chocolate.

Daughter
"Don't want it!!"

(with intense head shaking)

👉 Complete rejection



And then.

When I offered her the chocolate
she had just given me again...

Daughter
"Here you go!!"

...

No, no, no.

That's the one you just gave me, Daddy!!🤣



Furthermore, my daughter.

She pushes the chocolate onto me.

Her gaze says it all.

(Open it and give it to me)

Silent pressure.
Negotiation skills you wouldn't expect from a 4-year-old.



Daddy
"This is Daddy's!!"

Whack
( 　‘-’ )ノ)`-’ )Whack

My daughter doesn't flinch.

She's actually laughing.

Strong.
This kid is strong.



And then—

🏁 Match Results

In the end, half was taken🥲

Father, lost by decision.

🕰️ Suddenly remembering those days

Back in the day.

When I was a gymnastics teacher
at a kindergarten/nursery school.

I'll be honest.

Valentine's Day...

I hated it so much.

Because—

my entire salary
would disappear just on return gifts...🫠

That event.

When you think about it calmly,

it was a bundle of

unreasonableness (lol)

🌸 But, it's different now

Now.

Even if it's split in half,

even if I'm a little frustrated,

somehow, it feels warm.



In the past, it was an "expense event".
Now, it's a "happiness event".

Even though it's the same Valentine's Day,
to think the meaning could change this much.

Life is interesting, isn't it?



In the end, it always ends up

being split in half while laughing.

My daughter seems satisfied,
and Daddy is... well, satisfied too (lol)

Oh... as for Mommy...

She ordered some earrings or something on Rakuten, saying something about a triple return(￣▽￣;)
...Unreasonable
............I don't get it

Engagement rings cost months of salary
Valentine's Day requires a triple return

...Who decided on this stupid thing💢💢

🌸 Hira🎈's Afterword

Even though the chocolate decreased,
my heart somehow grew.

That's why I can't quit being a dad.