I’m 44 and my husband is 47. We have a 13-year-old daughter, and like most teens, she sometimes needs reminders, discipline, or a firm “no.” What really bothers me is that whenever I reprimand her or try to talk to her about something serious, my husband almost always jumps in right after me and repeats exactly what I just said—sometimes word for word.

He says he’s trying to show a “united front,” but honestly, it drives me crazy. It makes me feel like he doesn’t think I’m capable of handling parenting on my own, like I need backup. It doesn’t come across as support—it comes across as echoing, and it makes me feel small and undermined, even if that’s not his intention.

I’ve told him how it makes me feel, but he insists he’s just reinforcing what I’m saying so our daughter sees we’re aligned. Still, it makes me feel like I’m not being taken seriously as a parent or that I’m doing something wrong that needs his immediate validation or reinforcement.

So… AITAH for getting upset about this?