Mom Picks Up 12-Hour Shift on Father’s Day, Leaving Dad with Kids After He Went Golfing on Mother’s Day

Michelle Rossi wanted to ensure that her husband had a kid-filled Father’s Day after he forgot Mother’s Day

A mom got back at her husband on Father’s Day after he left her alone with their kids on Mother’s Day.

A few years ago, Michelle Rossi’s husband mistakenly made a tee time to golf with his friends on a sunny day in May, not knowing it was Mother’s Day.

In retaliation, she picked up a 12-hour nursing shift when Father’s Day came around that June.

Rossi documented her husband’s reaction to spending the day with their kids on TikTok, sharing a FaceTime call of her at work while her family sat at home.

“My husband said it’s all about spending time with the kids on Mother’s Day. So I picked up a 12-hour shift on Father’s Day so he can spend time with them alone,” she captioned the clip.

Michelle Rossi and her kids.Michelle Rossi

Rossi, 34, exclusively tells PEOPLE that she “remembers the kids were crazy that day – they were only 2, 1, and 6 months old at the time. He was with them for 12 hours solo on Father’s Day.”

When Rossi first posted the video, which garnered 7.7 million views, she says her husband laughed.

“It’s been a joke between us now,” she shares. “I didn’t think I’d get this big of a reaction.”

Michelle Rossi on Facetime with her husband.Michelle Rossi

“The responses I received online were incredible. There were so many angry dads, but so many women praising me,” she adds. “It was genuinely amusing to read the comments. I love the empowerment in the comment section.”

However, she hopes people “realize it wasn’t necessarily meant to degrade [her] husband, even though it does seem like it.”

“Social media is not what it’s all made out to be,” she adds. “I love to post for fun and love to be relatable.”

Rossi emphasizes that it’s an old video that she posts every year. Since the incident, things have improved, and “there has been no bad Mother’s Days.”

“Usually, I wake up to my kids and him bringing me coffee and cards. Then we usually go out to breakfast,” she shares. “This year, I got a massage. Most of the years were spent with our kids and families. Working in healthcare is hard because I’m not always off on holidays.”

This past Father’s Day, they spent time at a water park with the kids and went out to breakfast.

Michelle Rossi’s Mothers Day gifts.Michelle Rossi

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While Rossi and her husband have since figured out the best way to spend the holidays, the video serves as a reminder that relationships and parenting are a two-way street.

“It makes us moms realize we can give them the same treatment they treat us [with] on Mother’s Day since it’s after,” Rossi adds.