Dad's mic-drop response to those who tell him 'I'm sorry' after learning he has four daughters

The world has progressed a lot but there are still some people who feel having a daughter is a lot more work than having a son. When dad Austin von Letkemann walks out of his house with his four adorable daughters, the family gets a lot of attention. They also get some comments that the father does not appreciate at all. Letkemann shared a video on his Instagram page, @mandatoryfunday, to express why he doesn't need pitiful remarks from people just because he has four daughters. He stressed how he wants people to stop saying "I'm sorry" when they learn about him being a girl dad.

"My daughters can understand you," Letkemann, who is a military intelligence officer in Fort Cavazos, said in his video. "Every single time I go out, if I have my four daughters, they’ll come up to me and they’ll be like, 'Oh, I’m so sorry.' All my kids can speak and understand English. They know what you’re saying. It hurts their feelings." The video gained enough popularity and the attention of TODAY where the dad of 4 was invited for a live interview with his daughters and wife Kate. 

Hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb cheered the dad after playing his viral video on live TV. Kotb asked Letkemann's daughter Aubriella what she thought about her dad's video. "I thought it was cool. My dad noticed how we were feeling," the young girl answers. "If I'm laid up on the couch and I'm sick, at some point during the day, four different little girls have snuggled me. They're just sweet," the proud dad shares. "And the dresses? The cute little dresses? I love everything about it." There are some common things that Letkemann has to hear from outsiders and it mostly has to do with keeping his girls safe.

“Make sure your shotgun is ready," Letkemann revealed the phrase he hears often in his video. He also has the most sassy response to those who feel "sorry" about his kids, "The funniest thing is if you ask them why, they immediately get very uncomfortable. 'Why are you sorry? What are you getting at here?'" His daughters are aged between 10 to 3 and Letkemann knows that they can't go anywhere without being a "spectacle." Back in the interview with TODAY, Letkemann shared the inspiration behind making the now-viral video. "I made this video because that day specifically, I can't remember what the person said but somebody said something to me about my daughters and it happens so frequently at this point," the dad told the hosts. "I made a video about it because it is hurtful. We have seen their faces when people say this kind of stuff and they clearly register it."

Guthrie asked Kate what she thought when she first heard those "corny" and "dumb" remarks made by people towards her daughters. "It's hard even though no harm is intended," Kate spoke to the hosts. "But at the same time, I want to teach my daughters to stand up for themselves. I could tell the way their faces dropped when people went on and on about it." By the end of the interview, the hosts ask Letkemann to share a message to other dads out there and most importantly, girl dads. He reminds people that kids don't understand the underlying humor or sarcasm in the words of other people so they should be mindful about what they say around kids. "Honest to god, if I had a fifth child — which is not going to happen god willing — if I had a fifth child, I’d hope it was a girl," Letkemann concluded. "There’s nothing to be sorry about."