A man said that his wife is 24 weeks pregnant, and so far “it has been a fairly easy pregnancy“.
He explained: “I have done my best to be a good husband. I work full-time, started doing all the chores (cooking/cleaning/pet care), and of course, try my best to accommodate her cravings.
“She has been taking it easy and spends most of her day relaxing. She says she’s ‘never felt better’.”
But tackling so much has left him feeling “burnt out”.
On two occasions he asked her whether she’d be able to take on just a small portion of the chores, but she refused both times.
“She says that it would stress her out and possibly harm the baby, which scared me (I don’t want anything to happen to our baby), so of course, I didn’t push it,” he said, despite the fact he’s been catering to her every need for months.
One night his wife woke him in the early hours of the morning to ask him to go and buy her some snacks.
After a particularly tough week at work, he said no – but she wasn’t having any of it as she continued to “beg” for half an hour.
“Then she started crying and telling me what a s*** husband I was being. She also said she’s scared to see me as a father if this is how selfish I am,” which led him to lose his temper.
He said: “I told her I’ve been taking care of 100 per cent of the responsibilities for the past six months.
“She’s been sitting on her phone every single day and hasn’t had to lift a finger. Then I said I was done doing 100 per cent of the chores and we need a more even split because I was losing hair from the stress.
“This caused her to cry more and she kicked me out to the couch.”
He claims he has since been called names by her family.
“My [mother-in-law] has texted me to call me an a******,” he said.
“They both said the stress I am putting on my wife will hurt the baby so now I feel super guilty.”
He took to Reddit to ask users whether he was being out of order, but the majority of people said it was his wife who wasn’t being fair.
