'My wife claims I don't do enough housework – so I taught her a lesson'
A man decided to take revenge on his wife after she refused to accept he does enough work around the house. She even threatened divorce.
The dad claimed to have been doing his fair share of the house work as the pair split it - but his wife has said he does nothing and should lift a finger.
He is concerned about the influence of a new friend of his wife as he feels she is getting in the way but had not been concerned until these complaints started to appear.
Venting on Reddit, he explained how he took revenge and give his wife a taste of her own medicine.
She has threatened divorce over the issues (stock photo) (Getty Images/iStockphoto)In the post, the man, who remained anonymous, wrote: "She has recently gotten into a friendship with a woman whom I personally believe is a bad influence on her. A few months ago my wife began pressuring me to do more around the house.
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"We already split chores and child care, admittedly, she had a bigger cut than I because she is a stay at home mum, but I do most of the cooking, breakfasts and dinners, lunch is her responsibility for her and the boys. I take out the garbage and I do laundry, and I deep clean the bathrooms once a week. I do also help with our boys homework and such."
He claims to have had discussions with the wife to gauge what she expects but feels she just wants him to do everything - she has even threatened divorce over the issues.
"It boiled over when we were out with friends one night, and she began talking about how I never helped out and how I use her as a house slave (her words). I will admit I saw red," he wrote.
"I didn't say anything that night but the next day I asked my boss to be given reduced hours for the next little bit, due to stress.
"And I took over everything in the house. I cooked breakfast, and made lunch for the boys before I drove them to school, I cleaned the house top to bottom, I did every dish we had twice and so on. My wife was blindingly happy, and bragged to her friend that she finally had me worn in."
But, then his wife started to ask why the pair don't go on as many dates as they used to though she was not happy when he said they do not have the funds for that.
In addition, she wanted her nails done, so he suggested the pair have a movie night in where he would do her nails, but she was far from happy with this.
"She was unhappy with that solution. So I asked her if she would want to get a part time job to pay for either luxuries. You would have thought I asked if she wanted to join a cult.," he wrote.
"She then asked if I could just pick up more shifts at work to cover her other expenses, and used the phrase be a man which I found more than a little insulting. I then asked her if she would be willing to go back to splitting the chores and such? Which is when she began to catch on that the two were related.
"She yelled at me that I was being manipulative for doing this and even claimed it was financial abuse. I stood strong for a while but now I am questioning my methods, because even I feel what I did was a bit underhanded."
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Many supported his side of the argument (stock photo) (Getty Images/Tetra images RF)In response, many supported his point of view and felt his wife is acting unreasonably.
One person wrote: "Stay at home means you do most of the housework. I'm not sure why your wife doesn't understand that."
While another stated: "Clearly all conversations they had got nowhere, so what he did was kind of awesome - but it's super concerning how manipulative and childish his wife sounds."
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