Pregnant woman urged to 'go on strike' from husband after absurd requests
When you live with someone, there needs to be a sense of give and take between you. If one of you hates putting the bins out, then they must do the washing up, and so on. So one woman was left dumbfounded when she was given none of this leeway by her husband - despite the fact she is currently pregnant with their fourth child. She said that her husband believes it's her responsibility "to take care of all duties related to the house and kids", and he even expected her "to make all of his meals."
He even took it one step further and said that she "has it easy" because she doesn't work, and is "passive-aggressive" when she hasn't made him any food. She took to Reddit's 'Am I the a**hole' forum to ask whether she was in the wrong.
She wrote: "I have three kids and am currently pregnant with my fourth. I left work to take care of our kids. My husband thinks that because I don’t work outside the house it's my responsibility to take care of ALL duties related to the house and kids. You name it- cooking, cleaning, laundry, shopping, homework, school activities, drop-offs, etc. On top of everything I do, he also expects me to make all of his meals- breakfast lunch, and dinner. I am so tired recently from entertaining the kids all day during summer vacation and I've been having a hard time with my pregnancy.
"He told me 'life's tough this is your job' and has no sympathy for me. In fact, he thinks I have it easy because I 'don't work.' The last two nights I've refused to make him dinner and he's acting like I'm a useless 'horrible' wife. Why can't he stop at the store after work and pick himself something up? Or look at what we have in the fridge and make something?
"When he's hungry he'll constantly say 'I'm starving, I'm so hungry, etc.' being passive-aggressive to let me know he wants me to make him something. I'm completely undervalued and unappreciated. Am I an a**hole for putting my foot down and refusing to wait on him hand and foot?"
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In the comments, the husband was slammed for his attitude towards her, with one saying: "Unless your husband is working 16 hours a day, he had better start stepping up. You're doing the work of babysitter, cook, cleaner, and personal shopper. How many jobs is he doing?" Another fumed: "Seriously! I'm a stay-at-home mum too, and even when my husband works 14-hour days he makes his own breakfast."
"Her husband is acting like a toddler", someone raged, whilst another quipped: "Your husband sucks. I'm sorry you're dealing with such an insufferable man who truly has no concept of how much [unpaid] work goes into all you take care of. I would go on strike lol. Stop making him anything to eat. Stop cleaning. Just make sure the kids are good but nothing else."
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