Wife Refuses To Cook For Entitled Husband And Tells Him That Taking Kids Out For A Day Isn’t ‘Help’, Asks If She’s Wrong

• By Danish Faheem
• 4 months ago
• 5 minutes read

The division of labor at home is a debate that never ends. Ideally, one person works to earn money while the other manages the home. This setup might work well for couples where one partner is wealthy and the other stays at home, but when kids are involved, things get more complicated.

It’s no secret that stay-at-home moms who don’t get help with housework or childcare from their husbands often feel frustrated and overwhelmed. Even in families where both parents work, women typically end up doing most of the chores because some dads don’t contribute equally. This imbalance can lead to tension and resentment over time. In one case, a father decided to give his wife a break by taking care of the kids for the day, but she didn’t realize that this “break” wouldn’t last the entire day, leaving her feeling even more exhausted than before.

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1. Let’s find out!

2. OP and her husband have 2 children. While she is a SAHM and looks after all the house chores and the kids, the husband works a job.

3. The husband decided to take off from work to look after the kids so OP could relax.

4. The husband asked if she would be home for dinner, to which she said yes. However, at night, no one had made arrangements for the dinner, as one thought the other would do it.

5. The couple ended up ordering food. The husband argued he couldn’t arrange for dinner because he was helping with the kids.

6. OP said looking after the kid is part of his responsibility as a father and that he was helping no one by looking after his biological children. The matter was taken to the courts of the AITA community.

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Here’s what the internet had to say about this:

7. They think it is outside the scope of their responsibilities. Wrong!

Via kiwihoney

8. This is the norm. Anything outside of this is considered weird and irresponsible.

Via Alternative_Tone_697

9. Should have thought about this before making the babies.

Via chaenukyun

10. I wouldn’t have been surprised had he asked for a fee at day end.

Via Sea-Poetry-950

I would support OP here and go for NTA. While it is understand able that the couple had divided the family responsibilities with the husband being the breadwinner and the wife looking after the kids and the house chores, it should never hurt a husband to look after the kids he helped bring into this world. I don’t think the term “helping” was appropriate as by looking after the kids, all the husband was doing was performing his duty as a father. No father needs to be told that he has to take care of his child, it is an unspoken law. And this was just a little taste of what mothers go through. OP looks after her kids every day and always gets the dinner ready too. So, the same was expected from the husband.

Let’s go through some more of AITA community’s responses. Scroll down below to continue reading!

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11. Then they must stop bragging about “you wouldn’t have been pregnant without me.”

Via thehollowedhearts

12. His perception needs to be updated with immediate effect.

Via hubertburnette

13. His spending time with his own children is not helping. It’s what he is expected to do.

Via Elizabeth__Sparrow

14. We all get out to have the governments changed; we must also get out to have this perception changed.

Via SnoopyisCute

15. For the effort the husband made, OP should’ve been grateful.

Via Aggressive-Coconut0

16. Agree or not, it was helpful.

Via Captain-Legitimate

17. It was a misunderstanding over the dinner.

Via frozenisland

18. It definitely does not include running errands or even being asked what’s for dinner.

Via Redditor

19. Perfectly put together.

Via nopenope12345678910

20. There was a major communication gap between this couple.

Via Accurate-Neck6933

It was interesting to see the way the comments began curving from NTA to YTA as we moved toward the end. And I must say, the members who voted against OP make sense to some extent. Perhaps OP would’ve faced issued if she had to go to work in her husband’s place to look after everything he did on a daily basis. It was a switch of responsibility and the husband did the best he could. Speaking of the dinner, I think it was a major misunderstanding. The husband asked OP if she would be back by dinner. This could’ve meant that he would have the dinner ready or that he would be waiting for her to return and prepare the dinner. I think all of this can be resolved of a nice cup of tea.

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