Misogynist Man Refuses To Cut Pregnant Wife's Nails Because It's 'Emasculating'

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Mar 26, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

We do a lot for our spouses. After all, isn't that the whole point of marriage? Your partner is supposed to be there 'to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.' That sounds like a pretty intense deal to us, but apparently, a lot of the human race is into the crazy idea so we'll vibe with it too. The thing is a lot of people get married with any intention of even doing the bare minimum for their partner, such as the star of today's 'Am I the A$$hole?' post. OP told us about how she's happy to do loads of things for her husband, one of them being cutting his nails. Once OP got pregnant and her belly expanded, she couldn't reach her own toes anymore and asked her husband to help her out. She was surprised when he refused due to the fact that he found it to be 'diminishing' and emasculating.' Color us shocked too. Scroll down for all the misogynistic details of this one. 
 

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    Font - Y r/AmItheAsshole · Posted by u/Own_Imagination8046 21 hours ago AITA for refusing to cut my husband's nails and hair after he refused to cut my toe nails when I was pregnant?
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    Homie needs to return the favor, especially when OP is pregnant! 

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    Font - I am African and my husband is Jamaican. When we were dating, I started cutting his nails (toes and hands) just for fun. I am a very caring person, so it made me very happy to cut his nails while we were watching a movie or something. We got married a little bit before Covid hit so on top of cutting his nails, I started cutting his hair as well because barbershops were closed. I truly
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    Wow, OP goes above and beyond for her hubby, and he does nothing for her. 

  • 03
    Font - enjoyed myself doing these things especially styling his beard that I asked him to keep because I like the look. I never asked him to do such thing in return simply because I am a control freak and like to do things on my own.
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    Font - All was going well until I got pregnant. I kept doing all these things for him, as the belly got bigger, I couldn't reach and cut my own toenails. So, one day as I was struggling to do it myself, my husband walked in the room and I asked him to help me cut my nails. His reaction shocked me as he said that he can never do that because he is a man. I
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    Font - brought to his attention that I have been doing it for him for years and I am only asking because I can't do it myself. He told me that I can do it for him because I am a woman, but him cutting my nails would be diminishing and I am trying to emasculate him.
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    Font - His response broke my feelings because I truly thought that he would be happy to take care of me, the same way I was doing for him. So, I told him that I wouldn't be cutting his nails or his hair. Sometimes I see his long nails and he looks so unkept, and it drives me crazy. Sometimes he
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    Font - has an important meeting at work, and I look at the hair and beard that need trimming but I resist the urge to do something about it because he made me feel so inferior as a human being and it wasn't the best feeling.
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    Font - O3 24 S Nay_nay2 Asshole Aficionado [10] ago NTA, but I hõpe you're ready for him not to lift a finger to help the baby. Men with his mentality think baby rearing is "woman's work."
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    Font - FrequentEgg4166 · 16 hr. ago It's the worst when they show their true colours AFTER your pregnant. NTA - I'm sorry you're stuck with such a misogynistic AH
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    Font - MischievousBish - 13 hr. ago Partassipant [4] DING DING DING.....WE HAVE A WINNER! TO OP, NTA.....BINGO, yup, he will REFUSE to help you with the baby at all. He'll claim that is all women's job to take care of the house, cook, clean, doing laundry and taking care of babies.
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    Font - American-Mary · 21 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [26] NTA. He told me that I can do it for him because I am a woman, but him cutting my nails would be diminishing and I am trying to emasculate him. This is sexist.
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    Font - diamandisonskidrow 17 hr. ago And what is "not masculine" about basic hygiene??? She's not asking him to learn to do her makeup or other more traditionally "feminine" practices. It's literally just nails, and she can't freakin reach.
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