Woman Locks Her Controlling Husband Out During Job Interview After He Keeps Sabotaging Her Chances At A Job

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May 27, 2022 5:00 PM EDT

The job search is rough. Even though an applicant can be super qualified, it seems like there's always someone else that is just a little more qualified. Maybe it's not even the qualifications. It could be that the applicant screwed up on one question during the interview, and that's the reason they didn't move on to the next phase. Whatever the reason is, it's a very nerve-wracking experience, especially when you've been at it for a while and there are plenty of bills to pay. In today's 'Am I the A$$hole?' post, OP told us she has been hunting for a job for 5 months. She recently recovered from her knee surgery, and is looking to get back into her career as a sales rep. The issue is that her husband keeps coming in and disturbing her interviews with his own input even though nobody asked. She locked him out of the room during her last job interview to keep him from sabotaging it, and he was upset because he claims that he's just trying to help. In our opinion, it sounds like he's trying to prevent her from getting a job. What do you think? Scroll down for all the details. 

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    Rectangle - r/AmItheAsshole. Posted by u/the54756 18 hours ago 5 4 342 AITA for locking the door to prevent my husband from getting involved in my job interview?
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    Her husband shouldn't be involved in her job interview in the first place. 

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    Font - I (/F33) am unemployed but God knows I had been looking for jobs (I'm a sale's rep) for well over 5 months, right after I recovered from my knee surgery.
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    OP is hustling, and we hope she locks down a job ASAP. 

  • 03
    Font - My husband has a high paying job, first he suggested I leave my career as sales rep behind [not up to his wealthy family's standards, they'd mocked me for it a lot] and stay home but I refused because I love my job and want to grow in it. he suggested he finds me a better job since he has connections but that's not in my field.
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    Font - I've had several job interviews and my husband has ruined all of them for me and here's how: he'd walk into the room whenever I'm having a potential job interview and introduce himself and take over the conversation with the interviewer, he'd tell them about how good I am but slip in some bad stuff that eventually cost me the job. His argument was that he's just making "recommandations" since he's connections and "influence" but I told him to stop and let me handle it. He sulked saying he
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    Font - Several days ago, I'd gotten a job interview and after getting inside the room and before the interview started I locked the door. My husband tried to come in and started knocking on the door asking why I was locking the door and telling me to let him in. I put my headphones on and used noise cancelling but he kept knocking telling me to open the door.
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    Font - After the interview was over I unlocked the door and walked out. He went off on me calling me disrespectful and awful to lock him out like that. I said I was sorry I wanted to work for this company so badly and I couldn't let him ruin it for me. He got offended and said that I was being petty and childish and also ungrateful because of the stunt I pulled and said that he was trying to help me get the best deal out there. I said I'm not a child but he said that yes I was especially with ho
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    Product - corrin_avatan 18 hr. ago edited 17 hr. ago & 42 More 3 Certified Proctologist [22] NTA, and you KNOW this isn't about him wanting to help, this is about him trying to control you.
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    Rectangle - LongNectarine3. 13 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [20] I think this gentleman has his picture next to the dictionary definition of Gaslight. ΝΤΑ. ΟΡ ΝΤΑ
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    Font - alienabductionfan. 17 hr. ago 9232 Partassipant [2] I wouldn't recommend that OP go to couples therapy with someone this manipulative and controlling under any circumstances, no matter how much she loves him. He will listen to what she says in the safety of that office and find new ways to control and manipulate her with that information when they're back at home.
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    Rectangle - Joxem13 18 hr. ago Pooperintendant [52] NTA, your husband doesn't want you to get a job. Idk if it's about control or pettiness but Jesus Christ he is a grown man and not your dad. Is helicopter spouse even a thing?
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    Font - xjust_ryanne 15 hr. ago If OP won't have a job, she will remain financially dependent on her husband But with OP having a job, she can take (financially) care of herself and won't need her husband and is even able to leave. I don't think the husband is interrupting the interviews because he think he can help her out of some superior complex. He is disrupting them knowingly that it won't get her the job and she will remain dependant on him. OP you should seriously reconsider this marriage
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    Rectangle - realghostofchaos 18 hr. ago Partassipant [3] Ma'am what he's doing is emotional and mental abuse. You do not need that and do not need him. Run, do not walk away from that relationship if he and his family are like that.
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