New Mom Refuses To Cook Dinner for Her Ridiculous Husband

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    Font - Posted by u/AITAexhaustedwife 12 hours ago AITA for refusing to cook dinner? obviously a throwaway because my husband enjoys spending time on reddit. I (F23) have been married to my husband "John" (M24) for a year now. And recently (aka five weeks ago) we welcomed our first baby (F). I'm currently on maternity leave, which my husband has interpreted it as me being a Stay at Home Mom instead of taking time to rest before I needed to return to work. D I don't really mind it too much, since
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    Font - But recently, he's been riding me about not having dinner ready when he gets home. He works from 8-5:30, so it's not a completely unreasonable time for dinner, but it's not like I can just stop taking care of our daughter to cook him a meal. I can usually talk him down, and he'll watch daughter while I cook. A few days ago, however, he came into the house and began berating me for not having dinner "ready and waiting" so he could just "walk in and sit to eat". I was actively changing my d
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    Font - I didn't say anything to him at that moment. I went and cooked dinner, and he seemed pretty proud of himself for winning the conversation. But I only have a few more weeks to stay home with my baby girl, and I'm not going to have that stomped on because of my husband. So ever since that day, I go to my mom's house for dinner. (She's totally okay with this btw). I don't cook anything for John, and I'm already at my mom's by the time he gets home. I still clean at home and keep the house ti
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    Font - thethrowaway212134 12 hr. ago 3 56 2 Achole Aficionado [14] You know when you go back to work you'll still be married to him right Reply Share 17.1k
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    Font - stinstin555 12 hr. ago edited 12 hr. ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [42] Exactly this. OP: NTA But you are a new mom, caring for an infant and still doing chores around the house. You are a wife and mom NOT a personal chef. If he wants dinner ready when he gets home he can cook before he goes to work or meal prep once or twice a week. Problem solved. Newsflash: You are not leaving him to starve. He is starving himself. Reply Share 5.8k
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    Font - emileeavi 11 hr. ago edited 29 min. ago The amount of tines I see posts where men suddenly become major holes after the woman has a baby is crazy. This is like the third one today. 92 Reply Share
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    Font - DMC1001 10 hr. ago "I can usually talk him down" is something that's really disturbing. What happens when she can't talk him down? 53 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - BrdMommy 10 hr. ago Good lord he's gonna expect her to work, take care of the baby and feed his whiny ↑ 16 Reply Share

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