Imagine refusing to go to school because your mom didn't have time to make your special sandwich. This is unacceptable behavior for a kid, let alone a full-grown adult. One disgruntled stay-at-home-mom asked Reddit if she was the a-hole for calling her pilot husband "insane" for ditching work to teach his wife a lesson after she didn't have time to iron his uniform. Commenters answered with a resounding "not the asshole."
“You wouldn't catch those toddlers dead in a wrinkled pilot's uniform though.” said u/i_dont_shine.
“This is what I was thinking. Wtf?” said u/madbiologist42.
“Fr I seriously wonder how he called in for the day off.... ‘I can’t come to work today because my shirt is kinda wrinkly? Because I’m teaching my wife a lesson? Because I’m a petty asshole??’ Dude’s a pilot, he should know none of these excuses would fly” said u/vivamii.
“Absolutely. You don’t need to ‘teach me a lesson’ maybe we could have a conversation… you know, like adults do.” said u/dongdinger6.
“Next level: I also feel this way about adults that try to ‘teach a lesson’ to children. Of any age. You can parent a child without manipulating them. Four kids later, all now over 12, I have never spitefully ‘taught them a lesson’ but instead disciplined with the end goal in mind. The goal? Happy, well-adjusted, polite and hardworking adults.” said u/Tenprovincesaway.
“Thing is he's known to be petty and is prone to exaggeration all the time which's frustrating.” said OP.
“Are you happy in this marriage? Is it a good atmosphere for your kids to grow up in?” asked u/Rohini_rambles.
“I can answer the second one: NO.” said u/annrkea.
“Amazing idea. I am here for this pettiness.” said u/amethystalien6.
“What a child. These ironclad divisions of household duties are silly. Wife was busy so he should have done it himself. I have no time for people like that.” said u/Lazy_Somewhere_5737.
“Yea, I'm getting a strong ‘see what you made me do’ vibe from such behavior. What's next?!” said u/strokeofcrazy.
Read the original thread here.