Husband From Idaho Belittles His Wife's Accomplishment Of Passing GED Test Because He's Scared The Babymaking Machine Will Get Educated

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    Smile - Posted by u/Throwawaywifeged 17 hours ago AITA for not acting impressed by my wife's " accomplishment?"
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    Font - My (28M) wife (26F) and I have been married for close to 7 years. We currently have five kids together- 6M, 4M, 3F, and my wife gave birth to fraternal twins (son and daughter) a year and a half ago.
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    Font - My wife intended to graduate high school the year we got married but life got in the way. My dad had given me an investor relations type of role at his company so we were traveling a lot and then after that our kids needed our attentions.
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    Font - After our twins were born my wife was bedridden for longer than we and even the doctors expected. Since we had to hire extra hands to do the childcare tasks that involved mobility my wife had some time on her hands.
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    Font - Her mother told her that her friend who proctors at a testing center said that they give GED tests basically every week (at least across the state of Idaho) and that she should dust off her general education knowledge. She started browsing her laptop and decided to enroll in a GED prep class online.
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    Font - It seems she was better at self paced learning than classroom learning because the stuff they were testing her on came way easier to her now than it did then even though she's been away from structured classroom instruction for many years now.
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    Font - Even after she was back on her feet, she'd be studying for it after she dropped the older two off to their respective schools. I would see what she was studying and it looked pretty rudimentary and I knew that getting a GED basically means nothing and that she probably wouldn't be able to apply it to anything career wise, or commit full time to community college, where I doubt the job prospects for students are that great right now either.
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    Font - So my wife ended up taking the test and the other day she bounded into the room and said " Yes! I passed, I passed!"
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    Font - I knew she would since she was doing well on the practice tests and the GED consistently tests on the same rudimentary topics. I did not gripe at her but merely nodded at her and went back to answering an important email from a client.
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    Font - My wife seemed to get upset and I asked her what was wrong. She said I didn't seem that excited and I said that it's great that she passed but I have been telling her that it was easy and no big deal, but if she needed something to prove to herself she knew the high school concepts, I guess the money was well spent.
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    Font - She got even more upset and said she worked very hard and this was the essential building blocks to being able to start a career.
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    Font - AITA? My wife passed her GED test, but she wasn't exactly graduating from college and wouldn't be for at least 15 years. I just didn't see any immediate applicability to her test but I am glad she had something to challenge her while she was coming off being unable to fully care for the kids.
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    Font - PilotEnvironmental46 17 hr. ago edited 6 hr. ago X & 5 More Professor Emeritass [98] YTA. Your a major AH. Your wife is trying to look after five children and found the time to get her GED. Why don't you let her go out of town for a week and see how hard it is to look after five small children. Would it have killed you to get up hug her and tell her how proud you of her? Maybe take her out to dinner one night to celebrate? Wow. I hope this isn't indicative the respect you give her the res
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    Font - LionsTigersBearsOHMY 15 hr. ago • edited 1 hr. ago Right? A supportive partner celebrates all accomplishments, no matter how small they may seem to them (and honestly, I wouldn't even call this small).
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    Font - I also don't understand where you got this "she wasn't exactly graduating from college and wouldn't be for 15 yrs" or why you think community college is basically useless? Most CCs offer ADN programs (associates nursing degree) and many others that don't require further education. This is just one example of a great career she could have with only 2 years of community college.
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    Font - Weird take to belittle your wife's work in trying to receive a higher education, I'm getting "I want to keep her home and controlled" vibes. YTA.
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    Font - Eelpan2 15 hr. ago Partassipant [2] Did OP even go to college? Apart from being a nepo baby and knocking his wife up so many times, what major accomplishment has he had, to be so snarky about wife getting her GED?
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    Font - lalawellnofine 15 hr. ago I reckon that's the main issue. He is worried she may be smarter than him, or perhaps just that her having options means he will have to treat her better. Edited to add judgement. YTA.

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