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AITA for not stocking the fridge for my husband after his business trip?
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I don't know, man. I understand that she is busy. Also, there is something here about gender and dynamics, but I think that if I came home after a red-eye flight and my fiance didn't make sure there was food at home for me, I'd feel pretty disappointed. We do have a history of showing our love for each other through food, though which may not be the case for this pair.
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He certainly had plenty of other options besides putting the onus on his wife.
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Husband makes jabs at wife for failing to restock the fridge before he came home from a work trip, she refuses to be reprimanded: 'We are both capable [of] providing food for ourselves when the other is busy'
Homecomings after a long international trip are supposed to be sweet. Ideally, for a couple that haven't seen each other in a long time and have been separated by vast distances, the reunion is filled with hugs at the airport, enthusiastic stories from the trip, and perhaps even a nice meal together. But for one couple, the husband's return from a business trip was not a cause for celebration; instead, it lead to a domestic squabble over groceries. He returned to a less-than-stocked fridge and started making comments about being left with "no food." While the pantry and fridge weren't totally bare, they didn't meet his post-red-eye flight expectations.
Now our narrator, his wife, is questioning whether or not she really dropped the ball by not prepping a welcome home feast, or if her husband should have just handled his own food needs like a big boy. She insists that they are both capable of fending for themselves -- after all, they live in a major city with walking-distance restaurants and grocery stores as well as plenty of options with which to order food. However, he sees this as her neglecting him after a long trip.