23-year-old wife demands 24-year-old husband take their 5, 3, 1, and 2-month-old children to school as he recovers from surgery: 'He looked at me like I was joking. I wasn't.'

These parents of 4 kids under 5 years old can't agree about who should be taking the kids to school each day. 

They say being a parent is the hardest job out there, and you can easily see why. There are no other jobs like it. You don't get any sick days or days off, your kids won't listen to you even when you're exhausted from getting no sleep ever, and worst of all, even if you're up all night every night, you're still expected to go to work and care for these little creatures. Even if, like this Dad, you get your wisdom teeth yanked, you still have to care for the kiddos — there's simply no break from the action, especially when it's not one baby, but multiple. Even if he and the wife tried to just take 2 kids at a time, it's still exhausting! 

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    Am I the a*sh*le for making my husband take the kids to school after getting his wisdom teeth taken out?

    Dad smiling with his 3 young daughters crawling all over him, in front of a room scattered with toys.
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    Dad smiling with his 3 young daughters crawling all over him, in front of a room scattered with toys. 

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    I (23f) and my husband (24m) have 4 kids ages 5, 3, 1, and 2 months. The older two go to school 5 days a week, 8 hours a day.
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    Backstory, every time I have given birth, been sick, or gotten a surgery, I have still helped take care of the kids to some capacity.
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    My husband got his wisdom teeth taken out a few days ago and is in a great deal of pain in his mouth.
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    Every school day I get the kids ready for school and he takes them there.
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    Last night he asked if I could drop them off at school in the morning. I replied, "Well are you going to get them ready,
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    feed and change the baby, and get (toddler) up while I'm gone then?" He looked at me like I was joking. I wasn't.
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    and thinks I'm an asshole for making him drive them to school while he's in pain. So, am I the asshole?
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  • It's an interesting story — but there seem to be bigger problems here than this woman is letting on. It seems like on both sides, there's a lack of empathy going on. They say in a relationship, it's supposed to be a 60/40 split, with each partner trying to care a little extra, aiming for that 60% of effort. You're supposed to both love your spouse and like them, and yet so many people seem to utterly despise the person they're spending their one short life with. And in this person's case, she must like him at least a little bit, because she just had his baby as recently as 2 months ago. But like… why, though? Why have 4 children with a man who won't even care for your kids when you literally give birth, get sick, or have to undergo surgery? What kind of man can't take care of his own children while his wife needs help? 

    I know the internet loves to tell people to leave their spouses, and of course, relationships are far more complex than we know. But I'd urge this woman to consider: if she and the hubby split up and get split custody, they'd both have every other weekend to themselves. Alone. With 0 babies. They could still have a workable relationship, but at least then the husband would be truly forced to reckon with the amount of time and effort he's putting into parenting the children. Much to consider…

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    Dad styles daughter's hair while she sits in front of pile of toys next to her sister, while in the background, the Mom leans down to rest.
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    Dad styles daughter's hair while she sits in front of pile of toys next to her sister, while in the background, the Mom leans down to rest. 

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    Commenters were judging this couple pretty hard...

    djluminol I think you have way larger problems than just this.
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    Secretos... NTA. But he is NEVER going to put 2 and 2 together on his own. You need to explain that since he required youre help after all of your medical issues that you still require his
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    even when he has medical issues.
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    Only-Bre... Obviously not, but you were kind of dumb for having four children with a manchild
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    Dad plays with his 3 daughters while they smile and laugh. 

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