He Made His Wife Cry After He Said His Job Requires “More Intellect” Than Completing Household Tasks And That He Could Easily Do What She Does As A Stay-At-Home Mom
This 30-year-old man met his wife, who is also 30, back in college. At the time, she was an international student studying computer science and physics. He, on the other hand, got his master’s degree in finance.
Unfortunately, his wife had some issues with her loan– which she got from her home country. So, his wife could not afford to complete school, and they ultimately got married so she could stay in the country.
They have since had a daughter together, who is now 7-years-old. After having their baby, his wife also initially planned to go back to school once she saved up enough money.
However, he landed a good job that allowed him to earn enough money for both of them. So, his wife agreed to be a stay-at-home mom.
“And I appreciate that a lot as we were able to have a kid early on even while I was both completing my masters and working full-time,” he said.
While he loves his wife and believes she is a stellar stay-at-home mom, though, he doesn’t like the fact that his wife claims he’s incapable of completing household tasks and finds the idea “humorous.”
Now, he clarified that they both agreed his wife would handle the majority of the chores while she stayed at home with their daughter. But, he does occasionally complete tasks when they’re both home, and his wife sometimes criticizes him.
“If I say, load the dishwasher for her, she will claim I did it wrong just because I do it differently than she does,” he explained.
Just the other day, they were sitting down to eat when his wife made similar comments again, too.
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It all began when she started telling him about her day and detailed how, when she went grocery shopping, she was able to optimize their savings. Apparently, his wife only bought specific items at certain stores and accounted for the cost of traveling between each store to save the most amount of money.
“And she made an offhand remark that I would never be able to do that and said it in a, ‘What would you ever do without me?’ kind of way,” he added.
This rubbed him the wrong way, and he told his wife that “of course,” he could do the same thing. After all, he handles complex calculations and decisions at work all day, and he also has his master’s degree.
He then even claimed that what he does every day at work requires “more intellect” than completing household chores, even though he appreciates what his wife does for their family.
Now, after he said that, his wife was furious. She thought that he was essentially calling her stupid, even though he swears that’s not what he meant.
Then, his wife wound up crying, and he felt like a total jerk.
“She said she was a very good student, and had she graduated, she would be in my position as well,” he vented.
So, he’s wondering whether telling his wife that he was completely capable of doing what she does every day was really the wrong way to respond.
Isn’t it clear that his wife intended to earn her degree and work a challenging career but wound up on a different path? Even if he is capable of taking on his wife’s home responsibilities, should he have put down her sense of pride in her current role? How can he reconcile this situation?
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