Since His Wife Started Calling Him Her “House Husband,” He’s Refusing To Do Any Chores Until She Apologizes

Do you know how difficult it is to take care of a home?
One man has been doing all the household chores while his wife works a busy job. But now that she started calling him her “house husband,” he’s felt emasculated and is refusing to do any chores until she apologizes.
He and his wife, Bella, are both 28-years-old and have been married for five years.
They met in college, and after graduation, he worked in a kitchen while she went to law school. Now, Bella has a great, busy job, and he doesn’t work. They live very comfortably, and he’s responsible for taking care of all the household duties while Bella’s at work.
He’s in charge of cooking, cleaning, grocery shopping, caring for their yard, etc. He felt comfortable with what he does until about six months ago when Bella started referring to him as her “house husband” around family and friends.
“I’ve mostly been letting it go, but every single time it bothers me,” he said.
“I’m already insecure about not being able to find a good job, and it makes me feel even more inadequate.”
He finally got to the end of his rope the other day when his mother-in-law was visiting. He already thinks his mother-in-law doesn’t like him, and his wife made a comment that he thinks sealed his fate. His mother-in-law started talking about the work that goes into making a lawn look good.
Then, his wife said, “Thank goodness I have a house husband for that, or I’d never find the time,” while smiling at him. His wife and mother-in-law started laughing, and he felt humiliated.

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“I didn’t say anything at first, but I guess she could tell that I was really upset and asked what was wrong,” he recalled.
“I told her that she needed to stop emasculating me and making it seem like I didn’t contribute anything to the household.”
“We were arguing back and forth, and she told me that she would stop calling me a house husband if I was going to ‘get that upset about it’ but that it wasn’t an untrue term and I needed to stop being insecure.”
Since his wife refuses to apologize for calling him a “house husband,” he’s been refusing to do his part in caring for the house.
Now, he only cooks for himself and leaves all the chores for Bella. It’s gotten so bad that when Bella gets home from work, she just makes herself some food, does the chores, and then goes to sleep at a friend’s house.
He spoke to his sister about the incident, who believes Bella’s nickname for him was wrong, but his response to everything was immature. Now, he’s unsure what to do because he doesn’t want to “give in” and have Bella treat him like she was before.
Is he being immature by stopping all of his household duties?
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