She Forced Her Husband To Replace An Expensive Hearing Aid After He Messed With Hers And Broke It, But He Just Accused Her Of Being Unfair
This 29-year-old woman has been deaf ever since she was born. So, she uses a hearing aid.
She also has a husband, who is 28, and he’s aware of her condition. He’s also been very supportive and understanding throughout their relationship.
In terms of finances, she and her husband tend to keep everything separate– despite splitting household costs evenly. But, over the past few months, they’ve been tight on cash since some extra expenses popped up for their daughter, who is just 7-years-old.
That’s why, just last night, she was devastated when her husband accidentally broke her expensive hearing aid.
It all began when she went to the bathroom and left the device on a table in her home. Then, her husband started randomly fidgeting and fiddling with it, which is common, according to her.
“He has this annoying habit of messing with everything he sees, even if it’s not his,” she said.
“He says it’s just curiosity, but I’ve asked him several times to stop doing it.”
Well, this time, her husband wound up dropping her hearing aid on the floor after messing with it. Then, he accidentally stepped on it and broke the device!
Now, her husband immediately apologized and claimed that it was totally an accident. But that didn’t make her any less upset.
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“So I told him he had to buy me a new hearing aid because mine was very expensive, and I couldn’t afford another one,” she revealed.
Apparently, this took her husband by surprise, too. He told her that he’d been saving up money to fix his car and accused her of being unfair for expecting him to replace the hearing aid. He also thought that they could just find a different solution.
She refused to budge, though, and pointed out how since it was her husband who was responsible for breaking her hearing aid, he needed to “face the consequences” and replace it.
This ultimately caused a pretty large argument between them. But eventually, her husband did hand over the funds for her to purchase a new hearing aid.
Still, he’s continued acting resentful toward her, and now, she is starting to feel a little guilty about taking his money.
“But, at the same time, I believe he was irresponsible with my device and should take responsibility for what he did,” she vented.
So, she’s now been left wondering if forcing her husband to pay for her new hearing aid after the accident was really so unreasonable or not.
Do you agree that since it was her husband’s fault, he should be expected to replace the device? Why do you think he views that as unfair? What would you have done in her shoes?
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