He Told His Wife That Being A Stay-At-Home Mom Can’t Be That Hard, So She Taught Him A Lesson By Having Him Take Over
Most women would agree that being a stay-at-home mom with no extra help is one of the hardest jobs in the world.
Unfortunately, many men, even dads, fail to realize that.
One man recently got in trouble with his wife after telling her that being a stay-at-home mom can’t be that hard.
He is 46 and his wife is 36-years-old. They’ve been married for 15 years and have four kids, ranging in age from 16 to three-years-old.
Since they started having kids, his wife has been a stay-at-home mom while he worked full-time. His job required him to be away from home for three weeks each month, and he was only home for one week every month.
For most of their children’s upbringing, his wife did most of the household chores and duties on top of raising their kids, with hardly any extra help.
Thankfully, his job position recently changed, and he can be home most days of every week and travels a lot less often.
“All of the kids are on summer break right now, and my wife made a comment about how much more her workload has increased with all the kids being home,” he recalled.
“I offhandedly said, ‘The older kids pretty much look after themselves, so how hard can it really be?’ That was the wrong thing to say in hindsight.”
Anatoliy Karlyuk – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
His wife challenged him by forcing him to take on all of her roles briefly so he could get a taste of just how hard it was for her. She told him that if he thought being a stay-at-home mom was that easy, he should give it a try.
When he decided to try it, their household fell into shambles. While their kids did a fairly decent job keeping up with their chores, he had to handle many other tasks, and the house quickly got messy and unorganized.
As soon as he realized that taking his wife’s place was indeed harder than it seemed, he profusely apologized to her.
“She accepted, but I was talking to my mom about it, and she reamed me out for being a [jerk],” he said.
“[She said] my wife has done more than she should have to put up with for a decade.”
After this experiment, his wife proposed the idea of changing their situation, suggesting she go back to work, and they take turns working and splitting up household chores.
While he was willing to give his wife credit for everything she’s done as a mom and homemaker, he was not willing to change up their work situation and called her petty.
Is he being disrespectful toward his wife?
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