Imagine working full-time from home, taking care of a 2.5-month-old baby who’s been screaming non-stop, and then having to deal with a husband claiming to be sick and demanding your attention. That’s the situation one exhausted wife found herself in, and she decided to put her foot down. Let’s dive into this story of a woman who had enough and refused to cater to her husband’s needs while struggling to keep up with her own.
The Exhausting Situation
Fighting Sleep and Sanity
Work and No Help
Depleted and Desperate
Enter the ‘Sick’ Husband
No Sympathy for the ‘Sick’ ♀️
Trying to Decompress ♀️
Enough is Enough! ✋
Short-lived Peace
Hungry and Frustrated
Husband’s Request Denied ❌
Fed Up and Fuming
The Argument Escalates
Husband’s Retort ️
Texting from the Bedroom
The Guest Room Escape
Wife Stands Her Ground ♀️
Our protagonist, a full-time working mom, is pushed to her limits as she juggles her job and caring for her constantly crying baby. Exhausted, she informs her husband she won’t be cooking dinner and asks him to pick something up for himself. When he arrives home, he claims to be sick and demands her attention. She refuses to cater to him, leading to a heated argument. The husband moves to the guest room, leaving our heroine to question if she was in the wrong. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
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Take a break and prioritize self-care. You deserve it ❤️
Husband needs to step up with baby duties. NTA.
A commenter empathizes with the wife’s struggle and calls out the husband’s lack of contribution.
Sick husband can make his own sandwich. Empathetic reply.
Parent offers sympathy and encouragement to overwhelmed new mother.
Parenting is tough, but he’s an adult and can manage.
Husband needs to grow up and help, wife needs a break
Lazy husband shirks responsibilities, leaves work and baby to wife.
NTA comment shuts down entitled husband’s childish behavior
Take a breather, momma! ️ It’s okay to set boundaries.
NTA. Wife juggles multiple jobs while husband plays video games
Spouse prioritizes video games over responsibilities, commenter calls out behavior.
New mom sympathizes with OP and calls NTA, no a-hole here
NTA. Sassy response to selfish husband.
Mother-in-law comes to the rescue and calls out selfish husband.
Sick husband plays video games but can’t get his own food. NTA.
Husband jealous of his own baby? Wife needs a break.
NTA. If he can game, he can make a sandwich
User suggests kicking out husband to reconsider his priorities.
When juggling work and a baby, one is enough. ♀️
Single mom defends herself against immature husband.
Partner not stepping up, NTA for refusing to care for him.
NTA. Stand your ground. He needs to step up.
Compassionate comment sympathizes with overwhelmed wife and her ‘hairy baby’
Husband acting like a baby, wife not obligated to care.
Supportive comment from someone who’s been through it too
Exhausted wife refuses to prioritize ‘sick’ husband’s demands
Encouraging reply to overwhelmed parent juggling work and baby duties
Husband prioritizes gaming over family, wife left to juggle responsibilities.
Parenting can be overwhelming, but running away isn’t an option
Husband neglects baby and wife, demands care. NTA.
NTA. Partner needs to step up and therapy can help.
NTA. Husband needs to grow up and take care of himself.
Husband’s free time vs. wife’s double duty – who’s right?
Spouse refuses to help when sick, solidarity in the comments
Supportive comment acknowledges husband’s uselessness, offers sympathy and hope.
Husband needs to grow up and step up, NTA ♀️
NTA for not catering to man-child husband’s every demand
Exhausted mom suggests husband experience her duties, questions his sickness
Spouse expects wife to be his mother, OP is NTA
Self-care tips for overwhelmed new mom juggling work and sick husband ♀️
Commenter sympathizes with OP and criticizes husband’s behavior.
New mom seeks help from husband in juggling work and baby duties. Replies suggest compromise and communication.
Get a mother’s helper to assist with baby and husband.
Single mom offers support and advice to overwhelmed wife.
NTA. The husband was selfish and should have stayed in bed
NTA. Enjoy your alone time. Husband is an a**hole for not stepping up
Suggests husband should try caring for baby alone to gain empathy
Husband didn’t bring food, wife refuses to care. NTA wins.
New mom sympathizes with OP, suggests seeking help.
♀️ Wife juggling work and baby duties, husband playing games. NTA.
Not the a-hole for not caring for a ‘sick’ husband
Husband needs to step up and be a teammate
Father needs to understand his role and bond with his child
Prioritizing family duties can prevent resentment and counseling later
Husband acts like a child, wife refuses to be his nanny
Congratulate OP on pregnancy and offer support with a touch of humor.
Men want mothers not wives, women end up with babies. NTA.
Man-child husband neglects child and expects wife to be his nurse.
Bonding with baby during bath time can help ease stress
New mom defends herself against sick husband’s demands
Husband prioritizes gaming over helping wife with baby and work duties.
New mom shares NTA experience with husband’s laziness ♂️
Husband’s lack of support is stressing wife, comment sympathizes.
New mom shares her experience and advises NTA to wife.
User calls out husband for not being an equal parent
Industrial age made women juggle work & baby duties. You need help.
Seek help from family/friends to survive while husband improves behavior
Self-care is important, get a sitter and take a break
NTA comment calls out lazy husband, uses humor
User mocks husband, suggests babying him. No replies.
NTA! The husband needs to step up and help out
NTA comment shuts down husband’s complaints about childcare responsibilities.
Protecting yourself and your baby comes first. NTA
