Found on a different subreddit (You know the one lol). I swear, men are just large children. This made me anxious just reading it because I can almost see this happening with my former life.

My husband had a throat surgery 20 days ago. He is incapable of talking and uses texting to let me know if he needed anything. His mom comes over to help though he can stay home by himself, he kept asking me to do things for him which was fine since he's still in recovery. But we agreed that when I'm out working, he shouldn't be asking me to do anything since I'm away and busy. He agreed but kept texting me requests non stop which was distracting. I reminded him he can ask his mom for help when I'm working and he agreed again but yesterday, he texted me in the middle of work wanting me to come home and fix the tv conroller that got stuck cause he was watching a tv show and wanted me to come fix it right then. I said I had work but he kept pestering me with texts til I texted him that I was working and won't be able to come fix the tv controller for him right then and he should either wait til later or take care of it himself since it wasn't urgent.

I returned home later but couldn't find my key to the door so I rang the door then I texted my husband telling him to open the door for me. He texted back that "he was sleeping and won't be able to open the door for me right then and I should either wait til later or take care of it myself since it wasn't urgent". He used clauses so It dawned on me that those were the exact same words I texted him earlier when he insisted I come home and fix the tv controller.

I angerily texted him to quit messing around and open the door but he sent another text with the words "DO NOT DISTURB" then turned his phone off. I was furious and frustrated I called MIL and she brought her copy of the key. I had to wait for an hour outside hugry and tired.

I went straight into the bedroom and blew up at him for keeping me out and refusing to open the door just to get back at me for refusing to drop everything and come fix his tv controller. He was sleeping so my screaming woke him up and he looked stunted. He grabbed his phone wanting to argue back by texting but I told him to save it because he was being frankly a user and petty to keep me out of my own home when he could've opened the door an hour ago. MIL tried to calm me down while he kept staring at me like a...I'm not sure what but his eyes wear red. he then texted me saying he was hurt by how I treated him when he's in pain and suffering and that I don't care about his health and only busy with making him feel guilty for making simple request that he can't do due to his poor health.

MIL said I went too hard on him and he's only acted out like that cause he was feeling strained and incapable of handling certain tasks on his own. She said it'd be cool to apologize for blowing up but I said no. His dad said this was on me I shouldn't have let my sick husband home alone.