Help! I Resent My Husband for Being a Stay-at-Home Dad | Man quits job to do more housework at wife's request, but now she's "so angry" because he "...did what I demanded, not what I intended".

w1g2 · 2019-06-25T04:06:51+00:00

When he worked more, she had to "put aside her career goals" in order to raise the kids, cook, and clean.

Now that she works more and he stays at home, he gets to "do all of the things that she wanted to do as a mother."

My god, it's almost as if there are downsides to every choice, people!

fengpi · 2019-06-25T03:28:55+00:00

He did what I told him to do! The fucking bastard! Kill him! Fry him!

...FFS, these chicks and their nonsensical hyperinsane complaints are truly getting on my nerves.

As you'd expect, the advice is that the man should change. He should follow orders but read her mind.

You have every right to ask that you two coordinate big decisions, not because you want to dictate his choices (or vice versa), but because you want to act as a team.

Right. "You're a team so he should do what you say."

The dude is acting like a wife-- like a lazy bastard-- so she's steamed. Being a lazy bastard ought to be her prerogative. That's the problem.

2019-06-25T04:59:11+00:00

Had a girl ask me to choose between two option, so I chooses one that fit me (after considering both of us).

Was mad after me because I didn’t choose what she wanted.

God, I hate those mind reading game where the only way to win, is to not play.

user_miki · 2019-06-25T14:20:47+00:00

I want too to be a stay at home dad and play with my children.Instead I work 84 hours/week.

I hope more and more women will take the burden out of men shoulders and work more outside and leave more men happily taking care of children.I can cook, clean, no problem.

outline_link_bot · 2019-06-25T03:51:19+00:00

I Resent My Husband for Being a Stay-at-Home Dad

Decluttered version of this Slate Magazine's article archived on June 22, 2019 can be viewed on https://outline.com/VTWmhw

2019-06-25T16:56:50+00:00

Wait he is doing the "hardest job in the world" and she gets to have fun doing the easy stuff working and she's bitching about it?

webleytempest · 2019-06-25T11:50:48+00:00

https://local.theonion.com/girlfriend-changes-man-into-someone-shes-not-interested-1819565990

san_man_85 · 2019-06-25T12:12:37+00:00

“Ask, and thou shalt receive.”

bakedpotato486 · 2019-06-25T13:03:51+00:00

I'd want a significant other that does the minimum to keep the house clean, takes the kids to school, makes dinner most nights, and spends their day playing video games. Beats the shit out of spending their time on social media seeking flattering attention.

jp_mra · 2019-06-26T03:19:04+00:00

Wait until she finds out he now gets alimony, cs, the kids, and the house if she leaves him. This man has beaten the system!

1LegendaryWombat · 2019-06-25T08:20:46+00:00

But now he gets to do all the things I wanted to do as a mother.

He does the minimum to keep the house clean, takes the kids to school, makes dinner most nights, and spends his day playing video games.

One, i don't know what her definition of minimum is, but those don't sound like mother goals. IF she had issues when the kids were little tackers, why didn't she bring it up then?

he’s doing what I demanded, even if it wasn’t what I intended.

Its almost like she communicated something, he received that and did something about it. Now she's bitching...Sheesh. He's not a fucking mind reader.

LameFossil · 2019-06-25T12:54:22+00:00

Haha I sense some r/MaliciousCompliance here. A clear example to other women to think before they make such ludicrous demands.