Man Says Pregnant Wife Is Interrupting His 'Free Time' with Her Morning Sickness
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous woman writes that her husband hasn't been "the most understanding of pregnancy"
A pregnant woman is igniting viral conversation after sharing that her husband complained that she isn't allowing him "free time" when she asks him to watch their toddler while she goes in the bathroom to throw up.
In a post shared to Reddit, the anonymous, 24-year-old woman writes that her husband "wasn’t the most understanding of pregnancy last time and basically thought I was being 'dramatic' till I started showing at which point he was very supportive. This seems to be happening again."
While the husband watches the couple's toddler at night, she takes the child in the morning, so her husband can sleep in.
"This has happened with varying success because toddler is loud," she writes.
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Man and woman fighting on couch in stock photoOn a recent morning, the woman writes, tensions were "running high" because the toddler "was running up to dad every 30 seconds."
"I was trying to make everyone food but was repeatedly being called over to distract my toddler away from my husband," she adds. "I finally told him if he wanted to have free time he needed to go into the bedroom and shut the door. He did so after some grumbling that he should be allowed to enjoy time wherever he wants in his home. But seemed like he was fine after I brought him breakfast in bed."
She continues: "I continued to clean and take care of toddler while getting sicker and sicker. I had to interrupt husband for a minute to watch toddler while I puked. Then he went back to the room when I was done. At 9:45 am I had to interrupt him again cause I was sick."
At that point, she writes, her husband "was very upset."
"He says I shouldn’t be 'offering' him free time and then interrupting him repeatedly. I feel I really did try my best to give him free time but can’t control when I’m sick. I’ve tried to just bring toddler with me but he will just open the door and run away while I’m puking."
Now, the woman wants to know: is she in the wrong for interrupting her husband?
Commenters have not held back, arguing that the woman's husband is very much the villain in the story.
"When you got married, did you exchange a set of vows that said 'in sickness and in health,' or some variant thereof? Because this sort of situation is what those vows mean," wrote one. "Your husband is your husband for all times and all seasons. Not just when he actively [chooses] to be on 'husband duty'. That man is the father of your child at [all] times and all seasons. Not just when he actively [chooses] to be on 'daddy duty'. "
The commenter added: "Would you step up for him if he was ill? Why can't he step up for you?"
