It’s no surprise that being a stay-at-home parent is one of the most exhausting, physically and psychologically taxing jobs that many women face at some time in their life. In this story a lady shared how her husband was so upset that she left him with their kid and didn’t return home sooner that he sent her a phony SMS to scare her. Read the story to know what happened after that and let us know how you would handle such a situation.
Source: Reddit
I’m (31 yo female) a stay at home mom and my husband works a full time job. To be fair, his job’s very demanding and he barely finds the energy to sit at the table and eat after he gets home. We have a 9 months old son and I handle most of his care obviously but my husband plays and sleeps with him at night. To be frank, I’m fully exhausted and as a new mom I have to say I let myself go, meaning I haven’t worn a nice outfit or gone out or had guests over for months.
My sister’s wedding is coming up and we already received an invite but the thing is I had to go dress shopping and get my hair done. I asked my husband on his day off if he could stay with our son for just 2 hours til I got back and he seemed hesitant asking lots of “what if” questions but I promised he got this and I’d be quick. He shrugged saying “fine go…but 2 hours and not a minute more!”
I thanked him then left but he started calling every 10#15 min asking when I’d be back. Frankly, it got annoying. I decided to put my phone on silent when I got to the salon but after I checked my phone later I found over 20 missed calls and a text message from him saying I needed to get home fast because there was a fire in the kitchen.
My heart sank, I froze and started calling my sister. She came and took me home and called the cops who notified us later that there was nothing going on in our neighborhood. I was confused, especially after my husband didn’t answer my calls. I rushed inside the house to find him pacing around asking why the heck I took too long to get home. I asked about the kitchen fire and he nonchalantly said the kitchen was fine but he wasn’t and he just had to lie to get me to get home after I ignored his calls and after leaving him with our son for 4 hours when I said 2.
I was flabbergasted I screamed at him about how awful what he did was but he defended himself saying I lied to him first and made him watch our son longer than agreed upon but I said he should’ve sucked it up since this my first shopping and hair salon trip in 9 months but he asked why he should just suck it up when child care is more my responsibility than his?…He basically blamed me for creating this issue in the first place but I said it’s his fault since he refused to pay for a babysitter and asking why he should pay for a babysitter when our son has me?
He was even more upset after a cop showed up and had him go to the station to deal with his false claims of a fire incident. He blamed this on me too because I’d my sister call the cops and escalated the situation. He insisted none of this would’ve happened if I didn’t lie about how long I planned to stay out of the house and ignored his calls. His family are enraged with how I treated him on his much needed day off.
Started thinking maybe I started this issue. What are your opinions? Did I over react? Please don’t be afraid to criticize. Thank you for your time in advance.
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