Today, my husband yelled at me for not doing any household chores. I can barely move my hand without suffering excruciating pain, due to recent surgery to ease my arthritis, and my other hand is as bad as ever. I can barely work this phone, let alone wash dishes and iron clothes. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after surgery on Monday, I can’t do much because of where my scars are until they heal. My husband won’t clean the house at all, dishes are all over my kitchen bar, laundry is all piled up by the washing machine. When I asked for help, he said it’s not his job. FML
Today, my wife yelled at me for not helping her rearrange the furniture. I have a sprained shoulder and have been ordered by my doctor to avoid heavy lifting. She said, "Move the couch or sleep on it." FML
Today, it doesn’t matter that I had major surgery on my hand 2 days ago and am supposed to be on bed rest with no hand movement for 3 weeks. According to my father and my husband, it doesn’t excuse me from wifely house duties and being the sole caretaker of our one-year-old. FML
Today, I was screamed at for not doing the dishes because I was exhausted. Last year, when my arm was broken, I did all my chores without complaint. I don’t know how to explain to my parents that I’d much, much rather work with a broken arm than while tired. FML
Today, I tried to impress my wife by doing a bunch of push-ups, despite having a bad shoulder. She told me my form sucks and that I'm an idiot. Now I can barely move my arm and I'm going to have to get it fixed. FML
Today, I found out my husband texted his ex-wife, all the while I've had a torn rotator cuff for a year, which I will finally be getting surgery on in three weeks. He twisted his shoulder last week while installing a toilet and suddenly the world is ending, his pain is all encompassing. I also have Lupus since 2017. FML
Today, I have a painful abscess with a bacterial infection near my bum that makes sitting or walking difficult, and a fever too due to it. The doctor gave me sick note and told me to rest, but my husband shouted at me for taking sick off when I "only" WFH. He also expects me to do house chores the whole day. FML
Today, I was chopping veggies for dinner and accidentally sliced through my thumbnail and into my finger. I wrapped it and finished cooking, despite being in considerable pain. My husband patted my shoulder and said sympathetically, "Don’t worry about the dishes babe. You can just do them tomorrow.” FML
Today, my husband was finally moving out. I picked up his enormous duffle bag full of clothes to help get him out faster, and I threw out my back. I now can't move. I can't even wipe my own ass. FML
Today, I woke up with every muscle in my body hurting so bad I could hardly walk. Participation in a triathlon, or overdoing it at the gym? No, the results of a day spent cleaning the house. FML
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lostcrazydiamond 10
What a douche. If he keeps doing this, I suggest living with a good friend or family for the remainder of the healing time, and sorting it out with him when you can easily argue and throw a good punch.
lalalalala2010 3
Geez your husband is such a pig
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lostcrazydiamond 10
What a douche. If he keeps doing this, I suggest living with a good friend or family for the remainder of the healing time, and sorting it out with him when you can easily argue and throw a good punch.
EsotericBrent 29
Or even better, find somewhere to stay and time how long it takes before he calls and needs your help. If you're doing all that work alone, it sounds like he's pretty dependent on you OP
mike3775 39
#1 is absolutely correct
Kamon97 23
Hey she married the douche...
Abenti 8
Comment moderated for rule-breaking.
You don't necessarily need your hands to make him happy.
mcr2000 11
I thought it was funny
juliaannw 11
Ouch :/
lalalalala2010 3
Geez your husband is such a pig
jla345 0
He can only treat you like that if you allow him, stand up for yourself.
zandalee 20
Totally agree! Stop being a door mat and stand up to him! My husband of 23 years would never ever treat me like that because we are actually equal. Your man sounds like he thinks it is 1953!!!!
BigShOtz07 5
Tie his hands behind his back and see how easily he can do chores.
VannahJane 17
Take a mini vacation that way he has the entire house to clean on his own.
meow_jess 11
That's very rude of him, how can he be that senseless, tell him to try to do anything without his two hands and he'll understand, at least I hope so. If not maybe its time to think over your marriage :/
meow_jess 11
I meant insensitive instead of senseless, my bad.
Orchard 33
meh, senseless or insensitive, both make sense in your sentence and he's probably both anyway :/
andiewithlove 21
What a dick. If he wants them done tell HIM to do the chores, and don't forget to demand a sammich.
nature_girl_08 14
I'm going to assume this either happened awhile ago or you're using another means of typing, because I would otherwise question how you were able to type it yourself if you were in such excruciating pain...or why you would bother, for that matter. But I do agree with 1! Definitely seems like you need to teach him a lesson and go stay with a friend or family member and let him fend for himself for awhile.
tararochelle 18
Typing on what is most likely a touch screen phone is not the same as gripping on to a iron or lifting heavy objects... And everyone deserves a damn break, even housewives! With or without a medical reason, he's an ass!
nature_girl_08 14
valid point, 22! Should have clarified another means of typing other than a computer keyboard. But yes, it astounds me that there are STILL people who still believe that women are the ones who should be doing all the cleaning