Dad thinks his kids are allowed to make a fuss at home even when his pregnant wife has a headache, but he doesn’t understand why his wife is upset
Since ancient times, we have heard many fairy tales about the conflict between stepmothers and stepdaughters, but stepmothers usually act as “bad guys”, oppressing their husband’s poor children from the first marriage in every possible way. For example, it is enough to recall the famous fairy tale about Cinderella.
Interestingly, in all these fairy-tale plots, the father behaves really cruelly, completely obeying the demands of his wife, directing even the most strange and vile things towards his own children. Anyway, it’s usually not reflected. But this is a topic of separate literary and psychological research. Because, on the contrary, the hero of our story today preferred his children to his second wife.
this story Only recently appeared for the first time It got a whopping 10.3K upvotes and over 3.6K various comments in a very short time on the AITA Reddit community. By the way, most of the commenters blamed the author of the original post, but the guy, in his own words, genuinely doesn’t understand what he’s doing wrong. Let’s talk in order.
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The author is married for the second time and has two children from the first marriage.
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Therefore, the author of the original post has two children aged 5 and 8 from a previous marriage. The children live with their father and his new wife, who is now 7 months pregnant, married and he has been with him for 5 months. As the father of the family himself admits, it was an adaptation for everyone, mostly the children.
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My wife is pregnant and sometimes spontaneous headaches so I just take a nap in the bedroom.
The man also said he knew his wife had occasional episodic headaches even before he lived with them. The woman usually takes painkillers, but now, firstly, she’s pregnant, and secondly, she claims the drugs don’t help. just go to sleep in the bedroom at such moments.
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A short sleep break usually helps, and women feel much better afterward. But in order to fall asleep, she, of course, needs silence at home. After all, to understand the needs of the OP’s wife, it is enough to imagine her trying to sleep with headaches and ambient noise.
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One day a woman tried to go to bed but her children were playing a very loud game so she texted her husband to be quiet
That happened again this time. The kids were playing at home while dad was at work and his wife got a headache. The woman went back to her bedroom as usual, but this time the children were making too much noise, so she sent an email to her husband asking him to somehow stop playing because the headache was getting worse. The problem is that the OP was in a meeting at work and simply didn’t pay attention to his wife’s message.
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The husband had not seen the message, but claimed to have no idea why he was guilty in this very case.
A real family drama then ensued, with the woman accusing her husband of ignoring her health issues, and the OP just didn’t want to realize that he was actually guilty. According to the person himself, the children are living as usual, and it can’t be helped because it’s home. “What do I mean? ‘Her wife is going to read her book because her head hurts?'” the man wonders.
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But most of the commenters are convinced that men don’t care about their pregnant wives and need to teach their children compassion for others.
But the original poster didn’t get sympathy or at least understanding from people in the comments. For example, some commenters were convinced he should have told his children exactly that and he would have been right. When playing games, she is simply politely and lovingly asked to be a little quieter.
Some commenters can’t believe their husbands refuse to provide lodging for someone they care about. I could ask if I could give my pregnant wife a break by watching and playing outside the house. To do.
I’m sure you’ve already formed your own opinion as to whether the author of this story is correct, so feel free to express your views in the comments. If so, we are already waiting for your own story, as it can be both interesting and informative.