A woman asked an online community if she was wrong for being alarmed by her husband’s (referred to as ‘H’) so-called joke.
She Became A Housewife.
Despite having a successful career, this woman inadvertently became a housewife.
“H and I have been married for four years. I had a great job in sales before covid, but we found during the pandemic that things just worked better with H at work and me at home (he earns enough to support us both).”
She Likes To Host And Make Guests Feel Welcome.
While she hadn’t planned on becoming a ‘trad wife,’ she’s leaned into the role.
“Given that he’s the breadwinner, I sometimes feel I should pick up a lot of the slack at home. I’m not a great cook, but I’m sociable and enjoy being the hostess.”
Her Husband’s Pals Like To Come Over And Watch Sports.
“When H has friends over to watch soccer, I prep a huge tray of snacks, keep the beers on ice, and pop in with drink and food top-ups during the game. I don’t stay to watch, but I do ask the guys how they’re doing, etc, just polite chit-chat. They all seemed into it and often comment that H has done well to have such a great wife. It’s a nice set-up.”
The “Gift”
Her husband has an… interesting sense of humor.
“Last week, H came home with a beautifully gift-wrapped box and said he’d got me a little something to wear when his friends are next over. I do my best to dress nicely when they’re round, so I figured it would be a pretty dress or something.”
Not What She Had Expected.
It was a dress, all right….
“He had this huge grin on his face, so I was SO excited. I opened the box to find a red latex mini-dress and a ball mouthpiece. The mouthpiece was designed to look like a soccer ball, and the dress is in his team’s color.”
He Told Her To Lighten Up
“I didn’t know what to say at first. I was so confused (he’s never been into anything like that, he’s very vanilla). I asked if it was a joke, and at first, he said no and told me his friends wouldn’t believe how lucky he was if I walked in with the snacks like that. I can’t remember what I said next, but then he told me it would be hilarious if I wore it and I should lighten up. I laughed nervously and told him I thought it was funny too.”
He Expects Her To Wear It As A Joke
His pals were due for a game night, and he “jokingly” insisted she wears the costume because it would be “hilarious.”
“This morning, he’d put both items on my dresser and said he’s looking forward to seeing me in them when the guys are around tomorrow. I reminded him that he said it was a joke. He got a bit sulky and said he can’t believe I don’t have a sense of humor.”
It Doesn’t Sound Like A Joke At All.
The woman doesn’t know how to react. “From what he’s saying, it sounds like he’s expecting me to wear it. I’m so confused because 1) I don’t know if he’s done this as a joke because his friends think I talk too much, or 2) If he’d get off on me being humiliated. He says I’m uptight and calls me out for being an AH, but I don’t think I’m unreasonable. AITA?”
Here’s What The Community Had To Say About This “Hilarious” Guy.
One user shared this: “If it’s something he’s into, this is not how to introduce it. And if humor is the goal, tell him that his friends would find it even funnier if HE wore it (undeniably true), and then you can get upset if he doesn’t go along with that because that would make him uptight, and where is his sense of humor? 100% NTA.
Super Inappropriate.
Another user said: “Unless his friends are the biggest collection of creeps in the world, I’m pretty sure at least one of them would be super uncomfortable and confused if she wore those things to bring them snacks. At best, they are dragging his friends nonconsensually into their preferences. If I were married to one of those dudes and my husband came home and said his friend’s wife had walked around in that outfit plus mouthpiece serving them, I would also be pretty upset – I’m fine with him going to strip clubs, but another woman subbing in front of my husband kind of rubs me the wrong way. Again I would feel like someone nonconsensually involved my husband in their intimate life, which is not ok.”
Cards On The Table.
One user had this piece of advice: “I would probably tell the friends directly, ‘Husband wanted me to wear a mouthpiece today, and I don’t know if he thinks I talk too much or you guys think I talk too much, but he made it weird, and so the snack service has now ended. You can ask him to get you snacks if you want them. Sorry if I’ve bothered you guys, but now I feel too uncomfortable to come around. Let him deal with whatever fallout comes of that.”
He Is A Creep.
Another member said: “I’d be uncomfortable with the idea of my wife 1) not enjoying an activity I am sharing with friends in our home and 2) Serving all of us – I’d just rather go grab a beer from the fridge and make a small plate so she can socialize and hang too. If I saw a friend’s wife wearing a red-latex mini-dress and a mouthpiece when I went over to watch the game, I’d get out of there and stop responding to their calls.”
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