A woman shared the story of her 10th wedding anniversary gone wrong on Reddit but was met with little sympathy from other users, with one commenter calling the situation “toxic” and most criticizing her lack of communication and lack of support for her husband considerate.
Her post received more than 5,000 responses in less than 24 hours, and about 1,000 comments.
The woman said she was 37 years old and married to her 38-year-old husband. Last week was their 10th wedding anniversary. (She did not share her location.)
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“I took a day off [from] Trying hard to spend time with him, but that didn’t happen,” she said.
“I know my husband also had a day off because he got a call the day before,” she said.
The woman continued, “On our anniversary, when I woke up, I saw my gift sitting on my coffee table. It was unwrapped, but I really liked the gift so I didn’t bring it up objection.
She continued, “After I dropped the kids – an 8-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl – at the bus stop, I went home and made him breakfast. He was still sleeping, no problem, I Just ate it.
“I asked him what his plans were for the day and he said, ‘Just relax.'”
She later wrote: “My husband woke up around nine, said ‘Happy Anniversary’ and went downstairs to make himself breakfast.”
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“I asked him what his plans were for the day and he said, ‘Just relax,'” the woman said.
She added, “I wanted to go to a restaurant, or see a movie, or at least do something together, just me and him, and he said no. At that point, I was a little frustrated, but I accepted his answer.”
She said that about 20 minutes later, as soon as she got dressed, “she had a headache.[ed] Going out…I just go to the spa, shopping and stuff like that.
Was she wrong to “keep my husband home with our kids after he celebrated our anniversary”?
The woman shared that when she got home around 6 p.m., her husband “was with our kids, and as they were going to bed, he brought up the fact that I left and asked me why I was doing this.”
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She shared that she “told him it was because I wasn’t going to sit around all day doing nothing because he wanted to, and he didn’t even have enough time with me, so it wouldn’t be a problem if I spent some time alone. time.
The woman wrote: “He has been quiet since then and although we have been discussing it since then I am posting here [on Reddit] See if there are any loopholes in my past behavior.
She asked the others if she was wrong “for leaving my husband at home to take care of our children after he celebrated our anniversary.”
“Where’s his gift? Did you buy him?”
In a reaction post that has racked up about 11,000 “likes,” another Reddit user made a series of direct comments about the woman.
This person wrote that the husband “is a [a–hole] When you asked him to do something and you said no, you were AH for several reasons.
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The commenter continued: “Where is his gift? Did you buy him?”
Also, “If you make him breakfast while he’s sleeping and then eat it, and he makes his breakfast—that’s not a problem for you.”
The same commenter said directly to the woman: “You didn’t communicate at all. You left him on your anniversary. If you really wanted to spend time together, you could have done that. You wanted to be spoiled/spoiled .
The commenter concluded his assessment, “This article meets [as] It’s my husband’s job to plan our anniversary and my job to enjoy it.
“You know, one of the foundations of a good marriage is communication.”
Another person on the platform said, “Your husband was on duty the day before. I guess [in] Medication. Call blow. The next day, I just wanted to rest.
This person noted, “You didn’t plan anything for/or with him, you just hoped he would pamper you. And then you left.”
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The person added: “This is toxic.”
Another commenter tried to educate the poster on some relationship basics.
“You’ve been married for ten years. You know the foundation of a good marriage is communication. If your husband wants to stay home and you want to go out, that’s fine and fair – but you should tell him you’re going out.”
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Another person put it more bluntly than most: “It’s amazing you guys made it to your 10th wedding anniversary because you both don’t know how to communicate.”
Fox News Digital reached out to a psychologist to get their thoughts on the couple’s situation.
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