The holiday season always brings out the best and the worst in the internet, and 2022 is no exception. A man recently shared on Reddit that he's told his pregnant wife that he's not going to help her decorate for the holidays … no matter what.
His reason? He thinks it's a total waste of time.
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He says he's not religious from the jump, which is OK.
He writes, "Just to get this out of the way. I'm not religious…I don't celebrate any holidays despite my wife doing it every year for entertainment. She loves it, our boys love it so I let them just do their thing."
His wife is 5 months pregnant and asked for help.
He continues, "She's 5 months pregnant. the plan was originally to let her handle all the holiday celebration artangements like decorating, cooking, preparing gifts and the list is long. but since she's pregnant the plan has 'obviously' changed according to her. Now she's bugging me about how I'm expected to help and shoulder the burden of the holiday celebration since she can't do it all on her own like she used to."
He flat-out said no.
"My response was a no. It's not just about principles but literally, I'm ignorant when it comes to this stuff. I don't even know how to properly decorate a tree (I didn't participate with family growing up) and I sure as h*ll am not going to waste my time learning to do something that isn't important."
He says he 'never signed up for this stuff.'
"Therefore, I don't see how I'm gonna be helpful in this situation," he explains. "I told her I never signed up for this christmas celebration stuff and that I won't be helping in any way shape or form just because she's pregnant. I told her she needed to figure it out, ask family for help or something. She ranted about the kids being robbed of holiday joy and activities and stuff but I literally don't get what she was saying."
Now they aren't speaking about the issue at all.
"I mean I still play with them so I don't see what she meant by that. She called me selfish a**hole and said that I'm her partner and should be offering assistance regardless. We went back and forth and back and forth and I flatout asked her to stop bringing it up. She's been giving me the silent treatment for days and acting like I broke some promise I made which I didn't."
People are not having it.
The top comment puts it this way: "You aren't diffusing a bomb. Lights ornaments maybe some tinsel there ya go. Tree decorated. This is a seriously pathetic example of weaponized incompetence dude."
They then added, "Wtf does you doing the bare minimum as a dad by playing with your own kids have to do with this.
"You are barely grazing the bar man."
They also think this attitude will extend into the future.
Another commenter wrote, "Wouldn’t want to waste his time on anything his alleged loved ones enjoy, since he doesn’t. And we all know if he doesn’t like it, it’s stupid, and they’re stupid for liking it.
"Really looking forward to this guy not going to his kids’ soccer game because he didn’t play soccer and doesn’t know the rules so why would he want to stand in a field? Also not going to the hospital when his wife in labor because he’s not the one giving birth. In fact, he’s never given birth, doesn’t know how to, and doesn’t see what the purpose of going would be, since it’s not like he knows how to deliver a baby either."
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