Husband Takes To The Socials To Share 25 Hilarious Reasons Why His Wife Has Gotten Mad At Him
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The worth of marriage has been hotly contested for what seems like forever; some say it’s a waste of time and money, while others think that tying the knot is the only way to declare unconditional love for someone.
But here’s the thing, there’s no one-size-fits-all answer. Relationships are challenging, and while humans are practically hardwired for connection – it doesn’t mean we always ace them.
Wedlock is something that often gets forced upon people by their families and society, which may explain why the term has taken on such a bad connotation. It’s vital to recognize whether you’re marrying because you genuinely desire it or are just doing it to tick the box, as you risk dealing with a dire aftermath.
However, when you’re doing it with a clear head, knowing that you’re committed to all the good, the bad, and the ugly – chances are, you’ll get to enjoy the same amusing life as the star of today’s article.
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TikToker goes viral for a comical list of reasons he’s apologized to his wife
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Chip Leighton, also known as The Leighton Show, dedicates his TikTok postings to marriage and parenting humor. The content creator currently has over 427K followers and is well-known for his “Things I’ve apologized to my wife for” video series. His recent TikTok outlining the greatest wife apologies has garnered 2 million views, and this is exactly what we’re going to focus on today!
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Bored Panda managed to reach out to Chip, and we asked him to tell us a little bit about himself and the inspiration behind his TikTok account: “I’m just a regular guy with an office job, doing the TikTok and Instagram thing for fun. Happily married to my wife for 23 years and have 2 amazing teenagers.”
“I love to laugh and wanted to see if I could give others a quick laugh to make their day just a little bit better. I think most of what happens to us is pretty relatable and I love it when people comment about how the exact same things happen in their house.”
The man has over 427K followers on TikTok and dedicates his postings to “marriage and parenting humor”
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We then questioned the author of the post about his all-time favorite thing for which he has apologized: “That’s gotta be for ‘limping too loudly’ going up the stairs in my walking boot (after I sprained my ankle). You have to lay down on your good leg and silently drag your body up the stairs!”
Given that the guy’s TikTok is performing rather well, we wondered why he believes funny videos play such a significant part in our society: “Laughing is a big part of wellness. It relieves stress and reminds us we’re not alone in all the silly things that happen in life.”
Chip’s viral “Things I’ve apologized to my wife for” series divided viewers
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Now, while we all understand that Chip’s content is based solely on comedy, it’s not uncommon for spouses to experience a similar fate that can’t be justified by humor. That’s why we decided to contact Irene Schreiner, a licensed marriage and family therapist, who is the owner of Solid Foundations Therapy, a practice that specializes in romantic relationships.
We invited Irene to weigh in on the video, not in a lighthearted way, but using her expertise: “This video sounds toxic in several ways. The relationship is clearly in trouble if what is being represented is true. I’m hearing a lot of contempt and passive-aggressive thoughts on the husband’s part and likely resentment and criticism on the wife’s part if she is truly upset about these things. There is probably a lot of underlying hurt that has resulted in such high reactivity.”
Some netizens believe that it’s rather toxic, not realizing that Leighton’s content is all about wittiness
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We then asked Irene whether it’s normal to apologize for every little thing, to which she said: “In healthy relationships, we give our partners the benefit of the doubt often, and small annoyances stay just that. We shouldn’t be hurt/annoyed/upset so easily by the day-to-day interaction.”
After all, the TikToker and his wife have been together for over 20 years
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And for our final question, we asked the expert to disclose whether there’s a certain “key” to a successful and long-lasting marriage: “There is no one key but having open/honest conversations, respect, laughter and the ability to manage our own emotions are important factors.”
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It’s no big secret that marriage is a hard thing. You’ll have your ups and downs – however, laughter is good medicine and has great physiological effects on you and your soulmate.
Nevertheless, it’s understandable why some social media users looked at the TikTok series from a more negative point of view. Chances are, you find this amusing if your relationship is healthy, where you can both laugh things off and make fun of each other’s quirks – yet when you’ve dealt with negative experiences, it makes sense that such content would make you upset.
Give Chip a follow, and don’t forget to tell us about the funny things you’ve had to apologize for!
Fellow platform users shared their thoughts on Chip’s videos
“ Chances are, you find this amusing if your relationship is healthy, where you can both laugh things off and make fun of each other’s quirks – yet when you’ve dealt with negative experiences, it makes sense that such content would make you upset.” Okay, but I can only repeat what I always say: “maybe you can laugh off emotional abuse like you live in a performance of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, but don’t expect to have children with them who’ll go into life unwounded.
If they had two kids, one would probably be a serial killer.
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It may be a joke but there are women like this. My mom is one.
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If my partner demanded an apology from my for simply existing, out the door he'd go.
I think there's a lot of humour here. (Well, I'd like to think there is!)
This is more disturbing than anything. She's a dictator, a manipulator, and just not a fair woman. I'd like to hear how many thing she's had to apologize for. Unfortunately this behaviour is not uncommon. Some women think this is empowering, strong, feminine behaviour that is cute. NO! Nononononononononono. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I'm on the wife's side on that dream thing; they feel so real. My husband used to pull all kinds of outlandish nonsense in my dreams. I'd wake up steaming mad. He'd have to tell me a few times that it was a dream and he didn't actually do whatever it was before I could make the connection. Thank goodness he knew he married a nut and was okay with it.
I dunno, I'm kind of leaning the other way on this one. Yes, his wife sounds like a horrible shrew. But. We're only hearing his side of things and i suspect he is oversimplifying a great deal for comedic effect. Either way, I wouldn't want to be married to someone that made me apologize for everything, but neither would I want to be married to someone who made videos that painted me as an overbearing b***h.
If his reflexive reply to complaints is a quick "I'm sorry" then this list doesn't seem that bad. Sometimes people, especially women, vent their grievances. Other people take that as personal criticism. I'm hoping she is a venter or just says what she is thinking a lot and not a toxic person. I got exhausted after the driving bit and stopped reading, I can't imagine spending time with that type of person daily
Yeah….no. You don’t have to apologize unless you do something wrong. Reminds me of my sisters bridal shower. She converted to Mormonism (our family didn’t like that idea but supported her) for her new husband who’s family is pretty religious and involved in the church. My sister doesn’t have many friends (she’s generally just not a nice person) so his family invited like all the young women of the church to the shower. As she was opening presents, the gift giver had to give a piece of marriage advice which was written in a book. I will never forget when this 20 year old married girl said and I freaking quote, “always apologize first, it’s just easier that way. “ my mother and I were completely horrified but the other ladies of the group all nodded in agreement.
If this guy is serious then he needs to leave this sham marriage. And if he is being serious then it shows how people still don't take domestic abuse (in all its forms) seriously when it's happening to a guy. Imagine if the shoe was on the opposite foot- people would be telling the wife to leave the husband, and rightly so.
This whole post is so ridiculous funny. And I put emphasis on the ridiculous part.
The list is ABSURD things. That's why it's ridiculous.
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I am constantly being asked to apologise for making her cheat on me, as I remained the same as before getting married...
This is great and yes all wives are nuts 😜 I used to get angry at the sneaky bedtime thing too, but that's because if hubby even saw me yawn he'd practically sprint upstairs so he didn't have to clean up after 2 toddlers before going 😅
Everyone takes such offense to everything nowadays, omfg! This sounds like my husband and I, and neither of us are horrible terrible people. If you can’t have fun with your significant other then maybe you should just be alone. We can laugh with and at each other, that’s what makes what we got the best. This guy isn’t complaining, he’s having fun cuz us women are a bit much sometimes- no one can disagree with that. Calm down people lol.
Why was everyone in the tiktok comment section laughing ???? I don't get it !!!!
no offence but she looks like she has b***h face, she definitely looks like a difficult person to be with
Some guy mentioned apologizing for being a hall hog in a sorry/not sorry way. I know these things are funny and hubbies/wives can laugh at themselves over it. Don’t read what follows if you’re sensitive to other people’s opinions. Men usually don’t notice that they tend to power through shared spaces thereby making women avoid collisions with them (sidewalks, hallways…). It was informally tested at various public spaces. Scientific? No. Did the men seem to notice that they were unconscious of other walkers? Not as much as you’d think if you were used to hearing men laugh at women’s driving skills. Observers did notice when the testers turned it around and behaved the same way as the men. The men (in this randomness) presented sour bewildered faces to the women and waited for the women to acknowledge their error. Do wives go too far with baseless criticisms? Oh yeah. Are men great at growth learned from social signaling? Well, did she dart to the side to keep from getting bruises?
The kitchen drawer thing... I don't complain but he's always irritating me by standing in my way.
I think the creator didn't want people taking this seriously, it was meant to be funny. My guess is these little incidents aren't actually serious, but minor annoyances that he and his wife can later laugh about. I highly doubt she's actually mad at these things based on how the man in the video speaks about it.
I think seeing stuff like this in the relationships of friends and family is one of the reasons why I never got married, and eventually decided the coupled life was not for me. It seems to turn people into nagging, unreasonable, insensitive, uncaring, insane shrews.
We all have bad moments and our SO's are there to witness every second of them. At the time they may not seem funny but having someone make them that way is a blessing.
Bwahaha I legit just sent this to my DH..... Said look....I may be a t**t but at least ya ain't gotta deal with this LMAO
Honestly if she gets mad at this stuff she is depressed. Tell her to talk to her doctor about meds for depression.
Honestly? Going upstairs without letting your spouse know that you are done for the night is upsetting because maybe the spouse was hitting a wall too and wanted to hide upstairs but stayed because two adults can make putting three kids to bed easier. So when he left it was like a double whammy.
Hilarious, really? I am all for selfirony, however can't stop thinking this post is quite depicting his wife to be immature, not the least bit self aware and completely controlled by emotion - as women are. Or?
Try editing your post to not include a hurtful stereotype. Have a nice day/night.
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I’m guessing OP’s wife could have made a list for don’ts in a marriage: - Don’t leave/go to bed, without saying goodbye/goodnight - If we watch tv/film and a guy is cheating: don’t applaud - I’m going home after a looong day on my bike, uphill and against the wind - don’t laugh at me walking in the door, drenched in sweat and with hair even Don King would envy - Don’t just change the channel, if you want to watch something else - So you don’t know who everyone is, but then don’t tell me the stories, I lose interest after the 11th ‘then that other-other guy said’ - No, maybe you didn’t know there was going to be a closer parking spot, but could you at least have checked? You’re injured and I’m carrying 46 bags of groceries - Don’t hit the breake because you think I look funny swinging around in the seat belt - Don’t be noisy when people are sleeping - If you’re not helping, you’re in the way. Get out of my way - No, I don’t know how you got a coffee stain without drinking coffee…
“ Chances are, you find this amusing if your relationship is healthy, where you can both laugh things off and make fun of each other’s quirks – yet when you’ve dealt with negative experiences, it makes sense that such content would make you upset.” Okay, but I can only repeat what I always say: “maybe you can laugh off emotional abuse like you live in a performance of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, but don’t expect to have children with them who’ll go into life unwounded.
If they had two kids, one would probably be a serial killer.
Load More Replies... It may be a joke but there are women like this. My mom is one.
Load More Replies... If my partner demanded an apology from my for simply existing, out the door he'd go.
I think there's a lot of humour here. (Well, I'd like to think there is!)
This is more disturbing than anything. She's a dictator, a manipulator, and just not a fair woman. I'd like to hear how many thing she's had to apologize for. Unfortunately this behaviour is not uncommon. Some women think this is empowering, strong, feminine behaviour that is cute. NO! Nononononononononono. NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I'm on the wife's side on that dream thing; they feel so real. My husband used to pull all kinds of outlandish nonsense in my dreams. I'd wake up steaming mad. He'd have to tell me a few times that it was a dream and he didn't actually do whatever it was before I could make the connection. Thank goodness he knew he married a nut and was okay with it.
I dunno, I'm kind of leaning the other way on this one. Yes, his wife sounds like a horrible shrew. But. We're only hearing his side of things and i suspect he is oversimplifying a great deal for comedic effect. Either way, I wouldn't want to be married to someone that made me apologize for everything, but neither would I want to be married to someone who made videos that painted me as an overbearing b***h.
If his reflexive reply to complaints is a quick "I'm sorry" then this list doesn't seem that bad. Sometimes people, especially women, vent their grievances. Other people take that as personal criticism. I'm hoping she is a venter or just says what she is thinking a lot and not a toxic person. I got exhausted after the driving bit and stopped reading, I can't imagine spending time with that type of person daily
Yeah….no. You don’t have to apologize unless you do something wrong. Reminds me of my sisters bridal shower. She converted to Mormonism (our family didn’t like that idea but supported her) for her new husband who’s family is pretty religious and involved in the church. My sister doesn’t have many friends (she’s generally just not a nice person) so his family invited like all the young women of the church to the shower. As she was opening presents, the gift giver had to give a piece of marriage advice which was written in a book. I will never forget when this 20 year old married girl said and I freaking quote, “always apologize first, it’s just easier that way. “ my mother and I were completely horrified but the other ladies of the group all nodded in agreement.
If this guy is serious then he needs to leave this sham marriage. And if he is being serious then it shows how people still don't take domestic abuse (in all its forms) seriously when it's happening to a guy. Imagine if the shoe was on the opposite foot- people would be telling the wife to leave the husband, and rightly so.
This whole post is so ridiculous funny. And I put emphasis on the ridiculous part.
The list is ABSURD things. That's why it's ridiculous.
Load More Replies... I am constantly being asked to apologise for making her cheat on me, as I remained the same as before getting married...
This is great and yes all wives are nuts 😜 I used to get angry at the sneaky bedtime thing too, but that's because if hubby even saw me yawn he'd practically sprint upstairs so he didn't have to clean up after 2 toddlers before going 😅
Everyone takes such offense to everything nowadays, omfg! This sounds like my husband and I, and neither of us are horrible terrible people. If you can’t have fun with your significant other then maybe you should just be alone. We can laugh with and at each other, that’s what makes what we got the best. This guy isn’t complaining, he’s having fun cuz us women are a bit much sometimes- no one can disagree with that. Calm down people lol.
Why was everyone in the tiktok comment section laughing ???? I don't get it !!!!
no offence but she looks like she has b***h face, she definitely looks like a difficult person to be with
Some guy mentioned apologizing for being a hall hog in a sorry/not sorry way. I know these things are funny and hubbies/wives can laugh at themselves over it. Don’t read what follows if you’re sensitive to other people’s opinions. Men usually don’t notice that they tend to power through shared spaces thereby making women avoid collisions with them (sidewalks, hallways…). It was informally tested at various public spaces. Scientific? No. Did the men seem to notice that they were unconscious of other walkers? Not as much as you’d think if you were used to hearing men laugh at women’s driving skills. Observers did notice when the testers turned it around and behaved the same way as the men. The men (in this randomness) presented sour bewildered faces to the women and waited for the women to acknowledge their error. Do wives go too far with baseless criticisms? Oh yeah. Are men great at growth learned from social signaling? Well, did she dart to the side to keep from getting bruises?
The kitchen drawer thing... I don't complain but he's always irritating me by standing in my way.
I think the creator didn't want people taking this seriously, it was meant to be funny. My guess is these little incidents aren't actually serious, but minor annoyances that he and his wife can later laugh about. I highly doubt she's actually mad at these things based on how the man in the video speaks about it.
I think seeing stuff like this in the relationships of friends and family is one of the reasons why I never got married, and eventually decided the coupled life was not for me. It seems to turn people into nagging, unreasonable, insensitive, uncaring, insane shrews.
We all have bad moments and our SO's are there to witness every second of them. At the time they may not seem funny but having someone make them that way is a blessing.
Bwahaha I legit just sent this to my DH..... Said look....I may be a t**t but at least ya ain't gotta deal with this LMAO
Honestly if she gets mad at this stuff she is depressed. Tell her to talk to her doctor about meds for depression.
Honestly? Going upstairs without letting your spouse know that you are done for the night is upsetting because maybe the spouse was hitting a wall too and wanted to hide upstairs but stayed because two adults can make putting three kids to bed easier. So when he left it was like a double whammy.
Hilarious, really? I am all for selfirony, however can't stop thinking this post is quite depicting his wife to be immature, not the least bit self aware and completely controlled by emotion - as women are. Or?
Try editing your post to not include a hurtful stereotype. Have a nice day/night.
Load More Replies... I’m guessing OP’s wife could have made a list for don’ts in a marriage: - Don’t leave/go to bed, without saying goodbye/goodnight - If we watch tv/film and a guy is cheating: don’t applaud - I’m going home after a looong day on my bike, uphill and against the wind - don’t laugh at me walking in the door, drenched in sweat and with hair even Don King would envy - Don’t just change the channel, if you want to watch something else - So you don’t know who everyone is, but then don’t tell me the stories, I lose interest after the 11th ‘then that other-other guy said’ - No, maybe you didn’t know there was going to be a closer parking spot, but could you at least have checked? You’re injured and I’m carrying 46 bags of groceries - Don’t hit the breake because you think I look funny swinging around in the seat belt - Don’t be noisy when people are sleeping - If you’re not helping, you’re in the way. Get out of my way - No, I don’t know how you got a coffee stain without drinking coffee…
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