Newly Wedded Couple On The Verge Of Divorce When Wife Refuses To Make Breakfast For Husband’s Coworkers

Doctors say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Nevertheless, few people actually eat breakfast before they leave for work in the morning. Research shows that 93% of adults think that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet only 44% actually eat it.

When this husband asked his wife to make him and a few of his colleagues breakfast a few times a week, she gladly agreed. But that nice gesture soon turned into labor for her, as a few days a week turned into every day, and she was unable to take enough time to study. So, she confronted him, but she didn’t expect him to react the way he did.

A husband turned his home into a daily breakfast spot for his coworkers, where his wife was an unpaid chef

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Tired of this situation, she wanted to confront him, but first asked for advice online

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“I am happy to help him maintain his reputation at the office, but I agree that this has gotten way out of control,” the wife wrote in the comments

The commenters sided with the wife: “He is expecting too much”

When she confronted her husband, his reaction gave off some serious red flags

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In other comments, the wife admitted that her husband’s career was more important than hers and that she was willing to help him get ahead

The OP didn’t post any more updates, but it’s possible to draw some conclusions from her comments. As the commenters questioned why the breakfasts were necessary in the first place, it became clear that it’s an opportunity for her husband to schmooze with his colleagues and managers.

And, as a good wife, the OP played the part of her traditional gender role. “This was never about me getting paid back by them, but about my husband wanting to look good to his superiors,” she wrote in a comment. “Also, I enjoyed having people come over and try out my food. It got out of hand.”

It seems that she doesn’t see the act itself and the husband’s demands as confirmation that he thinks her time is less valuable than his. In a way, she might even think so herself. In other comments, she praises her husband as a hard worker and boasts about him doing very important work.

“We both agreed long ago that my education was secondary to his lucrative and quite important job,” she admitted in another comment. “I was more than happy with pleasing his co-workers in that way and promoting his stance in the office.”

Overall, this story seems reminiscent of a scene from “Stepford Wives,” like one commenter already observed. Traditional gender roles, a woman in a homemaker’s role – and the OP doesn’t look like she has a big problem with that. “Ever heard of office politics?” one of her comments read. “These things help and I am willing to play this important role in his career placement if it will help.”

“I’m willing to do anything to further his career,” she wrote in another comment.

From her other comments, it seems that the wife has quite a pompous attitude, thinking her husband “saves lives and runs the country”

So, what kind of work does the husband do that’s so important? According to the wife, it’s some kind of government job. And it’s apparent from the way she speaks about it that she perceives her husband and herself as pretty important people.

When one commenter mentioned farming, she responded in a way that seemed to belittle farmers. “The work he is doing is more important and complex than farm work, thanks,” she said. “My husband works for a firm that recruits contractors for government-related jobs. I don’t doubt that farmers do important work, but everyone in this country has to chip in and my husband and his co-workers save lives and run the country.”

Their relationship dynamic seems unusual, too. After one commenter points out that she’s weirdly positive after the update, even when nothing was resolved, she responded that it’s “one step towards autonomy.” She alludes to talking with her husband about serious issues a day after their wedding, but she didn’t believe in pre-marriage or post-marriage counseling.

“Such things put a damper on marriages, especially if we’ve only been married for four months,” she claimed in a comment. “I just think it’s better to address these [problems] as they pop up as opposed to bringing them up prematurely. It [ends] the relationship.”

That’s certainly one way to look at things. Usually, relationship experts advise couples to openly communicate about things as early as possible so that resentment doesn’t ruin everything. But we’ll likely never know how things ended between this wife and husband, as the updates end here.

According to the wife, “everything was pretty much perfect until this moment”

“I’d be so disappointed in the person I married for acting like this,” the commenters reacted

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