A dad has sparked outrage as he expects his wife to take care of all of their household chores and childcare responsibilities, even though he could not manage her workload without help when put to the test

When it comes to childcare, most people agree parents should ordinarily have the freedom to decide what works best for them.

However, people have slammed one dad who they think ought to reevaluate his priorities after his wife revealed their uneven workloads.

While the husband appears to be happy with the split, which sees his wife deal with all the household chores and childcare responsibilities for their four kids, she thinks it is unfair.

As the mum, 24, wrote in a post to Reddit: "It's super irritating because I'm expected to do everything just because I work from home he thinks that I have it easier then job then his which is physical labor.

"I can never do anything because when he has time off all he wants to do is sleep and says he needs it because he is exhausted from work or he wants to use his break to hang with his friends."

She added: "So basically all the chores are usually thrown on me and I had enough of it."

What's more, her husband struggled to manage all of her responsibilities when put in her position. Keen for a change, the mum decided to leave her two sets of twins, aged five and three respectively, with their dad for a weekend, according to her post.

"So I decided after I put the children to sleep that night to leave a note saying that I'll be out just leave and have a night out with the girls which ended up turning into a weekend out with the girls," she wrote.

Unfortunately, her husband did not respond well. "When I got back the place was a complete and utter mess like pile full of dishes, garbage all over the place, floors were sticky, there was pee all over the toilet and the place just smelled awful," she explained.

"My husband of course was angry and had a suitcase already packed he barely said two words to me and just left and texted me saying he'll be staying at his moms. Now I feel horrible because clearly he couldn't handle taking care of the kids for this long by himself and I feel like an a****e and don't want this to ruin my marriage."

However, thousands of commenters were quick to reassure the mum it was her husband who should have behaved differently - and many urged her to leave him.

"Marriage is a partnership and you have five kids including him. I'd change the locks and file for the D. He couldn't manage what you do daily and you deserve more," read one such reply. Another wrote: "She'd be better off with child support and not having the fifth person to cook and clean up after.... He's clearly not pulling his own weight, let alone helping significantly with the kids.

"He needed this wake up call, but clearly isn't emotionally prepared to accept he's the problem."

Meanwhile, a comment with 2500 likes said: "Your husband sounds awful. I'd recommend a divorce."

Source:
courtesy of MIRROR

by AMBER O'CONNOR, LIFESTYLE WRITER

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