A woman has sought advice on Reddit after her husband made an “outrageous” demand to have two hours of “quiet time” per day.
As the distraught wife in question revealed, her husband has come up with a “strict” rule not to be interrupted whenever he takes an hours-long nap after coming back home from work.
To prove that he is serious about his demand for quiet time, the man also put a lock on his bedroom door along with a sign that reads: “DO.NOT.WAKE.ME.UP.”
According to the woman, her husband told her she wasn’t allowed to wake him up under any circumstances unless someone was hurt or worse.
“The kids and I would sometimes wake him up but for serious reasons. He got mad and started locking the door. I get no access to the room for two hours but that’s not the main problem,” she explained.
Recalling a recent incident during which her son spilled hot oil on his hand while the boy’s father was sleeping, she added: “I heard him scream and saw that the oil was covering his hand and half of his arm, I brought the first aid kit but he was in so much pain and his skin looked really bad.
“I rushed to wake my husband up, I kept knocking but got no response so I tried to open it but it was locked. I spent a while between knocking on the door (he had his phone turned off).”
Unable to reach her husband, the woman was then forced to ask her neighbors for help in driving her son to the hospital.
After the woman was back home with her child, she confronted her husband about the lock and a huge argument ensued.
“I blew up on him after I showed him our son’s injury and told him that I pounded on the door to wake him up but he said had his earbuds on and didn’t hear a thing. I called him reckless and neglectful for ignoring a family emergency,” the angry wife added.
“He said I could say the same thing about myself for leaving our son unsupervised and causing him to get a burn. I stopped arguing and went to remove the bedroom door lock, he started yelling at me saying I had no right. I refused to respond I just walked off to calm down.
“He didn’t stop complaining, calling me bossy and saying that by removing the lock I’ve destroyed his peace and quiet and caused him sleep deprivation. He’s insisting I put it back but I refused.”
After asking the internet for advice, the woman received plenty of support from like-minded people who believe that the door lock and the strict rules are over the line.
“Hot oil = ACCIDENT. Locking the door = very purposely being unavailable to help and checking out of his responsibilities as husband and father,” someone wrote.
“Your husband is being selfish and irresponsible. He is an adult with children and doesn’t have a right to stay up all night playing games and sleep all day while you raise the kids alone,” another said.
A third suggested: “I don’t believe your husband didn’t hear you calling, he chose to ignore you.”
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