"Your Husband Was Being A Controlling A**": People Are Dragging This Man Who Ruined Everybody’s Dinner Over His Wife’s Typo
There is one question I find myself pondering time and time again: "Why are men like this?" It seems like every day I hear a new story about yet another man-child acting like this is his very first day on Earth. Today is no different, and this tale of male-fueled incompetence will have you totally baffled.
While scrolling the "Am I the asshole?" subreddit, I saw that Reddit user AsideFearless8220 posted her experience and posed the question, "Am I the asshole for 'ruining dinner' over a spelling mistake?"
She told Reddit, "I type very fast on my phone and sometimes have spelling errors. I know this irritates my husband and he has talked to me about it before. I usually double-check my texts, but last night it slipped my mind."
"I texted my husband a shopping list and asked him to get some things after work as my sister-in-law and her family were coming for dinner. As I typed quickly, I had written 'coconut mlik' instead of coconut milk."
"I'd made Thai green curry while my husband was at work, but I just needed to add the coconut milk and reheat it for when my in-laws would come."
"When he got home, he'd brought everything I put on the list except the coconut milk. When I asked him why he didn't bring that, he said, "I couldn't understand what you meant. Next time, you should check your spelling before sending a text.'"
Like, what else could it have been?
"I then told my husband, 'Figure out what we're serving our company. It isn't curry [anymore] because you didn't bring the coconut milk.' He got us all take-out instead, which he was upset about doing because he had a hard day at work and I was at home."
He claims that he couldn't decipher what the item "mlik" could possibly mean in the context of grocery shopping. In the comments, much like the coconut milk, no one was buying it. First of all, unless you're looking for a typo, it's honestly hard to even notice:
"Jeez. It actually took me like 3 slooow readings of your typo to see it because human brains are wired to ignore typos that do not affect the meaning of the word."
Now, there's been a lot of conversation recently about "weaponized incompetence," but I think this man is on a whole other level. It's more like "feigned ignorance" or "superhuman levels of passive aggression." It seems like he went with the immature route to try and teach his wife a lesson about communicating properly. She's expressed that spelling/grammar in texts is something he's voiced frustration with in the past, but let's be real. Was this really the best way to handle it?
"What a jerk to ruin several people’s dinner over a silly spelling error. Sounds really passive-aggressive to me."
"If he didn't understand the list, he could have texted you back or called you to ask. He ruined dinner just to be petty, and you did your best."
The post was originally made to question if she was in the wrong, but the responses all echoed the same sentiment: "No, you're definitely not the asshole.'"
"Not the asshole. Your husband 'couldn’t figure out what you meant' and didn’t bother to ask or just maybe take a wild guess that mlik meant milk? Nope. He took the piss and tried to make you feel bad and embarrass you. Frankly, it was a jerk move on his part."
"Your husband was being a controlling ass on purpose. He knew exactly what you meant. Any rational adult human would. Play stupid games win stupid prizes. Not the asshole. Man. He sure is a petty thing isn't he? How do you tolerate that nonsense? I have no patience for that sort of game-playing idiocy."
I will say that it was quite satisfying to see the instant karma unfold after he had to pull out his wallet and buy take-out for everyone. In the end, dinner was served — but so was justice:
"And at the end, he was the one punished for wanting to punish his wife for misspelling a word. I call that perfect karma!"
"You're not the asshole. He ruined dinner, not you, as it sounds very deliberate on his end. I love the poetry in that he ended up shooting himself in the foot with his petty assholery. Well done letting him stew in his own juices and figure out dinner. *Chef's kiss*"
I hope that he was the one who ended up learning a lesson in how to better communicate next time. What do you think about the situation? Do you suspect there's a possibility he really didn't know what it was supposed to say? Was this just a classic case of a petty man with petty intentions? Let us know in the comments! ⬇️
