A mum-to-be claims she was left feeling "upset and humiliated" after her husband expected her to carry his bags for him after she picked him up at the airport.
She says she was so distressed by his behaviour that she ended up driving off and leaving him to get a taxi by himself, only for him to later admonish her for her "unsupportive" actions.
Detailing her predicament in a Reddit forum, the unnamed woman explained that her 32-year-old husband had been away on a month-long work trip and asked her to collect him upon his return.
However, when she headed inside the airport to find her spouse after his plane landed, it quickly became clear she wasn't in for a happy reunion.
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Turning to the internet for some advice, she recalled: "The second he saw me he let go of his two big bags and started walking. I tried to get him to stop but he told me to get the bags and follow him.
"Note that I'm 12 weeks pregnant but he tells me that I'm still 'in good shape'. I told him those bags were too heavy for me to carry but he went on a rant about how exhausted he was from sitting on that plane for four hours straight. His arms, neck, legs, and back hurt."
The mortified wife, who goes by the username u/overreaction536435, says she point blank refused to take a single step with the bags, telling him that, as this was his luggage, he should be the one to "deal with it".
Her husband, whose tone became more "tense" at this point, didn't take to kindly to this instruction, and he told her she was being "annoying."
She continued: "I told him to get someone to carry his bags for him and he replied 'I already have one and it's you. Come on, I'm so tired of standing' then kept walking and ignoring me.
"I left his luggage where he left it and walked straight past him. He freaked out and started yelling at me to get back.
"I walked out and got into my car and drove off because I was literally having none of it. I felt so upset and humiliated."
Her husband ended up getting a taxi home and was apparently "livid" upon his return, telling her that she "embarrassed him and made a scene and overreacted big time."
He's still furious with her, and she's now wondering whether or not, as he believes, she "reacted poorly and in an unsupportive; inappropriate manner."
However, many people have expressed alarm at her husband's behaviour, concerned by what they perceive as a complete lack of respect.
One worried person wrote: "A lot of abuse starts when the woman gets pregnant. And seriously, what dude in his right mind just drops his bags on his girl like she's a valet. It's time for a divorce."
Another advised: "Get out of this relationship. Pregnant or not, dumping your bags on the floor and expecting your partner to carry them is disgusting behaviour.
"He was trying to exert his control over you. It starts like this and turns into bigger sorts of abuse. It's very important you don't brush this situation under the rug."
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