A woman has split opinions after taking to the internet for advice on a problem she's been struggling with when it comes to changing her son's diapers.
The frustrated wife explained how her and her husband have a two month old together and that they had previously agreed she would look after diaper changing as he was a "hardcore germaphobe".
While things started out well, an ugly issue soon reared its' head.
Posting in the popular Reddit page 'Am I The A**hole', the woman explained: "My husband's been pestering me about the faces I make when changing our son's diapers. Telling me to smile all the time. I told him to leave me alone, it's easy for him to say when he's not the one dealing with the smell.
"But every time when I'm in the middle of changing diapers, my husband would show up out of nowhere like he busted me or something and tell me that the faces I keep making have an 'impact' on our son's emotional state and should smile. He'd motion with his hand and be like smiiiiiiiile. I told him to leave me alone, he knows how difficult this is for me but does nothing to help. Instead just mocks me and keeps pestering me."
The issue came to a head one evening, when her husband was eating dinner, and came in to where his wife was changing their son to comment on her face.
The lady snapped, telling him to stop his annoying behaviour and to do the diaper change himself.
"It took him forever and as I expected he made all types of disgusted, grossed out faces. I said he lost the smiling contest. He rushed to wash his hands complaining about how I'm trying to get him to do everything. He's a germaphobe, yes. But he's also a PARENT. What type of parent never changes their baby's diaper? I handed him the stuff and asked him to enjoy while I kept standing to watch how he do it. AITA?"
Users who replied to the lady were overwhelmingly in her favour.
One said "You are being fair. He needs therapy so he can perform his responsibility as a parent." while a second added "I'm a germaphobe. I'm having a baby in a month and there's a good chance I will be using gloves when I change my child. OP's husband is using germaphobia as an excuse to get out of diaper changing."
