Sometimes, when you spot something in a supermarket, it can be too tempting to not purchase it - such as a birthday cake, even when it's not your birthday. If it's been one of those days, you may just decide to grab something to try and cheer you up, or to do the same for somebody else.
One man took to Reddit's 'Am I the a**hole' forum to ask whether he'd done anything wrong, however, because he'd bought a £5 ($6) cake in a 'flavour his family liked'. Rather than being happy to have cake, his wife argued that he shouldn't have bought a cake unless it was for a birthday - demanding he returned it.
He wrote: "Two days ago I saw a small cake at Walmart. It was only £5 ($6) and a flavor my family liked, so I decided to buy it. I got home and my wife protested saying "you don't buy a cake unless it's for a birthday".
"She demanded I return it for a refund however the seal was already torn off so the store would not be able to resell it. An argument struck up and out of spite, I let my children and myself eat the cake by ourselves, not leaving a crumb for my wife.
"She has not talked to me since, and refuses to even sleep in the same bed. Over a cake. So am I the a**hole?"
People were confused as to why the cake would've caused such a commotion, concluding that there must be other problems within their marriage.
Someone wrote: "I'm going to be 33 in a month and I am ashamed to say that I was 27 before I made this realization. My son was already 5... and I was like "wow, I'm craving birthday cake...wait why SHOULDN'T I have a birthday cake." That day changed my life. I'm a much happier person than I would have been."
One Redditor had a similar realisation: "The biggest revelation of my life was when it occurred to me that I could make stuffing anytime I wanted. Didn’t need to be Thanksgiving. Didn’t even need a turkey. I think I was in my 30s for that one."
"Every day is someone's birthday, even if you don't know them!", another joked.
Someone stated that her reaction was unreasonable, commenting: "My 11-yo just had his first big audition and I picked up a $6 cake on the way home because he spent weeks memorising his monologues (and I will find any opportunity to buy a cake).
"Your wife's reaction is strange. It’s probably not about the cake, though. You're not the a**hole."
Do you think her reaction was reasonable? Let us know in the comments.
