An angry American woman is fed up with her husband’s strange habit of waiting in the car before coming into the house – and is even asking for a divorce.
The angry wife took to Reddit to say that because of the past trauma of catching his ex-girlfriend with another man, her husband always sits alone in his car for ten minutes when he gets home.
The husband waits in the car even when there are guests at home or dinner is already on the table, which causes many arguments between the couple.
“I was afraid that something might come up and I wouldn’t respond appropriately. And that happened last week,” the wife said.
After her son fell and broke his ankle, the wife called her husband to rush home and take them to the hospital, but she noticed he was taking too long.
“I called and called and I was stunned when I looked out the window and saw him sitting outside the house in his car,” she said.
She ran out, screaming at him, and her husband said he needed another two minutes before he could come in, as only eight minutes had passed.
“I was very angry and hurt, but I tried to hurry him along and he insisted he wouldn’t feel ‘comfortable’ coming in until the ten minutes were up,” she said.
“My husband keeps trying to dissuade me from getting a divorce, saying that I’m making a fuss. I feel like I don’t trust him anymore,” the wife said (file image)
The now furious wife took her son to the hospital with the help of a neighbor.
She then returned to live with her mother and refused to speak to her husband, whom she eventually asked for a divorce.
People were deeply divided over whether the wife was justified in leaving, and 18,000 men and women took part.
They all agreed that her husband suffered from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
But most people still thought that his behavior was unjustifiable and that the wife was right in wanting a divorce.
“His trauma is not his fault, but it is his responsibility. If he doesn’t take responsibility to work on himself, it’s time for him to suffer the consequences of his actions, or lack thereof,” one man said.
“The fact that he refused to seek help is the height of selfishness. His departure is justified,” said one woman.
“As someone who suffers from severe OCD, this is not an excuse,” one man agreed.
People couldn’t understand why the husband didn’t call from the car to tell them he had arrived.
“He completely ignored her calls. He avoided everything… that’s a problem. It’s one thing to relax, but this isn’t even coping,” another man said.
Others sympathized with the husband’s trauma and blamed the wife for putting him in such a difficult situation.
“I don’t know, the woman knew about his compulsion and instead of calling an ambulance, she called the one person who took the longest to get in. Even if it wasn’t intentional, she set him up,” said one man.
“Why couldn’t you bring him? You used your injured son as an experiment to set up your husband. Is he an idiot? Yes. But you’re an idiot too,” one woman said.
“While your son was lying there suffering, you were screaming at your husband,” she added.
Others also disagreed with the wife because they found the husband’s behavior strange in the first place.
“Why is spending ten minutes in the car on a normal day such a big deal that it ends up causing arguments? Both my husband and I usually relax in our vehicles before getting in and going about our evening activities,” she said.
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