Mom challenges husband to swap roles after he calls her job 'easy.' He gets a reality check.

Despite progress, some still view child-rearing as solely a woman's responsibility. This outdated belief is a common source of marital strife and a frequent topic of online discussion. Recently, a mom of two, u/ClearCoffee7140, took to Reddit to share her concern about how her husband often criticized her role as a mother, calling it "easy." Being the mom to boys aged 5 and 7, the 31-year-old was also running a small business from home that contributed significantly to their household income. Her husband refused to acknowledge her efforts, sparking an outcry from internet users.

Despite having the option to work from home for a few days a week, the 36-year-old husband chose to work from the office so that he could focus better. Meanwhile, she managed her business, demanding at least three hours daily, alongside child care. With a "high energy" 5-year-old who hasn't started school and another son who comes home from school in the afternoon, the mom was too exhausted at times. On a particularly stressful day, she couldn't prepare dinner, infuriating her hungry husband upon his return from work. Ordering food also fell to her, as her husband claimed she "didn't have much to do" since she was home all day.

As the argument heated up, the couple arrived at a decision. "He said he'd handle the kids for an entire day while also working from home just to prove that it should be easy for me," the wife mentioned. She added, "I said 'Sure,' so he made the arrangements to work from home yesterday." But what the husband thought was an easy job turned out to be a nightmare for him. He had to cancel meetings to feed the kids and clean the mess they made. "By this point, I did feel sort of guilty because it was definitely harder for him to take care of work at the same time, but all I wanted was an apology," the wife pointed out.

Her husband stubbornly refused to admit his error or ask for help. Things worsened when the husband was in a meeting, and the 5-year-old interrupted him by being too loud and crying. "When it (the meeting) was finished, he was really angry at me. He said I could see what was happening, and I just watched him struggle without helping him," the wife said. When she pointed out that he could've asked her nicely to help, the husband called her "petty and prideful." The wife felt the husband made a huge deal out of this and sought the internet's opinion. People were unanimously in support of the mom and felt that the husband should apologize for his insensitive behavior.

"You need to stand your ground. The fact is he asked for this, so he got what he wanted. You gave him a day with the kids whilst working and he couldn’t do it. The worst kind of people are those who can’t admit they are wrong," noted u/Ok_Boat_1243. "It's easier for him to focus in the office instead of working from home a few days a week, and yet he thought he could do your job while working from home? And I sincerely hope he recognizes what you go through every day, and that he might need to make some changes," added u/metaNim. "I would have left the house for the entire day and not picked up my phone. Then he’d really get a feel for being the SAH parent," said u/PlanetSarah.