An angry American woman is fed up with her husband’s strange habit of waiting in the car before entering, and she even files for divorce.
The angry woman wrote on Reddit that her husband, due to a past trauma when he caught his ex-girlfriend with another man, always sits alone in the car for ten minutes when he gets home.
The man waits in the car, even when there are guests at home or the food is already on the table. This causes a lot of arguments between the couple.
“I was afraid something would happen and he wouldn’t react well. And that happened last week,” the woman said.
After her son fell and broke his ankle, the woman called her husband to rush home and take them to the hospital, but she found that it was taking too long.
“I called and called and when I looked out the window I was stunned and saw him sitting in his car in front of the house,” she said.
She ran outside and screamed at him. Her husband said he needed two more minutes before he could come in, since only eight minutes had passed.
“I was so angry and hurt, but I tried to rush him. He kept insisting that he wouldn’t feel ‘comfortable’ coming in until the 10 minutes were up,” she said.
“My husband is still trying to talk me out of the divorce by saying I’m making a big deal out of it. I feel like I don’t trust him anymore,” the woman said (stock image)
The now furious woman took her son to the hospital with the help of a neighbor.
She then moved back to her mother and refused to speak to her husband, eventually asking him for a divorce.
Opinions were divided on whether it was right for the woman to leave. 18,000 men and women gave their opinion.
Everyone agreed that her husband suffered from some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
But most people still felt his behavior was unfair and that his wife was right to want 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 face the consequences of his actions, or lack thereof,” one man said.
“The fact that he refuses to seek help is the height of selfishness. Leaving is justified,” one woman said.
“For someone with severe OCD, this is no excuse,” one man agreed.
People couldn’t understand why the man didn’t call from the car to say he was there.
“He was just ignoring her calls. He was avoiding everything… that’s a problem. It’s one thing to decompress, but this isn’t even dealing with the situation,” another man said.
Others sympathized with the man’s trauma and blamed his wife for putting him in this difficult situation.
“I don’t know, the woman knew about his coercion and instead of calling an ambulance, she called the one person who needed extra time to come in. Even though it wasn’t intentional, she failed him,” one man said.
“Why couldn’t you take him? You used your hurt son as an experiment to trap your husband. Is he the a******? Yes. But you’re an a****** too,” one woman said.
“While your son was in pain, you were yelling at your husband,” she added.
Others also disagreed with the woman, as she initially found her husband’s behavior strange.
“Why is ten minutes in the car on a normal day such a big deal that it causes arguments? Both my husband and I often relax in our cars before we go inside and get on with our evenings,” she said.