More like hus-banned.
A hard-working woman who left her spouse to his own devices while away on a three-week business trip has gone viral with an account of the wreckage that awaited upon her return home — leaving readers are crying, laughing, and collectively saying: yikes.
Taking to Reddit, the put-upon partner shared the saga of returning to a scene so chaotic, she joked that she “wish[ed] he’d just cheated instead.”
“Three weeks ago, I left for a work trip. My husband didn’t want to come,” she kicked off her tale of woe. “I thought, ‘Fine, he’s an adult, he’ll be fine.’ He was not fine.”
As soon as day two, she reported, the 41-year-old man had decided to become a “grill master” — despite owning no grill.
He stacked baking sheets, doused them in lighter fluid, and triggered the smoke alarm for 40 minutes. “The oven still smells like gasoline,” she wrote.
Then came his reportedly TikTok-inspired “minimalist living” phase, the weirded-out woman continued. Half the dishes in the house disappeared, leaving only “the salad bowl and the dog’s water dish.”
For meals? Twenty frozen burritos, eaten partially frozen because, in his words, “it’s basically a cold wrap” and “saves electricity.”
Laundry was abandoned, with the man rotating between two pairs of basketball shorts that eventually fused into what she called “denim-adjacent cardboard.”
Upon her returned, she found him shirtless, playing a recorder he ordered off Amazon because, according to the overnight classical music expert, “Mozart slapped.”
The house reeked of burnt plastic and ranch dressing. “This morning,” she added, “I woke up to him mumbling in his sleep: ‘I am the burrito.’
Sitting at a café recounting the ordeal, she sighed and concluded her post, writing, “Hope your morning’s less… smoky.”
Reddit users didn’t hold back in the comments, reacting to the husband’s antics with equal parts shock and humor.
One wrote, “I laughed so hard I cried reading this. OMG I had no idea I needed this story until now.”
Another offered blunt advice: “Time for you to leave and find an adult partner. Leave a note behind suggesting he find a doctor.”
Others framed it as a deeper issue, noting, “Sound more a mental health breakdown and a cry for help.”
Another appalled Redditor stressed, “I’m blown away how everyone thinks this is the funniest thing ever if true. Nothing funny about a person that is inconsiderate and lazy. A grown a– man.”
As The Post previously reported, one mom nearly walked out after getting “fed up” with her partner “not helping with household chores” — and when she finally went on strike, she says it actually worked.
This “husband vanishing into chaos while the wife does all the heavy lifting” scenario? Not exactly breaking news. It’s a trend as old as mismatched laundry piles.
Recently, another woman went viral on Reddit venting about her longtime partner, who treats household chores like “optional side quests” — and allegedly gaslit her for even daring to ask for help.
But experts say the secret to a happy marriage isn’t grand gestures — it’s actually doing chores together. “When you share even small chores, you show each other that you are equals,” Dr. Hannah Lawson told the Daily Mail.
Loading the dishwasher or setting the table side-by-side can build trust, spark conversation, and strengthen your emotional connection.
Feeling buried under the endless family to-do list? Behavioral scientist Zelana Montminy has a hack: just ask your spouse to “take the mental lead on this one.”
She previousl ytold PureWow it’s about more than chores — it’s handing over the wheel. “You’re not just doing the dishes, you’re owning the sink,” Montminy said.
She said to hand over the reins on a household task and watch him feel like a teammate instead of just your assistant.
“It signals: I trust you to carry this, not just execute it,” she told the outlet.
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