 

Now,   for all of you women out there that are ready to jump all over me and  call me a male chauvinist pig, hear me out for a second...

It was just a few weeks prior where my wife told me: “ *Yes, I expect you to fix things around the house, mow the lawn, and take care of the ca*r”

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Fast-forward to last night:

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My wife says to me after I come home from work and have dinner:   “*How about you do the dishes tonight*?”  
I said to her: "*No,   I want to relax for a little bit. I help sometimes on the weekend with  those things, too,  but you are expected to do these things -  at least  during the week*."

Well, let's just say ALL HELL broke lose after that comment!

\*\*\***Yes,  I will admit that I recalled the conversation we had just had two weeks  prior, and I was saving it to make a point at a later time..  which  happened to be last night**\*\*\*

My wife said,: “ *How could  you ever speak to me that way!?* *You're JUST like your father!*  ( gee, never heard that one before)  *You're a male chauvinist pig that expects the women to do ALL of the house work!!*

I cut her off

“*Wait one cotton- picking -minute here*  ( I like to joke at inappropriate times, and I did not think it had to be an argument )  *WHY was it ok for YOU to  tell me that I'M expected to mow the lawn, fix things in the house, and take care of the car,  but the moment I tell YOU what YOU are expected to do,it becomes some problem where I'm a chauvinist pig*??  *I'm  the one working a full time income job, and when I'm working, I expect  you to take care of the things women have been doing for generations...    WHY is that such a problem for you and so many women these days??*

She then stops talking about that exact part of the conversation and starts telling me how  " I *went off on her all of a sudden, just because I was having a bad day*”

At that point, yes I started to become annoyed.. so I  just walked away.

She then started crying about the argument.

So  I come back in -   but when I tried to talk to her about it ,   we  could not discuss the point I was trying to make, we could only discuss  how poorly I made her feel and how we are always arguing ( not really  true, I feel it is fairly normal .. maybe more than some,  but I'm sure a  lot less than plenty of others)

In any case... I gave in.  (I KNOW that when she avoids any points I make that she MUST know deep inside that I have a point)

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But, AITA here?   