Many women think it’s their man’s job to assemble things in the house.

This man shares how his wife loves buying stuff from Ikea, and she expects him to assemble everything she buys.

However, he admits that he doesn’t like assembling furniture because it’s time-consuming.

When he refused to put together her new desk, things got heated.

Read the story below to find out what happened.

AITA for telling my wife “it isn’t hard, you can do it by yourself” referring to IKEA furniture.

My wife recently bought some new furniture from IKEA.

She has been remodeling the house, and almost every week, she is buying something new.

This man admitted that he didn’t want to assemble furniture.

I do not like assembling furniture.

And every single time she has bought something, I am the one who is assembling it.

I don’t think it’s that difficult.

Really it is more time consuming than anything.

His wife asked him to assemble the desk, and he said no.

I got home and she bought a new desk.

She asked me to put it together.

I told her no, it isn’t hard, and she can do it by herself.

She wasn’t happy about it, and did go do it.

She got hurt, and an argument ensued.

It wasn’t long until she made a loud yell.

She dropped the piece of wood on her foot.

This caused a big argument about me not helping her.

And I pointing out that she doesn’t want help, she wants me to do it all.

Now, he refuses to assemble it.

She called me a jerk.

The desk is just laying on the floor, not assembled.

I am refusing to assemble it.

AITA?

Some IKEA furniture really is much easier to assemble when two people work together to assemble it.

Let’s see what others have to say about this on Reddit.

An elderly woman speaks up and says it’s not cool.

This person shares their honest opinion.

This person suggests leaving the desk where it is.

Stand your ground, says this person.

Finally, here’s a short and straightforward reward.

If you really want the furniture, find a way to assemble it yourself.

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