This is just me, but if I was in surgery, I wouldn’t expect my partner, family, or friends to stick around the hospital while I was under the knife.

Go grab a bite!

Go belly up at a bar and get a drink!

Go see a movie!

But that’s just me..and this guy’s wife wasn’t happy that he took their kids out to eat while she was in surgery.

Did he do anything wrong?

Check out his story and see what you think.

AITA for taking our kids to eat while my wife was in surgery?

“My wife went in for a relatively minor surgery.

She wanted me and our kids (9 and 12 at the time) to be there for support, and of course we wanted to be there as well.

(I would have been there regardless).

As she was being prepped to go in, she said we don’t have to stay in the waiting room, and I should take the kids to the cafeteria to get something to eat.

We kissed and said our love you’s and goodbyes and headed for the elevator.

Let’s take this party elsewhere!

When we got to the cafeteria, nothing looked good.

We realized one of our favorite diners was next door, the kids really love the pancakes there, so we headed over.

We had a great meal and headed back. Her surgery and recovery time was about 5 hours, so we spent the rest of the time in the waiting room.

Once we got home, my wife asked the kids what they had to eat.

How dare you?!?!

They told her about the pancakes and my wife got mad at me.

She asked me how I could have left the hospital while she was in surgery.

She said “what if there was an emergency?”

I didn’t want to upset her while she was recovering, so I had the kids go play and left her to rest.

We were right next door and the hospital had my phone number.

AITA for leaving the hospital to get food?”

Here’s what readers had to say about this.

This reader said he’s NTA.

Another individual chimed in.

This Reddit user shared a story.

Another person chimed in.

And this individual spoke up.

Hey, kids gotta eat, right?

Sitting around and waiting gets hard.

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