Some people are really touchy about having someone else around when they or a loved one is in a hospital.

And hey, I get it, but does someone need to be holding a bedside vigil every second of every day?

The guy you’re about to hear from left the hospital where he son was getting treatment to get some rest and his ex-wife was not happy about it.

Did he do anything wrong?

Read on and see what you think.

AITA for not staying overnight at the hospital with our 7 year old son along with my ex wife?

“Our son has a bad case of pneumonia requiring a surgical procedure to drain fluid from his chest and now he has a chest tube.

The infection is pretty bad, we’ve been here about 8 days and he is finally starting to turn a corner.

The fevers are less frequent and not as high.

I have been here every day and will continue to do so.

His mom, my ex wife, is also here but during the day she’s working (remotely) and a little more distracted.

He was burned out.

A couple days ago, with our son showing some progress, I decided to leave for the night so I can get some rest.

His mom will leave for about 3 hours in the late afternoon/evening to shower, change, do whatever, and when she returns I leave.

At that time our son is getting ready to sleep or is sleeping.

I return first thing in the morning, between 6 and 6:30 am to make sure I am here for the Dr. rounds or any early morning procedure such as labs or X-rays.

Full transparency: my girlfriend lives nearby and I go to her house to shower, change, and get some rest in a real bed.

His ex isn’t happy about this.

I’ve offered my son’s mom the same opportunity, I’ve told her that if she wanted to go home for the night I am more than happy to stay.

However, she refuses and today when I made the same offer she said no, she’s going to stay with our son and doesn’t understand how any parent can leave their child at the hospital so they can go be with their partner.

Apparently she can still get in my head because here I am asking if I am the ******* for leaving my son at the hospital with his mom, my ex wife, instead of staying the night.

Should I also be staying if she’s here?”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This individual shared their thoughts.

This individual chimed in.

Another person spoke up.

And one Reddit user weighed in.

All the guy wanted to do was get a little bit of sleep…

Is that so much to ask?

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