June 28, 2025 at 5:20 am

His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And He’s Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

by Matthew Gilligan

couple arguing on a couch

Shutterstock/Reddit

Ugh, we all have someone in our lives

A person who is rude, crude, and bites your head off about every single thing you say.

It’s infuriating!

The man who wrote this story on Reddit’s “Am I the *******?” page is really going through it with his wife and he wants to know if he’d be out of line to treat her the same way.

Read on and see what you think!

WIBTA for treating my wife the way she treats me?

“Often when my wife is doing something and I distract her just a tiny bit, she snaps at me.

This morning we both had a day off, so we spent it together. We had a…nice time…together, and then immediately we start cleaning the apartment–we both agreed we would do together today, so I also started doing my part.

Our pet bird was out, so I took her in my hand and was walking her to the cage to put her away while we cleaned. As I walked, I was holding her in a playful way, and I walked by my wife and showed her, saying, “Look at this crazy bird.”

Whoa!

My wife responded with, “I’m focusing right now! Don’t distract me!!” She was pretty harsh with her tone. All I was hoping for was maybe a little laugh and a smile for one second–a continuation of the nice feelings from the morning–but all I got was anger.

She regularly treats me this way, but I was quite surprised that she immediately treated me this way right after we had such a nice time.

Then I went to our room where she was folding clothes. I put my knee onto the bed to grab something, and I crumpled a sheet a bit that she had just folded.

Yikes…

She yelled at me and said, “You just destroyed what I did! You don’t appreciate the work I’m doing! I won’t fold clothes now.” And she left the apartment in protest. It seems some stupid sheets are more important to her than how she talks to her husband.

If I had talked to her how she talked to me, it would have caused a huge fight, for sure.

She regularly comes up to me when I am doing things–even when I have my headphones in listening to an audiobook while cleaning, or even when I am working at my desk (I work from home) and distracts me with things–sometimes important, sometimes not, sometimes playful things.

Yet I never snap at her like she did to me. But maybe I should start doing so…”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person shared their thoughts.

Screenshot 2025 06 06 at 1.04.37 PM His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And Hes Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

Another individual weighed in.

Screenshot 2025 06 06 at 1.04.47 PM His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And Hes Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

This Reddit user spoke up.

Screenshot 2025 06 06 at 1.04.57 PM His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And Hes Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

Another person had a lot to say.

Screenshot 2025 06 06 at 1.05.11 PM His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And Hes Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

And this reader spoke up.

Screenshot 2025 06 06 at 1.05.44 PM His Wife Always Rudely Snaps At Him, And Hes Thinking About Treating Her The Same Way

He wants to see if she can take a dose of her own medicine…

If you enjoyed that story, read this one about a mom who was forced to bring her three kids with her to apply for government benefits, but ended up getting the job of her dreams.