'AITA for refusing to put away groceries my husband left on the floor after shopping?'

A married woman recounted a heated argument with her husband that stemmed from a seemingly simple task: putting away groceries.

After shopping together, the couple parted ways—she headed to a nail salon while he took the groceries home. When they reunited and returned home later, she assumed he had already put them away.

Instead, she walked in to find the bags still sitting on the kitchen floor. This sparked a tense argument that escalated, eventually leading her to leave home for the night. Now, she’s questioning whether she was wrong for refusing to put the groceries away.

Simple task turns into a heated dispute

A Redditor named "SleepPleaseCome" posted on the AmITheA*****e forum with the title, "My husband left the groceries on the floor for me to put up when I get home. AITA if I refuse to touch them?" 

She began by explaining, "My husband and I went grocery shopping and afterwards he dropped me off at the nail salon, and he went home with the groceries. I thought that since he went home, he would have put the groceries up. When he picked me up from the nail salon and we went home, I saw that the groceries were on the kitchen floor still in bags."

She continued, "I asked him why didn't he put the groceries up, and he argued that he put the cold stuff up, but he left the rest(majority) of the Groceries in bags. So I asked him why didn't he just put all the groceries up, and he got defensive and said "it's always something."

The Redditor added, "Long story short, I'm not touching those groceries. After dinner He went into the kitchen, washed the dishes and draw himself a bath, and still left the groceries on the floor."

In an update, she shared, "He got out his bath, and I took mine. When I got out the bath, the groceries are still on the floor and hes in the livingroom watching anime."

In another update, she wrote, "I asked him why didn't he put the groceries up, as he got in bed and he said "why can't you" then told me to f**k off, he's sleeping in the livingroom. So I'm calling an Uber and I'm gonna go stay at a hotel tonight because I'm so mad right now."

She concluded with, "I feel so disrespected right now. I'm at the hotel now. I hope I can get some sleep tonight. He text me asking me where I am. I'm not answering any of his text or speaking to him until I get back home tomorrow morning."

Reddit users weigh in as woman declines to put away groceries her husband left out

After hearing about the wife's argument with her husband, who asked her to put away the groceries instead of doing it himself, several online users have shared their thoughts.

One person declared, "What? That's super petty of him to turn it around on you. He's a grown man, he shouldn't need to be told to put things away. It's his house, his food, too. He, too, needs to be responsible for it all. NTA."

Another person likened the situation to an episode of a TV series, "This reminds me of that episode from Everybody loves Raymond when they come back from vacation and leave the luggage on the steps and then both of them were waiting for the other to put it away." 

Another questioned the OP, "He put away the cold things and left the other things for you to put away. Why is that so heinous? I just wouldn't make such a big deal - are you guys enemies or something? It's not like you got home later because you rushed to perform brain surgery at a hospital. You were getting your nails done."

A Redditor asked, "So, y'all went together, he dropped you off to get your nails done, he brought in all the groceries by himself, he came back and picked you up from the nail salon, he even did the dishes, and you can't bring yourself to put a few bags of groceries away??" 

A user wrote, "So he chauffeured you around, carried them all in and put the frozen stuff away? Let's get out Reddit's chore sharing spreadsheet and see what you did during the day."

Another said, "Sounds like he thinks you aren't pulling your weight and he is sick of it. True or not, it's how he feels."

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