Husband blasted for making his wife sleep on the couch but the situation is even darker than it seems
She’s on the couch — but he’s in the doghouse.A post on Reddit’s infamous “Am I the A-hole” subreddit recently went viral for his sticky sleep situation, asking if he was in the wrong for requesting that his wife crash on the couch instead of their bed so he could get some much-needed shut-eye — resulting in a “huge argument” and his bride “not talking to me at the moment.”At first, it sounds like a tired plotline plucked straight from a 90s sitcom.
But the real reason why the poster asked his wife of two years to leave their marital bed is much darker.“About two and a half months ago my wife and SIL were in a car crash,” the husband wrote, adding that his sister-in-law tragically passed away and that her death has been “devastating” to his wife.He explained that after the crash, his wife went into a deep depression and lost her job for not showing up to work — nixing the health insurance they were both using, as he works in construction and “the health insurance through my job kinda sucks.”As such, therapy to help his wife cope with her grief is currently off the table (though he clarified that the pair are on a waitlist for some sort of program).He also explained that his wife was denied unemployment, since she was fired and found at fault.The poster complained that his wife’s nightmares and restlessness have been cutting into his own sleep, which he needs to work the long shifts that are now responsible for supporting them both.“I know she can not control [her nightmares],” the husband said.
“Unfortunately she does wake me up in the middle of the night, either she is loud or she toss and turns a lot.With the 10-12 hours shifts I am exhausted.”As for not just sleeping on the couch himself, the poster defended his resistance to the idea, noting that while he’s tried it a few times, the physically demanding nature of his job necessitates a soft place to snooze.“I asked her to sleep on the couch once or twice a wee...