A husband has imposed a financial penalty on his wife for always being late to pick up their child from daycare.
In his post, which was so abusive it was even captured on TikTok, the man was raving about his wife being the only one “responsible” for their four-year-old's schedule, because:
“I'm at work. I work for a living.”
One could argue (correctly) that a SAHM also “works for a living” – and that’s exactly what many people said to their frustrated husbands.
He also said that he was right.
“I told my wife that she will be fined for late delivery, not me”
The husband begins by explaining that his wife “is always late.”
“I can count on one hand the times she is on time. I used to find it funny, almost endearing, but now that we have a child, it stresses me out.”
His son started daycare last year, and the man says that since she's a “SAHM, it's her responsibility to drop him off and pick him up.”
According to him, she arrives late for both jobs every day.
In fact, she estimates she is late by an average of 12 minutes each day.
He arrived at this figure because he had recently received the money for his fees for the first half of September – which totalled $262.
He said the daycare had just been fined, adding, “There's no doubt in my mind they started this because of my wife.”
This has been too much for the “breadwinner”, and since his wife refuses to talk about her delay, he hatches a plan.
“I will continue to pay the daycare fees, but she will have to pay the fine out of her $1100 allowance. She says she can't afford it.”
She claims she called the daycare to resolve the matter, then hung up. Eventually, she told her husband:
“Then why don't you pick it up?”
His answer was: “Because I work. I work for a living.”
The daycare centre is now refusing to take the son back until the fees are paid.
“I feel sorry for my son because he loves all this and he is innocent in it. Should I stick to my point?”
“No respect for employees with families”
The comments sections of both social media platforms were filled with strong support for the father.
One viewer said, “I worked at a daycare and my wife is 100% wrong. There's no respect for the fact that the employees also have families and homes they want to go back to.”
Controversially, another said, “If there aren't any kids at home, she's not a stay-at-home mom.”
This thought was common among everyone, but of course, SAHMs also need time to fulfil their other responsibilities.
There was also some concern about fathers' attitudes toward SAHMs in general, as this man explained: “I don't like the idea of an 'allowance' for SAHMs. The moment you choose one side to be the breadwinner and the other to be the homemaker, you decide to share finances as well.”
However, the biggest confusion was that the mother's delay reflected her 'selfishness' towards others.
For example, this viewer reported, “I have ADHD, but I still know how to be on time. It's about respecting other people's time. I don't worry about anything else.”
Finally, there was a comment that tried to be fair to the mother, and encourage the husband to think more deeply about the issue:
“I’m always late and I understand I’m creating consequences for myself, but time blindness is an aspect of many disabilities, so he should support her rather than belittle her.”
