"I Made Dinner After Work, and He Got Angry That It Was Late"—A 14-Year Husband’s Complaints About Food Leave His Dual-Income Wife in Tears [What Do You Think?]

[Financial News] An online dispute over the division of household chores and a husband’s attitude after work has sparked public outrage among a dual-income couple who commute together. According to the account, the husband was resting on the sofa after work when he became angry at his wife, who had prepared dinner with care, saying that "the food came out late." He then used their children as leverage and pressured her to apologize.

On the 10th, a post titled "My Husband’s Ridiculous Complaints About Dinner" was uploaded to an online community. The author, identified only as Ms. A, has been married for 14 years. She and her husband work at the same company and commute together every day.
According to Ms. A, her husband was resting in the living room after work when he rejected her suggestion that they eat with their older child after the child returned from an academy. Instead, he asked her to "grill just one slice of pork neck first." Ms. A went to the kitchen, made the bean sprout soup he usually likes, prepared side dishes, and began grilling the meat.
The conflict arose while dinner was being prepared. Her husband became irritated, asking, "Why is it taking so long to grill the meat?" He also shouted at her over the ventilation. Ms. A prepared the soup and side dishes and set the table in about 40 minutes, but her husband continued criticizing her, saying, "It took more than an hour. I asked for meat only—who told you to make soup?"
Unable to hold back any longer, Ms. A responded, "I came home from work and prepared a meal for you. Do I really have to listen to this as well? If you don’t want to eat, then don’t." Her husband went into the room, shut the door, and said, "You did something wrong, so why are you raising your voice? Apologize and say you’re sorry."

The husband’s behavior eventually affected the children. He pressured their older child by banning computer use, and the child, unable to endure the situation, pleaded with the mother, "Just apologize first and get it over with." The younger child also tried to intervene, saying, "Dad should say thank you when Mom prepares a meal. I think Dad is the one who did something wrong." However, the husband refused to admit fault. In the end, Ms. A bowed her head and apologized first once again, and only then did her husband sit at the table and finish his meal.
Ms. A expressed her frustration, saying, "Throughout our 14 years of marriage, whenever we argued, things were resolved only after I apologized first. He is the kind of person who cannot be satisfied until he gets an apology from the children as well." She added, "Is this how I’m treated after preparing a meal for a husband who does nothing but lie on the sofa after work, even making the soup he likes?"

Online users responded with strong criticism after reading the story. Comments included, "They are not a single-income household, and they commute together, so why should she prepare his meal as if she were waiting on him?" "If he only wanted meat, he should have grilled it himself," and "Using the children’s daily routines as leverage because his feelings were hurt comes close to emotional abuse."
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