He should really loosen up.
An aggrieved wife on Reddit has vowed to divorce her husband after struggling for five years to open jarred foods by herself — alleging that her future ex was over-tightening the lids on purpose.
The anonymous woman posted about her alleged domestic dilemma within the subReddit r/AITAH, an acronym for “Am I The A–hole?,” where users ask others to substantiate or deny whether or not they are “the a–hole” under the given circumstances.
“Sometimes I literally feel insane for being so upset over jar lids,” she explained in her unsigned rant.
The unique poster — “OP” — claimed she’s at her wit’s end with probably the most recent round of resealed containers, adding that it’s been occurring for the reason that couple began dating.
“It’s been a recurring cycle over the past 5 years. It’s only a thing that may escalate until I had a serious meltdown and freaked out, screaming, frustrated and seemingly crazy since it’s only a lid. Then it will get well for some time, then it will slowly turn into a problem again. Just getting worse and worse until I reach a breaking point again,” she began.
Her hulkish hubby claimed he had a habit of tightening extra tight to “keep food fresh.” Still, OP’s inability to access ingredients without him was getting in the way in which of her day while causing friction of their relationship.
“First it began with just things he used after which over time it became every rattling glass jar with a metal lid. He’d tighten them a lot I couldn’t open them without assistance. It wasn’t an enormous deal if he was there, but when I used to be alone, it was so annoying. More times than I can count, I’ve opened a recent jar of something because I couldn’t get the [old] jar open,” she recounted.
The problem became untenable after her husband left her at home for 10 days with no single loosened lid.
A jar of pickles precipitated the downfall of their marriage.
“First day he’s gone, I discover a jar I can’t open. I used to be annoyed and was going to the shop to purchase recent pickles when the neighbor said hi and to let him know if I needed anything while [soon-to-be ex] is out of town,” she began.
Her neighbor successfully accessed the pickles on her behalf — but her woes continued.
“The subsequent day I saw him outside and asked him to open one other jar. He offered to come back open all of the jars. I agreed and he got here in and he went to the fridge and opened all of the jars except 2, which he couldn’t get open,” she wrote.
That’s when the friendly neighbor offered to take the last two jars back to his home where he had just a few tools to assist pop the tops — and that he did, though his efforts resulted in a single shattered jar of figs.
She added, “He said that he’s heard me screaming about over-tightened jar lids just a few times through the years and he’s really pondered if I used to be crazy or if my husband was really over-tightening the jar lids.”
Nonetheless, after spending his afternoon unscrewing lids for OP, he understood she wasn’t overreacting in any respect.
“He said, ‘You already know this was intentional. It was every jar, and I’m sure he doesn’t often use hot pepper paste or mango puree or any of your other fancy cooking stuff.’ Then he held up the 2 jars he couldn’t open and said, I don’t know why he’s doing it nevertheless it wasn’t an accident.”
The conclusion was so upsetting that OP felt sick to her stomach — “I vomited within the trash can” — and cried on her kitchen floor.
“I couldn’t sleep that night. Tossed and turned all night. I called out of labor. By 10 am, I noticed that I couldn’t stay married anymore and I made an appointment with a lawyer for the subsequent day,” she said, adding that they’ve “literally no other issues” of their marriage. “He was absolutely blindsided when he got here home and I told him I wanted a divorce.”
OP’s husband refused to admit to his pantry pranks, but she was unrelenting.
“He still won’t even admit that he did it on purpose. But the new pepper paste is behind the fridge. I take advantage of it only once I make Indian food. It’s behind other things. He’s never used it. It’s nothing you would put in food without cooking it. The pepper paste couldn’t have been an accident. It couldn’t,” she claimed.
“That’s what my life comes right down to. I’m getting a divorce since the lid to my hot pepper paste was over tight,” she concluded, asking other Reddit users to weigh in on her decision. “Most of our friends and families either think I’m crazy or an [a–hole]. What do you think that?”
Many users were supportive of OP’s decision to divorce with many agreeing that her strong-arming spouse has been “gaslighting” her.
“No, you’re not getting a divorce due to jar lids; you’re getting a divorce because your husband is gaslighting you for sport,” one wrote.
Read the highest comment, “I’m just imagining this dude sneaking right into a dark kitchen every night to tighten all of the jar lids while manically laughing.”
Though some believed the story seemed too outlandish to be true — claiming it’s likely the handiwork of an AI chatbot — other commenters commiserated with OP’s cooking conundrum, sharing their very own shocking tales of hellish husbands.
“My abusive ex would do that too, once I was pregnant and he wanted to regulate really random things,” said one.
“My abusive ex threw away one shoe of my favorite pair of shoes and watched me destroy the home in search of it for weeks. He only admitted he threw it away during a fight nearly a 12 months later,” echoed one other. “He even helped me look a pair times.”
He should really loosen up.
An aggrieved wife on Reddit has vowed to divorce her husband after struggling for five years to open jarred foods by herself — alleging that her future ex was over-tightening the lids on purpose.
The anonymous woman posted about her alleged domestic dilemma within the subReddit r/AITAH, an acronym for “Am I The A–hole?,” where users ask others to substantiate or deny whether or not they are “the a–hole” under the given circumstances.
“Sometimes I literally feel insane for being so upset over jar lids,” she explained in her unsigned rant.
The unique poster — “OP” — claimed she’s at her wit’s end with probably the most recent round of resealed containers, adding that it’s been occurring for the reason that couple began dating.
“It’s been a recurring cycle over the past 5 years. It’s only a thing that may escalate until I had a serious meltdown and freaked out, screaming, frustrated and seemingly crazy since it’s only a lid. Then it will get well for some time, then it will slowly turn into a problem again. Just getting worse and worse until I reach a breaking point again,” she began.
Her hulkish hubby claimed he had a habit of tightening extra tight to “keep food fresh.” Still, OP’s inability to access ingredients without him was getting in the way in which of her day while causing friction of their relationship.
“First it began with just things he used after which over time it became every rattling glass jar with a metal lid. He’d tighten them a lot I couldn’t open them without assistance. It wasn’t an enormous deal if he was there, but when I used to be alone, it was so annoying. More times than I can count, I’ve opened a recent jar of something because I couldn’t get the [old] jar open,” she recounted.
The problem became untenable after her husband left her at home for 10 days with no single loosened lid.
A jar of pickles precipitated the downfall of their marriage.
“First day he’s gone, I discover a jar I can’t open. I used to be annoyed and was going to the shop to purchase recent pickles when the neighbor said hi and to let him know if I needed anything while [soon-to-be ex] is out of town,” she began.
Her neighbor successfully accessed the pickles on her behalf — but her woes continued.
“The subsequent day I saw him outside and asked him to open one other jar. He offered to come back open all of the jars. I agreed and he got here in and he went to the fridge and opened all of the jars except 2, which he couldn’t get open,” she wrote.
That’s when the friendly neighbor offered to take the last two jars back to his home where he had just a few tools to assist pop the tops — and that he did, though his efforts resulted in a single shattered jar of figs.
She added, “He said that he’s heard me screaming about over-tightened jar lids just a few times through the years and he’s really pondered if I used to be crazy or if my husband was really over-tightening the jar lids.”
Nonetheless, after spending his afternoon unscrewing lids for OP, he understood she wasn’t overreacting in any respect.
“He said, ‘You already know this was intentional. It was every jar, and I’m sure he doesn’t often use hot pepper paste or mango puree or any of your other fancy cooking stuff.’ Then he held up the 2 jars he couldn’t open and said, I don’t know why he’s doing it nevertheless it wasn’t an accident.”
The conclusion was so upsetting that OP felt sick to her stomach — “I vomited within the trash can” — and cried on her kitchen floor.
“I couldn’t sleep that night. Tossed and turned all night. I called out of labor. By 10 am, I noticed that I couldn’t stay married anymore and I made an appointment with a lawyer for the subsequent day,” she said, adding that they’ve “literally no other issues” of their marriage. “He was absolutely blindsided when he got here home and I told him I wanted a divorce.”
OP’s husband refused to admit to his pantry pranks, but she was unrelenting.
“He still won’t even admit that he did it on purpose. But the new pepper paste is behind the fridge. I take advantage of it only once I make Indian food. It’s behind other things. He’s never used it. It’s nothing you would put in food without cooking it. The pepper paste couldn’t have been an accident. It couldn’t,” she claimed.
“That’s what my life comes right down to. I’m getting a divorce since the lid to my hot pepper paste was over tight,” she concluded, asking other Reddit users to weigh in on her decision. “Most of our friends and families either think I’m crazy or an [a–hole]. What do you think that?”
Many users were supportive of OP’s decision to divorce with many agreeing that her strong-arming spouse has been “gaslighting” her.
“No, you’re not getting a divorce due to jar lids; you’re getting a divorce because your husband is gaslighting you for sport,” one wrote.
Read the highest comment, “I’m just imagining this dude sneaking right into a dark kitchen every night to tighten all of the jar lids while manically laughing.”
Though some believed the story seemed too outlandish to be true — claiming it’s likely the handiwork of an AI chatbot — other commenters commiserated with OP’s cooking conundrum, sharing their very own shocking tales of hellish husbands.
“My abusive ex would do that too, once I was pregnant and he wanted to regulate really random things,” said one.
“My abusive ex threw away one shoe of my favorite pair of shoes and watched me destroy the home in search of it for weeks. He only admitted he threw it away during a fight nearly a 12 months later,” echoed one other. “He even helped me look a pair times.”
