Emily Duprie
Motorcycles are statistically dangerous vehicles, and anyone who gets on one knows the risks that comes with it. Getting in a motorcycle accident can result in minor injury to death, and oftentimes somewhere in the middle. When a Redditor from Florida recently got in an accident, his collapsed lung, broken bones, and torn ligaments put him in a pretty scary situation.
Despite his wife coming to visit him his first few days in the hospital, OP (u/Injuredandalone) questioned Reddit on whether or not he was overreacting for feeling “abandoned” when she didn’t show up more. He seemed to skim over the fact that the two of them share four kids, all minors, and that hurricane “Ian” was inbound to their home. Read his story in context below and let us know what you think about this tricky situation.
Lonely and upset, OP asked Reddit: “AITA for being upset my wife didn’t stay in the hospital with me?”
So I (35M) was in a motorcycle accident earlier this week. My wife (35F) has 3 kids from a previous marriage (17F, 10M, 5M) and we have a 1 year old together. I had a collapsed lung and had a chest tube put in, a broken leg and arm and torn ligaments in my knee. I’ve been in the hospital since Monday. She came out the day of my accident and stayed until about 4 am. Was back that same morning but has gone home each night. Yesterday she only stayed until about 1 pm to prepare the house for the hurricane and didn’t come at all today because the weather wasn’t great and she said she didn’t want to leave the kids.
I told her I was upset that I basically went through everything alone. That I would’ve done anything to be with her. She told me she’s been there as much as possible and it’s not fair to dump all the kids on her daughter especially since I’ll need a lot of help when I get home and her daughter will need to help with the kids when she works. I told her marriage means through thick and thin and I feel abandoned. Now I’m getting one word answers from her. AITA for feeling like an afterthought?
Whether he’s feeling extra emotional due to an excess of pain killers, or he’s just a selfish man who can’t see through his wife’s perspective, OP is unintentionally being the “A-hole.” Redditors in the comments had a few theories as to why OP wasn’t in his right mind.
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