A woman has been left outraged after her husband bought her a skimpy dress to wear in front of his friends while she serves them snacks and beers. The 26-year-old explained how she adopted the role of a stay-at-home wife after the pandemic, saying her husband earns enough money to support the both of them.
She started picking up the workload at home in an attempt to create balance in their relationship once more. Taking to Reddit, the woman said: "I never thought I'd end up being a 'traditional' wife, but given that he's the breadwinner, I sometimes feel as though I should pick up a lot of the slack at home.
"I'm not a great cook, but I'm sociable and enjoy being the hostess. When my husband, Harry*, has friends over to watch soccer, I prep a huge tray of snacks, keep the beers on ice, and pop in with drink and food top ups during the game.
"I don't stay to watch, but I do ask the guys how they're doing etc, just polite chit chat. They all seemed into it and often comment that Harry has done well to have such a great wife. It's a nice set up."
But last week, her husband returned home with a "beautifully gift wrapped box", saying he'd bought her something to wear next time his friends are over.
"I do my best to dress nicely when they're round, so I figured it would be a pretty dress or something. He had this huge grin on his face so I was so excited," she added.
But her face completely dropped when she looked inside the box - not at all prepared for what was lurking inside.
She said: "I opened the box to find a red latex mini dress and a ball gag. The gag was designed to look like a soccer ball and the dress is in his team's colour.
"I didn't know what to say at first, I was so confused (he's never been into anything like that, he's very vanilla).
"I asked if it was a joke and at first he said no and told me his friends wouldn't believe how lucky he was if I walked in with the snacks like that.
"I can't remember what I said next, but then he told me it would be hilarious if I wore it and I should lighten up. I gave it a nervous laugh and told him I thought it was funny too."
The following day, the woman woke up to find he'd laid both items out on her dresser, saying 'he's looking forward to seeing her in them when the guys come round tomorrow'.
"I reminded him that he said it was a joke, he got a bit sulky and said he can't believe I don't have a sense of humour," she added.
"But from what he's saying, it sounds like he's expecting me to wear it? I'm so confused because I don't know if he's done this as a joke because his friends think I talk too much, or If he'd get off on me being humiliated.
"He says I'm being uptight and called me out for being an a***hole, but I honestly don't think I'm unreasonable."
In response, one user said: "If it's something he's into, this is not the way to introduce it.
"And if humour is really the goal, tell him that his friends would find it even funnier if he wore it (undeniably true), and then you can get upset if he doesn't go along with that, because that would make him uptight, and where is his sense of humour?"
Another user added: "I think you need to go back to work - and never make snacks for your husband's friends again."
A third user said: "Your husband is weird. Or maybe he is testing your limits and will become more abusive once you are fully financially dependent on him.
"Consider staying away during the next party. And definitely consider getting a job and a 'backup' bank account that he doesn't have access to."
* Harry's name has been changed for the purpose of this article.
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