AITA for storming off when my partner made ordering dumplings a drama?
I (34F) have a 2yo son and for the past couple of days I’ve basically been solo parenting. My partner (38M) has been working, but also spending a lot of time in the garden like, all day today working on our Reno’s while I’ve been doing the meals, the meltdowns, Wiggles, cars, and about a hundred versions of lunch. I’ve been super run down and fighting off being sick too.
I was honestly just hoping for some support. Not even a big thing l, just a moment where he’d take something off my plate or say “I’ve got this.”
Anyway, come dinner time, i offered to cook a few things and he said he didn’t feel like them and then I suggested we get Uber Eats. I offered a few options, including dumplings, which he initially said no to. Eventually he agreed to dumplings and added like $150 worth to the cart, which is way more than we usually spend. I asked what from it he actually wanted so I could pick something too, and he got super annoyed. I ended up storming off and not eating anything.
Later I sent him a message saying I was emotionally exhausted and just wanted to feel like we were in it together, not on seperate shifts all the time. I told him I missed him and that I don’t usually show vulnerability but I’m really struggling. His response was basically that he didn’t want to pretend everything’s ok, and he’d cancel our dinner plans with friends.
I didn’t ask to cancel, I just wanted to feel seen. But now he’s asleep on the couch, and it really feels like he’s punishing me for expressing how I feel. He’s done this before kinda makes me feel like everything’s my fault or like I’ve hijacked the vibe just for being tired or sad or sick. It makes him sound horrible, ordinarily we have a great relationship but lately external things have been really stressful.
Now I’m sitting here starving and sad and wondering if I was the asshole for asking for something so small. AITA