This Reddit Husband Left His Recovering Wife & Their Newborn for Days Because He 'Needed a Breather' & WTAF

We have found a lot of outlandish stories on Reddit over the years (like a lot), but one post from a postpartum mother left us feeling like we were having a fever dream. A week after giving birth via a cesarean section, this woman’s husband left her and their newborn to sleep at a friend’s house. He gave no timeline for coming home to his wife who described herself as a “truly sleep-deprived mother with a sizable flesh wound” (and anyone who’s ever endured a c-section knows that this is an apt description).

What prompted this, you ask? Well one night, the couple’s baby got upset while the new mom was tidying up the kitchen. He let out a “blood-curdling hunger cry,” and instead of doing something to help, the dad started recording. He was taking a video to send to his friends with the caption “my son hates me.”

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When his breastfeeding wife asked for the baby, he said he needed one more moment to finish the video.

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“Our son was losing it,” she said. “I lost it.”

OP called her husband out for this “screwed up stunt,” and he started sulking (boo hoo). Dad got defensive and told Mom to go upstairs so he didn’t have to look at her face.

*Lets out a blood-curdling anger cry*

“I said if he doesn’t want to look at my face there were keys and a truck outside and he could remedy that anytime he damn well pleased.”

Dad stupidly accepted this “offer” — and has been away for two days now. He is staying 45 minutes away with his best friend’s family. OP asked him to come home because … do we really need to explain this? She needs to eat, sleep, shower, and recover from her c-section, not to mention a supportive partner to help with the baby during all this!

“He said I kicked him out and now all of a sudden I want him to come back,” OP wrote. “He said no, he would not be doing that, and for me to just put the baby down in a swing and take care of him myself. He just wants to sit and enjoy time with his friends, he tells me.”

How truly unbelievable and unforgivable. But hold onto your hats, because the best friend’s wife got involved and texted some things that are just as dumbfounding.

“He’s just taking a breather, he will be home. Wouldn’t you rather him leave than say or do something he would regret? Be confident in yourself. You don’t need a man to take care of your baby! You’ve got this.”

Um, WHAT?! He “needs a breather?” Mom needs a support system and a shower! Platitudes don’t do sh*t, lady. Confidence doesn’t magically heal a c-section incision. And the regret ship has already sailed. He did something he should regret, and this woman shouldn’t be enabling that. How, how, how is she ok with this? Redditors agreed they would be driving their husband’s friend home ASAP if he tried to do something like this.

Now this mom is left wondering if this is “a deal breaker or a teachable moment.”

“Should I be packing up to leave? Or should I be sitting down and working this out?”