@dustythunder_: Replying to @Dusty Thunder UPDATE: the one with the Pushy Brozo…? “WIBTA if I told my wife to get off her phone and take care of the baby?” #storytime #redditstories #redditreadings #story #aita
I think two things can be true: mom can be depressed and dad can be concerned about how her actions are impacting the baby’s health and development. He’s witnessed her ignoring the baby while she’s on baby duty. It’s surely happening when he’s gone.
2025-06-14 04:12:38
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Patty :
He’s irritated because he has to put what he’s doing down and help. He said it in his update. When he’s home she’s able to decompress
2025-06-13 18:18:24
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Amy :
Random, but has she been checked for postpartum? it is possible to get it later?
2025-06-14 16:10:59
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LaLaKro :
Maybe that’s her passive-aggressive way to get him to help with the baby when he’s with her/home.
2025-06-13 17:43:49
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chocolate_247 :
My guess is she’s highly attentive when it’s just her. When he’s home, she’s like “it’s your turn!” Which is fair
2025-06-13 19:50:42
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Edgell_07 :
If the roles were reversed, this would be a completely different conversation.
2025-06-14 08:39:12
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its meee :
The double standard in the comments section here is insane!
If it had been the father, everyone would have attacked him, but since it's the mother, everyone makes all sorts of excuses. Dad, he's taking care of the baby and wants the best for him! I totally understand his frustration.
2025-06-23 21:26:08
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megancain02 :
I feel like he’s making a lot of assumptions. She might just think that now that he’s home she can be off the clock for a bit. When OP is home he can’t expect to never care for the baby. She might just be burnt out and have nothing left to give by the time he comes home.
2025-06-14 00:40:44
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Brandy Powell :
He’s worried because it sounds like she’s completely disengaged from the baby and I think they absolutely should discuss it!!!
2025-06-26 11:19:18
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Deborah🇨🇦 :
Too many times we have seen a tragedy where the mom has done things to a baby, that is life ending, and everyone says, didn’t the husband notice and do something? Now we have everyone jumping on a dad, who is worried that what he is seeing is happening when he isn’t there to jump in. These poor days can’t win! Now he’s accused of being controlling and not doing enough. He’s worried for a reason.
2025-06-14 02:29:10
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Kaitlyn Dunn :
Mom probably "ignores" the crying only when hubby is home because she's EXHAUSTED from being with the baby all day! She wants him to step up maybe
2025-06-13 21:51:59
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Sarah Anne :
The “put in 8 hours” and money are icky….. and we only have his side. He’s painting her as defiantly ignoring the baby for her phone. BUT, my hubby does this, too, not for a baby though. They need to communicate, for sure. ESH.
2025-06-13 17:32:59
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Misty16x :
idk about you but I leave my phone on streams as background noise while doing things.
2025-06-13 18:59:44
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andreaGen❌ 🏳️🌈 :
He’s making himself a hero and his wife a villain.
2025-06-14 13:56:56
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Self Love ✨️ :
im so glad that @Candy Thunder is here to provide a mom POV and I think thats what the husband needs big time. bc when listening to Part 1 before Candy stepped in as a nonparent myself I was team dad and did not think that behavior was OK. but Candy gave a much needed perspective and they definitely need a parental 3rd party(preferably another couple)to figure out how to navigate this new stage of their lives
2025-06-13 17:42:58
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Erin :
let's flip this. what would we be telling HER if OP was on the phone and ignoring the baby?
2025-07-02 09:43:31
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Ghost of Christmas in July :
He's making my skin crawl. How does he know what she does when he's not home? Is he watching her? Because he's giving controlling vibes, especially with all the comments about money and sounding like her job didn't matter.
2025-06-13 20:49:31
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Aimee barahona :
Candy, where did you get Dusty’s shirt? I want it for my husband! Lol
2025-06-13 23:08:34
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Talissa Siobhan :
first
2025-06-13 17:27:18
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Taylor Beasley :
I think it’s interesting he hasn’t attempted to talk to his wife about this situation to let her know he’s upset. Unless I missed that in part 1
2025-06-15 19:23:27
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driftR9h :
If she’s constantly on her phone after he gets home from work, he’s probably starting to feel like a single parent. If she needs adult interaction she could talk to him too. Whatever it is they need to talk and figure out how to work as a team. Maybe they can figure it out on their own or maybe they’ll need counseling to get it figured out. At any rate it needs to be fixed not only for the baby, but for their relationship as well.
2025-06-13 22:01:00
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ndxracha :
He may want her on the clock 24/7? she needs time off, wth
2025-06-13 18:32:18
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🌈⃤Savage_Karma 🇨🇦 :
The issue is when he gets gone, she decompressed by being on the phone and now he has to step up and be a dad and drop everything and he blames his wife
2025-06-18 23:07:37
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Kitschy Kats :
That poor kid is going to have major attachment issues if they don’t deal. This is serious, if a real thing.
2025-06-13 17:29:22
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Lana :
it sounds like because he doesn't know what happens when he isn't home, and what he sees when he is home has him concerned. maybe they just need a conversation and it could be she is not on her phone while he is away and is in rest mode when he is home. sounds like that's the actual conversation they need to have. could be a miscommunication where she hasn't said to him that she picks up her phone when he's home so she can rest. leaving him to be concerned about her phone time as he's having the wrong conversation with her. 🤷🏾♀️
2025-06-13 19:06:03
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