Wife Asks Reddit Users If She Is TA For Drinking Wine With Her BIL On Christmas
A wife turns to Reddit to vent a little and ask users if she went wrong in her married life.
A Christmas dinner turned awkward fast when one wife found herself wondering if a simple conversation with her brother-in-law had crossed a line. What started as family chatter and a glass of wine soon turned into a bigger fight with her husband, who decided the whole thing was inappropriate.
The woman says she was talking with her BIL while other relatives were around, but her husband still got upset and stopped speaking to her. That left her questioning whether she had done something wrong or if he was overreacting to a harmless moment at the holiday table.
Reddit had plenty to say about the situation, and the responses did not go easy on the husband. Read on.
No, woman, that doesn't make you TA but a respectable member of the family.
HusbandAndBILThe husband seems to be jealous of the BIL because he is more modern than the other men in the family.
HusbandAndBILThe husband appears to be quite insecure about the modern, outgoing BIL.
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That is where the tension really started to show.
Interacting and discussing something both people are passionate about is not flirting.
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The husband is behaving in the most childish manner possible. Ask him to act his age!
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Well, there is no explanation needed after hearing the story; NTA, period!
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Reddit did not think she was the one in the wrong.
It seems like he is ruining his own celebrations and trying to spoil yours as well.
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Exactly, who even gets insecure about their own family members? That's sick!
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Well, the husband doesn't help with the food and expects others not to assist the wife either.
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There couldn't be a more appropriate word to describe the husband's behavior than 'jealousy.'
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It is the feeling of comparison that is making the husband jealous.
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One commenter thought the real issue was jealousy, plain and simple.
It’s all about the insecurities within the husband; he needs to get rid of them soon.
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Masculinity is not just about watching sports with a beer; it's about being able to share your partner's work.
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Now the husband's level of jealousy has risen so much that everything revolves around his BIL.
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It would have been wrong if the wife had done something inappropriate with her BIL after getting drunk.
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The BIL helps with the food because he loves cooking, not because the wife is in the kitchen.
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When the pregnant sister isn't offended, why is the husband overreacting for literally no reason?
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Another reply pointed out that the rest of the family did not seem bothered at all.
This is the funniest comment, but it makes the most sense out of all.
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If helping while cooking is considered flirting, then I have been flirting with my brother all this time.
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This whole situation gives the wife a chance to encourage her husband to cook with her.
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The one who should be getting mad is chilling, and the one who should be chilling is getting mad. The irony!
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The whole point of getting angry was not because they were talking, but because the BIL chose cooking over watching sports.
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This whole Christmas mess left the husband looking like the one with the bigger problem.
Share this story with all your friends and family, especially those who are married, and tell them how they can be excellent helping partners.
Want more AITA-style conflict, read how the husband handled intrusive in-laws without blowing up his marriage.
