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Wife Ignores Man’s Home Office Rules, Pushes Him To The Limit, Drama Ensues When He Cancels WFH
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Wife Ignores Man’s Home Office Rules, Pushes Him To The Limit, Drama Ensues When He Cancels WFH

Wife Ignores Man’s Home Office Rules, Pushes Him To The Limit, Drama Ensues When He Cancels WFH“My Daughter Understood, My Wife Did Not”: Man Forced To End WFH Over WifeHusband Decides To Work Full-Time In The Office Because Of His WifeWife Disrespects Husband’s Work-From-Home Boundaries, Gets Mad When He Goes Back To The OfficeWife Makes Husband Return To The Office After She Kept Barging Into His Room While He WorkedGuy Decides He'd Rather Work In Office Than Deal With Wife Constantly Bothering HimMan Wishes He Could Continue Working From Home, But Wife Doesn’t Respect His Do-Not-Disturb Rule4 Year-Old Follows Dad’s One Rule Better Than His Wife, Massive Argument Ensues
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Until a few years ago, the idea of working from home was in the “must be nice” territory for most of us. But the pandemic made it a much more common practice.

Reddit user Quirky-Regret-9031 was one of the people who got to try it.

However, after the man turned one room in their house into his office, his wife started regularly interrupting him, often getting in the way of his meetings.

Eventually, the disruptions became so frequent that they strained the couple’s relationship, leading the man to make a post on the subreddit r/AITA in an attempt to get advice on handling the situation.

Many would like to have the opportunity to work from home

Image credits: Maxime / unsplash (not the actual photo)

Butt as this story shows, it’s not for everyone

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Image credits: Prostock-studio / envato (not the actual photo)

Image source: Quirky-Regret-9031

Company at home can actually be a huge benefit to remote workers

As far as remote work goes, the Redditor started from what seemed an advantageous position compared to his counterparts. Having his family around, even if on the other side of the door, could’ve, indeed, boosted his morale.

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This year, business communications experts Ringover conducted a survey of 1,154 full-time employees based in the US, asking about loneliness, team social activity, number of work friends, and so on, and discovered that remote workers are by far the most likely to feel lonely at work compared to office workers and hybrid workers.

In a statement to Bored Panda, Ringover explained that “Whether you work remotely, are in the office full-time, or in a hybrid situation, it seems that a majority of workers feel isolated.”

“However, while remote working comes with proven benefits, from increased productivity to stronger in-work autonomy, we can see that remote workers are most prone to frequently suffering from work loneliness.”

“In fact, remote workers report ‘often’ suffering from loneliness 98% more of the time when compared to office workers, and 179% more frequently than hybrid workers,” the team behind the research added.

This can, in part, be attributed to the fact that an overwhelming majority of remote employees (86%) who responded to the survey said they work alone.

Conversely, remote workers are 15% less likely to feel isolated from colleagues when they work from home with someone else in the same household.

It’s a shame, but Quirky-Regret-9031 and his wife just couldn’t get on the same page.

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People who read his story said the man did nothing wrong

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notlikeyou1971
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NTA. YOU WERE WORKING! Why don't ppl understand that working from home is actually working? Not just kicking back doing limited stuff and calling it work. Your wife kept interrupting you every time you were in a meeting, could not respect boundaries and could have put your job into jeopardy. I totally understand why you went back to the office. She has to live with the disaster of her own creation. Actions have consequences and now that she disrespected you,disrupted your job she's seeing the consequences of her own actions. This is her fault that you had to stop working from home. It's sad when a child understands and follows the rules and her mom can't.

Susan Schlee
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4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, it's AMAZING that the four year old completely understood, but the GROWN WOMAN couldn't! It sounds to me like the wife is waaaay entitled anyway, being a SAHM, but expecting her husband to watch the kid while he's working at home is completely selfish on her part, and the poor kid is stuck in the middle. Just to clarify- I don't think being a SAHM makes her entitled, but her behavior at the news her husband would be able to help out more is outrageous. Like, what did she do BEFORE he worked from home those 3 days a week? She sucked it up and did her job as a SAHM, which should not have changed just because hubby is home more. The only reason he was home more was so he COULD DO HIS JOB FROM HOME- the same job that provides the income for her to be a SAHM in the first place. As the saying goes, "The wife has cut her nose off despite her own face."

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FreeTheUnicorn
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is she this unreasonable and selfish in the rest of the relationship? I can't imagine the answer is no, OP didn't present it as out of character. I'd hate to live in that house.

Hey!
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She would be one to enter a teenager's room without knocking. God forbid.

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Bexxxx
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NTA especially if discussing confidentially patient information! Even 4 year old daughter can understand the very simple request, so why can’t the wife? So disrespectful.

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notlikeyou1971
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NTA. YOU WERE WORKING! Why don't ppl understand that working from home is actually working? Not just kicking back doing limited stuff and calling it work. Your wife kept interrupting you every time you were in a meeting, could not respect boundaries and could have put your job into jeopardy. I totally understand why you went back to the office. She has to live with the disaster of her own creation. Actions have consequences and now that she disrespected you,disrupted your job she's seeing the consequences of her own actions. This is her fault that you had to stop working from home. It's sad when a child understands and follows the rules and her mom can't.

Susan Schlee
Community Member
4 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, it's AMAZING that the four year old completely understood, but the GROWN WOMAN couldn't! It sounds to me like the wife is waaaay entitled anyway, being a SAHM, but expecting her husband to watch the kid while he's working at home is completely selfish on her part, and the poor kid is stuck in the middle. Just to clarify- I don't think being a SAHM makes her entitled, but her behavior at the news her husband would be able to help out more is outrageous. Like, what did she do BEFORE he worked from home those 3 days a week? She sucked it up and did her job as a SAHM, which should not have changed just because hubby is home more. The only reason he was home more was so he COULD DO HIS JOB FROM HOME- the same job that provides the income for her to be a SAHM in the first place. As the saying goes, "The wife has cut her nose off despite her own face."

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FreeTheUnicorn
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is she this unreasonable and selfish in the rest of the relationship? I can't imagine the answer is no, OP didn't present it as out of character. I'd hate to live in that house.

Hey!
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She would be one to enter a teenager's room without knocking. God forbid.

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Bexxxx
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4 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

NTA especially if discussing confidentially patient information! Even 4 year old daughter can understand the very simple request, so why can’t the wife? So disrespectful.

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