AITA For ‘Not Caring’ About My Wife Changing Hairstyles?
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Picture this: Our protagonist, a 34-year-old gentleman—you know, let’s call him Joe, because why not—has just survived a marital minefield he didn’t even know he was walking through. His lovely wife, let’s christen her Jane, is 33 and blessed with a mane of curls most of us can only dream about.
Joe, like the classic husband, is chilling on the couch possibly engrossed in something mind-numbingly important (like a game or YouTube fail compilations, probably), when Jane emerges with a freshly straightened head of hair. Now, Jane’s curls should probably have their own Instagram fan page, so this is a drastic departure from the norm, people. You’d think he’d notice? Well, he did. Kind of.
The Underwhelming Moment
Joe, being the ultimate husbandry statue, glances up and offers the bare minimum of acknowledgment. And by bare minimum, I mean a lethargic, “I like the style,” before diving back into whatever black hole of content he was lost in. Jane, understandably, was fishing for a bit more of a reaction. Like, HELLO, she just put in the effort, and her hair probably smells like a unicorn bathed in vanilla.
Optimism Meets Realism
Now, let’s pause here for a hot second. Jane responds with a “Really?!” and the cry for help here is almost palpable. She’s nudging Joe to step up his game, but Joe, bless his heart, thinks he’s nailed it with his minimalistic approach. And thus, he fires back at Jane with a “What do you mean?”
Queue the eye rolls and the “Are men even real?” memes. Jane, slightly exasperated, articulates that his comment was about as flat as an unbuttered pancake. She smacks him with the classic “OK, but you made it sound like you give the least amount of cares possible.”
The Original story
Original story
I (34M) am married to (33F). My wife she keeps her hair in curls like basically all the time (my wife has a lot of hair) and recently (like yesterday) she straightened it.
When I saw it, I said “I like the style” and just went back to what I was doing. She said “Really?
” and said that that my reaction was kind of bland. I like it, and I told her that, I don’t know what else she wanted me to say.
Nothing about that is bland. She then says “Ok, but you made it sound like you give the least amount of cares possible,” so I said I’m sorry, in more of a question way and she just said whatever and that I’m not getting it.
I asked her later, and she said that a little more affection would be appreciated, but I’m not getting it here.
AITA?