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Huffington Post // Technology

'My Husband Is A Grouchy Dad And It's Exhausting. What Can I Do?'

Friday 30th May 2025, 5:00AM


A parent has opened up about her husband’s “grouchy” behaviour and how utterly “exhausting” it is. Reddit user Chipsandsalza said she and her husband have two school-aged children together and “it seems like everything that our kids do annoys him in some way (unless they’re sitting in their rooms on iPads leaving him alone)”.The parent described her husband as not “warm and friendly”, and noted his father “seemed to be grouchy too”.And just lately her husband’s behaviour appears to be ramping up. “He’s annoyed if they have friends over. Annoyed if they go to a friend’s house. Annoyed if they are in a sport and it takes up our time. Annoyed if they forget something at school,” she said.“I can tell that our kids feel it. Sometimes if we are going somewhere, the kids will ask is Dad coming with. And when I tell them, yes, I can see a sigh of disappointment from them.”It all boiled over when her child had a friend over and her husband became irritable.“He had just made a pizza for himself for dinner and one of the kids asked for a slice. He threw his arms up in the air and said ‘fine have it all’. He eventually retreated to the bedroom, slam[med] the door and refused to come out the rest of the night,” said the parent.“I was just so embarrassed by his behaviour and have been thinking about what I want to

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