'My pregnant wife keeps making unreasonable food demand – it's not on'

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A baffled husband has shared his pregnant wife's peculiar eating habits, which involve her refusing to eat all day and then demanding he fetches her food at 2am.

The 32-year-old man's wife, who is nine weeks pregnant, struggles to decide what she wants to eat during the day but craves fast food in the early hours of the morning.

Seeking advice, the man turned to Reddit's popular Am I The A**hole (AITA) forum to air his frustrations. He explained: "My wife straight up chooses not to eat breakfast or lunch at home during the day because ‘we have nothing’ except we do and what she really means is ‘we don't have anything I want'."

He further revealed that despite working all day, he usually prepares dinner, but his wife either doesn't know what she wants, rejects his suggestions, or picks at her food without eating much.

According to him, she then expects him to wake up at midnight, 2am, 4am or "whatever late" time she chooses, to drive to a fast food outlet or petrol station for snacks. The husband admitted he "basically always tells her no".

He added: "I tell her that the snacks that she wants, we should buy at the store or that she should actually eat some breakfast, some lunch, or some dinner so she's not starving in the middle of the night." The husband explained that he always ensures his wife has dinner so she doesn't go hungry during the night, and he maintains a calm and gentle tone throughout.

In an updated post, he revealed his wife had suddenly quit her job at their daughter's primary school without discussing it with him or devising a financial plan together. Before half term, she informed him that she wanted to quit because she was pregnant and wanted to start her own nail business.

The man expressed his support for the "great idea" of starting a nail business but advised her to wait a couple of months until she had practised, learned how to do it and attracted a small client base, which she chose not to do.

His post garnered over a thousand comments from people eager to share their opinions. One person commented: "First, unless she is on bed rest, high risk or almost due, she can damn well drive herself... Yes, she is hormonal. That is not an excuse to do what she is doing.

"Either she needs to figure out what she can eat because not eating is not healthy for the baby or see a doctor because again, not eating is not healthy for the baby. Also, make a list of the snacks she asks for. Not the fast food but the snacks. Then go and buy them and stock them for when she asks.

"If she still won't eat them, then honestly, it sounds like she is testing you to see how far you will go, which is just wrong. You can also see about setting up if you live in a town or city where she can call and have food delivered if she gets a craving."

Another weighed in saying: "Yeah, I'm wondering why she isn't driving herself. She sounds exhausting, needing to be catered to constantly. She is an adult and should be able to feed herself. She's pregnant. She can still cook and make herself something to eat."

Another person, who's also expecting, added her perspective: "I'm eight months pregnant, high risk, been on bed rest for almost three months now, and would never do this to my husband.

"I have a basket next to my bed full of snacks and drinks in case I need something in the middle of the night. He's working 60 hrs a week because I can't work. I could never imagine being selfish enough for my cravings to take away from his sleep."

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