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AITA for putting my husband up for adoption

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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f32, m35<br><br>Husband and i have been together for 10 years. I met him during a time i was going through a rough patch dealing with being overweight and just being generally unhappy with my life. He was one of the first people in a long time who showed me kindness. We were good friends for a few years. He even went with me to doctor appointments when i got my gastric bypass done. I grew to appreciate him and decided to date him. We had a whirlwind romance. He is a very handsome and kind person. I was too! We both worked out a lot. We both ate healthy. And we were both a power couple. <br><br>Fast forward years later, i started to notice changes in him. He stopped working out and started putting on weight. I tried to talk to him about it but he got angry. I assumed he just had body dysmorphia. I tried to be more supportive. I started to notice him eating out a lot. He started to drink. When we were together, he would eat healthier. But when he would eat alone, he'd order pizza and stuff. I didn't think too much of it. <br><br>I really didn't pay much attention to his lifestyle changes. I was going through my own stuff. I recently found out i couldn't have kids. It was devastating. I'd always wanted kids. It made me wish i could go back in time and freeze my eggs. I started to withdraw into myself. He didn't really seem to care or notice or maybe he did and didn't say anything. Either way, he just kept on gaining weight. <br><br>One day, we were out at the park. There was a sign that said "free kitten adoptions" i love cats but didn't have time for one. So i thought, if i can't have a kid, why not adopt an adult human? My husband fit the bill. He was lazy, which meant he was already a house cat. So i went up to the sign and asked if i could adopt an adult human instead. The woman in charge of the kitten adoptions was confused. I explained "well you're adopting out kittens but they're gonna grow into cats anyways. I don't have time for a kitten. I already have a fully grown adult cat at home i want to adopt instead." <br><br>She asked me to fill out the paperwork. I went home. Husband asked me what i was doing with the paperwork. I told him i was adopting him. He laughed. He didn't believe me. I told him i was serious. Adoption services called me back. I told them i had the man i wanted to adopt in my car. They told me to bring him down and they'd finalize the paperwork. <br><br>Husband didn't believe me until he saw the woman from the park on the phone with me. I told him i was serious. I was adopting him. He could stay home and watch tv all day, sleep around the house. Eat all he wanted. I'd buy his food and pay for his vet bills. I would even get him fixed so he couldn't make any "kittens". That really set him off. He yelled at me. He called me horrible. He said we were filing for divorce. He took the papers and left. <br><br>I guess i probably ruined our marriage. But did i go too far? AITA?

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