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However, her entire story, which was posted on an anonymous forum, had enough twists to make it go viral on Reddit.

From who really was the family’s breadwinner to issues of sweat equity versus monetary contributions, this little domestic drama delivered on all fronts.

Read on to see the full story — and how Redditors reacted.

The original poster (aka “OP”) started the post by providing some background information.

“I’m a Steamfitter. However, I have been at this for a while and am under supervision. With bonuses and incentives, but not counting benefits, I make over $100 an hour,” she wrote.

“I also work outside the city. I started doing this when the kids were old enough to care for their parents at home. So when my youngest son was in the core faculty and my oldest was in his junior year of high school.”

OP went on to expressly thank him for the situation he finds himself in.

“It’s cool. Our retirement savings are piling up and now we can splurge on the kids. And ourselves.

But of course there was a fly in the ointment.

“My husband is still upset because I decided to pay for a cleaning lady,” she explained. “He and I discussed it and agreed that he and the kids didn’t do a great job keeping the house clean and tidy while I was gone. I hated coming home to a crowd. This led to some fights because it was like they expected me to come home and clean up.

While her husband may have trouble having the extra support, OP said, “Having her is amazing. I come home to a clean house and I’m happier. My kids have extra time to check in and do extracurricular activities. They still have chores and they still have to wash.

But as she said above, her partner wasn’t on the same page.

“My husband came to me the last time I was home and said we should always cut back on the service when I’m home. That I must be doing extra chores around the house. He thinks we are losing money. I mentioned that I work 14 days in a row and that it’s 13 hours a day. Sure it’s largely paperwork, but your job as an instructor isn’t much more physically challenging. I mentioned that I can offer him two options. If he wished, we could eliminate the service entirely and he and the young people could be assured that the house was in good condition when I acquired residency. Or he can pay me my hourly rate to do additional housework when I’m off.”

“He is upset with me and says I am being financially manipulative,” wrote OP, concluding the post. “I think if he and the kids actually did what they were supposed to do when I was gone, none of this would be a problem.”

Almost no one thought the OP was wrong. The truth is, as you might imagine, many commentators have taken epic takedowns of her husband.

However, the top-rated post took a much more balanced approach:

“So, you can afford it, everything can be done, everyone has free time, no one has to do anything they don’t want to do, there’s no fighting over it – I mean, there’s really no draw back and everyone wins. Him being upset because you mentioned that if the maid leaves he will need to do his fair share could be very revealing. You’re not home to make a mess, but you must work A LOT and are available to clean up after him just because he wants to ‘cut your expenses’ while sitting on his ass? People like your husband always reinforce my decision to remain single.”

Although this seemed quite difficult for the husband, the commenter followed up with an “edit” to his post, writing, “Oh Lord, people are really getting carried away with the comments. I’m not surprised by the Reddit trigger, but come on now. We don’t know the husband at all and we just have to judge by the content of this post. It’s entirely possible that the husband really wants to reduce his expenses because he’s cheap, but he’s just a self-centered, lazy, inconsiderate jerk wanting to act at the OP’s expense. What does that mean? ‘Never attribute to malice that which can be defined by stupidity’ or something like that? It wouldn’t make sense, but some people just don’t have the logic chip.”

The Redditor added, “However, TA, but that doesn’t automatically mean he’s a mean woman hater on a journey of influence who can’t stand his wife, so seeing her suffer and serve will make his peepee arduous. Some of you dramatic llamas should get a grip, stop projecting your prejudices and dangerous experiences onto everyone else, and get in touch with some grass.”

However, it wasn’t all arrows, as many commentators went down the rabbit hole of writing epic satirical takedowns of 1950s homegrown fantasies.

“Once upon a time in Fantasyland, all the women worked outside the home to earn enough money to contribute significantly to the family, but no more than their husbands, while also doing all the family chores,” wrote one talented Redditor. “They did this while wearing modest clothing so no other men could look at them, while also wearing sexy lingerie for their husbands to see when asked. They were always in the mood to be playful, but they were also all virgins. All breasts were DD size but never saggy, women drank beer and ate chips but never gained weight.

Another took the lead and wrote one for men: “Yes, and all the husbands earned enough to fully support a family of five. They had their own house, 2 vehicles and a holiday home with common trips. That they had impeccable hygiene and were respectful and trustworthy. They always ordered a few seconds of their incredibly prepared meals, but never missed the 6-pack or the chiseled jawline. Beautiful jewelry was purchased for your wife for all of her milestones. Fresh flowers overflowed her house on her common dates and romantic dinners and rarely because. Fantasyland was truly a wonderful place!”

Others in the thread were simply turned off by the marriage, basically, with one summing it up this way: “Ugh, no way, no way, am I getting married.”

What do you suppose?