Husband furious I took the bins out - WWYD?

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Bit of a daft one maybe but genuinely curious what others think.

DH has been in a strop since last night because I took the bins out. He was sat on the sofa watching the cricket, bins were literally spilling over, so I just grabbed them on the way out to the shop. Didn’t even think about it.

Anyway he’s now saying I “emasculated” him and “disrespected his role as a husband” (his words, not mine 🙄). Apparently bin duty is his thing and I’ve overstepped??

Told me I made him look useless and he’s now being all cold and sulky. I laughed at first but now he’s gone all moody and dramatic like I’ve committed some massive betrayal.

Is this normal?? I thought this kinda gendered nonsense was dead and buried but he’s proper taking it personally. Anyone else’s OH like this or is mine just being a numpty?

WWYD? Ignore and let him sulk or sit him down and tell him he’s being ridiculous?

This can't be true. Too many hairy hands these days!

I take the rubbish out all the time; have never given it any thought nor has DH. He does lots of things for us/our household that some might consider to be within my remit but we're a team and we support each other to have a happy, well rounded household.

You put the bin out and he feels emasculated?

Fragile much?

Wow, he sounds absolutely pathetic. Why would anyone think any less of him? Who would even notice that you out the bins out?!
Tell him to grow up.
If find that a major turn off.

Just chop his balls off and bin them! What a prize idiot!

I'm waiting for DH to put the bins out, been waiting over three years now.

I guess you have only been married a month or so.

as surely a married man of several years would not behave like this ?

It's not about the bins!

That's crazy. I always do the bins in our house. I am always followed by the cat whenever i do it though, I don't think he trusts me to do it properly!

What am I reading. This is mental. My husband moans becuade i don't take the bins out. Guess we can't win.

For someone who thinks the bins are his job, he's not very good at it!

Wow. My husband would have been delighted!

WTAF? Jeezo…

My DH normally puts the bins out but I was outside the other evening watering the plants, so I put the bin out whilst I was there. Told DH I'd done it when I came back in and he said "thanks". That is the normal reaction, not the one your DH has displayed, which is totally OTT.

Does he pull the bins out with a rope attached to his penis?

We joke about the bins being a 'boy' job but that's because we both hate sorting out the sodding things.

Is this the only chores he does? Like he uses this as brag how he does chores and now he is upset that he can't claim that anymore?

Laugh and say stop sulking, you’re emasculating yourself.

I think I would just laugh, to be honest. That is beyond silly lmao.

Emasculated him? I’d go outside, get the bin bag, chuck it at him and say “there you are; take it out”

The misogyny is strong with this one.
How dare you make him feel emasculated!

I'm guessing he thought you were being passive aggressive, intentionally taking the bins out to shame him.
He's projecting, blaming you for how he feels.

“Oh, ok. Sorry you felt useless….

I didn’t realise your ego was resting on bin performance.”

edited to add snark.

Eh? He's delusional. My DH tends to do it more often as he works from home more and knows which week is what bin etc... I'm certain he would love it if I did it more often but I never remember. You're DH is being very weird about this. What a stupid thing to get in a strop about. Does he strop about other minor things?

My DH usually puts the bins out as I despise it, and might make a joke about me doing it (it really is a rare occurrence), but he'd also be delighted.

what a knob. Does he leave them till they are overflowing so taking them out is a feat of masculine strength? Does he stretch before attempting it? Knob.

Your husband is being utterly ridiculous! Is this incident been blown out of proportion because he is feeling useless or thinks you're overriding him somewhere else along the line?! It seems very trivial to be sulking, cold and in a mood over, so I'm looking at the bigger picture. I would perhaps ask him, what is going on, because this isn't about bins, there's something else.