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?

That's hilarious! I'm now feeling defeminised by taking the bins out every single week 😂

Ahhh, male fragility. A beautiful thing.

Empty the big outdoor bin onto his lap if he continues to behave like a child.

This.
Something else is going on and he wants to pick a fight.

You've made him feel guilty, he knew they needed emptying but cricket came first. I suspect he doesn't do much more than the bins.

You can't get it right OP, can you?
If you took the bins out you are emansculating him and he sulks. If you tell him on your way in or out that the bins need to be out you are bossing him around, nagging and are lazy because you can do that yourself as it is a two minutes task.
Honestly, he is a drama king.

I'd tell him if he wants to stop being emasculated he needs to take the bins out before they overflow.

If bins are his thing, they shouldn’t have got to the state they were in, simple.

Remind him that you’re equal members of the household and when you see something that needs doing, you do it.

He should take this advice and start doing more around the house with his own initiative.

that's just hilarious....rent him out OP, in no time at all he'll have a penis the size of the Gherkin.

I wish my husband would feel ‘emasculated’ when I take the bins out.

I've taken the bins out for decades until my hips gave out soo for the last year DH has done it. He's had to learn about recycling boxes too 😂

He emasculated himself when he started sulking.

I don't find this at all 'hilarious'. You know that sulking and refusal to speak is a form of abuse, OP?

I'm guessing he does fuck all else in the house and if he does the bins he can tell himself he contributes 🙄

Firstly, you need to find your anger and tell him he needs to do his half / share

Secondly, if he refuses, think about whether you want to live the rest of your years with such a prick.

If this is for real he is a massive twat and totally ridiculous.

😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂

Perhaps he wants you to "validate his feelings" on bins, and make him know he is "heard" by you for your overstepping his bin management decisions.

Or he is just a prat

I would totally lean into this... let him prove his manliness by re-tiling the bathroom, relaying the patio, building a garden office... cleaning the car. Doing man stuff.

So if he thinks the bins are a ‘man’ job, does he expect you to do all the cooking and cleaning like women used to do in the 50’s?

This ^^

And give your head a wobble while you're at it😂

If being a man means taking the bins out, I've been a man my whole life.

I think, frankly, he needs to man the fuck up. How pathetic?

I've never heard such nonsense. I nearly always did the bins, why not?

Really funny just laugh and find him another male job,the ironing maybe.

Oh come on people - like the husband literally said he felt emasculated by that. Worded it like that? Summer stupidity innit