A woman has been threatened with divorce after her husband was left furious over her actions at a brunch event.
The 30-year-old woman went to the event, which was being hosted by her friend, with her husband, 31, in tow. The event was “lively” and included entertainment, music and a range of performances.
The entertainment eventually progressed into a salsa performance with the dancers then “involving the crowd”. When she was approached by a male dancer and asked if she wanted to dance, she obliged.
The woman thought it would be “fun and light-hearted” but didn’t realise it would “include him carrying, swinging, and dipping” her as part of the salsa routine. As it was “very brief”, she “just went along with it” because she didn’t want to be “rude or cause a scene”.
After finishing, she sat back down with her husband and noticed he looked “visibly angry” but he remained quiet until later that night. He then told her she “embarrassed him in front of everyone” and “completely disrespected him by dancing with another man”.
He claimed this proved she didn’t truly know him or “care about his feelings” and “was so upset” that he asked for a divorce. On Reddit, the woman explained: “To me, it was an innocent interaction.
“I didn’t think accepting a dance during a public performance would be such a big deal, but I never meant to hurt or disrespect him.
“I now feel conflicted because while I think his reaction was extreme, I also don’t want to invalidate his feelings.”
She sought advice from others on the social media platform. Thousands of people were keen to share their thoughts. One person said: “You don’t throw that around or use it as a threat in a marriage. If you’re saying you want a divorce as ‘a threat’, then you’re not emotionally mature enough to be in a marriage. Either way, once it’s said, you cannot take that s*** back.”
But another said: “Somehow I feel like there’s a lot more going on here.” Someone else replied: “Probably but everyone’s advice still rings true. If he says this is his reason then he’s done. There is probably no fixing it and it’s better to leave. Let you both begin again and try and be happy.”
A fourth person said: “If a guy jumps to divorce over that, he was already 90% there.” To which, the woman replied: “This breaks my heart but you might be right”.
Echoing such sentiments, another commented: “If this was enough to set him off, the marriage was already in trouble. He was waiting for a reason to end it, and now he’s found one.”
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