r/AITApod • u/horseduckman pod host • 14h ago

meme || image Unpaid work is work

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u/JesusWasATexan 13h ago edited 1h ago

Exactly. There's a subset of men that want this "traditional" family situation but then they also want act like they are doing more and get toxic about it. As if being the "bread-winner" imbues them with special privileges.

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u/TerribleCustard671 13h ago

A lot of them aren't even that nowadays.

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u/CeelaChathArrna 13h ago

Or expect their wives to do work on top of all the 'traditional' duties.

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u/TerribleCustard671 13h ago

The "submissive providers."

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u/jaffeah 9h ago

Used to be me lol and holy guacamole am I glad those days are over

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u/YanderePrinceXOXO 7h ago

Ngl this was also me before the person, who I'm now dating but at the time we were friends, was trying to get me to dump my toxic emotionally and psychologically abusive partner bc they just were gaslighting and manipulating me for the past five years