When I got sick, I finally saw a side to my husband that I didn\u2019t like. He abandoned me and our newborn baby because he didn\u2019t want to step up and be a good father and husband, so I played along. But I came out on top!<\/p>\n
I\u2019m 30, married to a man named Drew who\u2019s 33, and we have a six-month-old baby girl named Sadie. She\u2019s the light of my life\u2014a smile like sunshine, chubby cheeks, and the sweetest little giggle. But apparently, all of that was just a minor inconvenience to my husband when I got sick.<\/p>\n
Let me tell you what happened. Strap in, because it still feels like a fever dream, and not just because I had a fever when it all started. This all occurred about a month ago. I\u2019d caught some brutal virus. Not COVID-19, not RSV, but something gnarly<\/p>\n
I mean, this thing came with body aches, chills, and a cough that made my ribs feel like they were being punched from the inside! The worst part? Sadie had just gotten over a cold herself, so I was already drained.<\/p>\n
At this point, I was sleep-deprived, sick, and trying to take care of a baby who was still clingy from her own recovery. Strangely, Drew had been acting weird for weeks, even before I got sick. He was distant.<\/p>\n
Always on his phone, chuckling at things he wouldn\u2019t share. When I\u2019d ask what was so funny, he\u2019d just shrug and say, \u201cIt\u2019s work stuff.\u201d His fuse was short, too. He snapped over stupid things\u2014the dishes in the sink and my forgetting to defrost the chicken.<\/p>\n
My husband also kept commenting on how tired I looked. \u201cYou always seem exhausted,\u201d he said one night while I rocked Sadie in my arms and tried to suppress a cough.<\/p>\n
Well, yeah, duh. I\u2019m raising a human,\u201d I replied with a tinge of annoyance.<\/p>\n
I thought maybe, just maybe, this illness would snap him out of it. I hoped he\u2019d see me struggling and finally step up. Pick up the slack. Be the man I married.<\/p>\n
Boy, was I wrong!<\/p>\n
The night my fever hit 102.4, I could barely sit up! My hair was stuck to my forehead, my skin burned, and my whole body ached like I\u2019d been hit by a truck! I looked at him and, with all the strength I could muster, I whispered, \u201cCan you please take Sadie? I just need to lie down for 20 minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t even blink. \u201cI can\u2019t. Your cough is keeping me up. I NEED SLEEP. I think I\u2019m gonna stay at my mom\u2019s for a few nights.\u201d<\/p>\n
I actually laughed\u2014not because it was funny, but because it was so absurd I thought he had to be joking!<\/p>\n
He wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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