AIO that my husband was disgusted by me not wanting to work out without my headphones?
My gym is about a 5 min drive from our house. I grabbed the headphone case and drove to the gym. When I got there, I saw that they were empty and realized my husband took them when he went on his walk. He usually takes an hour to finish his walk so I figured the timing worked out and if I head back home, he’d be finishing up and I could grab them and head back to the gym. I was right, he showed up 2 mins after I got home.
When I told him what happened, he was seriously disgusted by my actions and called me “self-indulgent” and pathetic and told me that he doesn’t respect me for my decision. I was taken aback and didn’t think it was a big deal to do what I did, I may have spent a total 15 mins for the round trip - including waiting for the headphones. I feel really upset that he feels this way about me. I really do like listening to my own music at the gym, I feel more focused and determined. It’s a helpful tool for me to get a more productive workout in.
Is what I did so bad?
Edit: some of you are asking for more context. So here we go: yes, we’re in a rough patch in our relationship right now I guess. We’re dealing with quite a bit of stress recently; that’s probably is what is making him extra mean lately. We need to be nicer to each other but it’s hard to start when I have to deal with this crap in the morning. Thanks for enlightening me and showing me he was truly out of line this time. I’m going to have a talk with him today and show him that it is NORMAL to want to have headphones during a workout and he’s the weirdo in this case. I wouldn’t have been so upset if he cAlled me out on being spoiled or whatever in a joking way but this was too far. He talks about us having different values for certain things. While I do agree, I don’t think a lot of people would share his values tbh. He also said that I’m going to the gym to work out not listen to music. I don’t even know how to respond to that…
Also yes I should just get another pair!
And no this is not AI generated, I wish it was… sadly it is my life 😭
Edit2: since a lot of people are asking for another update: I spoke to him and he understood that he was way out of line. We need to go to some kind of couples therapy I believe to make sure this doesn’t happen again.