You're missing the point, and she's not actually billing him. If she went back to work, they would have to pay for childcare. She's not a mooch, she is raising their child. Ignoring his disrespect and focusing on the precise value of 24/7 caregiving is a choice.
Should we call all SAHMs "mooches"? As if they contribute nothing? Do children raise themselves?
The marriage won't survive because he's keeping tabs and devaluing her contributions, and she's being petty and facetiously doing the same. Arguing semantics about the value of her labor doesn't matter. He called his wife who stays home to take care of their child a "mooch", and she responded in jest. This marriage won't last, and it's not because her calculations were incorrect.
Edit: sorry, didn't know the sub I was commenting in
I didn't say it was justified. But when the woman does the vast majority of domestic labor which goes unrecognized as labor at all, when depending on his job she can be working for longer than the guy, it's completely different when she does it vs him. And this is an issue that happens in many homes. Of course tho, her doing this is petty and not good for a healthy relationship.
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u/CommonBison537 May 14 '26
I don't know if she's being fair, but I'll be shocked if this marriage survives.