'Called me a jerk and left': This dad missed his daughter's birth - now he wants his wife to 'get over it'

Every couple is guilty of bringing up those niggling issues when fights get a little bit too heated, but one man is looking for some advice about handling resentment. 

It's the issue one man is sick of dealing with and asked the internet if he was wrong for telling his wife to 'get over' the fact he missed the birth of his daughter.

Sure, missing the birth of your child is a huge thing, but at what point do you have to move on? Well, the internet had a lot to say about it. 

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He explained that in his job, there are times where he has no accesses to his phone, or he's in the middle of nowhere – but it's always scheduled in advance. 

"My wife was pregnant and at the time I planned to take off work near her due date," he wrote in the post on Reddit's 'Am I The A--hole' thread. 

"Unfortunately she went into labour early (about a month early) and I was on an inspection. I only learned about her going into labour when I got signal again. By the time I got to the hospital she has already given birth.

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"This was about a 1.5 years ago and I am involved father. The issue is every single time we have an argument she will bring up I missed the birth." 

He explained it gets bought up constantly whenever they argue, but he reached breaking point during a fight over moving their daughter to a new daycare they can't afford. 

"In the middle of the argument she pulled out I wasn't there for the birth again. I told her she needs to get over that and stop using it in every f---ing argument we have. She called me a jerk and left."

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Plenty of people agreed that he is 'not the a--hole' in the situation, but a lot agreed he and his wife really need to chat about the issue.

"This is the definition of both 'not fighting fair' and 'concealing the real issue.' You didn't miss the birth due to negligence or apathy, you missed it due to work requirements," replied one person.

"Work is what (I assume) provides income and other necessities. Does she think you should have predicted early labour and what, quit your job?"

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"You had made plans to be there but due to your job you had no way of knowing that the baby came early. While it's understandable for her to have wished you could be there, she needs to accept that it's not your fault, that there was nothing you could have done," another person wrote.

Others agreed that it sounds like there's a deeper issue at play and maybe couple's therapy would be a better option for them to work it out.

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