A husband has sparked a debate after refusing to share his breakfast along with his spouse since she didn't pay for it whereas on vacation collectively.

The 29-year-old man, who's at present travelling along with his associate, additionally 29, stated they each "value their independence" of their relationship.

But taking to Reddit, he requested for individuals’s opinions on a state of affairs he was lately confronted with.

He first defined: “We make around the same money. We keep our finances separate and we each pay half of the rent.”

He then added: “We are currently travelling together in a walkable city and we are living in a hotel. We don’t qualify for the free breakfast.

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“So we basically have to buy food from nearby restaurants because the hotel’s restaurants are super expensive.”

He admitted travelling on a “careful budget” resulting from cash being "tight" for the couple.

The man was confronted with a dilemma after getting breakfast, saying: “This morning I got up early and went and got a nice but small breakfast burrito for myself. My wife woke up and claimed she’s hungry and wanted to walk to a nearby place to get some food for herself.

“Even when we are at home, we almost never eat breakfast together. The problem is that she demanded I give her a chunk of my breakfast burrito so she could walk outside and get some food for herself.”

He refused to share his "fairly small" burrito as he claimed it will not have been sufficient for him.

“She said she needed to eat something in the morning so she doesn’t 'faint' during the walk to get her own food, which I completely don’t understand since she only needs to walk a few blocks to find food,” he stated.

He solely agreed to offer her a piece of his burrito if in return she shared her meals with him.

“She called me petty and just walked out,” he stated. “And she has been giving me a passive-aggressive attitude since then.”

In simply 18 hours, his put up acquired greater than 2,700 feedback, with one individual saying “this is the saddest thing I’ve read on here in a while.”

Another person questioned whether or not they actually appreciated one another including: “I understand separate bank accounts for some things, but not even getting your wife some breakfast when you’re already out? Do you even like her lol?”

The most appreciated remark reads: “Honestly I don’t understand why the two of you are married and I certainly don’t understand why you wouldn’t pick up something for her when you got your own.”