Husband Praised for Trying To 'Solve a Problem' for Wife With New Underwear

A husband has posted a hilarious rendition of a scenario involving a poorly presented gift for his wife on Reddit—garnering 20,000 upvotes already.

In the post, where user Typical_AD_210 says he's, "FU [f**ked up] again", he describes how his wife has been "complaining" all summer of the discomfort she's been experiencing from sweating, particularly in the chest area.

"Now this isn't my first rodeo," he wrote, "So I stuck to just sympathetically listening and nodding at appropriate times. No comments that could be misconstrued as me criticizing her breasts or her sweatiness or anything like it. (She's not even any more sweaty than the average person and her breasts are incredible, but I digress). And absolutely NO way in hell was I going to try to "solve" her problem. Only a husband who is an idiotic masochist would do that, right?"

He goes on to describe how an email ad just happened to catch his eye for "The Sweat-Proof Bra. A match made in leak proof heaven." "Obviously any sane person would delete the email, but as I said, I'm an idiotic masochist. Plus, the email said this bra would be my wife's "new breast friend". Who was I to keep her from her breast friend?

"So I checked out the sizes of her other bras and then placed an order. It arrived an hour or so ago. I knew what it would be, so handed it to her unopened."

Needless to say his wife was less than thrilled with the delivery of the utilitarian gift. "Well I'm sure you can imagine how it went from there, and my foolish muttering of "bu.. but the ad said it would be your new breast friend" didn't help matters. Because apparently I'm the only sweaty tit here. I don't find her sexy anymore. I'll have you know that those sweaty breasts fed and nourished our children. And just what, exactly, am I getting at anyway? Am I trying to say she has saggy boobs? That she needs a new bra? A more supportive one, for her ageing sagbags. This is just like me, to try to solve a problem, rather than letting her vent."

She then took the children swimming, leaving the husband with "2 hours or so to try and salvage things somehow. Crotchless pants?"

In an edit he added: "they're just back. She has ice cream for me and a sheepish grin, lol. I imagine we will be laughing about this after the kids go to bed. Like someone said, possibly my delivery, as if it was going to be a great present, contributed to her reaction. As did the fact I haven't bought her sexy underwear in a long time. And she may well be going through the perimenopause. We have an incredible relationship, she is so funny, kind, caring, laid back, witty and a million other good things. Her reaction was baffling, it was so out of character. Anyway, I'm going to read the kids their stories and put them to bed. They always sleep incredibly well after swimming, so hopefully we can both enjoy her sweaty breasts soon enough, lol."

Couples Gifts

Christmas, birthdays, Valentine's Day. For most couples, these events require the perfect gift. It is well known though, that however long you've been together, and however much you love each other, the perfect gift is an illusive creature. No wonder #couplesgiftideas has over 106 million views on TikTok.

You could get lucky, and have an unbelievably understanding partner, who likes the finer things but is equally thrilled with something simple. Take couple Caitlin and Leah with their video that has over 2 million views.

You could get crafty, and make something truly special (not like Chandler and the sock bunny), like this resourceful boyfriend who has been viewed over eight million times on TikTok on DIY Bag Studio.

Or, you could take the classic phrase, "You don't have to get me anything" completely literally like Myley from The J Family, to her husband's dismay but to the delight of over 400,000 viewers.

On His Side

Despite the original user's own admission of guilt, he has been fairly well supported in the comments. "I know that everyone is different but it really seems like a caring gift" said one user with nearly ten thousand likes, while another person wrote:

"Agreed! It means not only was he listening, but he cared enough to see something and go "Oh, I bet this would help solve that issue!" and then did it with the intention of helping! It's super sweet and even if it was a miss, that's still a great thing for a husband to do. Way to disincentivize thoughtful gifts in the future."

One person commented on stereotypical male traits, "That's typical male problem-solving thinking that for some reason is the #1 misunderstood thing ever," and another shared their own experience, "My husband got me an electric toothbrush and extra replacement heads for my birthday a few years ago. I'd been using a normal toothbrush my whole life and would sometimes make covetous comments about his electric toothbrush. It wasn't the most romantic gift. But I sure do use it every day!"