AITA for masterbating while my kid (3y) was in the other room.
For context mid-June, I was released from my job in a crappy way.
My wife and I have 1 child, a 3-year-old boy. To take care of our finances, he stays home 3 days a week while I am not working.
I had a vasectomy performed just before I was let go. It was something that we briefly talked about when we decided we didn’t want any more children. The doctor that performed the procedure requires 2 semen samples to confirm there are no sperms present.
Fast forward to yesterday. I hadn’t submitted a sample since the surgery and have a job lined up to begin 8/5. Friday, it was the boy and I at home. We were plating outside, it was hot, so we went inside to cool off. I set him up on his tablet, watching something on YouTube kids, and decided I would check the paperwork about the sample submission.
It recommends calling the doc office to make sure someone is present to check the sample. Upon calling, I found out the doc is in till 11am. It was currently about 830am, so I decided to collect a sample.
After confirming, he was good and would not bother me while I was doing the deed. I snuck off to quickly collect.
The boy and I then go to the docs office to submit the sample and run another errand while out.
At about 1pm I get a call from the docs office saying there was no spern in the sample and to submit the next sample after 10/14. I went to text a friend who also had the procedure done with a joke(actual text I sent), “Shooting blanks… now how do I tell the wife I did the test while I was supposed to be watching the boy 🤔”
I didn’t realize I had actually sent this to my wife. She is livid that I had done this while he was at home, calling me a “pervert” and telling me I need to get out of the house.
We do have our issues, but I don’t feel this was a huge deal, enough to warent wanting me gone out of the house. I was busy for 5-10 mins top. I had confirmed our kid was safe and happy with a snack and drink to keep him busy. I was in the bathroom no more than 20ft away with the door closed. If he yelled for me or needed me, I could hear him. When I returned to him he was happy and content with his juice, snack, and show.
AITA?
This is a great point. OP went out of his way to make a problem.
Honestly it makes me suspect he’s got a subconscious thread running in his mind that’s intent on starting drama.
OP, do you have a drama daemon running in your head? You gotta figure that shit out man, can’t have some unconscious inner asshole starting shit all around you.