Commenters praised a woman for refusing to go home with her three children until her husband cleaned the mess he made while she was gone.

The anonymous woman, known as u/Ok-Restaurant-7887, wrote about her situation in Reddit's popular "Am I The A**hole" forum where it received more than 9,000 upvotes and 700 comments.

A Pew Research Survey from 2019 found that men who cohabitate with a partner are more likely than their female counterparts to say they were satisfied with the way they divide household chores.

This satisfaction gap widened in 2020 with 55 percent of men saying they were satisfied and only 38 percent of women saying they were satisfied with the way household chores were divided.

Research also showed that nearly six in 10 women believe they do more household work than their partner, with only 6 percent saying their partner does more.

Among men, about 20 percent believe they do more chores and 34 percent believe their partner does.

In the post titled "AITA for leaving the house almost as soon as I walked in after a week of being away?" the 29-year-old woman said she went on a week-long trip, leaving her three children at her mother's and her husband to watch the house.

When she returned home, she said the house was a "pig sty" and that she noticed dirty dishes, clothes, and soda cans strewn everywhere.

"Even on my desk, which is behind my husband's, there were easily 8 soda cans, 4 bowls, silverware, plates, water glasses and napkins," the post read.

The woman added that there was a pile of beer cans next to the recycling bin and take-out containers and bags around the bedroom and kitchen.

"He nonchalantly asks me how my trip was as I was looking at the filth he created," the post read. "(It was spotless when I left because I grew up in a trashed home and have severe triggers when it comes to a messy house so I ALWAYS clean)."

The couple's youngest son made a comment about the mess, to which the man replied that he hadn't had any time to clean up.

"Yet he had time to play video games," the post read. "So I left. Took the kids to the beach. I cant do filth. I truly cannot do it. He knows this!"

The woman also said her husband had plenty of time to attempt to clean the mess because she called him before she got back.

After leaving the house, the woman's husband texted her saying he missed them and asking why she left with the kids.

"I said I refuse to come home to that much filth and that I found it over the top disrespectful that he would just leave it there," the post read. "Assuming I would pick it all up is my guess."

The woman's husband then told her he didn't have time to clean because he had been at work and wanted to spend some time "relaxing" by playing his video game.

He then told the woman she was being "over obsessive" and that she needed to "chill out" because he will eventually clean up.

About four hours after leaving, the woman checked in with her husband to see if he was finished but he said no because he had "stuff to do."

"So I booked a hotel and told him I won't be returning until it's finished," the post read. "He is now pissed saying he missed the kids and wants to see them now but I'm 'keeping them from him' all because I can't deal with a bit of a mess. AITA?"

More than 700 users commented on the post, many slamming the man for expecting his wife to take care of the household chores.

"NTA—dude was 'living like a bachelor' for a week," one user said. "Picking up after yourself is not hard to do when you live alone. He created a much bigger job for himself than it needed to be."

"I would bet a million dollars that he knew OP liked the house clean and was banking on her picking up after him," another user commented. "OP should tell her husband that she already has three kids, she doesn't want four."

"You have 3 kids, not 4," another wrote. "He could have taken 20 minutes out of his busy gaming schedule to throw the trash out and wash a few dishes especially after you've been gone a week."

"The kids don't need to live in filth," one user wrote. "He is acting like a toddler, throwing a tantrum because he was told to pick up his toys before he gets his dinner."

"The fact that he still hadn't bothered to pick up after you were clear he needed to and gave him four hours to do so is the nail in the coffin," another user wrote. "Don't go back until he sends photos of the clean up."

Newsweek reached out to u/Ok-Restaurant-7887 for comment.

In another viral Reddit post, a woman was praised after she served a cake she made during her husband's birthday dinner rather than the one his mother made. Another woman received support for "ruining" her husband's birthday dinner, and a man was supported for sharing a family secret and "ruining" his brother's family.

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