Wife confronts husband for taking all the credit after paying for family dinner with their joint bank accounts, he totally misses the point: "That was better left unsaid"

Hola, chicas. It's hard not to get recognition for your work. Unfortunately, oftentimes, women do not get the credit they deserve for the effort that they put in. Women have historically paid less for doing the same amount of work as their male counterparts. Female researchers have been left uncredited for their participation in important important scientific discoveries. On a more mundane scale, it is not unusual for women's efforts in the home to go unnoticed by their families. For example, many moms find their stockings empty on Christmas day while the rest of the family indulges in her holidays efforts.

In our story today, a woman confronts her husband for taking full credit for paying for a family dinner with their joint account. When confronted, it is clear that he does not understand that her issue was not with the money. To get the full account of the event, scroll down below!

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AITA calling out my partner taking credit paying restaurant bill he paid on our joint account?

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It's not wrong to bring something up in private that made you feel a certain way. She didn't seem accusatory; she was just expressing how she felt about the situation.
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It was on our protagonist's husband to point out that the dinner was paid, in part, by her. It's just a courtesy.
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