Built It Myself: What Happened When My Husband Refused to Assemble the Crib
Nine months pregnant and desperate to prepare the nursery, Eloise grew increasingly frustrated as her husband, Tom, kept pushing off one simple task: assembling the baby’s crib. Each time she asked, he muttered, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” But tomorrow never came.Finally, weary of waiting and feeling completely alone, Eloise dragged the heavy box into the nursery by herself.
The instructions were confusing, the parts unwieldy, and every movement sent a jolt of pain through her back. Tom sat nearby, scrolling on his phone, offering no help—only a halfhearted, “You didn’t have to do that,” when he noticed what she was doing. By the time she tightened the last screw, Eloise was drenched in sweat, sore, and on the verge of tears.
But it wasn’t just physical exhaustion—it was the deeper pain of realizing she couldn’t rely on the person who was supposed…
