'Am I really being neglectful?': Man discovers grandfather's dooms day bunker and turns it into his man cave, pregnant wife threatens to seal it

When you agree to becoming a husband and, especially, a parent, then you no longer get the luxury of having alone time whenever you feel like it. Yes, it is important to find some time to yourself so you can center yourself, decompress, and be the best husband and father you can be. But if the kids need care, your partner needs help with the chores, or anything, you have to be able to drop everything and put yourself 100% into that. This isn't a hot take, this is just what you agree to when you say "I do" and when you say yes to parenthood. 

So when this Redditor posted a question trying to defend his "man cave" over spending time with his pregnant wife and toddler son, the internet was not having it. This guy was gifted his grandfather's old house, which had a hidden dooms day bunker on the property. He discovered the buried bunker and transformed it into his "man cave." He says it is 100%, where as the house was mostly decorated by his wife, so he deserves this space. However, how is being able to decorate the shared common space where you cannot lock out your family to have alone time equivalent to a man cave? That's the question many Redditors are commenting. 

Fortunately, the man who posted the Reddit thread seems receptive to the harsh reality many commenters are showing him. He is being called the AH, but he seems to be open to change that. Will he seal the bunker or make it another shared space for him, his wife, and his family? That seems to be the common suggestion, that or to create a "she shed" for his wife to also have her own private space. That way the mental load of raising a family can be shared rather than solely put on the wife. Do you agree? Read the story yourself and see what other people think about it below!  

20+ Relatable parenting moments for frazzled parents with crazy kids

Parents, you deserve a nice break. You work so hard to keep your kids fed and cared for, and yet kids don't show much appreciation in return. There's no instruction manual attached to your child — you just have to figure it out as you go along. With advice from other parents, it helps to realize that you're not alone. Lots of people have kids just as crazy as yours! And they're all unique in their own quirky ways. 

Take a moment away from picking Cheerios out of the couch cushions and wiping markers off the walls, and check out these parents below who also need a break. 

Next, this dude got some amazing revenge on a neighbor who stole a parking spot… while this dude was still digging it out of the snow. 

'My son would have a similar name': Sister not permitted to see her nephew, gets revenge on brother when naming her son

It sounds like this brother-sister relationship is almost impossible to repair at this point. Not only did the Redditor's brother outright tell her that she'll never have alone time with her nephew, but after she blew up at him, he pretty much cut her off. However, when it became OP's time to have children of her own, she decided to give her son's name something eerily similar to her nephew's name so that their grandparents would invariably mix up names. You know there's some irreparable damage when you consciously make that name choice.

 

However earned you think this woman's petty revenge is, the further context provided by many folks in the comments sections sheds light on why her brother was so strict about letting his family have alone time with his kid. Let's just say that the reasoning was more than justified. Keep scrolling below to see for yourself. For more stories like this, here are the top Karens of the week!

Expectation vs. Reality: 25+ Surprising times people didn't get exactly what they ordered

Be careful what you order on those sketchy-looking internet sites… You might just wind up with what these folks below ordered!

Just because you can order anything online these days, doesn't mean you should. Often, if things look too good to be true, they are. There's some kind of catch — that $100 item priced at $2 just won't be the same quality. 

Check out these hilarious mishaps, from cupcake mistakes to face masks gone wrong. Then, check out these texts between bosses and their employees who are utterly fed up with their jobs. 

'There would be no coffee': CEO enforces 'no free coffee' rule for interviewees, employee gives him a taste of his own decaf medicine

Every so often, you get to re-enforce your own boss's strict rule back at them. Not only is this a rewarding experience for you as the employee, but also you get to expose to your boss just how ludicrous the rule was in the first place. This thread was posted to Reddit by u/skanus_cepelinai, who used to give all prospective employees complimentary coffee during their interviews until their CEO made it a rule that any event that's not a "whole day" event cannot provide free coffee. 

 

Seems to be a ridiculous way to cut down on "unnecessary expenses," and the employee found the perfect opportunity to prove that this was the case. When OP was hosting a workshop event in the office and the CEO asked if he could get a coffee, the employee took a leisurely sip from their travel mug before re-enforcing the rule that since this wasn't a full-day event, there would be no free coffee. And that, sir, is what you get for being ridiculous.

 

For more stories like this, here's another about an employee who got cheated out of his bonus. 

'I thought everything was going OK': Worker fired for using her phone one month after starting new job

We'd like to think that, after searching for a job for months, finally landing one would bring us some sense of security—yet, you may find yourself on the hunt again sooner than you think, without any warning or even explanation. 

This worker shared her experience on Reddit's r/antiwork workplace subreddit community, telling of how she had been fired from her new job for using her cell phone, despite never being given any warning or told that this was against the workplace rules. She had just started the new job a month ago, and although it was in a new industry, she thought the job had been going well, but had never received any employee handbook or had any rules regarding phone usage explained to her.

"If I had been told that I was not supposed to use my phone at work, I wouldn't have," writes Redditor u/Rare_Reflection7241, "So here [I] am jobless again."

Commenters shared their thoughts and experiences of their own in the comments, condemning the workplace's move and sharing stories and experiences of their own. Read on for selections of this tread below. Next, check out this bartender who was fired for demanding to be paid on time.

'The look on her face was priceless': Entitled mom faces off with teenager in dispute over metro seat

Traveling exposes you to all sorts of people, whether you want to be in their presence or not. The teen in this story is clearly used to dealing with entitled people, and the way he put this Karen in her place will surely resonate with that woman for a long time to come. 

"I saw this today and I can't stop laughing," shared u/WhatTheH*ll431 to r/entitledparents. They wrote that while traveling on their city metro, there was a dispute over who should sit in the reserved seats, meant for disabled people, the elderly, pregnant women, or anyone who asks to sit there, generally. This Karen thinks she's the police of the reserved seats. And she also thinks that since she has a toddler with her, she should get a spot ASAP. Scroll down to see what this teen said. 

Next, check out some of the most mildly infuriating moments of the week.