I need some outside perspective on a massive misunderstanding between my wife and me.
We had plans to go out, and I was waiting for her in my car inside her building’s parking lot. Suddenly, another car needed to exit, and I was completely blocking the way. I couldn’t just sit there obstructing traffic, so I had to pull out of the lot.
My plan was to wait just outside the building. However, there was another car blocking the closest spot where I could pull over. I drove a little further up to find another spot, but right as I got there, another car took it. Because of the traffic and the layout of the street, I had absolutely no choice but to keep moving and drive around the entire block.
The problem is, exactly when I drove off, my wife came out. She saw me driving away and immediately assumed I got mad, got tired of waiting, and was abandoning her.
She got extremely angry. She completely canceled our plans, refused to go anywhere with me, and wouldn’t even answer my calls so I could explain that I was literally just circling the block because of traffic.
I understand why she might have been shocked for a second, but I feel her reaction was completely disproportionate since I was just trying not to block the street and immediately tried to call her to fix it.
AITA?
INFO: is there a history of this happening before? She got so pissed off so quickly- have you left her for being late in the past? Is she frequently keeping you waiting and you guys argue about it?