I won’t clean unless my husband pays me £80 an hour, but he calls me manipulative

A MOTHER-OF-TWO has been called ‘financially manipulative’ by her husband for hiring a cleaner.

He claims she is “wasting money” by paying someone else to do chores she can do “on her days off.”

The woman took to Reddit to explain the situation and vent, revealing that she works 13 hours a day most days as a steam fitter.

And since her husband is not in favor of cleaning the house, she decided to hire a cleaner to lighten the burden on her when she comes home from a grueling shift.

The woman’s steam fitting earns as much as £80 an hour, so she even suggested her husband “could pay her the same hourly rate to do extra housework”.

A steamfitter is a professional who installs, maintains and repairs piping systems that transport gases or liquids under high pressure, such as steam, air, water or chemicals.

Also known as pipe fitters; the average salary for someone in Britain is £37,050, according to Talent.com.

“However, my husband is angry because I decided to pay for a cleaning lady,” the woman explained.

‘He and I discussed it and we agreed that he and the children had not done a good job of keeping the house clean and tidy while I was away at work.

“I hated coming home to a mess.

“It caused a few arguments because it seemed like they expected me to come home and clean up the mess.”

She described the cleaning lady as “fantastic” because she is always happy when she walks through the door to a tidy house and the children “have more time to study”.

But despite the improved quality of life, her husband believes the cleaner is a “waste of money”.

“I said I could give him two options,” she said.

“If he wanted we could get rid of the cleaner altogether, he and the kids could make sure the house was in good condition when I got home.

“Or he can pay me my hourly rate to do extra housework when I’m on my days off.”

Her options were not well received and her husband even forced her to call her “financially manipulative”.

“I think if he and the kids actually did what they had to do when I was gone, none of this would be a problem,” she said.

Her post on Reddit has attracted massive attention, with countless people justifying her annoyance – and some even calling her husband ‘sexist’.

“This is definitely more about control than cost savings,” one person warned.

“Your husband has a big problem,” said another. ‘Why should you do the housework if he doesn’t do it?

“What a sexist attitude.

“You have the right not to be the housekeeper.”