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Am I the Jerk?

I Turn the 'Worst Idea Ever' into a Profitable Business... Now my Husband DEMANDS 50% of the Money

Am I the Jerk?

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4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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0:00.0

Am I the jerk for calling my husband delusional for demanding I give him half the profit of my business that he didn't support in the first place?

0:07.6

My husband, 35-year-old male, is a bank clerk.

0:10.9

And I, 29, have a working-from-home job which I can hardly bear since I'm an active outdoor person,

0:17.1

and I like doing gardening stuff in particular.

0:19.9

I figured since I have a background in gardening,

0:22.5

I'd use our spacious backyard to grow flowers and sell them online, after arranging and organizing

0:28.1

them into bouquets. When I brought this up with my husband, he said this was the worst idea ever,

0:34.0

and added that this would be a major waste of time and money and suggested I look for a

0:38.0

second job instead. I didn't listen and started my business little by little. In a matter of 18

0:44.0

months, it started bringing in decent money, and I gained customers. My husband offered to look at how

0:49.7

much I was able to make in the past months, and was pretty impressed. The other day, he was standing

0:54.5

with his drink while I was checking my flowers. He talked about what a good job I was doing

0:59.5

keeping our business flowing. I corrected him about it being our business and reminded him about

1:06.0

how little faith he had in my potential to make decent money out of growing, selling and cutting flowers.

1:12.4

He said, well, I honestly didn't think your little gardening hobby was going to get you anywhere.

1:17.8

But now that business is flourishing, I want my fair share of the profit, and I won't settle for

1:22.8

less than 50%. I was honestly completely caught off guard by what he said. He's shown zero interest in my

1:29.9

business since it started up until this point. He in fact thought it was a waste of time and money.

1:35.3

I was puzzled and asked why he thought he should get any share of profit, let alone 50%.

1:41.3

His answer was that I was using his soil to grow my flowers on. I said that this was our

1:46.4

house and our soil, not just his since we're married and both our names are on the title. He said,

1:52.1

Actually, I owned this house long before you came along, so it's technically mine. I replied that he

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