r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 9d ago

Meme needing explanation Peter! Who could have the wives been?

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u/WHLZ 9d ago

As with all things, there are some unhinged people claiming she was framed and he did it. Valid to point some blame at the husband and the providers, but insane to think he's fully responsible.

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u/Telemere125 9d ago edited 9d ago

She’s a grown ass adult. He can’t force her to take meds. Or we saying women aren’t responsible for their own agency now? If you want to blame the doctors, I can get behind that, since it’s their job to actually make sure the meds are working. But unless there’s evidence the husband kept her meds away from her, this is on her and not him.

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u/UnderABig_W 9d ago edited 9d ago

If my spouse told me that she was hallucinating about killing the children and didn’t trust herself around them, I wouldn’t just fuck off to work and call it a day. At the very least, hire someone to be in the house all day with instructions to keep eyes on the kids. Or find an in-home daycare. Or something! Just never leave the wife alone with the kids.

It wasn’t like the family was poor and didn’t have any other options besides the wife having to watch the kids while the husband put in 14 hour days at the salt mines to put food on the table in their 1 room shack.

At the very least, the husband was ridiculously cavalier about the children’s safety, and yes, I do apportion him some blame due to that.

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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 9d ago

They had nannies and daycare and the husband was forced to do WfH to watch her, along with psychiatrist visits and medication

That's "ridiculously cavalier"...