Husband’s handling of leftovers leaves wife in disbelief: ‘No, no, no, no, NO’

A husband’s “lazy” act after his wife cooked him and their toddler dinner has exposed a worryingly common act causing women to end their marriages.

Amanda Palacio filmed herself confronting her other half after finding he’d placed their family’s leftover pasta and tomato sauce in an uncovered saucepan in the fridge.

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In the clip, the young mom can be heard shouting “no, no, no, no, NO,” as she opens the fridge and finds the pot, complete with serving spoon, placed on one of the shelves.

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“I been seeing videos like this and never thought it would happen to me,” she wrote in text over the footage.

But when she asks her husband, “Why did you do this? Why did you put this whole pot in there?”, he simply laughs and takes the phone out of her hand.

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The TikTok video has amassed almost 6 million views in the few days since it was shared, with many pointing out it is a clear example of “weaponised incompetence”.

While the term has become popularised in recent years, the act itself has been plaguing marriages for centuries, with statistics showing communication problems as the most commonly cited cause for divorce across both men (33 per cent) and women (23 per cent), according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.

The most recent data also shows legal separations are on the rise , with divorces recorded at 2.2 per 1000 Australian residents in 2021, up from 1.9 the year prior, the Australian Institute of Family Studies stated.

Australian psychologist Carly Dober explained that weaponised incompetence is defined as “someone knowingly or unknowingly demonstrating an inability to perform or to complete certain tasks which then encourages or forces others to take on more work”.

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