AITA for peeing on my shed outside?

A 39-year-old man and his family were camping in their yard when he decided to pee on the back of the shed at 3 AM instead of using the indoor bathroom. His wife got upset, reminding him the shed had recently been painted.

He insisted it wasn’t a big deal since it was dry by now and didn’t want to go inside because he was tired. However, the wife remained angry, feeling he disrespected her efforts with the shed. Read the original story below…

‘ AITA for peeing on my shed outside?’

I 39M and my wife 41F were camping outside with my kids because they always have done it since I was a kid. It is kind of a family tradition. Anyways, After we had all started sleeping, I really needed a pee so naturally I went back outside and started peeing on my shed.

Now I don’t know if the noise from the zip woke my wife up, but she came outside to see what all of the noise was from me trying getting out of the tent, and she saw me walking back to the tent finishing my pee.

She asked me what I was doing at 3 in the morning outside, so I told her I was having a pee and I did it on the back of the shed because the neighbours cannot see me there. She was clearly annoyed at me for doing that and told me that we had painted the shed two weeks ago but I told her it would have dried by now and it was nothing to worry about.

She was visibly angry now so I just said let’s get to bed so we don’t wake the kids up and she said ok. When we woke up and packed the tent away, she told me that it was new paint and that I “ruined the nice, new red paint on it” and said i could have gone to the downstairs toilet inside but i told her I was tired an didn’t want to go back inside.

Now she doesn’t want to talk to me and i feel a bit bad but at the same time i feel she was being a bit unreasonable with me.. AITA?

Here’s the feedback from the Reddit community:

StAlvis −  YTA. Two main things for me: Unless I’m reading this wrong, this is at your *home*? Like, you’re camping in the backyard? Because: Go inside and use the restroom. so naturally I went back outside and started peeing on my shed . What is this bizarre inclination to pee **_on_** something? If you’re ever forced to pee outside, just pee on the dirt.

Scrabblement −  YTA. I’m not even going to say don’t pee outside, but on the wall of your own shed? Dude. It doesn’t matter whether you “ruined the paint,” that’s going to stink. The ground is right there.

BeeYehWoo −  I can see your wife’s point. It took time to prep & paint it and you just p**s on it like its a gas station urinal. P**s BEHIND the shed for privacy. Whats the point of peeing ON it? YTA

thoiboi −  Unless you are a dog that learned how to type on Reddit, YTA.

[Reddit User] −  YTA. Why do you have to pee ON something???

applebum8807 −  YTA. You’re *outside* and you decided to pee *on* the newly painted shed, not just behind it? Just pee on the ground ya silly goose!

He_Who_Is_Person −  Why not pee on the ground *next to* the shed? Why pee on the actual shed itself?. YTA man

Logical_Read9153 −  YTA urine is corrosive. I can understand her being upset that you peed on a shed that was newly painted. Why didn’t you just go inside? Guys just because you can pull it out and p**s anywhere dose not mean you should. 

BRLA7 −  OP, how many times would you say you’ve peed on this shed before?

mom_in_the_garden −  YTA. Why do you have to pee ON something, instead of on the ground? That reeks of male territory marking, which pisses off female humans because it’s pointless.

Is he being inconsiderate, or is she overreacting? What do you think? Share your thoughts below!