In a post shared on Mumsnet last Saturday, the wife, under the username IbelongtoChrestomanciCastle, explained that before she had her hysterectomy, her husband had a bike accident and broke some bones, so she took care of him while he was recovering.

Her husband was recovering well, and after a few weeks had already started driving his car again. However, as soon as her procedure was scheduled on short notice, he began moaning and complaining that his pain was coming back and he needed care.

According to Osteo-Pharma, the average person will experience two broken bones over the course of their lifetime. In the U.S. alone there are about 2 million fractures each year. The majority of these heal normally, while about 5 to 15 percent of all fractures result in impaired healing.

Vertebral or spinal fractures are the most common fractures, occurring in 30 to 50 percent of people over the age of 50. Hip fractures, while occurring less frequently, are the most devastating fractures, as 20 percent of those who suffer from a hip fracture die within 6 months.

In her post, she asked: “My bloody husband is driving me mad, shamming being in pain whilst I’m a few days [post-op]. Why is he doing it?”

Most of the 225 users who left comments in the thread, sided with the woman, calling the man a “drama queen” and “selfish.” One user, ChrisTrepidation, commented: “He wants all the attention to be on him. He doesn’t care about your pain. Is he usually this selfish?”

And WaltzingWaters said: “Oh gosh what a drama queen he is. Even if he is genuinely in more pain again he should set that aside and look after you the best he can.

“He’s being completely and utterly selfish and it would seriously change the way I felt about him. think it’s time you discuss it with him and give him a reality check, although he’ll probably just end up sulking. Best wishes with your recovery OP.”

Another user, Butterbean9, wrote: “He’s being massively selfish and showing he doesn’t care about you. Are you happy to move into old age with a man like this? If you get a serious illness do you think he’ll stick around to look after you? This behavior would worry me.”

On the other hand, Wombat27A said: “Normally, I’d be quite unsympathetic but I had a bike crash 30 years ago that damaged my ribs, they still twinge now. It’s a nasty pain & movement is difficult. Takes ages to get better.”

And OriginalUsername3 suggested: “Could you tell him that he needs to go back to [the] hospital because he absolutely should not be in this level of pain so long after a break and since he recovered and then relapsed as soon as you got your op date maybe the bones have moved.

Newsweek was not able to verify the details of the case.