Wife got a new home office chair and so today I went to put it together. Unboxed, looked at the instructions and determined it just needed the little Allen wrench that came with the hardware, started laying out the parts in order to start getting it all squared away.
Wife comes by, sits down on the floor, takes the instructions away and starts asking questions: “Are you sure you don’t need more tools? Why are you taking all the parts out at once. Are you sure….”
Me: ”Hey, can you please just put those instructions back where they were and I’ll be done really soon.”
Her: ”You don’t have to be rude to me! I’m just helping you! I can put it together myself if that’s how you want to be.”
Me: “OK”
Her: “Or I don’t have to help you and you can do it without me.”
Me: “Also fine.”
Her: “Rabble grumble pout huff.”
Spoiler: She neither put it together herself or “made” me do it alone, and she also took the instructions away one more time to “check that you’re doing it right.”