Wife stabs husband after her 46th birthday dinner goes awry

A Barrie, Ontario woman celebrated her 46th birthday by stabbing her husband after a dispute over a birthday dinner. The incident started after the man asked his wife "Do you want ham, potatoes and vegetables, or potatoes, vegetables and ham?" for her birthday dinner.

The query apparently upset the woman, who then allegedly grabbed the knife and stabbed her spouse in the chest.

Sgt. Dan Mafturack of the Barrie Police suggested that the man’s alcohol issues and sarcasm triggered his wife’s attack.

"It's not like he was offering her Kraft Dinner or baked beans or anything like that," Mafturack said. "He was probably being sarcastic."

The woman called 911 for help, but her husband hung up the phone. She tried again, but he again hung up, police said.

When police called back, the victim said he had only bumped his head and didn't want officers to come.

Police and an ambulance went to the home anyway – as is standard practice for emergency calls – and found the man in the kitchen with blood on the floor and a puncture wound in his chest.
He was taken to hospital for treatment and later released.

The woman was charged with assault with a weapon.