Is it normal for my husband to react this way?

The hospital has vending machines which sell Coke. They also have orderlies, nurses, and attendants, which could get her a Coke. They also have cafeterias, from which to place an order, with delivery to her room.

If this post really happened, the way you decribed it, your husband is a fucking idiot ( No offense ), and he owes you a BIG apology.

Unbelieveable !!

P.S. Your mother-in-law was probably medicated, due to her broken ribs, and was probably asleep, anyway. If you weren't at a restaurant, with friends, then maybe you would've gone.... but really... a Coke? Not like you to had to donate emergency blood, for a life-saving transfusion.

Does your husbands Mom know her son acted like a DICK... ?!

is it possible that he overreacted because he is facing the mortality of his mother? Does he act irrationally often? I'm guessing not, since you are posting this one episode here. I would let it go, and possibly talk to him about his emotions during this time... what is he REALLY feeling. Perhaps he needs the comfort of knowing you are there for him... and its not about the coke at all.

Wanting a coke? It's not like she needed her medicine and she needed you to bring it to her or she would die. Gimme a break. Your husband was under stress and OVERREACTED! He is apparently stressed out over this and is taking it out on you. He owes YOU an apology, in my opinion.

His reaction was a little over the top. no. a LOT over the top. I just can't help thinking, how much was that coke actually going to cost, once you factor in the gas, the cost of parking? I wonder if you ask the MIL if she is upset, she wouldn't be. If my husband had said his mom wanted a coke, I would have said, ok, we can pick one up on the way to visit her next time. And he would be happy with that, and his mom would too.

If her injury were much worse, i might excuse his behaviour due to anxiety and worry about his mom surviving.
Is he a momma's boy-type?

You apologize for making a big deal. Ha yeah okay.

He shouldn’t put something on you and expect it right that second like your to slave over someone you got your own life that doesn’t evolve over him or his family. He reacted like a dick to you and shouldn’t of. Ik it’s hard seeing someone in the hospital with broken ribs but it’s no excuse to demand and freak out on someone. All over a soda a vending machine in the place likely had. His temper tantrum whinny bitch talk would make me think about how a future would be like too. Maybe give it some time and tell him how you feel again. My boyfriend knows not to take stuff out on me like you described cause he knows I don’t take that shit.

His reaction seems completely disproportionate, so it sounds like this is one of those arguments where the triggering event is something trivial and the true cause of the anger is never mentioned. Maybe, as you imply, the root cause is your husband finding it difficult to cope with a reminder that his mother is mortal. If he's your classic macho-man, he might have problems acknowledging that, and it's possible he could convert this fear into anger about something stupid.

However, what I find most ridiculous about the scenario is that your mother-in-law apparently thought it was completely reasonable for her to call her son at work and demand that he arrange for her to be served a can of Coke. That makes it sound like there could be some unpleasant power dynamics at work in the relationship between her and him. It also suggests she could be a selfish, manipulative bitch. As others have said, there should be staff in the hospital who would be willing to get her a Coke if she's so damn addicted to the crap that she had to have one immediately.

His line about his mother doing so much for you also hints that it's possible he's either a real mama's boy, you're financially dependent on her, or she's so involved in his life that he's never really grown up into an independent adult.

I wonder if his anger could have been due to him feeling resentment towards his mother that she contacted him to demand the Coke even though she knew this was inconvenient for him (and you), and your husband feeling that it was impossible for him to refuse the order. It would have been perfectly reasonable for him to be pissed off about being treated like a servant, but if he felt he couldn't tell his mother that she was being unreasonable, then it would make sense for him to direct his anger at you. Basically, you're a safer target since him being honest with his mother would upset her, and it sounds like you've tolerated similar outbursts in the past.

As for him demanding an apology from you, if how you describe the situation and your response to his request is accurate, this seems unreasonable of him. It's possible that, deep down, he knows it was his mother who was unreasonable first, his reaction was also unreasonable, and now he wants you to take all the blame so he can feel better about himself and her.

No his reaction is ridiculous. Unless you have a history of not being nice to his mom or something. Most people would not have left the restaraunt to drive 20 minutes for a coke... maybe you couldve suggested to go after the restaurant?

If it was me, I would've left the restaurant, gotten the fucking Coke and brought it to her. Maybe I would've gotten my food Togo and something for her as well and eaten with her... but that's just me.