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TIFU by getting frustrated after being asked the same question 3 times by my wife and letting that frustration show

So, I got home from work around 8:30 in the morning. I put my stuff down, fed the dog, and sat down to join my wife in the livingroom as she watched YouTube. She offered to let me watch something, but I was fine watching whatever she wanted to watch.

I didn't say it, but my reasoning was that I didn't want to watch anything because I was most likely going to fall asleep after having been awake all night long.

She was watching courtroom judges berating dumb lawyers. It was pretty funny. I told her that I was fine watching whatever she wanted to watch.

I started falling asleep, which is something that just happens after a 10 hour overnight shift. I get up, take a shower, come back and sit down. She offers me the remote to watch whatever I want and again I said whatever she wanted was fine. She puts on a Game Grumps compilation. Cool, I like Game Grumps. I introduced her to them. We watch.

I start to fall asleep again. I fight to stay awake, but I'm losing the battle. She makes some coffee and I have a cup. She sat back down and again told me to watch what I wanted to.

It was here that I got frustrated and said "For the third time," and I held up 3 fingers like a jackass. "I'm fine. Watch what you want to."

She fell silent and retreated to he phone. I could hear her sniffling. She was crying. She left the living room and went up to the front room where she works from home. She told me not to go up there. She started watching YouTube on her work computer. Now I'm alone in the livingroom with the TV to myself and feeling like a complete dick.

TL, DR: Came home from work and sat down to watch TV. Wife offered to let me watch what I wanted 3 times. I got frustrated and let that frustration show when I said "For the third time..." and made her cry.

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