‘I walked away from my pregnant wife on a foreign beach, am I wrong?’

Seeking the wisdom of the internet, a man turned to Reddit after an incident with his pregnant wife left him questioning his actions. They were on a beach trip in a place they weren’t familiar with when the situation unfolded.
He recounted: “So we parked the car at the beach which is about 100 metres away from the sea and started walking up.”
He continued, explaining the pace difference due to his wife’s pregnancy: “My wife is almost seven months pregnant and is quite a slow walker. I pulled ahead about 15-20 meters to get a lay of the land and to see how busy it was etc.”
He then addressed his wife’s concern: “My wife claims when I pulled ahead I didn’t turn back to check she hadn’t fallen over once.”
Defending his actions, the man argued that he was close enough to hear if anything went wrong, stating: “I was not that far ahead, and I easily could have heard her if anything had happened.”
He expressed his view on the disagreement: “I think she is being unreasonable because it doesn’t seem like a big deal. We have a very good relationship, we rarely fight but this seems to have really got under her skin.”
Adding context to their beach walk, he noted the unfamiliar hot climate and their height difference: “I’m also 6ft 4 and she’s 5ft 1,” he said.
Netizens weighed in with varied perspectives.
One commenter empathized with the slower partner’s frustration, saying: “As the shorter/slower in most relationships, it is annoying having to semi jog to catch up constantly. I do understand that it probably is as annoying having to slow down.”
One user stated: “I get losing patience and wanting to go ahead but she can’t jog as easily anymore. And this is your pregnant wife and kid. You should WANT to walk beside her.”
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Another person shared their own ordeal: “My husband HAD a bad habit of dashing off when I parked the car (he doesn’t drive ). By the time I got out the car he would be halfway to the shop or had turned around realising he had gone too far and awkwardly standing between cars like a child. I found it incredibly annoying. I am a slower walker but he would not go too far forward and I didn’t mind but the fact I drove and he dashes off really pissed me off.”
They added: “He denied doing it then caught himself doing it a few times and apologised and makes an effort not to do it now. If I was heavily pregnant on unstable ground like the beach I could understand her frustration. Either communicate and tell her why you NEED to run off or just stay with her, it’s not difficult and I don’t blame her being upset.”
Another echoed the sentiment saying: “If she were not pregnant or was newly pregnant, I’d give it a pass PERHAPS but at 7 months, you’re already off balance on regular terrain and much more so on a beach! At least be there to hold her/stand by for balance to prevent a fall not just looking back after the fall has already occurred.”