I'm semi seeing someone at the moment. The reason I say 'semi' is that having been on my own for the past 5 years, I am more than comfortable and happy staying like that. Plus I don't have the time to try and fit anyone else into my life at the moment. All of which I have told him but he still seems very keen and is trying to please me although not in an 'in my face' way. He listens to everything I tell him and takes it on board. It's only been a couple of months anyway, so nothing serious.
Now to my unreasonable-ness...
It's my birthday at the weekend and today when we met for lunch he asked me what date I was going on holiday. I told him and he said "oh no, I thought so but I had a surprise for you". It transpires he had bought me tickets to see someone live whom he knew I wanted to see, but it's at a time whilst I'm away. That was no problem at all, we were both apologetic about it, him saying he should have checked the dates as he knew I was going away, and me for being away when he wanted to surprise me.
What annoyed me though is that he booked the tickets without a thought as to what I would do with my DD on this night out. He knows I have knows I have no family around, and ex only has DD one night a fortnight. It actually made me really quite cross having always made it clear that first in my life is DD and also how much time in my life is taken with DD and that as lovely as it was to try and surprise me like that (in fact it's the first time - that I can remember - that anyone has surprised me like that before), he needs to understand that it just doesn't work like that for a single parent.
I didn't tell him this at the time as it only dawned on me afterwards but I'm stewing about it now. So yes, I am unreasonable, but don't you agree that it's justified?
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GreatBallsOfFluff · 20/04/2011 19:20
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