I am working away this Christmas, will be away for about a week. Not ages and ages but obvious will miss DP while I'm away.
Dp currently has 2 jobs, one regular and another that is part time, and organised so that he does the second job fairly sporadically whenever he has a day off from his regular job.
I asked DP if he would be around to take me to the airport on the day I leave, as I know he has a day off from his regular job on that day. He says no and that he has arranged to work at 'second job' on that day. I asked if it was possible for him to go in just a little later than normal (half day) and he got a bit funny with me, saying that he wasn't prepared to lose a day or half a day's wage just to take me to the airport.
My issues with this are:
He is already working so many hours over this Christmas period that I've hardly seen him for weeks and won't get to see him properly until the beginning of January
We aren't on the poverty line, in fact we don't really need the extra income from the second job (he mainly took it on for the experience factor) so losing the wage from that day isn't that important
He has a long commute to the second job so if he doesn't take me I will only get a brief goodbye as he rushes out the door.
The fact he can't take me to the airport isn't the issue, although I suspect he thinks that is why I'm upset, but rather the fact that I haven't seen him properly in weeks and he has arranged an extra day of work that he doesn't really need on a day he should have had off so we could spend some time together before I leave. Aibu to think he is missing the point and just doesn't get why I'm upset? Aibu for being upset at all?
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to think DP has totally missed the point about why I'm upset?
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Timeforanamechangey · 16/12/2015 23:16
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