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AIBU?

Argument with a manchild and now being ignored

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 14:39

The cunt! The selfish cunt!
I'm AIBUing this one because there are a couple of reasons I may actually be partly to blame.

So, things had been really bad with us, to the point I was planning to leave and then they plateaued out and I felt like I'd blown the whole relationship problems out of proportion.

Today he sleeps till midday because, fair enough, he was working till midnight. He's working all day tomorrow and said he'd take us (me and dd) out for a lunch before work (think nandos rather than the ivy) . Whilst he's asleep I get a call from my sister saying can I make a birthday massage appointment for 3pm and she'll look after dd in the process. I think, 'great, I can do lunch then go afterwards' too good to turn down right? Dp come out of the bedroom to ask who's been on the phone so I explain. He goes mad shouting that we had plans and his plan was for us to eat late so he would go straight to work from the restaurant. I say that I'd still love to go out for lunch but no! He storms out for a smoke kicking dd's toys across the room and tells me to stay out of the front room. I've been ignored since then and am now on my way for a massage Grin

Reasons why I may be unreasonable: we only had a small window to spend together as a family this weekend and I shortened it by an hour, he was offering a nice thing as we are skint, meals out don't happen often and finally because I made these plans which would impact on our ones without consulting him first.

So AIBU?

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Arfarfanarf · 05/11/2016 14:49

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 14:53

Now I'm running late for my massage because of trying to placate him Angry

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DancingPenguin1 · 05/11/2016 14:58

There was plenty of time for lunch before a 3pm massage, his reaction is absolutely disproportionate and unreasonable. Sounds like my dh though. This, I suspect, is symptomatic of a much bigger picture. Yanbu

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Squirmy65ghyg · 05/11/2016 15:01

He sounds insane. Is he abusive in other ways?

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AmeliaJack · 05/11/2016 15:05

If you were unreasonable the reasonable reasonable from him would have been to say "I'm disappointed, I'd planned a late lunch - you should have discussed it with me".

Kicking your DD's toys and banning you from parts of your own house -not a reasonable response to a change of plans.

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PinkiePiesCupcakes · 05/11/2016 15:10

As Amelia says, a reasonable reaction would be,
"I was hoping wed have as much time together as possible, what with my working and stuff, feels like I don't see you. Oh well."

His reaction was:
"Wahhhh wahhh wahhhh I want, i want, I want"

Like a toddler wanting a sweety from the shop.

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baconandeggies · 05/11/2016 15:14

no, YANBU. Even if he had a point, the way he kicked off about it was unreasonable - nobody should speak to anyone like that.

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BridgetWard · 05/11/2016 15:21

I'm absolutely astounded that you would consider yourself at fault in any way whatsoever, what a brat, what adult kicks a child's toys around and bans you from areas of your home, don't placate the fucker, tell him to grow up.

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2kids2dogsnosense · 05/11/2016 15:24

tells me to stay out of the front room

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YANBU!

He is in a strop because he doesn't get his own way - he's worse than a child because children don't know any better.

No-one - NO-ONE - would keep out of a room in my own home.

I'm afraid you are married to a tosser.

Have a seat, grabba cuppa tea anna biscuit, fill in this membership form for the club. There's a lot of them about.

But there is noway he should be talking to you like that. All he had to say was that he had been looking forward to it just being you and the little 'un. Or there was nothing to stop him getting down to work after lunch anyway - what time was he thinking of having lunch - at teatime?

If he's so pee'd that he doesn't want to talk to you, let HIM go out - sit in the library, get a po-faced coffee somewhere, walk his temper off - whatever. But it's not up to him to tell him that you can't use room in your house.

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 16:29

Ahh, so chilled after an hours massage I just don't care right now Grin
Yes he's a tosser. I thought he was making an effort to change. Seems not. Wanker.

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TheNaze73 · 05/11/2016 16:43

I think his reaction is more than about the lunch. His actions & subsequent reactions are those of someone who hates you. Is there a bigger problem behind this?

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 16:49

It's not a great relationship but I was kidding myself things were changing. He like to get his own way and thanks to mn and growing some self esteem I'm not changing plans and behaviour just to keep him happy.... And this is the resulting behaviour.

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 18:11

He's ignored my calls and I don't even care. Out with family having a fun evening Smile

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TotallyOuting · 05/11/2016 18:15

Good on you OP. What a waste of your energy he seems.

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dingdongdigeridoo · 05/11/2016 18:19

Kicking your child's toys? That's horrible. I hope she didn't witness this behaviour.

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toptoe · 05/11/2016 18:23

Change rarely happens. And it never happens because their partner wants it to.

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Arfarfanarf · 05/11/2016 18:24

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 18:41

She did witness him kicking her toys which is why I cooled it buy agreeing to leave the room when asked.

I know calling him is giving him the upper hand but one of us has to be an adult.

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Arfarfanarf · 05/11/2016 18:45

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 20:06

True, and if I'm honest I also got in touch with him (well tried) too call a truce as I hate fighting wear as he has such self belief that he'd fight till I gave up! I can't win.

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goddessofsmallthings · 05/11/2016 20:40

Call 'a truce' with this tosser? Are you mad? If you continue to attempt to placate him you'll end up subjugating yourself even more than you have done already.

Tell him to fuck off live elsewhere and refrain from making any contact with you until he's grown up and is sufficiently mature to be a father.

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TotallyOuting · 05/11/2016 20:47

I hate fighting wear as he has such self belief that he'd fight till I gave up!

He does this because he's used to you (/other people) giving up. He doesn't have superhuman powers of debate. He's not being made to be a grown up because you'll fold instead. Expect more than this or you'll never get it.

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IAmNotAMindReader · 05/11/2016 21:04

Life's too short to spend it trying to appease a cunt.

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LittleBitSadLittleBitMad · 05/11/2016 22:36

I still haven't heard a thing from him and I'm sitting on my hands to stop myself calling him. He is an utter tosser. I'm dreading him coming home tonight. I'll be treated to the full silent treatment sulk mode.

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pointythings · 05/11/2016 22:42

Dump him. Dump him. Dump him.

There really is nothing else to say.

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