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AIBU?

To tell DH he needs to replace this out of his own pocket

118 replies

GandolfBold · 25/07/2017 18:10

DH decided to use our dyson to clean the garage floor, which made the inside filthy. His solution was to try and wash it out (told him it was a bad idea but this was ignored). Dyson now gone to the utility room in the sky.

I have a kilner jar I save my change in, and have been saving for ages for a specific purpose. Tonight DH has said I should take it to the bank and use the money to replace the Dyson.

AIBU to say to him that he needs to replace it out of his own pocket? He can afford to, and he is the reason why its broken.

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ncbacktoblack · 25/07/2017 18:12

Of course he should. He's pulling a fast one and was an idiot to use a Dyson on a surface like that!

19lottie82 · 25/07/2017 18:13

YANBU

GandolfBold · 25/07/2017 18:13

I have said this to him BTW, he think IABU to not replace it because 'I use it!'.

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Honkyzeke · 25/07/2017 18:14

Of course he should replace it, YANBU I would have told him the minute he broke it!

Chillyegg · 25/07/2017 18:15

Wow what dick

Honkyzeke · 25/07/2017 18:15

The rule in this house is YOU break it YOU replace it!

PinkHeart5911 · 25/07/2017 18:16

He broke it, he pays for it!

If I was an accident I'd say you pay jointly becuase accidents do of course happen. I don't class this as an accident becuase who? just who? Washes a hoover out

fuzzywuzzy · 25/07/2017 18:16

What does he never ever clean the house? How is it yours to replace?

And even if it is yours, he broke it. He replaces it.

He sounds like an idiot, to put it nicely.

CoughLaughFart · 25/07/2017 18:16

I have said this to him BTW, he think IABU to not replace it because 'I use it!'

'Not anymore I don't, buster' would be my response to that.

GandolfBold · 25/07/2017 18:18

What does he never ever clean the house? How is it yours to replace?

I purchased it originally as I wanted a hand-held cordless vacuum, to do little bits without having to get the big hoover out. He normally uses the big hoover.

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MissionItsPossible · 25/07/2017 18:22

YANBU. Of course he should replace it. He broke it.

Pengggwn · 25/07/2017 18:31

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Majora · 25/07/2017 18:32

He definitely shouldn't be asking you to use your change jar to pay for his mistake, wtf?

DailyMailReadersAreThick · 25/07/2017 18:34

Why the hell are you in a marriage where you're saving change in a jar and he can afford a Dyson outright?

Mummyoflittledragon · 25/07/2017 18:39

Agree with DMReadersAreThick

lmer · 25/07/2017 18:40

I think you guys have bigger issues if your needing to save in a jar but he can afford one outright

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 25/07/2017 18:49

Yeah what those guys said. A jar???

ComedyofTerrors · 25/07/2017 18:52

Maybe he needs to realise that you would still be using it if he hadn't broken it.

SuperStormborn · 25/07/2017 18:53

YANBU. If he broke it, but can afford it, then he can blooming pay for it.

Spangles1963 · 25/07/2017 18:54

Words fail me at the audacity of some people (your DH,not you OP).

Eggandchipsfortea93 · 25/07/2017 18:59

House stuff is surely a joint purchase, out of joint money, they don't belong to one person? No way is it something you should pay for personally, when he broke it!

cricketballs · 25/07/2017 19:04

All these years on MN and I still can't understand this mentality of "my" money and "his" money; surely if you are a partnership in terms of relationship, home, DC then it's also a relationship in terms of money?

I really don't understand the "his", "mine" etc - all monies into the pot given you live in the same pot, have brought DC into the same pot

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kaitlinktm · 25/07/2017 19:09

I have said this to him BTW, he think IABU to not replace it because 'I use it!'

You were using it - until he broke it. Why do you need to replace what he broke?.)

(And this is before any consideration of separate money and whose job the hoovering is

Cheby · 25/07/2017 19:11

Yeah he can FTFO. He broke something, he needs to replace it. Even using his logic that you use it/it belongs to you, that's even more of a reason for him to replace it.

TheSnowFairy · 25/07/2017 19:11

So op and everyone else using the 'you break it, you pay for it line', if you were using the oven / dishwasher / washing machine etc and they broke, would you expect to pay for them?

Of course not.

I'm another one who thinks money should be shared in a marriage.

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