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AIBU?

Why can't he shut the f@@k up?!?!

102 replies

MyKidAreTakingMySanity · 05/12/2017 20:04

DH CANNOT shut the hell up. He has to have a final word. Or more. I think I married a child.

DH and the kids just got back in. Dinner was ready, waiting for them. I told DH and the kids that mummy was just watching the ending of something on TV and asked them to be quiet or eat at the dining table instead of the living room. It's a pretty simple, fair request. I only needed 10 measly minutes peace to watch the end bit of a TV program I won't have time to watch later. But no. My 5 and 7 year olds are fine keeping quiet. Little angels even! But DH simply MUST start whistling. FUCKING. WHISTLING.

I'm ashamed to say I flipped my shit and told him off. So he's acting childishly mock insulted. DH: "Oh I'm sorry. I'll shut up"

Me: "Thank you" (exasperated sigh)
...... so I put the show back on.

1 minute later.

DH: "I guess I'm not allowed to speak"

Me: (pauses TV show and looks at him, he shuts up then I press play again)

DH: "I don't want to stop anyone watching their tv programs"

Me: (slams remote down and gives death glare)

DH: "Sorrreeeeey."

Two more minutes.

DH: "Careful kids, mind you don't talk now!"

I gave up completely when he started playing the drums with his cutlery and plate.

WIBU to smash him in the face repeatedly with the Sky TV remote until I feel less irrationally angry?

Or maybe should I start vacuuming when he has Game Of Thrones or The Walking Dead on? Maybe the telly will need a dust and polish a few minutes in.

Sorry. I know IABU. But... AAAARGH!

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liquidrevolution · 05/12/2017 20:06

Are you married to my DH?

I feel your anger pain

yawning801 · 05/12/2017 20:06

God what a man-child!

Trb17 · 05/12/2017 20:07

Revenge. Served cold. That’s what’s needed

yawning801 · 05/12/2017 20:07

You're going to get a bunch of people telling you to LTB in a minute... get ready!

juddyrockingcloggs · 05/12/2017 20:07

Kill him. Kill him until he's dead.

treaclesoda · 05/12/2017 20:08

No YANBU at all.

Yes to interrupting what he's watching. Do it. See how he likes it.

BabsGangoush · 05/12/2017 20:08

WIBU to smash him in the face repeatedly with the Sky TV remote until I feel less irrationally angry?

No, that's quite acceptable. Go ahead.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 05/12/2017 20:09

Annoying yes but you sound a tad dramatic.

Do you need

RJnomore1 · 05/12/2017 20:09

Is there a reason he was incapable of playing up the meal that was ready?

I'd kill him op. I'm not advocating violence in any way, it is not the solution, but how the fuck do you live with that. I'm pissed off just reading it.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 05/12/2017 20:10

I think he should find his GT, WD etc being vacuumed into oblivion.

You certainly need to let him know that his own kids were far more polite than he was.

YANBU, he was making a point, you simply cannot ignore him, when he is in the house your attention belongs to him! Smash away

Appuskidu · 05/12/2017 20:10

Is he always such a git?!

LizzieSiddal · 05/12/2017 20:10

Sorry but your description of the whole incident made me laugh 😂

Blackcatonthesofa · 05/12/2017 20:10

I'd probably confront him with his pasdive aggressive wat of asking for attention. Because that's what it sounds like to me.

Blackcatonthesofa · 05/12/2017 20:11

Passiv aggressive way...

Blackcatonthesofa · 05/12/2017 20:11

Aaaaargh can't spell to save my life today. Sorry.

Ellisandra · 05/12/2017 20:11

Well, is LTB such an OTT response?
That was the action of a man who has a whistling habit or drumming habit but doesn't realise it. Someone who crashes around a bit noisily but doesn't realise.
No - it was deliberate and sounds mocking, too.

Would I LTB for ruining the end of a TV show? No.

Would I LTB because the love had been completely killed off by his mean sprited behaviour? Yeah, eventually I might.

Ellisandra · 05/12/2017 20:12

*wasn't the action

StupidSlimyGit · 05/12/2017 20:13

maybe should I start vacuuming when he has Game Of Thrones or The Walking Dead on

Perfect solution! I used to live with one of these, did this twice and he never did it again to me.

BlessYourCottonSocks · 05/12/2017 20:14

Childishly pathetic. (Him, not you).

What is wrong with him? That is rude and setting a piss poor example for his children.

counterpoint · 05/12/2017 20:18

Sad day in my household if tv took over family contact, but hey ho.

kaytee87 · 05/12/2017 20:19

God he sounds like a dickhead

CigarsofthePharoahs · 05/12/2017 20:19

Vacuuming?
No, what you need to do is find a good excuse to use a hammer drill in the same room.

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Lofari · 05/12/2017 20:21

I'll be your alibi!! Annoys the shit out of me when DH attempts this in what he sees as humour.

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 05/12/2017 20:23

This is my OH. Really fucks me off! I am slightly relieved that it’s not just me that has to suffer this

MsVestibule · 05/12/2017 20:23

Seriously counterpoint? Seriously? That’s what you took away from the post? How very smug you sound.

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