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Have I lost my sense of humour or is this odd?

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AmIclutchingpearls · 09/04/2024 22:19

Genuinely interested to hear people's thoughts on this as I am at a loss.

Partner came home from work today and mentioned he had seen me having a nap on the sofa while our little one had a nap. We have a ring camera in the living room (that we don't use but is still on our app) and I asked had he seen through that - he said yes and so had all his colleagues. I was mortified and although I didn't say much, it would have been obvious I wasn't happy. He then said he hadn't shown anyone else but that he would have if the living room had not been such a mess.

I let it go but moved the camera. Later on he asked if I was ok and I said to be honest I felt a bit violated, to which his response was that my sense of humour has gone downhill recently.

He then brought up another occasion recently where my sense of humour was apparently lacking. We had gone for a family day out at the coast where our usual habit is to get something from the chip shop together. While I was waiting in line with our older child for a ride, he went and got chips on his own. Our child pointed this out to me and asked did that mean we wouldn't be going together as usual and was a bit disappointed but didn't make a fuss about it. I mentioned to him that I thought this was an odd thing to do, to eat alone on a family day out rather than eat as a family, but me and older child then went and got ours and we all sat down together while we are them. I thought we had then enjoyed the rest of the day and called for a drink on the way home (my suggestion) but he said tonight that I was in a huff the rest of the day.

I should mention my ex fiance had an affair with a work colleague, so I probably am overly sensitive to the thought of him laughing at me with colleagues and he does work mainly with women, but I would have felt uneasy about it even if his colleagues were male. I did at one point say he could tell the women at work his partner has had a sense of humour failure, which was the point he put his plate down and stopped eating or talking.

He has gone to bed early while I was in the shower and I am questioning how this blew up so badly so if anyone could share their thoughts on this I would really appreciate any input!

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MelonSmoothie · 10/04/2024 10:46

He sounds awful. Don't doubt yourself - your sense of humour is not the issue.

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 10/04/2024 10:36

Spying on you at home whilst he is at work !!!
clearly pissed off that you were having a nap !!!
jealous / envious that you had a nap
not realising you needed a nap
allowing his work colleagues to see this spying

get rid of that camera !

and as for the chips scenario - well !

sadly I do not see a long and happy marriage here.

willWillSmithsmith · 10/04/2024 10:35

DaftFlerken · 10/04/2024 10:26

I can actually see the joke - look at this guys, the hard life of a housewife etc etc but I would feel violated

When you have young children the only time you can sleep is when they do. He sounds like an arse.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 10/04/2024 10:32

The camera doesn't record at all as we haven't renewed the subscription and motion detection is turned off. All that can be done is live view ...

So what was the point in him saying he "would have showed it round if the room hadn't been a mess", beyond an opportunity to humiliate you?

existentialpain · 10/04/2024 10:29

That is a total violation. Nothing about it is even the slightest bit funny.

It reminds me of the sort of thing school bullies would do.

Don't be gaslighted by him. My narcissistic ex would often bully me by saying I had no sense of humour. It's a way to continue their controlling behaviour.

Lentilweaver · 10/04/2024 10:28

theduchessofspork · 09/04/2024 22:36

Watching you on a camera, never mind showing his colleagues is incredibly fucking weird and invasive - it’s not acceptable at all. Why would he do that? Disable the fucking thing and bollock him from a height. You need to develop your boundaries.

Eating chips on your own on a family day out is weird, but nowhere near in the same league.

This. I would be furious to be filmed and shared.

DaftFlerken · 10/04/2024 10:26

I can actually see the joke - look at this guys, the hard life of a housewife etc etc but I would feel violated

willWillSmithsmith · 10/04/2024 10:24

There is nothing wrong with your sense of humour! Is he one of those idiots who say ‘It’s a joke!!’ when they’re being offensive and unfunny? I’d be bloody furious and yes feel violated too.

Breaktimebitches · 10/04/2024 09:55

If one of my colleagues showed me a live stream of their partner napping on the sofa I would think they are an absolute fucking idiot. Which sounds like your partner is.

ALovelyCupOfNameChange · 10/04/2024 09:29

“It’s just bantz bro”

or

being an arsehole

Rightsraptor · 10/04/2024 09:25

Bullies say you're being 'over sensitive' or lacking in humour when you won't go along with their shit.

He's being nasty and is showing signs of separation from you. Watch this.

My ex took to walking on the opposite side of the street from me and our children. Similar to your chip queue thing.

PuggyPuggyPuggy · 10/04/2024 09:21

I would get him to explain in great detail how eating chips on his own was humorous.

I get why he thinks the camera thing is funny, because a lot of people enjoy humiliating others. It's not nice though.

Noseybookworm · 10/04/2024 09:11

I must have a sense of humour failure too then because I can't see anything funny about either of the situations you've described 🙄 why is he spying on you at home? Why doesn't he think it's inappropriate to show his colleagues? Why doesn't he think it's selfish to go off and get his own food without getting some for the whole family on a day out? You are not in the wrong here. He's behaving like a twat!

RandomButtons · 10/04/2024 08:59

JanglingJack · 10/04/2024 01:26

Why do you need to be filmed whilst you are at home with your own child?

That's not a Nanny cam, that's a violation of your privacy. He's a controlling arse hole isn't he? Bin the camera.

No, bin the bloke.

Bogeyes · 10/04/2024 08:41

You are not there for his entertainment. He was spying on you and that's bad! Oh yeah...if the living room is a mess maybe he shoild find out how switch the hoover on. Does he need a map to direct him to the litter bin...airing cupboard. Buy him a mop and bucket but make sure they have instructions for use. Good luck.

WeeOrcadian · 10/04/2024 08:40

I'd be using that camera to show him what the inside of his arse looks like

My sister's ex had a camera in their living room and often checked to see what she was doing

See the important word there - 'ex'

Morlandc · 10/04/2024 08:39

Disable that camera, that’s weird that he watched you. No you haven’t lost your sense of humour, I’d be questioning my relationship if DP did this. If I was one of his colleagues I’d tell him he’s weird, I wouldn’t bloody laugh!

betterangels · 10/04/2024 08:37

What a complete twat on several levels.

Uncooperativefingers · 10/04/2024 08:37

TBH, I believe that he didn't show anyone. If a bloke I worked with said "hey, look at this" and showed me a stream of his wife asleep on the sofa I'd think he was a twat.

But he is still a twat for saying anything to you.on the first place

mynamechangemyrules · 10/04/2024 08:34

I haven't read all comments but needed to say- my ExH was really psychologically and emotionally abusive and he used to always use 'oh you're not finding something funny when everyone else in the world would find it so funny, get a sense of humour' as an attack when he did something weird or overstepping the mark. It wasn't until I told a friend about it that I could start seeing it for what it was- controlling and minimising behaviour.

JeezJeezLouise · 10/04/2024 08:33

There's lots of blame shifting going on here by him, watch out for that pattern in the future OP

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 10/04/2024 08:30

Jesus, get rid of the camera.
Actually, get rid of him, because he’ll get another camera and hide it, so you’ll never know when he’s spying on you.

Witchbitch20 · 10/04/2024 08:28

You don’t have a sense of humour problem, you have a serious DP problem.

GlitteryUnicornSparkles · 10/04/2024 08:27

He sounds like a twat!

AmIclutchingpearls · 10/04/2024 08:27

Again thank you all for taking the time to reply, it really has made me feel so much better and I have told him this morning in no uncertain terms that my sense of humour is not the issue here. He has apologised and said he realises now it was not funny and can see it was wrong. He insists he didn't show anyone else but I told him that even if that is true, saying that he had and the comment about mess were nasty.

For those asking, the camera doesn't record at all as we haven't renewed the subscription and motion detection is turned off. All that can be done is live view if you go into the app and choose that so visitors are not being recorded and I didn't think anyone would be viewed at all (except occasionally our napping child) but camera has now been removed anyway. Unfortunately I can't see how many times the live feature has been used as nothing is recorded or retained.

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