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AIBU to think this isn’t normal? (DP and sensitivity to nail varnish remover)

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WingingItFTM · 20/01/2025 20:05

Start to think i’m going mad and just wanting to sense check this…

Early evening I removed my nail varnish with nail varnish remover in our bathroom (normal nail varnish and remover - not gels or anything if it makes a difference). The bathroom door was open and the bathroom fan was on.

DP is really cross with me as I was due to give DS (4) a bath about 10 minutes later (in the bathroom obviously!) and he says I’m exposing DS to ‘really dangerous chemicals’ and shouldn’t be using it upstairs near DS’s room anyway’

He won’t let it drop and has been mentioning it on and off for the last hr and a half including;

  • sending me screenshots of websites referring to inhalation of high doses of acetone
  • telling me to get my ‘stinky fingers away from him
  • saying his eyes are stinging every time he walks near me (he wears contacts)

This is one thing in a very long list of things and I don’t want to dripfeed but in and of itself am i being unreasonable?

I know this is really minor but would love to know for my sanity!

YABU - your partner is right, this is really dangerous

YANBU - it is normal to remove nail varnish in a house with a child in it when he is in a neighbouring room

OP posts:
TestingTestingWonTooFree · 20/01/2025 20:10

Horseshit. I’d be unimpressed if you immediately cooked or handled a newborn without washing your hands, but otherwise what a fuss.

BeyondMyWits · 20/01/2025 20:09

Not dangerous, but I get the stinging eyes when DD takes off her nail polish too. I ask her not to do it upstairs in the evening as the smell affects my sleep.

Fencehedge · 20/01/2025 20:08

You know it's just another stick he's found to beat you with..

comedycentral · 20/01/2025 20:07

It sounds like he's got a disproportionate level of anxiety regarding this, is he like this about other health matters or is this new behaviour?