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Son wouldn’t let me use his loo !

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zoovo · 27/04/2026 09:05

I visited my 23 yr old Son over the weekend. I live 2.5hrs from him. Parked on his driveway and we headed straight out to lunch, shops etc. At the end of my visit I said I will use your loo before I leave and he said I couldn’t. Apparently his GF was in his home and she wasn’t ready to meet me due to anxiety. I said I only need a wee, I actually thought he was joking but he wasn’t. I left close to tears that he would do this to me. So I just left. I found a garden centre 25min into my journey home to stop off at. I’m still in disbelief that he treated me this way. I’m really hurt by this. I do have some medical issues at times which mean sometimes I really do need the loo urgently and he knows this. On this occasion it wasn’t to urgent but he didn’t know that. I don’t know how to move forward from this. Am I being unreasonable to feel so upset by this?

OP posts:
Oddlyfull · 27/04/2026 09:12

MousseMousse · 27/04/2026 09:08

Painting a girlfriend as crazy is a horrible thing to do @Oddlyfull

Op yanbu, very unkind of your son

What on earth are you on about!

How about you pause, gather yourself and slowly reread my response @MousseMousse

Topjoe19 · 27/04/2026 09:12

I would imagine there's something going on he doesn't want you to know about. Does he definitely have a girlfriend? Could it be a man & he doesn't want you to know?

Purpletable · 27/04/2026 09:11

I would let him know how hurt you are OP.
It was not okay to treat you like this, anxious girlfriend or no anxious girlfriend.

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · 27/04/2026 09:10

Unless his GF was in the only bathroom and committed to being there for a long time, is their house not big enough that she could be in a different room whilst you used the loo?

It sounds mean and petty of him, if that was the genuine reason - and it wasn't something like an enormous unflushable turd that was blocking it and he was too embarrassed to admit it.

takealettermsjones · 27/04/2026 09:10

MousseMousse · 27/04/2026 09:08

Painting a girlfriend as crazy is a horrible thing to do @Oddlyfull

Op yanbu, very unkind of your son

That's not what @Oddlyfull did though. If the girlfriend's anxiety is so bad she cannot even stand to let her boyfriend's mother walk past the room she's in then it indeed sounds like a severe mental illness.

Lomonald · 27/04/2026 09:10

That is weird ! Was his girlfriend hiding in the toilet? I would be telling him he was being ridiculous.

takealettermsjones · 27/04/2026 09:09

Preposterous behaviour. The girlfriend could have just stayed in the bedroom.

MousseMousse · 27/04/2026 09:08

Painting a girlfriend as crazy is a horrible thing to do @Oddlyfull

Op yanbu, very unkind of your son

Oddlyfull · 27/04/2026 09:07

Poor chap. Sounds like he’s living with someone trapped in a severe mental health illness