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AIBU to feel hurt DH went out while I'm ill?

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ThatGreenSheep · 08/07/2026 20:42

DH has gone out for a pre planned meal with colleagues tonight. The restaurant is a 45-minute drive away, and he headed straight out after giving our five month old baby a five minute cuddle when he finished working from home today.

I'm currently ill with cold/flu like symptoms and looking after the baby full time when DH is working. Last night I had a high fever and could barely function. Felt better today, but by no means well. Baby is exclusively breastfed, so glued to me in this heat. Baby also takes around 2-3 hours to settle at night at the moment, a constant cycle of feeding, rocking, and cuddles.

I've done every night wake since baby was born with very little input from DH (due to breastfeeding - it isn't that he is unwilling), so I'm consistently sleep deprived which is probably why I'm so frustrated, but AIBU to be hurt that he still went out? I'm sure I wouldn't have done so if roles were reversed. I want to address this with him, but I know he's really tired and stressed, too, and I don't want to be controlling.

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LilyLemonade · 08/07/2026 20:45

When you have a young baby you need support in these situations. He could have been looking after baby in between feeds. Unless it was really an exceptional occasion with the work colleagues?

Kingkane · 08/07/2026 20:43

Given you are EBF, I don’t know what use it would have been him missing his pre arranged meal?