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Upset DP didn’t get off train with me

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Trainissue · 09/08/2026 20:27

Long time lurker and finally had cause to post here myself.

I went to a nearby city with my DP yesterday where we had some drinks and dinner. We travelled by train and had planned to have a drink and watch some live music when we arrived home at the pub opposite the station.

I suffer from some stomach issues which unfortunately flared up on the way home. There was an announcement on boarding that the toilets were out of use (no idea why, people were not happy and were just told of complaints procedure).

About 20 minutes from home, I told DP I’d need to get off at the next station to use the loo to avoid an accident. He just said he was sure I could hold on. No chance, I said the trains are quite regular so we could catch the next one about 15 minutes later.

He said he’d go on to the pub and meet me there. So I got off on my own and waited for the next train. It was quite late, dark and lots of drunk people around so it was somewhat uncomfortable.

I did board the next train after about 20 minutes waiting but there’s no guarantee this wouldn’t have been late or cancelled. I really think DP should have got off with me.

YABU - he was right to stay on the train
YANBU - he should have gone with you

OP posts:
Anonbakerylady · 09/08/2026 22:12

Oh no, it would be one thing if he went ahead so he could get home and bring the car back to you, but to go ahead and sit in the pub is really shitty.

Ponderingwindow · 09/08/2026 22:10

I still vividly remember how my ex husband did something similar to me one night and it was like 35 years ago.

Leopardspota · 09/08/2026 22:05

I’d have got off and reboarded with whoever I was travelling with! Unless it was someone I was travelling with accidentally (a work colleague or someone I casually
bumped in to) That’s the normal thing to do. I’d have found it bizarre if my husband / friend/ relative said ‘oh right, I’ll meet you there then’ wtf

SeeMeRun · 09/08/2026 22:04

My pal (who has IBS) used to need urgently if she’d eaten junk food. So although I wouldn’t have ever left her to get off a train on her own I may have been a bit annoyed if she only needed due to some self-inflicted poor choices. She used to cancel plans last minute due to IBS flare up caused by her eating kebabs the night before!

Alittlefrustrated · 09/08/2026 21:58

leonardandpenny18 · 09/08/2026 20:38

I definitely don’t agree with what he did.

However, you made out like it was only 15 mins for next train to suggest he was unreasonable but when you were by yourself, you said there was no guarantees it wouldn’t be cancelled or late? Both can’t be true.

I thought this too.
Do you think he considers you to be over anxious/dramatic OP?
Edited to say I can obviously understand you feeling anxious at the thought of no loo, given your condition.

ToadRage · 09/08/2026 21:52

My husband would never leave me alone out late at night. He has IBS so he would probably understand your stomach issues more than me but if either of us needed to get off for any reason we would stay together.

Dubaichocolates · 09/08/2026 21:50

He doesn’t like you that much sorry

OnTheBoardwalk · 09/08/2026 21:50

No I’m sorry this is shitty behaviour (sorry too soon) he should have absolutely got off the train with you and 20 mins from home got a taxi home. No waiting in train stations or pubs for him to have a drink

ThatWasGreek · 09/08/2026 21:49

I actually fell in love with my husband because we were on the tube and I said I needed the toilet and he said ‘let’s get off then’ so we did and we went to a pub so I could go. I just thought what a lovely man he was for not thinking it was an inconvenience. We’ve been married for twenty five years now and I was right because he is so considerate.

TheFormerMrsTruelove · 09/08/2026 21:47

You went into the pub to meet him? I would have marched straight past the pub and taken myself home. What a selfish fuck. Why are you with him? I wouldn’t let a colleague get off by herself from a works do, let alone someone I love more than anyone else. Where is his care for you?

RunningRhino · 09/08/2026 21:45

He had nothing to rush for and should have stayed, I’m sorry OP.

diddl · 09/08/2026 21:45

Surely if you are out together you stay together?

LittleGreenShoots · 09/08/2026 21:45

The only way this would have been possibly understandable is if there were big suitcases with you both on the luggage racks of the train that would have been unwieldy to load off and back on to the next train. In that circumstance I could maybe see my husband going ahead to the pub with the luggage instead. But he'd still check with me if I was comfortable with the suggestion.

LizandDerekGoals · 09/08/2026 21:41

My husband would have got off the train.

KilkennyCats · 09/08/2026 21:40

Pistachiocake · 09/08/2026 21:11

If you were meeting friends/if he was going to order a meal, or if it was last orders, then it might be reasonable as long as you were happy with that. But if you made it clear you weren't, then no.

Seriously, it would be different if you were rushing for last orders?!

Lemonymint · 09/08/2026 21:36

I suspect he is not a keeper. I don't know your circumstances but I wouldn't think he was good father material either. I remember a very new boyfriend driving me to a clinic for a biopsy, picking me up afterwards and taking the rest of the day off to sit with me to keep me company and wait for the anaesthetic to wear off properly. Yes, I married him.

MrsOctaviaCharlotteSmythe · 09/08/2026 21:35

he should have got off with you

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 09/08/2026 21:34

Trainissue · 09/08/2026 21:12

He just said after that he wouldn’t have been any help and that he has confidence in my ability to go to the loo and get the train without him.

That’s not the point! You can do your own cooking and cleaning and everything too, but would he just leave it for you?!

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 09/08/2026 21:31

When you tell him it’s over he’ll tell his friends ‘I don’t really know what happened, she just finished with me completely out of the blue’ and he’ll do a little shrug.

Boreded · 09/08/2026 21:31

What a dick

Eyelashesoffire · 09/08/2026 21:30

Awful behaviour from your DH. The only situation I would do that in, is maybe with an acquaintance and we were going to different places and I had a deadline like the school run or another train to catch. I'd never in a million years do that to my partner and he'd never do that to me.

What other horrible things does he do?

DisforDarkChocolate · 09/08/2026 21:30

That was pretty crap. Definitely not deserving of DP.

PyongyangKipperbang · 09/08/2026 21:28

Trainissue · 09/08/2026 21:12

He just said after that he wouldn’t have been any help and that he has confidence in my ability to go to the loo and get the train without him.

Translated as "I couldnt be arsed, wanted to get to the pub. Stop making me feel guilty for being a total shit" (pun intended).

I get it, when I need to go I need to go NOW.

UndoRedo · 09/08/2026 21:25

My DP has his issues but he'd never abandon me like that

krustykittens · 09/08/2026 21:24

paulheatonscoat · 09/08/2026 21:16

He just showed you that his next drink was more important than you.

This. Is he a sauce monster? Because it sounds like his priority was getting drink down his neck.

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