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I suspect I over reacted, but...

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Pebblepoppy · 13/10/2025 13:14

I'm an introvert. I enjoy social things but I have to work at them and sometimes it all gets a bit much and I need a break.

DP is the exact opposite and it sometimes feels like he needs to fill every minute with people.

Generally this works well for us, as he knows people and I benefit from his circle/occasionally find a good friend among them I'm also happy for him to go alone, leabing me time to myself.

Recently every weekend has been very busy and we'd agreed that next weekend we'll step back and have a quiet one together.

Then an opportunity came up for him/us to do something with friends that means being in London for 9am on Saturday. It's something he loves and that I enjoy, but we'd agreed to have a break from all the people. He agreed to go without a second thought and without remembering our plans. Tbf our plans were to do "nothing" so they're not in the diary! I can go or not go, it would be fine either way.

I was upset that he'd forgotten our agreement to just "be" together for a couple of days. Once he realised, he's cancelled nd apologised so we can go back to the original plan. I feel upset that he's now only spending the day with me because I yelled at him, not because he wants to.

And on top of that I've shot myself in the foot a bit because a day entirely to myself is probably what I really need!

Would you be upset that he didn't prioritise/wasn't looking forward to doing nothing with you? That's what bothered me, if he was looking forward to it like I was, he wouldn't have forgotten....

OP posts:
ForCraftyWriter · 15/10/2025 08:23

Apologise for shouting, happily send him on the day out if he wants to go, agree with him some things that you want to do together on the other day, in future put these planned breaks in the diary.

Livpool · 15/10/2025 10:52

You completely overreacted. Why does what you want trump what he wants?!

I am more like your DP and a weekend doing nothing would bore me. A day yes but not the whole weekend.

He double-booked and corrected it when you brought it up. And you are still sulking. If DH shouted at me about that I would be very unimpressed. In fact, he wouldn’t do that though

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