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AIBU to be pissed off that DP has gone camping with 2 other girls and NOT been in touch?

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throwhimtothepanther · 27/07/2011 10:07

So... DP is a teacher and has commenced his six week holidays, he asked me if he could go camping with 2 of his FEMALE colleagues from work that he's only known for only one (academic) year. One girl I have never met and one I barely know! I reluctantly agreed. They even set up an (exclusive- no invite for me) facebook group to arrange said camping trip! So I left for work yesterday morning, no word from him, I text him at 3pm to ask if he'd set off yet. An hour and a half later he text me back to say he had no signal earlier (fair enough) but that he is switching his phone off so that he can call me later. Half past 9 at night and still no response. I had just returned from tea at my grandad's to find that he had even taken the only tube of toothpaste and left me without any! The house was in a mess (why do Men think it's ok to not do ANY housework? He's a teacher, he works less hours than I do, lives five minutes away from his place of work whilst I have to commute 40 mile round trip and still thinks that cooking tea is the be all and end of all of the housework, even though he's currently on holiday!). So (still no word) I text him this morning to say I hope for his sake he's been eaten by a black panther and that if I don't hear from him soon I'm going to start auctioning his things on ebay! So... Was I BU?

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madwomanintheattic · 28/07/2011 17:30

golly. i've been away camping loads with just blokes. dh got a bit paranoid and immature about it once but then he grew up a bit and realised what a twat he was being. we've been together for about 17 years and have three kids.

interesting to know that at his most paranoid and immature moment he was in fact epitomising mn's finest Hmm and i was the one in the wrong after all. despite having no intention of shagging any of the many and varied blokes i've camped with. hey ho.

maybe i'm not cut out for mn after all. or maybe i'll just avoid aibu.

madwomanintheattic · 28/07/2011 17:31

and stop with the @ stuff. it's not blardy twitter.

Mumwithadragontattoo · 29/07/2011 11:35

OP - Did he ever get in touch?

ImperialBlether · 29/07/2011 12:23

text, texting, texted

God, haven't any of you studied Latin?

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Continuum · 30/07/2011 14:07

Of course I haven't studied Latin!! Ye Gods! I'm working class, from the north!!

I thought it was texted but it sounds weird and most people I know seem to say text' as past tense!

ImperialBlether · 30/07/2011 14:25

Hey, I'm from the north and a rough area at that, but I studied it!

I wouldn't say 'texted' though - I'd say 'sent a text.'

Mitmoo · 30/07/2011 14:57

At the risk of getting laughed at I'd have said no way but if I had been good enough to let him go the least he could do would be to find a phone if his signal is out.

Merrin · 01/08/2011 09:19

Is he back yet?

PonceyMcPonce · 01/08/2011 09:34

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jasper · 01/08/2011 09:34

texted

herbaceous · 01/08/2011 09:38

According to the Guardian Style Guide it's 'texted'. And that is the word of the Grammar God.

ImperialBlether · 04/08/2011 10:12

Is he back yet, OP?

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