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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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I'm a bit 50/50, so I'll go with the majority

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Smellslikecatspee · 27/04/2012 19:20

OH has a run on Sunday, very very long run.

He wants me to come watch, there is no shelter, no, well basically it'll be standing on the side of the road for about 4 hours.

This isn't a special run or anything, it's a rehearsal for one later in the year,that I will be attending.

I really don't want to go it'll be me and his running club.

I'm working tomorrow, so Sunday will be my only day off.

Should I go?

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FruitPastillesForever · 27/04/2012 19:21

If he really wants you there for moral support, can you go for the second half?

DottyDot · 27/04/2012 19:21

No. . Next!

BadgerFace · 27/04/2012 19:22

No! Fair enough that you will support the big event but watching a training run on your own on your only day off is totally unnecessary IMO.

I'd be having a nice day to myself if I were you!

IllegitimateGruffal0Child · 27/04/2012 19:22

No - you'll see about 30 seconds of him.

blackteaplease · 27/04/2012 19:22

I wouldn't go if it was me

RandomMess · 27/04/2012 19:22

With the weather that's being forecast absolutely don't go!

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 27/04/2012 19:23

Nope, just tell him you'll be there, to watch out for you as he goes past, then when he gets home say "oooo you were really in the zone today darling, you went straight past me and didn't even see me"

sugarandspite · 27/04/2012 19:23

If I was feeling very very sweet, I'd get him to tell me what time he'd be in a particular place (should be able to do this pretty easily if he's an experienced runner) and drive up, watch for 10 minutes to see him come past then go home.

Or, I'd stay in bed with tea and a good book and congratulate him when he returned.

HokeyCokeyPigInaPokey · 27/04/2012 19:23

No, it's going to be chucking it down!

SmethwickBelle · 27/04/2012 19:24

No.I wouldn't if I was gasping for a break and Sunday was my only day off. As long as you say you'll definitely be at the Big One later in the year, with pompoms, towels and effusive praise at the finish.

sugarandspite · 27/04/2012 19:25

Actually, pombear's plan is genius. Do that!

Geordieminx · 27/04/2012 19:25

Not a snowballs chance in hell!

dexter73 · 27/04/2012 19:25

Don't go it will be as boring as hell. My dh does various runs/bike rides and I gave up going a long time ago. He has a bike ride next month that starts at 8.30am and he will be cycling for about 6 hours. I will spend the morning in bed!

Firawla · 27/04/2012 19:27

no i don't think its fair for him to expect this

heliumballoon · 27/04/2012 19:27

No. I might be at the finish line if I was given an approximate time to be there and the race was not too far away. Otherwise I would confine my support to a "well done dear" when he got home.

travellingwilbury · 27/04/2012 19:28

A no from me too , why does he want you to spend 4 precious hours on your day off standing around getting cold ?

Sounds dull , a lie in and a good book sounds much better .

Westcountrylovescheese · 27/04/2012 19:29

Is there a cafe along the way that you could sit in and watch him run past in the rain whilst you treat yourself to a fry up, a large coffee or two and the Sunday papers from a window seat?

Onlyaphase · 27/04/2012 19:30

No, don't go. Do something nice instead inside.

My DH is always trying this with me. Usually golf, but today he emailed me a link to a London to Brighton bike ride saying did I want to go and support him and have a weekend on the coast. Er, no I don't want to watch any part of a 70 mile bike ride thanks, I'll see him for about 3 seconds. And, we live a 7 hour drive from Brighton, so I can't see the rest of the weekend being jolly enough to make up for spending 14 hours in the car with a 5 year old who would rather not be there either.

handbagCrab · 27/04/2012 19:31

Nope. I'll watch an hour but four! No chance. I'd go and meet him at finish line if it were my dh.

WorraLiberty · 27/04/2012 19:34

4 hours?

Can't he text you when he's getting near so you can make your way there?

trixymalixy · 27/04/2012 19:35

No, don't go!

mamalovesmojitos · 27/04/2012 19:35

Four hours and he'll pass you once? . No way.

FeakAndWeeble · 27/04/2012 19:35

No.

trixymalixy · 27/04/2012 19:36

Or turn up to watch him cross the finish.

HolyCameraConfusionBatman · 27/04/2012 19:37

Can you find out what time roughly he'll be crossing the finishing line and just go and watch that, congratulate him, take him home?

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