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WIBU to be pissed off with this short statement?

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ShitTheFuckUp · 23/08/2012 19:50

Im fully prepared to be told I am being sensative and unreasonable. We're to week 5 of the holidays, 2 weeks to go (who the hell said it was a 6 week holiday?!) and despite having just come back from a child oriantated holiday and doing child orientated things every single day, if I hear the words 'I'm' and 'bored' any more times my mind might implode.

I digress.

Tonight, just before bath time I remember a small scattering of DC1's lego in his bedroom, and I ask him to go and put it away. He's 5.6 and perfectly capable, but my asking him to do it himself is a relatively recent thing. Cue him refusing, my telling him, him telling me he wants to think about it first 'decide if its easy or not' Hmm anyway, firm words from me, a firm hand (but not rough I feel I need to add) from me guiding him on his merry way to his bedroom and he starts having a tantrum, shouting crying etc.

Ive got to bath the baby so DP takes over.

I settle the baby and I go down stairs and DP
is there, we talk about Lego gate and he says the offending statement;

"It took me 2 minutes to get him to put his lego away."

As he is the fucking master. Or at least thats how I took it. Well do e you, round of applause, YOU did it in 2 minutes. Fuck off.

Im being over sensitive, arent I?

It really pissed me off though. It still is!

Go on, give it to me. Im being a massive cunt arent I.

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pjmama · 23/08/2012 19:52

Well if he's such an expert, I'd leave bedtimes to him for a week or two.

kim147 · 23/08/2012 19:52

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TheDoctrineOfEnnis · 23/08/2012 19:53

I would have taken it the way you did.

There's a good chance we are both BU, though Grin

pjmama · 23/08/2012 19:53

I'd also bet money that he helped him do it.

griphook · 23/08/2012 19:54

Nope nbu, I would have taken it the same way and proberly would be having a massive row now about it with dp telling me I'm over sensitive

Weasleyismyking · 23/08/2012 20:01

Could I?...

Should I?....

LEAVE THE BASTARD!

exhales Grin

Kladdkaka · 23/08/2012 20:10

Every time he says 'I'm bored', tip his lego on the floor and say 'well put that away then'. [evil]

alcibiades · 23/08/2012 20:12

It only took him two minutes because you had done all the preparatory work.

LineRunner · 23/08/2012 20:14

Oh Kladdkaka Grin

ShitTheFuckUp · 23/08/2012 20:21

Im shocked I got that response!

Im glad Im not the only one then, I'll stop feeling like a dick now then.

He did it once before (literally the only other time) but in front of family, saying how he gives him 'structure' and insinuated I dont manage it, that he needed school to do it (it was the august before he started).

I told him to fuck RIGHT off and smiled gleefully the next time he had a huge tantrum for him and refused to do what DP told him. Which incidentally was less than 2 days later. Funny how he forgets those moments.

He's a good dad apart from those two bits.

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