to have thrown a sickie to get out of family day out?

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I have a bad back (true). The extent that it hurts...I've exaggerated to DP. He's planned a day out to a nearby town to meet a friend who I don't know and her DCs. Our DS is looking forward to it and will enjoy it. For some reason, it just sounds really, really boring to me. So, I'm lying in bed MNing and enjoying a bit of silence (although I'll end-up doing housework, I'm sure!)

AIBU? Should I have gone along with the day out and not thrown a sickie?

Why weren't you honest in the first place and say you didn't want to go?

yabu to even think about doing housework but apart from that yanbu.

I think because yesterday my back was giving me a lot of trouble, so that seemed politer than saying that it sounded boring. Besides, I'm not sure exactly why it seems boring to me!

I don't know if YABU or not then.

But I would have to be honest because I couldn't take the guilt of my DH being concerned about me.

I think I would have just said my back was playing up and I wasn't too keen on going out in the first place...then waved them off.

It's a shame you have to lie - my DH and I do lots of different things (with or without our DS) - we obviously have different interests/friends/hobbies and DH would not dream of assuming I would want to meet up with some of his rugby friends and equally I know he finds some of my friends mindlessly boring not the sort of people he wants to spend time with.

DH & DS are out now doing an activity with a load of other people, I could have tagged along but I am happy at home gardening (mumsnetting).

Couples don't need to be joined at the hip you know .

YANBU .

Double standards on here again!

I'll remind people of the topic where a woman asked was her DP unreasonable for not wanting to go to a friendly get together after saying he would. He was called every name under the sun, including lazy and irresponsible. Oh and a twat.

YABU. For lying.

I think YABU, why on earth do you need to pull a sickie to your DP.

You should have been honest, I can just imagine this reversed.

if it reversed, it would go something like... if he is lying about this, what else is he lying about, what does he really want to get up to while you are out

leave the bastard!!!

Exactly black tie.

Why couldn't you go? She might just have been really nice and you might have had a good time.

Wouldn't you mind if your DH had done this?

Id be pretty pissed off if my dp lied to get out of a family day out. If he doesn't want to do somwehing he says so and so do i. Why lie? You don't have to do everything together but you should be honest.