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AIBU or is DP? I have PMT so can't be sure...

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RudolphiaRedNose · 16/12/2012 20:15

I told DP what we had to make tea - pasta with philadephia, bacon, peas etc - a weekend staple in our house. He said he would do it which is nice as I cook all week.

He went off to the kitchen then came through waving a jar of tomato chilli sauce he'd found in the cupboard and telling DS we could have that with pasta for tea, and got DS all excited (he loves spicy food).

I had bought this to make a curry, but would have been the killjoy to then tell DS he couldn't have it, so I said nothing, even though DP should know I wouldn't like it much (I would use it in the curry but with a lot of other stuff so it would be milder).

We then eat it and DP is going on about how great it is and wanting me to agree so I said no, I'm not enjoying it much it's too hot for me really. He insisted it was great and if I don't like it why did I buy it? So I explained about the curry. He then said "Mmmmm it's great" again. Angry. I said will you stop saying it's great as if it's a fact, I don't like it. He says "Well at least I really love it, so that should make you feel better!"

(Things are getting a bit heated now) I objected to being told that if he likes it, then that should make everything fine and dandy and cheer me up. he now says "Well I came through and asked you if it was ok and you said it was!" NO I FECKING DIDN'T.

He always bloody does this - totally rewrites what happened and tells a new version of it that makes him look good. When I got mad and went through what HAD happened, he swore blind that was how he'd remembered it, and also that if he were in my shoes, it would cheer him up to think well at least someone had enjoyed it. He seemed genuine with this and I can sort of see his point but I'm still fuming.

He is generally nice, kind and sweet and not at all abusive or controlling btw. But he is just bloody selfish and also does this thing where he just convinces himself he's said something other than what he has. He just walks all over what I want, not to be malicious but because he gets carried away with what he wants. Bah.

OK I've typed it all out now and I think I might be BU and also it is mindblowingly trivial but grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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pleasestoparguing · 16/12/2012 20:20

Sounds a bit pmt to me i think since you didn't say no he took that as an OK - so yes you're right YABU - [fbrew] might make you feel better

pleasestoparguing · 16/12/2012 20:21

Brew doesn't seem to be a santa version of this

bradywasmyfavouritewiseman · 16/12/2012 20:23

I think you both are acting a bit like kids.

you could have said, I don't went that before he made it. You knew you weren't going to like it. So why so annoyed when you didn't like it.

He acted like a knob as well.

EuphemiaInExcelsis · 16/12/2012 20:24

Well you didn't tell him what you wanted when he came through with the jar, did you? You should have said "No, that's too spicy for me with pasta - I bought it to make curry with later in the week. Stick with the original plan."

You can't expect him to read your mind.

YABU

squeakytoy · 16/12/2012 20:25

I would have said "well you go ahead and have that with the kids then, I will have a bacon butty"...

Mulledandmerry · 16/12/2012 20:25

Sorry babe yabu (a bit)..he's cooked dinner and its only a jar of sauce. Let it go. I fully sympathise...have had a pmt tantrum as i made mince pies today and dh said 'mmm' when he ate one in a way that didn't make me feel appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 16/12/2012 20:25

Next time, don't martyr yourself, say "actually, that's for the curry I am making on Thursday so we need it" - or rive the jar out of his hand and run amok and bludgeon him with it about the head and body screaming like a banshee the whole time... Either of these will make you feel better, honestly Grin Grin Wink

DonkeysInTheStableAtMidnight · 16/12/2012 20:35

Sorry but he was mad keen to cook with it and you said... nothing. Tactical blunder!

Yanbu about him going on about it being great and trying to jolly you into agreeing.

RudolphiaRedNose · 16/12/2012 20:50

The reason I didn't say was because he didn't ask me, he told DS we could have it, so if I'd said no I would have been disappointing DS. I was prepared to eat something I don't like much and not mention it, until he started going on about it and wanting me to say it was the greatest meal ever Xmas Angry

However I do see that IABU. At least it's nice to know we were both being twats and not just me!

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MmmnoodlesoupIsDueXmasEve · 16/12/2012 21:48

What you should've done was stir some Philly into yours to make it milder and creamy. Sorted.

RudolphiaRedNose · 16/12/2012 21:57

Oh bugger, you're completely right!

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maddening · 16/12/2012 22:02

And bless him he thinks he's Gordon Ramsey after cooking a jar of sauce :)

PoppyPrincess · 16/12/2012 22:03

I don't think anybody is really BU, I think had this have happened last week or next week then you probably wouldn't have been bothered.
I think the kind of behaviour you describe (selfishness, rewriting history) is pretty standard behaviour from a lot of men and although its annoying I'm sure he means no harm.

If you think about it there's probably been plenty of times over the years when you have fed him something he's not so keen on and he's probably just eaten it out of politeness, he probably just really enjoyed having something a bit spicy for once as you don't normally do things overly spicy. For what it's worth my DS doesn't like spicy food so when I do pasta with spicy sauce I stir ketchup and mayo in it to cool it down and it's gooorrrrgeous! So that might be worth remembering if it happens again.

I do really get where you're coming from though, I moan about doing all the cooking but then when DP occasionally cooks something I usually end up thinking 'it would have been better if I'd done it myself' and I get pissed off that I'm responsible for so much stuff in the house and have a 'bloody hell I'll just do it myself in future!' moment.

RudolphiaRedNose · 16/12/2012 22:08

Ah well at least he isn't actually Gordon Ramsay

Count my blessings eh.

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PoppyPrincess · 16/12/2012 22:09

mulledandmerry lmao at you not feeling appreciated by the way he said ''mmmmm''

Isn't PMT just great?! Lol

RudolphiaRedNose · 16/12/2012 22:45

Yes i could identify with that too Xmas Blush

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