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To leave DP over £2000 he 'accidently' threw away with the rubbish?

226 replies

mumstonic · 04/06/2013 16:57

I think this has to be the final straw really.

We run a business. Its a struggle. Just when I think we're finally turning a corner I discover the DP had accidently thrown out an envelope with just over £2000 in it. We were paid by a customer on Friday, the money was due to go into the bank today and now its in a landfill somewhere.

Gutted is an understatement. Just another careless idiotic thing in a long line. I hate running this business, I've had enough and I just want to leave.

OP posts:
mumstonic · 05/06/2013 13:21

I know, I know I should has put it somewhere safe, but as other posters have said, £2000 in £20 notes is a sizeable lump, so hardly something that could easily be missed. I do think he genuinely chucked it, I can tell by his behaviour, I've learnt to read him well. Though it makes little difference really, this is just one if many dramas he creates and I'm sick of it.

I think I've made my mind up to leave. Once this blows over there will be something else. Just opened the mail to find an unexpected invoice for something we didn't budget for, it's soul destroying.

This is no life and the DC are suffering as a result. I haven't had a day off in months, not one. It's my own fault, I'm sacrificing my own health and the children's happiness in order to facilitate P's ambition to run a business and what for? because he refuses to get a job? because he loves playing the big boss?, because i too sometimes allow myself to dream that it will work and one day we'll have a big house in the country? I need to put the breaks, I'm being naive.

OP posts:
AnyFucker · 05/06/2013 13:26

if this business is his dream, why are you running yourself ragged doing the lion's share of the work ?

what is he doing ?

take your share from it, and hand the donkey work back over to him

this has to stop, right now

who the fuck does he think he is...Alan Suga,r who has minions doing the donkey work while he takes the glory ?

fuck that

LEMisdisappointed · 05/06/2013 13:30

I thnk you should leave too - but i still think you should have put the money somewhere safe! As far as that goes i really dont think you can blame your DP for this. Its too much to leave lying around.

I just think this has given you a reason or "excuse" to leave. Don't make it about this - its not , you are giving him carte blanche to paint you as a prize bitch instead of making him look to himself and realise that he has expected too much and not put enough in.

BlackDahlia11 · 05/06/2013 13:33

On its own, accidentally throwing away a big lump of cash would be something forgivable if the relationship was strong and happy. I would put it down to a big mistake and move on, accidents happen.

However, from your posts further on it looks like the last straw in a relationship where you aren't happy. Relationship counselling could help but you may feel it's too late for that.

ImperialBlether · 05/06/2013 13:37

OP, is he the kind of who usually spends a lot of time tidying up and throwing things away. He doesn't come across like that, tbh.

SugarMiceInTheRain · 05/06/2013 13:40

If he wants to run his own business, leave him to run it on his own then he can take all the responsibility when things go pear shaped. As this is the last straw I would leave if I were you. Don't let him make it all about this one incident though. Be sure that he (and anyone else) understands that it's about much much more.

Work to live, don't live to work. You deserve some time off to enjoy with your DC.

ChazsBrilliantAttitude · 05/06/2013 13:43

Why was it your job to bank it? Why didn't he do it? He wants the business but expects you to do the work?

You have got so used to clearing up after his disasters that you are feeling responsible for not doing more than your fair share. For not being the totally competant one that allows him to behave like a teenager.

You've probably heard the boat analogy - if your relationship is a boat and you are both in it with a set of oars, what would happen if you stopped rowing?
Would your DP carry on rowing, put more effort in or would you find that he had been mucking around on his phone leaving you doing all the rowing and will then make excuses and have a winge at you because the boat has stopped.

I would get some good legal advice.

Wishiwasanheiress · 05/06/2013 13:49

Oh mums, I'm sorry. Book a day off. Just you and go for a walk and THINK.

3littlefrogs · 05/06/2013 14:31

People either have business sense or they don't.

Dh would love to run his own business, but he is just hopeless at it. He is highly intelligent, very well qualified and has a very responsible job, but he will never be any good at running his own business. He has tried and failed.

DS has his own business - has done since he was 12. He is very successful. He will never work for anyone except himself.

If your DP cannot run his business without you doing the lion's share of the work, you are going to have to accept that it will never change. He will never change. Is that what you want for you and your DC for the forseeable future?

You said in your op that you hate runnning the business and you just want to leave. Do it. Life is too short.

notanyanymore · 05/06/2013 18:11

Personally i think the problems here lie with the business, the other problems you mention are general day-to-day problems faced by every relationship.

Responsibility should be shared in a relationship, especially when children are involved. Do not make the mistake of thinking that this should be the case with your business or you will fail and it will ruin your relationship also.

If you are going to do business with your partner, then you need to be very clear on who is responsible for what, and remember its very difficult to 'discipline' someone in the workplace for not fulfilling responsibilities when that person is also your partner.

Run your business like a business, not a family.

1. If you take cash you need a safe.
Any cash that is collected should go directly to the safe. Any other cash collected should go into a business account.

2. Have a paper bin.
Your office should never be so untidy that important documents could get mixed up with anything else.

3. Give yourself both very clear roles.
Don't just share the workload, no real business works like that. You need to set up departments and roles, and fill them between you.

Can i just ask too, did you tell him there was £2000 in an envelope before he cleaned the room? If the money is gone, it's gone. Placing too much blame will have no use (especially if you had a part to play) other than to break up your business and possibly your family.

Based on what you say though, it sounds like you could have quite a profitable business which is better than a lot can say - look at the good points where possible, never make the same mistake twice, and be organised. Either that or give up on the business and work out if you want to make the relationship work instead. I think ending both the relationship and business at the same time would be pointless as your judgement will be clouded.

notanyanymore · 05/06/2013 20:46

PS, I didn't actually write the above, it was DP when I went out the room to put DS to sleep, its not what I would have said bfwiw I think its some good advice! pleasantly suprise Smile

Talkinpeace · 05/06/2013 20:55

I agree with notanymore's DP

Wishiwasanheiress · 06/06/2013 07:57

I agree with the DP up thread. I'm also wondering if working together in the fashion you are is ruining an otherwise good relationship? It also sounds like you have different talents in the firm but are both doing too much of other stuff. You need to delegate/employ to cover that stuff.

pinkyredrose · 06/06/2013 21:13

If he threw the money away 'accidentally' he's an arsehole.

If he expects you to clean up his disasters he's an arsehole.

If he can't cope with his business he's an arsehole.

Spot the recurring theme? He sounds like an overgrown teenager. You can do better OP he sounds like a tornado on legs.

LaQueen · 06/06/2013 22:01

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thebody · 06/06/2013 22:11

Queen, did you ever find the BMW? Mind boggles.

LaQueen · 06/06/2013 22:18

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StuntGirl · 06/06/2013 22:24

LaQ Shock

IdealHomeHouseBeautifulLivinge · 07/06/2013 00:49

Does anyone actually believe the story that Laqueen's DH lost a BMW. Really?

Mixxy · 07/06/2013 00:54

Yup.

MalcolmTuckersMum · 07/06/2013 01:06

Are you accusing LaQueen if lying then? There's been a lot of this on MN just tonight. Not cool. IMO anyway.

badgeroncaffeine · 07/06/2013 01:26

Nah, he won't have thrown that away. Maybe he has a habit of some description? Women, drugs, gambling?

IdealHomeHouseBeautifulLivinge · 07/06/2013 02:24

It just seems completely unbelievable slightly far fetched ...

whosiwhatsit · 07/06/2013 06:09

I knew someone who lost a car once so i know it can happen. He was a boffin who lived in his head too much. He had parked his car and forgotten he hadn't parked in his normal spot. When he went to go back to his car and it wasn't where he expected he reported it stolen to his insurance company and they sent him the money for it and he bought a new car. A couple of months later he was walking down a street parallel to the street he usually parks on .... and there was his car looking slightly the worse for wear. I don't think he ever told the insurance company!

LaQueen · 07/06/2013 07:23

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