To have walloped my other half?!

[babybearsmummy]

What with all the woo threads and the 'scary things your l.o has said' etc I've been going round the house with my head rotating 360 these last few days!

Last night I put the bathroom light on to go down and make my l.g a bottle and left the bathroom door open slightly. When I came back up, it was quite chilly as we'd left the bathroom window open, so I went in (half asleep) to shut it and my other half was sat on the loo... Our floor is so creaky upstairs so I have no idea how I didn't hear him... Cue me jumping about 10ft in the air and landing a belter across his cheek.

I've never been so scared in all my life! WIBU not to apologise, especially seeing as he knows about all the scary threads!

I don't understand why you didn't apologise immediately?

Was it not an accident then?

Imagine if you had posted instead.

I went to the loo in the middle of the night and my husband landed a belter across my cheek. He won't say sorry (apparently he's been reading some scary MN threads of late), so AIBU to think he should apologise?

This did make me LOL.
Fight or flight!
But as others have said - of course you need to apologise.
Bless him, he must have wondered what the hell was going on.

I don't quite understand why reading scary threads on MN, means that you shouldn't apologise to your other half for hitting him in the face. Maybe if he lamps you one for sitting on the loo because he's been reading scary threads on some forum will make things even stevens. I'm sure you'd understand.

The hitting part was totally accidental, it was a bit of a "Arrgghh, what the hell is that, get it away!!"

I did give him a cuddle and said it that I didn't mean to but he was asleep by the time I'd finished sorting our l.g and he left for work early this morning so I haven't seen him properly yet to say sorry.

I think he's thought twice about chancing using the loo in the night now though!! (and I do feel a little bit bad)

I think OP is being a bit light hearted....

See, could you imagine,,,,,,,,,,if you thought it was an intruder in the toilet, and you just happened to have a gun in your bedside cabinet?

Haha I think it is funny.

It isn't like you hit him on purpose, you aren't abusive! You had an extreme reaction to a fright. Not exactly right, but plenty of people hit out when they are freaked out. Fight or flight.

I am pretty sure my husband would have seen the funny side once I explained and apologised.

Stop reading things that scare you though

BTW slapping a ghost won't help. You need to call Ghostbusters next time.

it doesn't matter why you hit him, accidental or not, you did and so you apologise. that's just what you do.

why are you asking if you ABU not to apologise if you don't think you should? has he said you should? (you should btw)

and yes you should feel bad- that's normal when you've hurt someone.

Jesus what if that had been a child sitting on the loo?

So you thought you saw a headless horseman doing a poo in your bathroom and decided to lamp him?

I did laugh.

But, YES, you need to apologise. Profusely. Poor partner.

if he were a ghost, what exactly would slapping him achieve