To ask my DP to give up his quiet night in so I can sniffle on his shoulder?

[Meatfeastpizza]

My DP and I live separately. He was planning a quiet night in doing his artsy nerdy thing and watching tv.
Fine. I don't begrudge him his space at all.
But I'm having a crappy time ATM, abusive ex still causing problems, my kids are a bit evil boisterous, I have horrible PMT which is magnifying everything. I just feel like shite and I've cried all day.
He's popping in after work to give me a breather so I can take a walk and get some peace from the kids, which is lovely of him.
But would I be unreasonable I ask him to stay so I don't have to be alone when I feel like this?

I don't think so, if a snuggle will make you feel better I can't see why he'd begrudge you that.

word of caution though, I was feeling really grotty with PMT earlier in the week and DP came round to snuggle and make me pancakes, turns out what I actually wanted to do was have someone to take it out on, I shouted at the pancake batter and stormed off into the living room. Not my finest moment! but I had bought him some Lego the day before so had some brownie points in the bag

Can't you spend some time together over the rest of the weekend?

You'll be seeing him for a portion of this evening so have your 'sniffle' with him, then get the kids in bed and enjoy a quiet evening with a book/film/TV/wine/whatever.

You bought your DP some Lego?

Doesn't he play with his wooden blocks anymore then?

I don't think yabu at all.

However I would echo what Sheriff said and say that when I have pmt I'm better left alone. My patience levels are very low so I usually recognize the sighs and slope off to wallow on my own for a couple of hours.

Some rubbish tv, your favourite snacks and an enormous duvet might be what you need.

*signs not sighs. Although there's some of those too.

If you're feeling sad rather than lose-your-temper-angry, I would say something to him. I hate being alone when I'm feeling down. It makes things seem so much worse.

Gruntfuttock, my DH buys me Lego!

gruntfuttock yep, you should have seen his little face light up when he opened the box, kept him quiet for hours!

on a serious note, Lego is brilliant!

Why would it be unreasonable?

If the person you love is feeling down and in need of company, surely you don't mind being there for them?