to expect a decent cup of tea?

[mrssbrown]

I've just come out from hospital after an op (my appendix was taken out on Monday). We've sold our house and our living in our son's house until our house purchase goes through. So, my DH is looking after me.

I feel like I'm going nuts. The house is a typical young man's house i.e. a tip and my DH is hopeless. it came to a head this morning when he brought me a cup of horrible looking builder's tea in bed. which we have just had a massive argument about.

when i asked him why he brought me something he knew i wouldn't like the response was a) 'i tried to water it down a bit b)i didn't want to waste it (WASTE IT !!) by throwing it away c) I would have brought you up one later (i.e. when I'd finished reading the paper.)

As i type this, i realise i am probably coming across as perfectly mad, and he's normally ok and reasonably caring. It's just that he thinks he's Florence fucking nightingale.

I just feel like dialling up a taxi and checking into a travel in until i feel better.

Well if you go to the travel inn you'll have to make your own tea. Your DH was trying to do a nice thing, you are ungrateful.

OK - it's good to hear what you say, but we've been married for 35 years, so surely he shouldn't bring me tea the way i hate it?

wow your son is letting you live in his house and your husband made you a cup of tea ...the bastards - leave them both

mrssbrown, the men in your life are being eejits.

Of course your son should have tidied up before you came out of hospital. You are his guest and his mother, he should be able to work out the politeness rules for either one of those situations.

Your DH should NEVER bring you a cuppa that he knows you will hate. That is almost grounds for an LTB .

Ignore the shouts of 'you should be grateful' you should not. It isn't often the woman/fixer of the house needs care and your men should be able to do much better.

(However, if their eejitness is because you trained them badly then I am sorry, you reap what you sow and YABU [grin[)

Yabu, builders tea is the best!

A travel inn will have that nasty plastic milk so you won't get a decent cup of tea there either....