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To think he's an utter dick?!

31 replies

Msqueen33 · 01/04/2016 11:22

DH has form for being confident, sometimes overly so. He's 34 and has a decent job in finance. But today has really annoyed me. My dad has drawn up plans for a front double extension. He's a surveyor, builder with numerous years of experience. They've gone for a quick chat with planning before we submit the plans. DH has a habit for speaking over people who know what they're actually talking about. I said to him could he let my dad talk and he starts up about how he has charm and can always get what he wants and how he deals with people blah, blah, blah. He's by no means an idiot but he's very arrogant and it's very unappealing. If it was directly finance related I'd let him get on with it. But he comes across as a bit of a dick. Any tips for getting him in check a bit? His mum doesn't help as she's a man's woman and he can do no wrong (fairly odd adoring behaviour from her hasn't helped).

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TheWitTank · 01/04/2016 15:50

I would just tell him straight. Talking over people is not charming at all. It's bad mannered and egotistical. I wouldn't sugar coat it either -oi, would you stop that? You sound a total knob and I'm not the only one who thinks so.

CreepingDogFart · 01/04/2016 16:15

I bet everyone thinks he is a cock.

SnobblyBobbly · 01/04/2016 16:24

I don't know if it's the same in your case, but my own DH's dad can be an insufferable know it all and can make the most simple statement sound really patronising.

Whenever DH strays into know it all territory, I remind him he sounds like his Dad which nips it in the bud. (I may also have told him that I'll leave him if he turns out like his Dad on a full time basis!)

TinklyLittleLaugh · 01/04/2016 16:38

Come on OP, tell us his redeeming qualities. This is all a bit depressing and we will be shouting LTB soon.

MadamDeathstare · 01/04/2016 16:51

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TeaOnEverest · 01/04/2016 16:57

God, he sounds like my ex. You have my sympathies. It was such a relief when we split up and I didn't have that constant, low level cringe thing going on, whenever we were out in public. Ex was a nasty bastard anyway, but he hit a whole new level of nasty when I achieved something that he himself had failed in. Keep an eye on that

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