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AIBU?

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To think DD is not entirely to blame for this?

161 replies

luckylucky24 · 02/01/2017 10:19

I got up with DD 14 months this morning and whilst sat on my knee she knocked over an almost full cup of coffee left there by DH the day before, (definitely was him as noone else drinks it.) It went over DH's mac which is looking broken. We won't be able to afford to replace it anytime soon.
He is understandably devastated and is blaming the baby. Not himself at all for the two cold cups of coffee left around.
AIBU to say he is partly to blame for leaving full cups around?

OP posts:
Sugarpiehoneyeye · 02/01/2017 12:39

I understand your husband's disappointment, but his behaviour is extremely juvenile.
Of course you and your little one are not to blame.
Stop looking for excuses OP, there is no need for you to tread on eggshells.
The man is too idle to return his cup to the kitchen, accidents happen.

fatbottomgirl67 · 02/01/2017 12:45

I spilt tea on mine and took it straight to IT place. they got it sorted and it's fine now so don't give up hope get it taken to experts asap . Apparently it has a better chance of repair if no sugar in the drink - no idea why

YorkiesGlasses · 02/01/2017 12:50

Does it really matter if he 'blames the baby'? It doesn't change anything.

Of course it matters. The baby acted like a baby. The adult did not act like an adult. I have a crappy HP laptop and a cat, not a baby. I still know full well not to leave things that can spill within reach of gadgets. Blaming the baby means he may as well just come out and say "I'm not changing anything about my life, I'm not learning anything from this." If the OP has the patience maybe she could leave post-its with "REALLY?!" on his future abandoned drinks.

wtffgs · 02/01/2017 13:13

Ffs! The baby is not to blame. He's lazy and careless and you appear to be a bit dense as you are buying into his ridiculous notion that your baby is somehow at fault here!

TheCaptainsCat · 02/01/2017 13:14

He is fully to blame, what a tool!

Bubbinsmakesthree · 02/01/2017 13:28

If blame has to be apportioned I'd say:

65% DH for not clearing up after himself
35% OP for not doing a more thorough assessment of what was in the baby's reach
0% baby

SilentBatperson · 02/01/2017 13:31

Agree with posters upthread, when he says it's her fault he means it's yours. Which it isn't.

It's his responsibility to clear his cups away. Leaving them out from yesterday is in no way, shape or form acceptable. It's possible a little blame attaches to you, as adults around small children need to be vigilant and you weren't. Though this will be less so if he always leaves cups around because he's too important to have to worry about them because penis. But it's primarily him. You certainly shouldn't be tolerating any moodiness from him on his return.

justinelibertine · 02/01/2017 13:34

Not rtft but it serves him right. And would he still be blaming you DD if the coffee had been boiling hot and was having to explain why his daughter had been scalded.
I might be a harridan but if he were my H I'd be telling him to pull himself together. Mind you mine doesn't listen and just moans. Are you married to my H?

CheeseCrackersAndWine · 02/01/2017 13:36

I don't think you can blame anything on a 14 month old... They are babies!

AmysTiara · 02/01/2017 13:46

Your comments are bizarre op. So what if it's ruined his last day off work. That's his own fault for sulking. And saying he's understandably devastated is pretty ott. It's not like someone died.

Your DD isn't destructive. She's fourteen months old and behaving as any child does.

AlabasterSnowball · 02/01/2017 13:58

So we know the baby is 14 months old. How old are you and your DP? This is the most ridiculous and immature thing I've ever heard of, a grown man blaming a babdy for being a baby, and the mother worried that his day is ruined because of it?
Please have a word with yourself OP

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