DH taking piss out of my arm bands

[NurseScorne]

Went swimming with DH this morning and he was constantly ripping the piss out of my arm bands. I've told him before about this and how it puts me off going swimming at all. AIBU to refuse to go with him in future? He says I'M embarrassing HIM

She's using a swimming aid in a swimming pool - what on earth is ridiculous about someone who can't swim, using flotation devices to help her feel safe in the water?

If she was wandering down the King's Road wearing armbands, then I'd think you have a point. But if it's embarrassing to wear swimming aids in a swimming pool then I can only assume that your issue is with the fact that she needs them at all in the first place. Which is pretty sad.

And 'entitled'? Really?

This thread is batshit.

She doesn't need them. They're no help to an adult. She is just making herself look ridiculous.

She doesn't need them. They're no help to an adult

Yes, they are!! I taught myself to swim, using armbands, after 50 years of not being able to swim.

Wow, Hilda, does it hurt to have a stick that far up your arse?

Isn't the OP the best judge of whether she needs them or not and whether she finds them helpful?

I've seen adults who can't swim using various aids - including arm bands - to help them learn. They didn't look ridiculous; they just looked like people who were learning to swim.

Hilda - I don't think I've ever seen you write anything that isn't negative and miserable towards others.
OP - good on you for learning to swim! I love swimming! I'm sure him laughing isn't intended to hurt you though - if my OH was wearing them I'd probably have a little chuckle but I would still support him fully.

I've said earlier that I was taught to swim by an instructor late in life and began with armbands. They were not inflatable ones - solid rubber ones. I had a lifelong fear of water, and these made me (and the others using them - some learning in their 60's) feel safe.
I couldn't give a monkeys what anybody else thought - I learned to swim!

I'd be embarrassed if I had a DP willing to post such nasty, petty and (because of the evidence of people asserting yes, armbands can help adults learn to swim) plain stupid posts.

Ohtheholidays *Taught

Errol - I agree. There is something very wrong with laughing at people trying to learn something however they can. To think your husband would do it to you is horrendous.

I see the OP hasn't returned.
What a surprise.

There are some lovely people on this thread, aren't there?

I bet the charmers who would laugh at OP's armbands are the same ones who laugh at fat women jogging.

Ditch the armbands. They won't help you learn to swim. And get an instructor.

Ditch the armbands. They won't help you learn to swim.

Oh, ffs. I give up!

We know this is AIBU and responses may be, ahem, robust at times, but can we remind people we're here to make parents lives easier, and our rules on personal attacks? Thanks to everyone who has offered the OP support.

Hopefully things will go swimmingly now 😃

EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans couldn't agree more

Tell him to fuck off.