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AIBU to not go to this concert with DP?

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thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 13:21

DP is meeting up with his brother to go to a small gig. It's rock metal music or something. They were going with another friend but he dropped out, so there's a ticket spare. DP asked me if I wanted to go, but since he hasn't seen his brother in a while I initially said it would nicer for just the two of them to go and spend some quality time together. Important note - I have met all of DP's family but this brother, because he lives in another country.

Anyway, DP has really been digging in his heels about me going. To keep the peace, I half-heartedly agreed BEFORE he told me the specifics of this concert (he originally phrased it like it was a casual meet-up with brother). However, after learning the full story, there's a whole load of reasons that I don't want to go. I am tiny and hate crowded spaces like gigs because I get crushed or trodden on. DP's also said that I should bring ear plugs because the music will likely be too loud for me?! Plus I hate rock metal music. He's also said I will need to wear clothes 'I don't mind getting ruined'. I take great pride in my wardrobe and all my clothes are lovely and expensive! Basically, I really do not want to go, concerts were never my thing and never will be. I thought it was going to be a chilled out drinking session with music, but it's not.

DP is utterly insistent that I go. AIBU to not go?

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sizeofalentil · 01/09/2017 13:55

If he was that keen for you to go, he would have asked you originally - not just because there's been a drop out.

He's not trying to recoup the ticket cost, is he?

user1493759849 · 01/09/2017 13:57

YANBU. I would not want to go. I have actually spent a number of years going to concerts with my kids - mostly between 2000 and 2012ish, dragging myself to venues 50 miles away (as we lived a bit rural,) leaving the house at 3pm for a concert at 7-ish, including train travel, (leaving early to ensure not missing the start,) queuing, finding seats, etc. And then fighting for a train back at 11pm, and not getting back home til 1am. 10 hours of the day used for a one hour concert. And as we start getting ready at 1.30-2pm ish, you may as well say it affects the whole day, because you can't do much else with the day as you're just sitting there waiting to go!

Also, expensive, noisy, couldn't really see the band or singer THAT well, and although the atmosphere is good and some of the acts were good, and I didn't really mind THAT much at the time, when I look back at it, it was a lot of effort and expense, and I really couldn't be arsed now. My children - now grown - have asked several times if me and DH want to go to concerts with them, and they can't fathom why we just shake our heads and say no.

If you don't want to go OP, don't go. And I DEFINITELY wouldn't be going if my DH insisted I must go, and I couldn't even remember the band's name! Confused

AmyGardner · 01/09/2017 13:59

Does he not want to spend time alone with his brother for some reason?

countycouncil · 01/09/2017 13:59

Maybe he's going to propose and his brother is on hand to film it

thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 14:00

Have said I will staying home with wine. He'll get over it. DP and I have different attitudes towards invites, he will ALWAYS go to something even if he hates it, whereas I only do things I want to do. However he thinks if he goes to something, he is owed a trip in return from that person I guess?

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thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 14:01

Def no proposal haha.

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GeillisTheWitch · 01/09/2017 14:01

He'd have to be a bit thick to be planning a proposal at an event he knows his partner will hate.

thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 14:02

He's quite antsy about money, so he could be just trying to 'make up' the cost I suppose.

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Mrscropley · 01/09/2017 14:02

It's hardly socialising though going to a concert!! Hardly gonna be chat is there?! Best ones I have been to I have been oblivious to all around me - even poor dh!!

mummmy2017 · 01/09/2017 14:05

Just tell him NO, you won't be going.
You don't like that loud music.
You don't like being squashed and if he can't see that your not going will mean he has a better time then maybe he needs to think about it again.

PicardsCombOver · 01/09/2017 14:05

Like a pp I wonder if he's trying to claw back the cost of the ticket ... has he asked you to pay yet op?
I've been to enough gigs to know that you don't spend quality time gettin to know the people you're with because they're so noisy and busy Hmm I usually reserve my ire but your dp sounds like a dickhead.

happypoobum · 01/09/2017 14:11

What panplot said.

Is he always such a knobber?

JacquesHammer · 01/09/2017 14:16

In terms of clothes, I guess he means people banging into you and sloshing drink on you

Does people spilling drinks on you ruin clothes?!

5rivers7hills · 01/09/2017 14:18

"DP, you KNOW this isn't my thing! Why are you so insistent that I come? Hope you aren't just looking to gt the ticket cost back?!? ;-) I'd love to meet your bro so why don't we do drinks and an early dinner before hand? Let me know, i'll book a table. Love ya"

ChangeOfNN · 01/09/2017 14:20

Get a photo of his brother and use it as your background on your phone. Keep pulling your phone out and smiling at the photo. On a calendar in the kitchen cross off the days until you "meet his brother" - always refer to that, not the gig. He'll soon change his mind.

PollyFlint · 01/09/2017 14:32

YANBU. Why on earth is he so keen to make you attend an event you will clearly hate? It's not like he doesn't have anyone else to go with.

With regards to 'wear something you don't mind getting ruined', it sounds like he's intent on being in the mosh pit at the front of the gig where drinks are getting chucked around and people are slamming into you all the time, which would make things even more miserable for you.

This is quite reminiscent of when an ex of mine basically bullied me into going to a motor sports event with him and some vile friends of his. I eventually agreed to go after weeks of cajoling and it turned out to be way, way worse even than I'd imagined ... and my ex basically laughed at me the whole weekend saying 'Hahaha, I knew you'd hate it, funny or what?' You can no doubt see why he's my ex.

PollyFlint · 01/09/2017 14:34

Does people spilling drinks on you ruin clothes?!

Depends on the drink. If it's a red wine (admittedly unlikely at a metal gig) or a snakebite-and-black (actually quite likely at a metal) it certainly does.

Branleuse · 01/09/2017 14:44

stick to your guns. Its not your problem

ratspeaker · 01/09/2017 14:48

If its not your thing and you wouldn't enjoy it I can't see the point in going. It would be like someone pestering me to go to Little Mix. I dont know their songs or like their music and would be miserable.

Btw I have NEVER had my clothes ruined at a rock gig but then again I wouldnt stand near the front at Gwar ( I hate to think what they had in those buckets) . I dont go near mosh pits. In fact Im usually the one standing on tip toe at the back. The only time I was in the middle of a crowd was for Evil Scarecrow, a friendly humerous crowd, I was next to someone dressed as a robot. I even took part in the scuttlepit.

happypoobum · 01/09/2017 14:58

changeofNN I like your style Wink

thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 15:52

Okay so update. Everyone has now dropped out. I have to go now right? :/

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thekittensmittens76 · 01/09/2017 15:54

DP has doubled on the insistence now, as it was a 'gift'.

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magoria · 01/09/2017 15:56

No.

You don't have to go.

grandOlejukeofYork · 01/09/2017 15:56

God no, fuck that. Life is too short for metal gigs.

TheVermiciousKnid · 01/09/2017 15:57

He can 'insist' all he likes. You get to make your own decisions.

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