DH and I are partial to the odd play fight but I’ve noticed recently when I accidentally get hurt we both laugh it off. The way I see it, it wasn’t intentional so can’t get angry about it but whenever DH gets hurt it’s always a ‘you go too far’.
So tonight, he was changing and threw his pants at me. He had some coins which hit the side of my face. Completely laughed it off. He came over to check I wasn’t hurt and he accidentally poked me in the eye. Again laughing it off I vowed to get him back.
I had a small box to hand so was aiming at him. He was laughing, and acting like a goalie moving side to side. Anyway, my aim was obviously better than I thought and it smacked him straight on his head which I concede must have hurt a little. I apologised but was also laughing. He came after me and started to tickle me as revenge. I said ‘ow no that hurts now’. All this time we were both laughing and then we called a truce.
He then started to tickle me again, and to get him off me, I smacked the side of his body twice and then, I guess you could say, smacked the side of his face/head. He jumped straight off me and said I take things too far and he was shocked that I could easily smack his face.
The way I see it is; it wasn’t like I aimed and punched straight at his face. It was in reaction to being tickled. I also got hurt but laughed it off as it’s all part and parcel of play fighting.
The way he sees it is I took it too far firstly when the box hit his head but he ‘let that go’ but then again I took it too far hitting him and I can’t just punch someone in a play fight.
He stormed off, I got annoyed that he always does this when he gets hurt but when I do we just laugh it off. Huge row. Now he’s upstairs, I’m downstairs, and we’re not talking.
So who was unreasonable? Me or DH?