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AIBU?

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I really don't think I was unreasonable....

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MyOtherUsernameIsHilarious · 15/01/2018 09:24

Me and DH usually spend all day Sunday doing stuff together

Yesterday morning DH said he wanted to watch some sport for about three hours in the morning on his own.

I had a pile of work emails because I took Friday afternoon off work so I spent some of these three hours clearing my inbox so I could have an email free Monday.

When DH had finished watching it, he came into the dining room where I was just finishing off my emails.

He asked what I'd been doing and I told him honestly that I'd spent about an hour doing my emails.

He was really pissed off and said I was making him feel guilty for spending some time on his own on Sunday. Apparently me doing my emails when he's having fun puts too much responsibility on him because it's as though I can't have fun on my own (i.e. when he goes off to have fun, I just work until he comes back and we can have fun together).

I told him that my fun doesn't depend on him and I'm imaginative enough to have fun on my own when he's off watching sport. It's just that at that moment, what I really wanted to do was clear my emails so that I could have an email-free Monday.

So, was I unreasonable?

OP posts:
MyOtherUsernameIsHilarious · 15/01/2018 09:53

Trinity Yeah, I suspect he was actually annoyed about losing a bet Grin

OP posts:
Bluelady · 15/01/2018 10:33

He's an idiot.

Trinity66 · 15/01/2018 10:36

Trinity Yeah, I suspect he was actually annoyed about losing a bet

Grin

Honestly though if it were me I think I would just not even entertain such a ridiculous statement and would just say Don't be so silly or something like that

LyraPotter · 15/01/2018 10:43

No, I don't think you were unreasonable at all. I slightly understand where your husband is coming from because of my husband and I are at home and he's working or doing jobs I sometimes feel a bit guilty that I'm not - but I recognise that that is my issue to deal with, not my husband's! Tell your husband to get over it and accept that you're an adult who can organise your own time and amuse yourself.

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