To be dreading the day ahead?

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DS is off school ill. DD (age 2) is home with us.
DH is out from 7.30am-6.30pm and we are going to be pretty much housebound!
Even if DS feels up to going out a bit later on, the weather is awful and so far not suitable for parks, at best a ten minute walk when it dries up a bit may be possible. We normally go to a support group on Wednesdays but whilst I am very tempted to go (it is not for illnesses) I don't want to make anyone ill.
So far I plan to cook a pie (should take up an hour or so on and off), a short walk if the weather is okay, some painting, a morning bath for them and hopefully they will both have a nap.
That is not going to keep us busy for 11 hours!
I am already resenting DH (he booked onto a course this week to have a change from the office with no thought as to how this would impact on me and the extra work I have to put in alone) and feel like I am going to be snapping by the time he gets home.
The only light is that DS is eating much more than he did yesterday so is hopefully getting better.
Feeling very sorry for myself..

I think OPs gripe is that her dh kind of is off on a jolly - he is doing a course that he's done before, so he can get out of the office for a week. A consequence of that is it makes the OP's day longer and harder and he didn't even bother to check that was okay first. It's entirely different from those being someone else's 'norm' due to their own life circumstances.
I think she is just feeling taken for granted.

I feel for you OP. I've spent the day with my beloved 5 month old and 2.5 year old and despite making it out to the park this morning I'm still just about ready to exit via the window. I defy anyone to prefer the day I've just had to going to work (I cannot wait to go back), and if someone cared to "put this in perspective" to my face I would quite happily punch them in theirs. It has been that bad a day.

Not long now OP

mum has also been nasty so she doesn't exactly have the moral high ground

😄 maybebaby! is this like a nursery theme where you have been naughty so by pointing at others it will make it all ok!

RatRolyPoly the " putting it into perspective " was mentioned because a certain poster was minimising Growbag losing her husband and having to cope alone.

I just don't think calling others out for being nasty is particularly effective when you're being nasty yourself.

I haven't said anything negative at all to the OP, I'm on her side.

Still waiting for someone to point out where I've been " nasty and horrid " too.

I think it is effective! A lot of you feel it’s ok to behave a certain way and belittle others! If you are sticking to a group of people who are not taking others feelings into account don’t think you can play the victim card when the argument doesn’t go your way!

Oh for goodness sake. Play the victim card? What on earth are you on about.

Do you only ever agree with posters then Mum?

There are plenty of nasty posts on here from various posters, GreatDuck so why are you making it all about you? If you think that your own posts were nice and supportive to a struggling OP then why does it matter if someone else thinks they weren't? It is AIBU after all.

Ah so you weren't saying I was being nasty and horrid.

Glad we've cleared that up then.

I don't think your posts have been nice, but my comments weren't aimed specifically at you.