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Small lies

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SunnyBaloo · 18/02/2018 09:16

Hiya, just after a bit of a reality check really. Thanks for reading and hope you can help! I can’t quite decide what to do about something, or I guess how to feel about something. It’s about something quite small really! But it’s made me feel funny. I live with my 2 children, my partner and his two children. We each have the kids half of the time which mainly align. We have a good life but are trying to cut costs at the moment as we are still overdrawn after xmas and there is some debt we want to get rid of.

My partner’s daughter came down the other day with a new jumper on. She said she had a new jumper, and I said oh I thought we were saving money, and my partner said it was a hand me down, which I was a bit dubious about, and questioned it further but he was adamant that he hadn’t bought it, but I’ve just found the receipt! He definitely bought it and would have had to have cut the tags of it to put it away so I’m sure must have been fully aware of having bought it!

I think he didn’t want me to tell him off cause it was quite expensive, he’s anything for an easy life, but I’m more bothered about the lie than the jumper.

I haven’t told him that I’ve found the receipt, it’s only a jumper and I’m worried that I come across as critical - hence why he didn’t tell me in the first place about it.

Aibu to be upset about this? It’s only a jumper but it feels like more? Should I just leave it now?

OP posts:
Truthstar · 18/02/2018 09:28

Leave it!
He bought her a jumper and kept it on the QT cos he knew you'd be annoyed. So dont be annoyed.
If youve generally a good set up going I would let this one slide

DaisyChainsForever · 18/02/2018 09:41

I would tell him I'd found the receipt and ask why he lied. Not in a confrontational way, but I would want to know the reasoning behind the lie.

Snowydaysarehere · 18/02/2018 09:47

Looking ahead it won't bode well for your relationship with either of them if she gets wind she can get her own way and he will lie to cover it up.

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