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DH embarrassed by my sensitivity

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MarysLittleLamb · 26/02/2018 12:52

I get very moved by certain types of art and music, so much so that I occasionally cry. Last year we went to the Louvre and I ended up silently weeping at a number of art works. When we got out of the gallery DH admitted that he finds it all a bit over the top and unnecessary - as if I do it on purpose!

Anyway we've just got back from Rome. I became a little overwhelmed in the coliseum when I thought about the violence and death that had taken place there. DH said I was the only one in the entire place crying and he was fed up with it. I explained that I don't do it on purpose, it just gets to me.

We went to the Sistine Chappell the day after and I ended up screaming at the MichaelAngelo. A number of tourists tried to console me but DH just walked off muttering "for fucks sake". I felt so stupid. When we got out DH had a massive rant at me about how I spoil everything for him and he often wishes he was with someone normal who could visit places without making a scene. He also declared that he no longer enjoys travelling with me. I'm gutted because travel is the main thing we do together. AIBU to think I can't change who I am or should I??

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Lollypop27 · 26/02/2018 15:03

This is the first thread on mumsnet that I have actually laughed out loud to. I am only on page 2! Please mumsnet don’t take it down until I’ve read it all!

Trinity66 · 26/02/2018 15:04

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lookingforthecorkscrew · 26/02/2018 15:04

WHHHHYYYYYYYY MUMSNET?!?

Bluntness100 · 26/02/2018 15:05

I'm not screaming at MNHQ. Mine is definitely more of a wail....

Elementtree · 26/02/2018 15:05

No. No. We got to keep Ballonz!!! Not all trolls are equal.

TerfyMcTerface · 26/02/2018 15:05

The sausage troll thread was left up Sad

GnotherGnu · 26/02/2018 15:06

If you've always wanted to see the Michelangelo, don't you think you could at least have shown him sufficient respect to learn how to spell his name properly?

Bratsandtwats · 26/02/2018 15:06

I cried at Toy Story 3, but then so did nearly everyone else in the cinema.

3luckystars · 26/02/2018 15:07

BOOTED OUT of church for levitating. Michelangelo gave me WINGS.

AhhhhThatsBass · 26/02/2018 15:07

@SaucyJack
Personally, nothing makes me want to lie on the floor in apoplexies of grief like the noise of Micky Fucking Bubbles.

Grin Grin

(I just snorted out loud at work at Micky Bubbles)

taffett · 26/02/2018 15:07

Please don't take it down MNHQ, funniest thread I've seen on here in a long time😂

SomeKnobend · 26/02/2018 15:07

Nooooooo please mnhq, don't take it down!

Basseting · 26/02/2018 15:07

I have cried at religious art many a time.
But not in a way that anyone except the person with me might notice (and hopefully not then). Certainly not bystanders.
Wanting to levitate up and touch beauty (ie the Sistine Chapel ceiling) yes, I get that too. But not the groaning.
Being overcome with emotion at places where people have suffered horribly (death camps, historical places) I can see how - if you are an emotive person - but again I would feel uncomfortable if others became aware as it would then draw attention to me rather than the sufferers in question, as it were?

I can see why your H finds it difficult, sorry.

GodIsDead · 26/02/2018 15:08

Please don't delete this thread! Put it in classics! It's mint!

SomeKnobend · 26/02/2018 15:09

Even if you delete all the op's posts, the comments warrant keeping by themselves! "I shat myself at the Taj Mahal" I'm genuinely laughing out loud, and I never do that.

Mummyoflittledragon · 26/02/2018 15:09

Nooooo

Spudlet · 26/02/2018 15:09

When I went to the Sistine Chapel, I was contemplating the art and wotnot when Pikachu bobbed across my field of vision. He (is Pikachu a he?) had been impaled on the stick of a telescopic umbrella and was being hoisted aloft to lead a tour party around. So that kind of took me out of the moment. Perhaps the OPs longsuffering husband needs an emergency Pikachu on a stick to interrupt any contemplative moments before the wailing begins?

And earplugs?

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 26/02/2018 15:10

Wouldn’t normally ask this question but it seems oddly appropriate here - are you, by any chance, on glue?

SophieLMumsnet · 26/02/2018 15:10

Hmmm, we have a ton of troll-hunting reports, so obvs we are inclined to act as that is a clear breach of our very gentle Guidelines - however we can see your point and will see what we can do!

Mummyoflittledragon · 26/02/2018 15:11

Hail Sophie
Hail Sophie

AhhhhThatsBass · 26/02/2018 15:11

Ah jesus. They're not going to fucking take it down are they? Who cares if it's genuine or not?

Basseting · 26/02/2018 15:11

Gah. Late to the party again.

GnotherGnu · 26/02/2018 15:12

I'm amazed your husband stayed with you. Had it been me, I'd have walked smartly away as soon as you opened your mouth and pretended that you were a total stranger.

Bluntness100 · 26/02/2018 15:12

Wanting to levitate up and touch beauty (ie the Sistine Chapel ceiling) yes, I get that too

You need to tell us non levitators more. Grin

And Sophie,,,yay.l.

GrumpyOldBlonde · 26/02/2018 15:12

SophieLMumsnet

Loads of us will be wailing if you take this down Sad

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