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Was He BU?

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IndieTara · 23/04/2018 01:49

Today we went out for the day, me my DD9 and New OH.
We went bowling and to the cinema. At bowling initially nobody was in the lane next to us. It's fairly new and appeared to have nowhere near enough bowling balls, had to hunt for one light enough for DD to use. We were having great fun and really enjoying ourselves. Halfway through our game a dad and 3 children arrived in the next lane and started to play. There was now just one 'childs' bowling ball available between 4 children. I noticed and asked the attendants if they could provide any more, they also went off to look.
Meanwhile DD's turn had come round. The 'child' ball was being held by one of the children in the next lane but the Dad was just having his first turn.
New OH just walked over, took the ball out the childs Hands and gave it to my DD to use. No 'would you mind if' or anything similar. He must have seen my face and the look on the other dads face as he then said something along the lines of 'well it's DD's turn now and the other child can't use it until her dads had his turn'
I was gobsmacked but didn't say anything at the time as I didn't want to cause a scene and I wasn't able to afterwards as DD was with us.
I'm not sure if I'm over reacting but it made me hugely uncomfortable. Should I be worried?

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IndieTara · 23/04/2018 12:04

Chased it just keeps playing on my mind

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BackforGood · 23/04/2018 12:15

It was weirdly rude, but there are some over reactions on this thread.

IndieTara · 23/04/2018 13:42

I'm really wondering what the explanation will be tbh

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Trinity66 · 23/04/2018 13:45

He was not unreasonable in his logic but he was unreasonable about how handled the situation, he should have asked the other child if your DD could have it first

IndieTara · 23/04/2018 13:55

Trinity agreed

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SaltyPeanut · 23/04/2018 15:06

You were there first. This other family show up and piss off with the ball your child was using and let their child sit there holding it. Maybe your new OH was pissed off at that rudeness and was a bit rude in return without thinking it over.

Storm in a teacup as an isolated incident, everybody gets annoyed and overreacts occasionally. If you're looking for Mr Perfect who always responds as you you think appropriate in every situation, you'll have a long wait.

IndieTara · 23/04/2018 15:16

Salty I already know that Mr Perfect doesn't exist.
I think this is giving me pause for thought as it was done to a child. If somebody did it to my child I wouldn't be happy.

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IndieTara · 23/04/2018 15:17

Plus I wonder what New OH would do if somebody did this to his child.

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