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irrelevant details, fed up, is it just me?

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JoanFrenulum · 30/07/2018 18:22

With DH mostly. I ask him to do a thing, I don't want a blow-by-blow account of exactly how he's doing the thing. I just asked him to sort out seats on a flight so that he, I and DD are all sat together. So he gave me this stream of consciousness through the entire process, down to telling me how he's deciding between calling customer service on the phone or on Skype. I DON'T FUCKING CARE. AIBU? I asked him to do it because I had loads of other things to take care of; if I'd wanted to know about all the details I would have done it myself.

I stayed nice but am boiling inside. Or, also today, over lunch with relatives he treated us all to a blow-by-blow account in real time of him figuring out when his next colonoscopy is, right down to looking up the time difference between time zones. NOBODY CARES WHEN YOU ARE GETTING YOUR ARSE INSPECTED. SPECIALLY NOT AT LUNCH ON HOLIDAY.

He's basically a pretty good bloke. How do I say "For the love of god spare me the liveblog" without sounding like a bitch?

OK maybe I am being a bit U but I need to vent somewhere or I'll say something mean IRL, and I really truly don't know how to ask him to tone down the granularity of the commentary without sounding mean.

HebeMumsnet · 31/07/2018 16:39

I have a person in my acquaintance who does something similar but possibly EVEN MORE BORING AND IRRITATING. She just 'can't not talk' in the passenger seat of cars. Unfortunately she has nothing of relevance to say so (I kid you not) gives a running commentary on the road signs and other items 'of interest' on the route, thus:

'50 miles per hour then.... Loose chippings... Oooh, road closures here from 31 July from midnight, eh?... National speed limit... Oh look! Sheep... Keep left at junction... No parking, driveway constantly in use.'

Only the legal requirement to have at least one hand on the steering wheel has stopped me throttling this person.

HebeMumsnet · 31/07/2018 16:59

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