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AIBU?

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Whose behaviour/ expectations are reasonable.

57 replies

Bullnoway · 12/01/2019 13:31

Married couple. Person A spills their just-off-the-hob soup on their hands and feet and also on the floor, counter and cupboard fronts. It was clumsy but accidental. They immediately run their hand under cold water from a fair while, then clean up the mess so the children don’t tread on it/ no-one slips before sitting down to eat.

Person B - who at the time of the spill had put butter in a pan on the hob but had not started cooking anything else, cracks and egg and fries it, puts it on their plate and sits down to eat their lunch.

Person A is sad because person B didn’t express any concern at all, nor helped to clear up the soup pouring down the cupboards onto the floor (there was a lot).
Person B is annoyed because person A was clumsy and wanted to get on with their lunch.

For clarity, the differing lunch menus were a choice and person B decided to have an egg at the last minute, so there is no undercurrent about not cooking lunch for one another. Person A is not hamming it up and is putting a burn cream on their hand.

OP posts:
Mixedbags · 13/01/2019 06:45

I think the person should have asked if they were alright

Clionba · 13/01/2019 06:50

I would just have called to him "can you give me a hand? I've made a right mess!"

GySgtHartman · 13/01/2019 06:53

Can you please clarify. Did person b say nothing? Thoroughly ignore the whole mess, your pain and just crack on no pun intended

CantWaitToRetire · 13/01/2019 07:05

Me and my husband don’t have a great relationship, but I would still ask if he was ok if he spilled hot soup on himself. I’d also help to clear up because it’s not nice to be doing that with burned hands (and he’d make a crap job of it anyway).

explodingkitten · 13/01/2019 09:36

It's jusr a bit of spilled soup... and I say that as the worlds clumsiest person.

AspieT · 13/01/2019 09:41

My DH would be the one who would carry on regardless. It's really sad and hard to digest.

ZenNudist · 13/01/2019 09:42

Person B is horrible and doesn't care for A.

Youd not start making your own food, even if you were inconsiderate enough not to clean up while A treated scald. Being annoyed at A as well is harsh.

Wake up call for your dsis

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