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DH taking the piss out of my glasses

164 replies

BapFaced · 29/01/2019 14:49

Name change as DH knows real username. I’ve known for years I’m supposed to wear goggs but I feel so self concious in them that I don’t. Anyway after suffering constant headaches and worsening vision I admitted defeat and went to opticians. I knew DH would take the piss and I can handle a lot of banter so I’m so self conscious I don’t think he realises. It’s constant.
“You’ve got something in your eye, not that one ... not that one ... the 4th one”
“Stop making a spectacle of yourself”
“Get your windscreen wipers on”
“There’s bird shit on the window ... no not that one, that one !” (Spits on glasses)

I’ve told him to pack it in now, I’m getting where I just don’t wear them when he’s around and he still takes the piss putting his hands over my eyes to firm glasses etc

As I said we do have a “piss taking/banter” type relationship but I’m taking this quite personally. AIBU to tell him he’s upsetting me or am I being a baby?

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CryptoFascist · 29/01/2019 14:50

He spits on your glasses as part of a joke? I'm trying to picture that!

pangolina · 29/01/2019 14:51

That sounds a bit dickish of him.
Tell him you feel self conscious and want him to stop and see if he does.
If you really hate them though, are contact lenses an option?

StingLikeABee · 29/01/2019 14:52

he sounds like a very immature teenage boy

I'd snap and fart at him Wink

MikeUniformMike · 29/01/2019 14:52

Get him to buy you contact lenses.

Confusedbeetle · 29/01/2019 14:52

He had had his nasty little joke and now it simply is very rude. Tell him (nastily) to pack it in or you might start homing in on some of his little inadequacies /imperfections. He is NOT FUNNY

CrazyOldBagLady · 29/01/2019 14:53

Yeah tell him you've had enough of it now, I don't know why you wouldn't.

Miane · 29/01/2019 14:53

AIBU to tell him he’s upsetting me or am I being a baby?

Why haven’t you told him already?

You really are putting up with limited vision, eyestrain and headaches rather than just telling the person who is meant to love you best in the world to knock off the teasing? Sad

nobeer · 29/01/2019 14:53

He sounds like a twat OP. Is he 15? I haven't been teased for wearing glasses since I was at secondary school.

Confusedbeetle · 29/01/2019 14:53

Tell him he is better looking when you are not wearing them

ShakeYourTailFeathers · 29/01/2019 14:53

Bloody hell, he sounds exhausting

Nesssie · 29/01/2019 14:54

He spits on you? What the hell. That's not banter.

CoastalLife · 29/01/2019 14:54

It's only banter and jokes if both of you are laughing.

Tell him that he's actually making you quite upset now and he needs to stop. You need to wear these glasses so that you don't suffer headaches, and he's making it impossible for you to do so without feeling self conscious.

Just be very direct with him, OP. He's being an arse.

Stardustinmyeyes · 29/01/2019 14:54

No, you're not being a baby. I couldn't live with this level of piss taking, I'm really useless at being teased.
If you tell him that he's seriously upsetting you will he stop or just escalate the piss taking?
Spitting on my glasses would induce absolute rage in me. I just wouldn't live with someone being so disgusting towards me.

GlitterPixie · 29/01/2019 14:54

He sounds like an immature 14 year old Hmm

BapFaced · 29/01/2019 14:54

I suppose it’s because we do have that kind of rejatiobship, I take the kids out of him and vice versa. It’s just this I’m quite sensitive about as I do think I look stupid

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BapFaced · 29/01/2019 14:55

Stupid auto correct

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Lycanthropology · 29/01/2019 14:55

Whenever I’m a bit cross with DH, I just have to pop on MN for 5 minutes to see that so many OHs are actually complete twats, and that DH is comparatively pretty wonderful.

He’s never made fun of me or spat on my glasses, at least.

Mmmhmmm · 29/01/2019 14:55

He spit on your glasses? He's a dickhead.

PlainSpeakingStraightTalking · 29/01/2019 14:56

“There’s bird shit on the window ... no not that one, that one !” (Spits on glasses)

Really? Just really? and you put up with this?

alwaysthepessimist · 29/01/2019 14:56

he spits on your glasses? That's horrendous, what a prick he is. You need to tell him how is making you feel - if he won't stop then you need to take a serious look at deciding if you want to be with someone so prickish

YouCantTourniquetTheTaint · 29/01/2019 14:57

You can have a jokey relationship, thats fine. However when it crosses over and becomes one sided thats when you should be able to say enough and it stops.

Did he really spit on your glasses?

NotANotMan · 29/01/2019 14:58

Why do you have a relationship in which nasty mocking and abusive behaviour is normal?

BusySnipingOnCallOfDuty · 29/01/2019 14:58

He needs telling straight that you've had the headaches for years but put off getting glasses beaut you knew he would be rude, and that it is genuinely upsetting you and that as a result you've been avoiding wearing them round him which means the headaches come back and that does he really think that little of you that he would have you not use something you've been prescribed to help you?

He's been a dick, it's been taken too far, and he needs to know.

BusySnipingOnCallOfDuty · 29/01/2019 14:58

Because, not beaut

Aprilshowersarecomingsoon · 29/01/2019 15:01

Tell him you now have twat vision and have just spotted one.
I wear specs, always tell the dc it's lucky I have my football /book /toy shields on to avoid being bashed with afore mentioned items.
I got braces unbeknown to dh last week and he has been extremely supportive.
As he should be.
Ask yours when he is getting a new address.....

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