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DH taking the piss out of my glasses

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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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Sarahjconnor · 29/01/2019 15:01

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glamorousgrandmother · 29/01/2019 15:01

I wouldn't be able to put up with this. It's not funny.

badirene · 29/01/2019 15:03

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

First off spitting on someone is classed as battery under the common assault category of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.

Secondly he is a dickhead, you could have a chat with him and tell him how hurtful his comments are, but I would bet he already knows that and just does not care. Avoiding his "banter" by not wearing your glasses and getting headaches should tell you that you are in fact not alright with his comments, you do not have a jokey relationship and you need to look at what else you avoid doing in your own interest to avoid his comments.

lilyheather1 · 29/01/2019 15:06

Christ OP, they're only glasses, nothing to get so worked up about, you won't look stupid fgs.

But yeah, he really shouldn't be spitting on you. That's grim.

midsomermurderess · 29/01/2019 15:09

I'd find that unbearablty tiresome. He souds as if he is 11.

DarlingNikita · 29/01/2019 15:11

He spits on your glasses? Hmm

I can't picture an adult doing that.

Not to mention the constant 'jokes'. He sounds very unpleasant.

Pythonesque · 29/01/2019 15:13

How about "Ok, enough's enough. You've got 5 more minutes to make all the jokes you want about my glasses, and after that I expect you to be a bit more original if you think you are going to be funny"

DandilionBreak · 29/01/2019 15:13

Just tell him you need your specs to see his teeny tiny wiener. Loudly. In public, if he has a go at you in public.

WH1SPERS · 29/01/2019 15:14

I’m a bit worried that you are married to my son, who is 14. Except he wouldn’t spit.

DontCallMeCharlotte · 29/01/2019 15:14

How old are you both?

(If he doesn't stop, remember all these jokes for when he needs to wear glasses. And he will.)

Lweji · 29/01/2019 15:15

That type of thing is funny for 5 min the first time you wear them. Then it becomes abusive.

It's not something you can avoid.

Do you really have that type of relationship, or did you fall into it because he's the type of making fun of you for anything?

Does he ever take the piss of himself?

SaturdayNext · 29/01/2019 15:16

What's the big deal with glasses? Literally thousands of people wear them. Why would you feel it's so dreadful, and why is it such a novelty for your partner?

You need to stop avoiding wearing them around him. The more you wear them, the less noticeable it will be and the more boring his so-called banter will be. Just ignore him completely when he mentions the subject; at most tell him how dull and tedious he is.

EdwardScissorskills · 29/01/2019 15:18

Wow - my daughter’s primary school classmates are way more mature than this dick you call "D"H. And they are 9.

Windgate · 29/01/2019 15:19

He's a bully.

Raspberry10 · 29/01/2019 15:19

If my husband spat on my glasses he’d be out on his arse. He’s not teasing you, it’s not banter, he’s bullying you. You are made yourself ill with headaches not wearing them because you knew what would happen. Tell him he’s being a massive twat and to stop it.

smartiecake · 29/01/2019 15:19

He spits on your glasses? That is disgusting.
Just tell him to stop behaving like a dick head.

MakeItAmazing · 29/01/2019 15:20

Sorry to tell you you're married to a bully.

EdwardScissorskills · 29/01/2019 15:20

Also - bet you don't look stupid in them. They are glasses. You haven't had Harry Styles' face tattooed on your cheek.

MiddlingMum · 29/01/2019 15:20

DH? He doesn't sound old enough to be married.

whiteworld · 29/01/2019 15:21

Is he 8?

He sounds like a tit. FGS, woman up. Put your health first and find some glasses. There are thousands of pairs out there, so there's bound to be some to suit you.

And tell your h to pack it in, sharpish.

And don't call them goggs.

Knittedfairies · 29/01/2019 15:23

Time for both of you to grow up.

Nottobesoldseparately · 29/01/2019 15:24

I wear glasses.

If anyone spat on them, never mind my husband, I would punch them. And it would bloody hurt them far more than me.

You do not fuck about with someone's glasses.

Bracknellite · 29/01/2019 15:26

He spits on you.... he is a cunt

GruciusMalfoy · 29/01/2019 15:27

He spit in your face. That is utterly vile.

Bombardier25966 · 29/01/2019 15:27

What does the normal piss taking/ banter consist of?

We're all (rightly) saying his behaviour is out of order, but if this is normal behaviour for both of you that's a different story.

Perhaps you both need to grow up a bit?

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