DH just got angry and went to bed because I took the last of the Xmas lights down

[Pooshy]

We have some star lights that hang in window, and because they're quite nice and not overly Christmassy, we take a while to take them down after Xmas

Come spring they look a bit odd (people ask why we still have our Xmas lights up!) and a couple of days ago I took them down

He hadn't even noticed until now when I pointed it out. Then he had a big strop, shouted at me for not asking and went to bed

Bit of an over reaction surely? He would say it's because I clear things up too much, throw stuff away too soon etc. I'm much more of a 'doer' than him and this gets on his nerves

Haha stropping not stripping!!

My dh would be happy with the decs up all year round. He doesn’t strop when they go. He had a bit of an “oh no” moment when I do it. Total overreaction. Is he normally controlling?

In fairness I also nearly posted about stripping as well. Bloody autocorrect.

Sounds like the sort of thing my DH might very occasionally do that probably just means he's simmering about something else. Maybe something he feels I did without asking him when I should have, maybe something or someone completely different.

Maybe ask him tomorrow if there's something happening he was upset about, as you thought his reaction about the lights might be pointing to something else? I mean, it was a shitty reaction and he shouldn't have but might be worth getting to the bottom of some real thing that might be simmering.

Bloody hell, he would divorce me. Mine all come down the day after Boxing Day.

Tell him that if he continues to be naughty, Santa will not come.

Hmm.

Hoarder?

I sometimes go to bed early in a strop because the cat has taken a shit under the sofa and I can't bear it, but xmas lights in April? WTF.

Is he normally a stropper? If not, then an over reaction possibly based on something else on his mind. If, like I had, you have a serial stropper, over minor details, tell him to get a grip and discuss things, even displeasure, like an adult (it was a slow process but we got there!).

I'm the only one that ever has a sort out, clears out cupboards etc. This morning for example I cleared out a drawer that we couldn't close as it was jammed with stuff. As a result I sometimes get blamed for moving something, chucking something (not if his but maybe a toy he thought we shouldn't keep)

If it was up to him, we wouldn't have unpacked boxes from when we moved in four years ago!

He might be having a bad day

He might like them

Something else might be simmering away.

If this was a post about a woman posters would be climbing over themselves to say there were many excuses.

Let him have a sleep and talk in the morning

Are you married to Roy Wood? 😂😂😂

Also spat out my tea at Are you married to Roy Wood?

Very childish.

Oh dear! I must say I am always bereft when the decs come down.

He’ll get over it. Have a glass of wine and enjoy an evenings uncompromised TV.

Random thought but does he have any childhood issues relating to Christmas? Could it be memory related/attachments? It is a strange reaction I agree but there’s probably a reason he feels the way he does. maybe have them hanging somewhere all year if they’re non Christmassy so they’re not at the window but he can still see them