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To not want DH to go?

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pinotghelp · 16/05/2019 07:28

DH and I are saving for a new family home, I've taken on the majority of the pressure with saving and we are both reducing our social lives.

DH got a text earlier in the week to a WhatsApp group saying "I know it's short notice but if anyone is around at 6 on Friday (tomorrow) I'm having some birthday drinks". This was sent to everyone at the school that DH works at. DH and this person are friends but still colleagues mostly. DH acted as if he wasn't going and I got a final interview for a job I'm going for that would help us massively and said AGAIN this morning about how I'll be finished the same time he is so we can do something.

Today he went "but I'm going to Teacher's birthday". This threw me as he finishes at 330pm and it's a drive from our home to this place so at the very least he'd have to come home first. I said "well can I come then" and he said "no I don't want you there".

This has annoyed me as I always introduce him to my colleagues. He is naturally invited. These drinks allow for partners and the message is a laid back one. When I threw a surprise party for DH earlier this year and invited this colleague the first thing he said is "can DP come?" I said yes, of course. He ended up cancelling 5 minutes before the surprise...!

Now I'm mad. DH just doesn't want me there but with no good reason. Every Friday he has a drink after work with these people so he has his own time enough. I don't get to meet them then. I've met these people on one occasion before but I'm almost kept from getting to know them. I'm not invited on any of the nights out etc.

I can't make plans of my own that night as all friends are busy or usually I would. I was looking forward to spending the time together and now feel disappointed. We haven't even had a meal out for months because of the saving but the amount he'll spend on drinks would have easily covered a little "date night"

Advice? Help me get over myself please :(

OP posts:
user1471590586 · 16/05/2019 12:37

Why aren't all these posters picking up on the fact he doesn't want to spend money on a night out with the OP. Clearly haven't read the thread. So he's given you permission to spend money on a taxi, how nice of him.

Hollowvictory · 16/05/2019 12:39

This Relationship is very low on fun factor.

HeckyPeck · 16/05/2019 12:39

People are too lazy to read the thread. Or at the very least OPs posts.

timeisnotaline · 16/05/2019 12:39

So he won’t go out with you full stop for money saving reasons but isn’t actually saving? Nice. I hope you aren’t married. I’d go tonight and try and have a good night talking to other people , not him!

I wouldn’t buy a house with him.

Hollowvictory · 16/05/2019 12:40

I'd go put on my own rather than gatecrashing

PutTheBunnyBackInTheBox · 16/05/2019 12:41

Tbh if it was me I would have asked "why?" as soon as he said he didn't want me there. It wouldn't have led to all this confusion!

Is there a reason you didn't ask why?

Tinkerbellisnotafairy · 16/05/2019 13:02

OP your update is more concerning. He sounds like he isn't the least bit interested in your happiness or how you feel.

So he FaceTimes you just to make the point that "Oh fine you can come if you want but I'm going to be deliberately obtuse about it." That's not an invite.

I don't understand all the other posters saying you're being clingy and needy? Have they not RTFT??!

I would be feeling the same OP. Flowers

U2HasTheEdge · 16/05/2019 13:06

Some people really can't be arsed to read the thread or they can't comprehend it.

It is not about one night ffs.

OP he is an arse. Not because of this one night out, but because of all the other stuff. I wouldn't be in a rush to buy a house with him. It's all pretty one sided isn't it? You working your arse off to save and he gets to go out once a week and go on holiday and has saved a small amount.

If anyone thinks this is OK then they must have low standards.

LisaSimpsonsbff · 16/05/2019 13:07

Update: DP FaceTimed me during a free period (rarely does this) and said "if you want to come, come. I don't care. But I'm not picking you up or helping you get here. If you want to pay for a taxi from the station then fine".

Ok, this is just nasty. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that this morning's comment might have been a moment of temporary snappy rudeness, but this is mean.

FizzyGreenWater · 16/05/2019 13:09

He's a dick. And a dick that has made it clear he doesn't want you cramping his style on a night out. Nice.

Soooo...

you're saving (mostly you)

when you suggest doing something together the answer is no, no money to be spent. you don't get to have fun.

but when there's a chance for him to go out and have fun - oooh yes please. The budget can definitely stretch to that!

You could come too, to this. For once you could BOTH get a rare night out.

But no. Not only is he happy to treat himself, he goes one step further and wants you specifically not to get a chance to go out. No. You'd cramp my style. Not only do I want to make an exception to the budgeting for MY fun, I specifically want to prevent YOU from sharing it.

In what possible world is that not a completely arsehole way to be?

People saying oooh you're not joined at the hip are totally missing the point. If they were both out all the time doing this and that with loads of joint stuff happening, fine. Time apart socialising with separate friends is healthy and good. But they aren't. Fun nights out are thin on the ground full stop, and he's happy to police that. So a night comes along which you could both go to, BOTH of you having few opportunities recently - and he's not just keen to take the limited fun cash pot and spend it on himself, he's determined that you don't share it, and sit home alone for yet another night in. Selfish shit.

It obviously raises a Q about who he wants to talk to and what he wants to do that he doesn't want you to see. But that's almost by the by. The problem here is that this person is not your friend. He may be your partner, but he isn't your friend. He sees you not as part of his circle of friends, but as something slightly apart, something he wants to keep at arms length when it suits.

On my own personal twat-ometer, this one scores particularly high. Grin I have NEVER come across a bloke who thinks of and treats their partner like this who isn't also a massive bellend. You are 'er indoors. Not an equal. He sounds quite fundamentally shitty and your FT conversation rather confirms that.

My answer to all this would be a broad grin and 'Great! See you there :) ' Then I'd go, have a fine time talking to other people, letting him get on with it and spending what I damn well liked. Then when he UNDOUBTEDLY had a face like a slapped arse the next day and started making comments about saving and how awful I had been to presume that I should also go out and have some fun, I'd just shrug and say 'no matter, do you know I'm not so sure anymore about putting in 90% of the deposit on a house to live with a bellend anyway. So I might just start relaxing MY purse strings a bit and making a few more friends, seeing as you're so desperate to make sure I don't cramp your style by being a part of your social life. Good luck with the debt repayments, twatty!'

DarlingNikita · 16/05/2019 13:09

"if you want to come, come. I don't care. But I'm not picking you up or helping you get here. If you want to pay for a taxi from the station then fine".

He's mean, horrible and controlling about money. People on here insulting the OP are either just as horrible as him or are missing the salient point, which is that he told her 'no I don't want you there'. I cannot IMAGINE my DP saying that to me.

U2HasTheEdge · 16/05/2019 13:10

Great post Fizzy

Whatisthisfuckery · 16/05/2019 13:10

At the start of this thread I thought OP was being silly, but having read it I think the husband is a twat. It sounds like he’s taking advantage of you OP, and possibly more if the truth be told. Make sure you protect your money. You’ll end up shat on and screwed over if you don’t.

GreenFingersWouldBeHandy · 16/05/2019 13:24

Update: DP FaceTimed me during a free period (rarely does this) and said "if you want to come, come. I don't care. But I'm not picking you up or helping you get here. If you want to pay for a taxi from the station then fine".

To be honest, I thought the OP was over-reacting at first but that's just fucking horrible.

I'd reply with, "Don't worry, I'm not coming. I'll be at home wondering why I'm saving 90% or our deposit while you're pissing your 10% up the wall."

I would also be seriously considering the future of this relationship.

BookwormMe2 · 16/05/2019 13:24

The blunt way he said he didn't want you to come was out of order, but I'm wondering if he thinks that if you come you'll police every penny he spends and he doesn't want that? I only ask because it sounds like saving money for a bigger house is really putting a strain on you and is turn is taking the fun and spontaneity out of the relationship. Is he even 100% on board with buying a bigger house or is it you driving it? Splashing his cash on a lads' holiday sounds as though he's not. I think you might have bigger problems than a night out.

Yabbers · 16/05/2019 13:38

I think people seem to have missed the “I don’t want you there” bit.

I wouldn’t be pissed off if DH went out for drinks with a group but if he specifically said he didn’t want me there, that would piss me off.

He could say it was going to be the kind of night I don’t enjoy, or that it was all blokes and wives weren’t invited etc, but to say he doesn’t WANT me there, that would piss me off.

CCquavers · 16/05/2019 13:39

The only advice I can give is to keep your savings in your own bank account. It doesn’t sound like you partner likes you very much.

SummerWhisper · 16/05/2019 13:40

FizzyGreenWater is spot on. You come across as reasonable, fair, kind and generous. I presume you ask very little of your partner and he is very lucky for that but now that you have pushed him on an issue, he is showing his true colours. He is showing how unimportant your feelings are and he is showing you your place. He has probably not needed to do this until now, now that you have tested his boundaries.

I presume you rarely argue because you have already smoothed things over. You have not noticed until now how he is prepared to trest you. If you overheard a man you didn't know talking to a woman you didn't know in the way that your partner spoke to you, you would be mortified for her. Your partner has upset you and he doesn't care. He has the audacity to further upset you. He had the chance to be loving, kind, generous and reasonable, which is what you are to him. He opted to continue to be cruel. I have not been on Mumsnet for very long and this is my first LTB. You deserve 100 times better than how this man is treating you. Leave him to his debt and more importantly, to his disdain of you. I wish you a brilliantly bright and happy future without him. Change the locks then go along tomorrow, buy all his male colleagues a drink, flirt, have a great night with his friends, then ask him where he's going to stay. Also, very best of luck for your interview.

pinotghelp · 16/05/2019 14:12

@SummerWhisper thank you.
@mabelsgarden also forgot to say thank you for your understanding throughout.

Just to clarify a few things.
A) main reason this weekend is off limits isn't just money but I have to work. I work a lot for no overtime etc, part of the job

B) I am starting to wonder if there's something he doesn't want me to see :(

C) we already own a house together equally. The equity is towards the deposit but we need a bit extra, stamp duty alone is £15k Shock

D) he is mean when he speaks to me, I always thought that but it sounded silly when I thought about it, I think some of the responses make me realise this

I think I'm going to focus on my interview prep / current work load.
Go tomorrow for an hour or so and see what I notice. Then will update

OP posts:
mabelsgarden · 16/05/2019 14:16

@pinotghelp

@mabelsgarden I forgot to say thank you for your understanding throughout.

That's OK. Smile

Glad to see you are getting more support now, and the negative posters who were posting harsh remarks, and jumping on you, (and even mocking!) have pretty much ceased posting.

I am shocked at the update. What an absolute arse your DH is. If you have no kids with him, I would be running for the hills. He sounds uncaring and mean. You deserve better. Don't spend your life with this man. Flowers

HeckyPeck · 16/05/2019 14:34

Good luck for the interview tomorrow!

FizzyGreenWater · 16/05/2019 14:49

Do you really want to spend your life with this guy?

He's nasty, really, isn't he?

I think I'd start squirrelling away some of those savings somewhere where he won't get his hands on half of them if you split (given that you are married).

BarrenFieldofFucks · 16/05/2019 14:51

FfS, it isn't 'work drinks'. Other partners are going. He just "doesn't want her to". you're a better woman than me if your husband telling you he doesn't want to socialise with you wouldn't hurt your feelings.

Add to that the lack of their own social life because he wants her to save, while blowing his cash on regular drinks and holidays only reinforces my previous opinion...he sounds like an arsehole.

BarrenFieldofFucks · 16/05/2019 14:53

And wbat FizzyGreenWater said.

stayathomer · 16/05/2019 16:19

So you work more and earn more and he is a teacher so can basically just earn what a teacher earns but it sounds like you're the one trying to do the house thing. Starting your post I'd have agreed with your dh, but given that he was so short and instead of a 'sorry it just came out' you got a ' you can come but I'm not helping you get h e re and chances are I'll ignore you'( which is what it sounds like you'll do) ... I don't know ... it's just a bit immature and petty for someone who wants to have a future together... OP best of luck in your interview and make sure you have a nice night afterwards and you treat yourself cos you deserve itCakeFlowersBrew

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