To think it’s ridiculous having meetings at this time of night?

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I want to watch the bake off with my husband and he’s at a stupid meeting!

First world problems I know but it’s nearly ten o bloody clock.

Er...... why can't you watch it on your own ?

dh and I were both at different meetings tonight, neither of which were quite finished at 10 o'clock. I'm not sure why it would bother you if you aren't attending the meeting, or having to lock up the room at the end.

What will happen if your DH doesn't watch it with you?

I do get the idea that certain stuff you watch together (Corrie, Masterchef, Vikings here) and I used to get annoyed when DH was on nights or lates and I had to wait for him. It is nice to have some shared TV profs I guess. Especially if a lot of what you watch isn't shared.

You have to see to the Kids?

Everyone at meetings at 10pm...

This is how everyone on here earns £100k plus...

Except me

I think he was "in a meeting" BECAUSE it was Bake Off

Watch it on catchup when he's home if you really can't bear to watch without him

I'm cringing

which1 - neither dh nor my meetings were to do with our work. This is voluntary stuff

Was it 10pm for everyone in that meeting?

We occasionally have meetings involving people in California, Japan, Bangalore, France and the U.K. I usually get the best deal with those, fortunately.

Was he sleeping on the front bench?

lol.

More likely a park bench, Karmin :-).

My husband was a great Bake Off fan, also Masterchef. I wish I'd had a meeting to go to!

Yes it was 10pm for everyone at the meeting.

Oh the horror, we like watching stuff together what will happen if we don’t watch it together, nothing I assume but I prefer watching it with him.

No he isn’t JRM

I volunteer on committees and it's really hard to get a time which suits everyone. I agree 10pm is very late ....but sometimes there is something really important to discuss and sometimes there is a bit of socialising after......there needs to be benefits of volunteering and socialising can be one of them. Cut him some slack and watch it the next night.

Cut him some slack and watch it the next night.

Why would I need to cut him some slack? I’m not even a little bit annoyed at him.

10pm for everyone is a bit harsh. But I regularly have meetings at 10pm or 5 am because of West coast US or China. Though I refused a 1am meeting tomorrow..

I personally think he should of cancelled the meeting and rushed home to hold hand and watch it. Obviously hasnt got his priorities straight.

Absolutely get rid of this selfish, hard working and busyman. Hes not the one for you.

10pm is far too late for a work meeting.

What about single parents who can't arrange childcare outside of normal work hours? I'd personally be raising the issue with HR as an EDI problem.

I understand what you mean though OP- me and DP watch programmes together and with things like GBBO it's impossible to avoid spoilers so you have to watch it that night.

10pm is very late for a meeting. Are you sure he's not having an affair? Has he been "working late" much recently? Has he been mentioning a new female colleague a lot recently? Can you check his phone?

@MrsEricBana & @GoingComando

Having read that there are no time-difference issues, I would like to know why they held this meeting at 10pm?

What does he do?
Yes, I think it's ridiculous.

Is it compulsory to attend? How much notice was given? Are people expected to make childcare plans around these meetings? Is it in his contract?

Loads of people have stupid hour meetings if you deal with countries around the world, doesn’t take a genius to work that one out!

So basically what you're asking is "AIBU to stealth-boast that my husband has a super-important and mysterious job?"

@dollydaydream114 I suspect OP is trying to steer the conversation around so she can drop in that her husband is an MP. Then everyone will ask which party, how did he vote, what's his position, and then OP can do a whole "oh no, I can't possibly discuss it".

People do have lives outside of work, which involve meetings. I'm on a number of committees for voluntary organisations, they all hold their meetings in the evening.