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AIBU?

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To feel hurt by DP?

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Elkwood · 20/01/2020 00:17

I'm sorry for the subject matter but I need views on this, have NC. The Daily Mail and The Sun are scum by the way.

Trying to be concise - don't live with partner of 12 months, both mid-30s, found out I was pregnant on Thursday morning - contraceptive failure, totally unexpected and don't want to continue with it but still pretty shell-shocked. Told DP, also shocked but fully supportive and in agreement that termination best option (I don't want a debate on that here please). Called BPAS at lunchtime and arranged a call back from a nurse for 6.30pm. Called DP to keep him informed.

At 6.30 I had the call with the BPAS nurse, feeling pretty shitty, but then it gets to after 9pm and I've heard nothing from DP, radio silence. No 'how did it go?', no 'are you ok?'. At 9.30pm I called him and it turned out he had a few mates over and they were having a jolly old evening playing board games (he hadn't mentioned this previously at all).

For context he is usually in fairly constant WhatsApp contact - even on board game evenings - and was swearing up to the afternoon that he was there for me, wanted to support me, be there with me every step of the way blah blah. I wasn't expecting him to be here holding the phone for me but AIBU to feel hurt/disappointed/unsupported by the lack of even a cursory 'are you ok?' text message given the situation?

The Daily Mail and The Sun are still twats.

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Elkwood · 21/01/2020 21:08

he offers to accompany you to the appointment

He's desperate to. I actually told him he didn't need to come (anger/hurt/hormones taken over) and he keeps saying that he wants to be there with me. Even if I don't want him actually with me he'll book the same flights and travel at the same time in case I need him. He drove a 70-mile round trip to on both Saturday and Sunday to talk to me, even though I didn't want to see him on Saturday so he just left a (nice) letter on my car and then came back again on Sunday. I can't deny he is saying and doing all the right things now. I'm still just hurt and wary.

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