AIBU or is DP?

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I know this is a bit of a non issue but I've a lot of time on my hands ATM .

Last Friday our washing machine stopped a few times during 2 washes then showed a fault with the motherboard and stopped switching on.

It was out of warranty and when we called they offered a one off repair quote over £100 or a yearly insurance plan paid by direct debit every month which worked out an extra £40 or so. I discussed with DP and he said to go for the plan.
The engineer has been today and upon running a few tests he managed to locate a fault with the extension lead we were using (we've had it for 5+ years at this point so we wouldn't have suspected it ourselves).

I told DP when the engineer left and he said "oh so we won't be having to go on that monthly plan now because there was no fault with the machine" I told him we will because he did fix the problem even if it wasn't the washing machine. I told him he can call them to discuss if he wants but they'll probably just charge the £100 for the repair instead if he wants to cancel the plan because he did get it working again.

DP is now in a sulk and is seriously bringing the mood down on what has actually been a lovely morning up until now and keeps sighing about "all that money lost" when there's nothing wrong with the machine in the first place.

We have a functioning machine again and the engineer found a fault we would have never figured out ourselves. We can now get on top of the mountains of laundry from 2 under 5s and we have it insured for the next year if anything does go wrong.
If DP wants he's welcome to call them himself cancel the insurance and just pay the fixed repair quote IMO which means we're parting with a large chunk of cash anyway.

AIBU to think he's being massively unreasonable and needs to stop with the sulk and moodiness because there's nothing we can do about it and we're stuck together in lockdown for the foreseeable future and could really do without his attitude?

I wouldn't pay 40 quid a month insurance!! That's outrageous! 500 quid a year! You could buy a new washing machine for less than that! In fact you could probs get a tumble dryer too!

I think the OP means the yearly insurance works out about £40 more expensive, not £40 every month.

Well, OP, my DH would never go for the insurance option, so we'd pay the £100 for a one-off, I imagine.

There's no reason for your DP to sulk, though.

What exactly are you paying?

Not 40 a month 😂
It's an extra 40 on top of what the repair quote was and paid monthly too so we didn't have to pay out £100 + in one go.

So it's £140, fixed machine and insurance for the year. You both agreed this when it was broken and your DH didn't try to change or do anything to remedy the problem.

I'd ask him why is he moaning at you?

Dh sounds like a big baby 😅
Everything went according to plan, get he is sulking at you.
When it also sounds like you did all the arrangements and negotiations for the repair 🤦‍♀️