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Shitty partner - ruining sleepover?

168 replies

bunsen · 16/08/2020 01:24

'Dad' decides it would be funny to spray a shit scented spray all over sons sleeping bag and tent that he snd three friends are sleeping in tonight. They are 14. Have i lost a sense of humour or is this a shitty thing to do? Son and friends have not seen each other for six months snd just getting back into the swing of socialising ahead of starting back at school in two weeks.
Also his voice has broken recently and tonight his dad keeps saying he sounds 'gay'.
Am i super sensitive or is he just a complete prick?

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Butchyrestingface · 16/08/2020 08:57

Sad wee man. Ah well, only 2 years until your boy can leave home, even if you don't.

YesINameChangeEveryDay · 16/08/2020 08:59

You put dad in inverted commas, is he your sons dad or not?
He sounds like an arsehole. Pranks like that are bullying, not jokes. Mocking your sons voice and using Gay as an insult are reprehensible.

oakleaffy · 16/08/2020 09:08

@bunsen
Your DH is being a total knob.
Spraying ''shit smelling spray'' over a lad's sleeping bag is pathetic.

Taking the piss out of your DS's breaking voice is just lame.

You are correct...It IS bullying.

Bullies love to say ''We woz only having' a larf''.

Not funny.

lottiegarbanzo · 16/08/2020 09:08

So what happened? How did the boys react?

oakleaffy · 16/08/2020 09:11

Edit: Using ''Gay'' as an insult is deeply immature..
This 'man' sounds so utterly tedious.

I know a man like this...Relentlessly torments others, yet if someone 'fights back' he sulks.

Your DS shouldn't have to put up with it...And neither should you.

LovingLola · 16/08/2020 09:13

Is he his dad? Or is he your partner?
Regardless really he’s horrible
Your poor son

POP7777777 · 16/08/2020 09:15

How utterly humiliating for your son. The 'Dad' was showing off. How immature.

Davespecifico · 16/08/2020 09:20

Get rid. He’s horrible.

whishtyournoise · 16/08/2020 09:21

He sounds like a horrible bully and a total tosser to boot. Agree with the other poster who said Jay's Dad from the Inbetweeners.

Can you tell him that the only person he's embarrassing is himself and everyone thinks he's a bit of twat.

SurreyHillsGirl · 16/08/2020 09:24

its the jokey stuff like ricky gervais where really its bullying masquerading as comedy

Hmm RG may not be your cup of tea but he’s no bully! He seems to be hated on MN by the ‘professionally offended about everything‘ brigade. Anyway, for comparing a comedy genius to a homophobic loser like your ‘partner’ YABU, but for everything else, YANBU. Your ‘partner’ is a dumb fuck.

tiredanddangerous · 16/08/2020 09:26

Cover his pillow in shit spray just before he wants to go to bed. Bet he won't find it so funny then.

JammyGem · 16/08/2020 09:28

Doesn't sound like a nice man at all. Poor DS, being bullied by his own dad. That goes beyond just having a shit sense of humour.

Oysterbabe · 16/08/2020 09:32

Spray him in the face when the shit spray every time he is homophobic, maybe you can train him like a dog.

Or you could just leave him.

OpenDoor008 · 16/08/2020 09:42

Not good. Maybe he thought he was being "one of the lads" and grossly misjudged the "joke." He needs to know he was out of line.

sunset900 · 16/08/2020 09:56

I was once told 'that's what I'm like, I'm not changing' and replied 'that's your decision, mine is that I can choose what I am willing to live with'. We aren't together now.

Tistheseason17 · 16/08/2020 10:11

It is totally unacceptable to use gay as an insult.
Thst would be enough for me to LTB.
He sounds homophobic and trying to make a man of his DS, as he's frightened he's gay, masquerading as a stink joke.
You and your child(ren) are better off away from him as he has said he won't change.

CakeandCoffeeQueen · 16/08/2020 10:17

He sounds like a immature knob

CakeandCoffeeQueen · 16/08/2020 10:19

Itching powder in all his pants and socks?

I also think the gay ‘joke’ is completely out of order.

whiteroseredrose · 16/08/2020 10:22

Shit spray on his shoes when he goes to work?

Jeremyironsnothing · 16/08/2020 10:27

How did your son and his friends take it.?

Chloemol · 16/08/2020 10:29

He’s nasty, and yabu subjecting your child to his ‘jokes’ especially him calling him gay

He would be out the door tonight

TunaWhite · 16/08/2020 10:30

Me and my friends did that once. Sprayed the friend's older brothers room with fart spray. We were children though.

I'd be more concerned about the homophobic comments tbh.

Merryoldgoat · 16/08/2020 10:38

If you don’t leave your partner you are showing your son you put a bully before him.

TidyDancer · 16/08/2020 10:45

This man is a bully. He either commits to a massive change in behaviour (unlikely) or he moves out. You can't make your child live with such a vile man.

ShalomToYouJackie · 16/08/2020 10:53

You're with a man who thinks being gay is an insult/funny? Why?

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