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To expect DH not to Zoom all over the house?

57 replies

ElephantsAlltheWayDown · 01/11/2020 21:43

I know I need to talk to him about it, I just want to gauge whether I'm being reasonable first.

I'm an introvert. I do enjoy socialising but I need to gear up for it and, most importantly, know when and that it's happening. Before zoom and Skype my greatest pet peeve and source of embarrassment was speaking to someone on the phone and finding out halfway through that I had been on speakerphone the whole time. shudder Lockdown and having DH work from home every day has been hard on me.

Anyway. Tonight I was in my pajamas, hair wrapped up in a towel, bathing my son, and DH rocks upstairs with his laptop, telling whomever he's speaking to that he's happy to show them the house. I mouthed something like "no no no" at him and closed the door. He laughed and told them I was hiding from the camera (cringe!) and then proceeded to show them our bedroom, where I had just been folding laundry, clothes all over the bed, ugh. I was not happy.

Then half an hour later after DS is asleep I go downstairs and DH has set up camp in the post-dinner, pre-washing up kitchen with his mates on yet another zoom call, having a lovely glass of whiskey while I'm trapped outside wanting to make a cup of tea. He sees my face, asks what the matter is and I moan about him zooming all over the house which is not fit for company. He politely leaves, but not after they all get a passing shot of me in my bathrobe.

Aaaargh. I know some people will think this is making a big deal out of nothing but please just one person tell me they get it? Am I completely out of order to ask DH to keep it at his desk?

OP posts:
namesnamesnamesnames · 02/11/2020 14:45

Oh my god yanbu. I couldn't deal with that.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 02/11/2020 14:52

You're not being unreasonable OP. I work from home, I don't have my camera on at any point, just a headshot. Home is home, work is work and never the twain shall meet as far as I'm concerned.

LyingWitchInTheWardrobe · 02/11/2020 15:03

Thanks for the film sets link, BestZebbie, I think I'd like one of those.

CuriousaboutSamphire · 02/11/2020 15:10

It has bugger all to do with tidiness, male perceptions etc. He just doesn't give a thought to your privacy and dignity. He doesn't mind, so you can't! Simples!!!

Tell him to keep his eye rolls and his promise not to do it again!

nightstarsky · 03/11/2020 04:49

@GhostCurry

“Men don’t need to worry about dirty dishes or laundry being seen, they wouldn’t be judged for it.”

So true.

Yes so true :(
seayork2020 · 03/11/2020 05:22

I would not want to be on Zoom etc. personally if it was DH's work colleagues as that is not professional but no I do not care what else is seen, I just don't think that deeply about it.

Guineapigbridge · 03/11/2020 08:36

Yadnbu!!!!

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