Forgot to stay in

[Fishfingersandwichplease]

In tier 4 - was indoors all day yesterday as it hammered down all day. DD had way too much screen time. Weather much better so have come out for some fresh air. DH just phoned with the raving hump cos he asked me to stay in so could accept the delivery and he can take it to his son tomorrow. Of course they attempted delivery when l was out and now his son won't get the present. Whoops. Just need you all to make me feel better!! Memory not great at the best of times so l feel like he could have reminded me this morning but that's prob not the point!!

Yeah you are at fault here @Fishfingersandwichplease and to the posters saying the DH shouldn't treat his wife like a slave. He didn't, he just asked her a favour and she said yes.

All's well that ends well, but I am amazed he managed to track the delivery driver down. How did he know which one he was? Or where he'd be? Amazing luck to have found him!

Why are people amazed that the DH managed to track down the delivery driver? It’s not like Santa on TV where he makes a delivery then flies off 90 miles West - they probably had multiple stops to make on their street alone, then went in to the next street. Massively inefficient if they did it any other way.

In fairness he asked me after he'd ordered it anyway! Plus l didn't know it was for his son til today - even if it was for me l still would have gone out!

I'd be really pissed off if DH didn't need to go out, and I'd asked him to stay in for a delivery, but he went out for a walk instead. And if this was the other way round and your DH had gone out for a walk, people would be ripping him to bits.

Yes but without a time slot the op could have been waiting in til 10pm tonight.

Id not ask anyone to do that amd even with my parcels id have chanced it. Thats why I always leave delivery instructions.

If you are not prepared to stay in for a delivery then say so. But forgetting happens to us all. I'd apologise and expect the apology to be accepted.

You don't sound very sorry. I'd be annoyed if I was him too.

Hard to express emotion on the internet l find.

Are you likely to have forgotten if you'd ordered something for delivery?

Because he told you yesterday. Not weeks ago. But even then you should have recorded it somewhere.

And if you'd remember your own deliveries ordered days in advance ...... well there's no excuse really is there?

@VetiverAndLavender

Glad your husband was able to get the gift!

Also: Noting that the husband here bore some of the blame for the situation (waiting until the last minute, failing to remind his wife, over-reacting) is not being a man-hater or having double standards. If the sexes were reversed, it would still be a case of shared "blame".

Not on MN. It would be ahh bless, don’t worry, , of course you’re ordering things at the last minute with so much on your plate. MN is extraordinarily supportive of women. But often displays double standards when judging unreasonable behaviour. OP’s sorted for now, so that’s good.

No because l would only order something if l knew l would be in or l would leave a note.

I am quite surprised that the general tone on here insinuates l am selfish - really am not. Went out to visit my 80 year old mother as she is quite lonely so thought it was a good day to go and cheer her up. Am a busy working mum (day off today) and like everyone else on Christmas week have got a million and one things going round my head so something slipped my mind.

Assume everyone on here that has said no excuse has never forgotten anything ever?!

Anyway parcel received, nobody will miss out in their present, it's all good.

If the sexes were reversed, it would still be a case of shared "blame".

😂😂 It absolutely wouldn't!