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AIBU?

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Am I overthinking or doesn't he care?

63 replies

CabinCrew · 06/06/2021 04:41

Last week I became really unwell with the flu, had to leave work as I had got all dizzy and lightheaded and sweaty, then got home and slept. Had a high temperature, couldn't sleep all night from the pain in my ears and throat and was figiting and moaning all night between bouts of sleep and cold sweats. The following day my husband come home from work and I asked him if he could get me some ibuprofen, he said we didn't have any and said he would go back out (he had just done a food shop on his way home), I said I didn't want to put him out so he didn't go. Later on I was moaning in pain and he shouted what can he do to help, as if I was annoying him (probably was, I was annoying myself but I couldn't help it was in agony) I said I needed something stronger for the pain and he started an argument with me saying why didn't I tell him earlier etc etc. He came back and apologise whilst I lay crying from the pain and the inconvenience I had caused him...

When I got better I mentioned that it really hurt me how he reacted,. I feel like he doesn't care about me. He went into a supermarket and didn't once think I may need something for my illness - for me that would be second nature, my first priority. He told me I was overthinking again.

Just to add we've had this same arguement in the past, he does things without a passing thought of my thoughts or feelings to the matter, I stopped mentioning it and just accepted it but when I needed someone to care for and look after me it really hurt and genuinely believe he does not care for me.

Aibu to think this?

OP posts:
JonahofArk · 06/06/2021 10:36

I would be annoyed in his shoes too to be honest. I really hate it when people expect me to infer their needs. He directly asked you if you wanted him to go and get the painkillers, you said no, and then got angry with him. If you flip it, I would be really annoyed if I offered to get painkillers for my partner, they said no, but then spent the rest of the day moaning about being in pain. I'm sorry if that sounds harsh but it's true. He is not a mind reader, and you need to be more open about your own needs precisely so that you don't feel like all of the responsibilities are on your shoulders all the time and you can share the burden with him.

slashlover · 06/06/2021 11:12

You didn't know he was going to do a shop but you did know he would be coming home from work. You should have sent a quick text asking if he could pick them up on the way home. It's easier to nip into a shop on the way than to arrive home and have to go back out.

Shoxfordian · 06/06/2021 11:18

I think you need to learn to say what you want

Hope you feel better now

slashlover · 06/06/2021 11:18

Medicine has expiry dates. I use painkillers do rarely it would be pointless to keep them in the house. Plasters and other first aid, sure. But not painkillers

I live alone and rarely use painkillers but I always have a pack of paracetamol and ibuprofen in the house, in ASDA, ibuprofen is 39p and paracetamol is 29p.

LemonTT · 06/06/2021 11:18

Another poster who should never go to the Sistine Chapel.

KarmaStar · 06/06/2021 11:22

Hi op glad you are feeling better!
I think the issue might be you are aware of when he is ill and prioritise getting medicine in and caring for him which is fine,until you expect him to think the same way as you.to go out without being asked and get medication.
Some people just don't think that way.they are black and white.
Some people have no patience with illness.
You just have to be clear in your expectation.
If you are otherwise a happy couple,move on and remember to get lots of cold and flu stuff in.😀

Mydarlingmyhamburger · 06/06/2021 11:26

@cupsofcoffee

I think maybe you have not read the thread. Because her DH did say he would pop back out and OP told him not too.

Yeah, I did read that bit, and I agree that OP shouldn't have been passive-aggressive in her response - but I couldn't just sit there and see my partner suffer in the way OP describes.

Except he didn’t do that either. He offered to go out as soon as she got back and she said no. Later on when she was apparently crying and moaning in pain he did actually go out and get her some. Sounds like he can’t do right for doing wrong
WellLarDeDar · 06/06/2021 11:28

I go to the supermarket and forget to buy things I need all the time. Sometimes I'll go to get something specific and then forget and leave with a bag of other stuff. He offered to go out and get you something, you said no and you're mad at him for not getting you anything and upset that he got frustrated. You probably kept him up all night with your moaning and crying. I don't think you're being very fair, especially after he apologised. You're gaslighting him.

WorraLiberty · 06/06/2021 11:39

@CabinCrew

I think my point was that, switching roles. I would have gone to the shop with my main priority to get anything he may have needed whilst he was ill. I would have also come back and been with him not sat on my phone as he did. For the poster that questioned why I don't have regular pain killers in the house, I have paracetamol. I avoid ibuprofen because of its effects on the stomach as a nurse I've had way too many bleeding stomach ulcer patients to bother with it. Until this particular time when the pain outweighed the risk.
I think my point was that, switching roles. I would have gone to the shop with my main priority to get anything he may have needed whilst he was ill.

If my DH had a painful ear and throat, I'd expect him to tell me what he wanted from the shop, just as I'd tell him.

I would have also come back and been with him not sat on my phone as he did.

Sit with him why? Confused I'd think my DH had taken leave of his senses if he wanted to 'sit with me' while I'm in bed with flu!

KurtWilde · 06/06/2021 11:44

So he offered to go back out and get painkillers and you said no, and now you're annoyed that he's not caring enough?? Good grief.

cupsofcoffee · 06/06/2021 11:47

Except he didn’t do that either. He offered to go out as soon as she got back and she said no. Later on when she was apparently crying and moaning in pain he did actually go out and get her some. Sounds like he can’t do right for doing wrong

I already said I agree OP handled it badly.

But what I'm saying is even if DH said "no, don't bother" I'd have just gone anyway.

HerMammy · 06/06/2021 19:53

To start it was flu then ear and throat infection, OP is a nurse 🤔

Hadjab · 07/06/2021 00:59

@CabinCrew

I think my point was that, switching roles. I would have gone to the shop with my main priority to get anything he may have needed whilst he was ill. I would have also come back and been with him not sat on my phone as he did. For the poster that questioned why I don't have regular pain killers in the house, I have paracetamol. I avoid ibuprofen because of its effects on the stomach as a nurse I've had way too many bleeding stomach ulcer patients to bother with it. Until this particular time when the pain outweighed the risk.
As a nurse, you’d know that taking a couple of ibuprofen for a sore throat isn’t going to give you stomach ulcers.
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