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AIBU?

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To refuse to go to his big do tonight?

210 replies

FrogDoYoda · 08/09/2021 15:25

Fuming with eyebrowless DP. He moved in with me a few months back and lost his job (company went bankrupt) a few weeks later. He said he was actively looking for another job but whenever I come in from work he’s either browsing car forums or playing computer games. He does fuck all around the house.
Anyway he asked me if id go to this work do with him tonight, I initially declined as I won’t know anyone and I suffer with social anxiety, plus I’ll be tired from work. He begged, saying it was so important, he couldn’t possibly go alone as all couples will be there, made me feel really guilty so eventually I agreed but told him I wanted some things doing around the house while I’m at work.

  1. Take some of his junk to the tip rather than leaving it piled up in the spare bedroom which I’m waiting to decorate
  2. Cut the grass
  3. Paint the white woodwork downstairs (doors and skirting boards!).

He agreed.
Monday I got home work work and he’d done fuck all. He said he couldn’t go to tip as he needed to sort the stuff out first. He couldn’t cut the grass as it was wet (it wouldn’t have been after lunch time) and he couldn’t paint the woodwork as it needed cleaning first. I was fuming. I had it out with him, he said he’d do it all on Tuesday.
Yesterday I got home from work and he’d done fuck all. He said he’d started sorting his junk out but needed some bin bags. It was too hot to cut the grass and he couldn’t paint as it was too hot in the house.

I told him if it wasn’t done today I wouldn’t be going tonight. He agreed.

I’ve just got home from work and he hasn’t been to tip but said he’d ordered bin bags off Amazon (we live 2 minutes away from asda). He couldn’t do the grass as his hayfever was playing up and he has decided there is too much white wood work so we should hire a painter/decorator!!!! Bare in mind he has no fucking money so has decided I should just pay for one!

Oh but he said he’s done the pots. I went in kitchen to find that he’d put a few plates in the dishwasher, left pans all over the oven and hadn’t even turned the dishwasher on.

So I said not to worry, it’s fine. I’ll do it. He smiled and said “thank you, anything you don’t get done I’ll help you with at weekend”. So I said it would all be done by tomorrow as I’ll be doing it tonight. Won’t have time to go to the do though unfortunately! Well he’s gone off in a massive strop, saying I’m been ridiculous, he’s gone to drag the lawn mower out making a fuss and slamming stuff around saying I have to go as I promised. He’s now cutting the grass with a face like a slapped arse. I’m still not going.
AIBU? It’s very last minute but I’m livid.

OP posts:
DressBitch · 08/09/2021 16:29

@NavigationCentral

This is an attempt by the OP to do a "snapped and farted".

The attempt fails.

It's a low brow attempt.
knittingaddict · 08/09/2021 16:30

Is this another stupid childish game? Angry

I can cope with the trolls, but honestly...

AluckyEllie · 08/09/2021 16:30

Well he’s showed his true colours after only a few months in! Thankfully you aren’t married and it’s your house- tell him to take all his stuff and get out forever. He wants a housemaid, stop being a pushover.

LadyDanburysHat · 08/09/2021 16:31

Kick him the fuck out of your house. He does not add anything to your life except stress and extra costs.

Chikapu · 08/09/2021 16:32

It sounds like a shitty relationship all round tbh, get rid.

Dontbeme · 08/09/2021 16:33

@DressBitch Smile

MayorGoodwaysChicken · 08/09/2021 16:35

Ok, and you haven’t kicked him out why?

Honestly, work do aside you’d be an utter mug to stay with this bloke. He’s lazy and disrespectful, brings nothing to the table…why would you saddle yourself with him? He has told you that he sees household jobs as ‘yours’ for him to ‘help’ with (except he doesn’t…)

I just can’t see why you are even entertaining him?

FleetwoodRaincoat · 08/09/2021 16:35

He sounds very immature. And lazy. I'd get him out now, as he's not going to improve.

And you're quite right to stick to your guns.

Eddielzzard · 08/09/2021 16:36

He's leeching off you. You've got a massive cocklodger there.

AdobeWanKenobi · 08/09/2021 16:37

Whilst 90% if this thread is fucking weird the works 'do' is by far the most understandable bit.
The company went bankrupt. Perfectly understandable that the redundant staff would arrange themselves a goodbye outing.

Hadjab · 08/09/2021 16:39

@FangsForTheMemory

He's lying about the hayfever. The grass pollen season finishes at the end of JULY.
Whilst OP’s bloke is definitely a CF, my hay fever starts in February and sends in early October - some of us are allergic to more than just grass pollen...
Shehasadiamondinthesky · 08/09/2021 16:39

Get rid he is a cocklodger.

mbosnz · 08/09/2021 16:40

Hay fever season for me ends, when the cold and flu season kicks in. If I'm not on claratin, I'm on bloody sinutab.

RacistAngst · 08/09/2021 16:41

Well at least now you know where you stand. :(

And no I wouldn’t go to the work do either….

Howareyouflower · 08/09/2021 16:42

Throw him out. Lazy bastard.

pigsDOfly · 08/09/2021 16:46

Yanbu but it is pretty hot to be doing jobs tbh

Of course it's not, I went to the tip a couple of times during the last spell of very hot weather, I'm a 72 year old woman.

Do people not continue to work in the hot weather then?

pigsDOfly · 08/09/2021 16:48

He sounds like a waste of space tbh.

I'd be moving him out again if I were you.

MrsMiddleMother · 08/09/2021 16:49

Omg why are you still with him? He's not working and won't even help around the house that you entirely pay for. Get rid.

kwiksavenofrillsusername · 08/09/2021 16:53

What an amateur cocklodger. He should have at least waited until you were knocked up or married to lose his job and not find another one. Good news for you though, since you can kick this prince to the kerb more easily. Bin bags will be arriving in two days so I suggest you use them to shove his possessions in.

Rubyrecka · 08/09/2021 16:54

@DressBitch

1) where are his eyebrows and why weren't they mentioned again?
  1. how does he have a work do but no job?

  2. why the fuck are you putting up with this shit?

#1 made me chuckle
Scbchl · 08/09/2021 16:57

Tell him to take his eyebrows and fuck right off out your house and with the pocket money you save pay a painter to do the woodwork.

earthyfire · 08/09/2021 16:58

So going back to the eyebrows, where are they? Is he bald?

TopBlogger · 08/09/2021 16:59

YABU

He is obviously suffering from low self confidence. He has lost his job, is ill with hayfever and you are forcing him to do DIY when he should be resting and spending his time looking for jobs.

I suggest you realise how lucky you are!!! He is there at home doing his best.

gotcha
just cant help it when some threads are just so obvious

myotherusernameistaken · 08/09/2021 16:59

Eyebrowless?

Zomg.

What is it with everyone today?

IveGotASongThatllGetOnYNerves · 08/09/2021 16:59

Has he ever paid his way or does he simply enjoy you providing for him?

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