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"Have you had a drink" - is my reaction unreasonable?

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MostlyCloudy9C · 03/11/2021 19:52

Brief background. Work very stressful at the moment, new role, underresourced, lots of projects coinciding. I've been suffering from insomnia and general stress around this, though it is hopefully short term. DH knows this. I'm back in office, he is still fully WFH.

DH had an event tonight and asked me to leave early to pick up DS8 from school club. I said I had a meeting til 5.15 so it's tight. We decided that DH would pick him up, and he could stay at home with DD12 for around 15-20 minutes after DH left before I got home at around 6.20.

My meeting overran and so I left a little bit late at about 5.25. DH called me at 6.10 and asked me where I was. I said 'I'm at X station' (about 20 minutes from home). DH replied 'that's miles away' and I explained meeting had run over. He then said ' Have you had a drink?'

I didn't want to reply in public in a station at 6.10pm 'no of course I haven't had a drink' and so I hung up.

I'm now fuming about this. It's something he's said before if I'm a little bit late. The implication of today though has really got to me - I know my kids are alone, and he thinks I would have had a drink (I assume at 5pm ish on a Wednesday?). I'm really pissed off and upset with him especially as he knows how stressed I am right now.

DH is telling me not to make a big deal of this.

Who is BU?

OP posts:
freeingNora · 05/11/2021 19:56

Hang on who put him in charge! If he was really concerned he would have waited at home until you got back not rushed off for a piss up. There's some professional jealousy here he sounds resentful of your freedom despite the fact that you've been doing the heavy lifting at home for years. Why isn't he putting the dinner on instead of waiting for you to get in.

timeisnotaline · 06/11/2021 10:05

I’m glad he’s apologised. I hope he also cuts out the rest of the pettiness and one rule for you and another for him thinking.

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