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AIBU?

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To think husband is a twat for this comment?

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indiesearcher · 17/04/2022 22:58

DH and I are away for the Easter break with kids. Put them to bed, we're playing a few games of cards to pass the evening. All is fine.

I have beaten him at cards for the tenth time in a row and JOKINGLY (very jovially) said "you can't beat me at rummy, you can't beat me at Uno, you can't beat me at anything!"

To which he replied:

"I can beat you at salary. I double your salary"

I didn't know what to say really. So I sort of let it wash over me, jokingly retorted that he can almost double my age, and then wistfully said, "yes I do wonder where I might be now salary wise if I hadn't taken years out to raise our children, and then move half way around the world having quit my job so we could exploit your earning potential".

Then he basically started sulking and turned the whole thing on me. Various claims of "so you'd rather I hadn't dragged you abroad, so you'd rather we hadn't had the children etc etc". Which is all bullshit obviously - I've been very happy with our life, but it was a shitty comment he made and but else was I supposed to have said? I said I cannot have this conversation with you and he then walked out the room.

AIBU to have asked him to acknowledge it was a shitty comment and not budge until he apologises? He has gone off to sleep in another room.

OP posts:
GonnaBeYoniThisChristmas · 18/04/2022 09:56

@Faevern

So you win again …. and all is well
Ha ha Wink You and I have the same view on OP @Faevern.
Gowithme · 18/04/2022 09:58

@indiesearcher

But this is how we play cards... very jokingly. The card games we play are entirely luck based, we both know this and we do tend to jibe the loser a bit... normally not a problem.

How will I fix it? If I have t smothered him with a pillow for his snoring before morning I'll apologise if I was a bad winner. Equally I'd expect him to apologise for his comment.

To a previous poster, nope I was very happy to move away and support his career. It has never been an issue. At least it wasn't until he brought up my lower earnings!

You moving away wasn't an issue until he brought up your lower earnings - and your lower earnings probably weren't an issue until you brought up that you could beat him at everything.

I know it's been resolved but I think it's worth talking about this again particularly why he was so affected by you saying he couldn't beat you. It's probably down to his drinking which sounds like it might be an issue in itself. Don't stop playing card games, do get to the root of the issue.

Cherrysoup · 18/04/2022 10:02

Taking 3 years out has wrecked your earning potential? Would you be on comparable salaries had you not had dc?

EarringsandLipstick · 18/04/2022 10:03

But her comment was clearly a joke

It doesn't sound very jokey to me, however she intended it.

It sounds arsey.

He replied with a barbed comment, which also wasn't great.

Two people making unnecessarily spikey comments at each other, in my view.

FrippEnos · 18/04/2022 10:03

EarringsandLipstick

Good outcome OP - glad it's over & you've both apologised.

Except that the OP hasn't apologised, and her comment I shall leave it there for now makes me believe that this will be used against him at a later date.

EarringsandLipstick · 18/04/2022 10:05

@FrippEnos

EarringsandLipstick

Good outcome OP - glad it's over & you've both apologised.

Except that the OP hasn't apologised, and her comment I shall leave it there for now makes me believe that this will be used against him at a later date.

She did apologise, she said so, in response to a poster's question:

I did... and agreed it was a silly argument

I think you're reading too much into her comment

southlondonerhere · 18/04/2022 10:13

I don't think you were being unreasonable OP, you jokingly gloated about how you won all the card games and he got personal because he's a sore loser

FrippEnos · 18/04/2022 10:37

EarringsandLipstick

Put with the OP's other posts, I don't think so, but its only my opinion.

WonderfulYou · 18/04/2022 10:37

I’m glad you got everything sorted.

Everyone has arguments. How you both deal with them is the key.
And it sounds like you’re both mature enough to apologise and draw a line in the sand and move on.

LovelyYellowLabrador · 18/04/2022 10:48

What you said was joking
What he said was way way out of line
Esp if he said it in front of the children

saraclara · 18/04/2022 10:58

Nice to see a calm and good natured resolution to it all, OP. And good for you for recognising early on that there was another perspective to all this (even if loads of people ignored those posts!)

EarringsandLipstick · 18/04/2022 11:32

@FrippEnos

EarringsandLipstick

Put with the OP's other posts, I don't think so, but its only my opinion.

What do you mean?

She said she apologised - we can only go on her word. Why do you feel otherwise?

AlecTrevelyan006 · 18/04/2022 11:35

The thing about a joke is that it’s only the person hearing it who decides whether or not it’s funny - not the person saying it

Momicrone · 18/04/2022 11:51

Not sure those two card games are entirely luck based either

FrippEnos · 18/04/2022 12:55

EarringsandLipstick

Because she is adamant that she hasn't done anything wrong and her first attempts at apologies have been goady as well.

Countdownis35 · 18/04/2022 14:39

@LovelyYellowLabrador

What you said was joking What he said was way way out of line Esp if he said it in front of the children
Oh Goodness don't make the situation bigger. If you are rude to someone... you don't get to police what they say in retaliation its not a shock that someone goes lower than the other.... OP has not mentioned kids and OP has not mentioned her DH speaks to her like this often.

OP has sorted it.

Countdownis35 · 18/04/2022 14:40

@AlecTrevelyan006

The thing about a joke is that it’s only the person hearing it who decides whether or not it’s funny - not the person saying it
This
SandyY2K · 19/04/2022 02:57

His comment kind of shut the cards down, then I responded about the age thing because I thought the salary comment was really low (and IMO Ave is linked to salary

I'm not so sure about age and salary... these days young people are earning well. It all depends on your career. Some fields pay better.

Unless you're referring to teens and early 20s.

It sounds like you were trying to defend earning less than him

LovelyYellowLabrador · 03/05/2022 20:37

Interesting how EVEN the daily mail comments thought he was out of order and below belt

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