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Who is unreasonable here?

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espressomartini35 · 09/02/2023 06:39

Hi I'm wondering if I'm being the unreasonable one here as my husband thinks I am.
He is heading out with friends on the Saturday before Mother's Day (prearranged from a few months ago)
He offered to do Mother's Day on a different weekend as he'll be too hungover to do anything on the actual day.
I don't have any issue with this.
I work part time shift work and I've now volunteered to work a late shift on Mother's Day (3pm start) so that I can get the weekend after off for my little ones birthday. My husband has gone mad at me for doing this saying I knew he was out on the Saturday and why was I did I volunteer to work on the Sunday when I knew he'd be hungover. I told him it was a 3pm start so he had all morning to himself to be hungover.
Generally we both work around each others work but his work can take him away for a week every few months and then he also has a hobby which takes him away a few times a year too.
I feel I'd be unreasonable if I'd offered to work the Saturday knowing he was out but to be told I'm unreasonable to work the Sunday cos he's hungover I feel is just wrong.

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JudgeRudy · 10/02/2023 10:44

Ifyouknowyk · 10/02/2023 00:00

Don’t quite agree with this.
not sure a ‘free pass’ is a good solution to this. I may have misunderstood but it didn’t seem like OP’s husband was going to be unfaithful or in ‘the lifestyle’? Just hungover.
After an accident on a big night out, and a long discussion, my partner and I (at the time) trialed a ‘free pass’. It did not go smoothly and after weeks of arguing it ended up ending our relationship. I would be really careful if you choose to go down this path, you might not like what is at the end.

Yes, you've misunderstood. In this context 'free pass' was an opportunity to opt out of family life but I wasn't suggesting she had revenge sex with someone....that would as you say be a recipe for disaster!
I'm unsure what 'in the lifestyle' means. It's not a phrase I've ever heard. I'll assume it means behaving like a single person.

K37529 · 10/02/2023 11:53

@Ifyouknowyk i mean on mother's day her partner should be doing the majority of childcare/housework. Yes it can be done on any day, but so could his night out 🤷 It's one day a year set aside to appreciate the mother of his children and he's choosing a night out for himself instead.

Ifyouknowyk · 10/02/2023 15:35

yeah, does sound a bit BS? Don’t it? If, he appreciated his wife all the time, there wouldn’t be any need for this over indulgent, American, hallmark crap.
What happened to being a normal husband most of the time and a nice chilled out card from the kids on the Sunday? He could just offer to do the housework/childcare on any other day.

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