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Aibu to expect dh to be an adult

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Pollydarling · 12/04/2023 19:57

Both off work, I'm sorting utility, DH sorting his clothes. Pop upstairs and he wants me to help him sort his clothes in to keep/donate. I do this and afterwards tell him at 40 he should do this himself without constantly relying on me to tell him what to do. He didn't like this comment so I spent the rest of the day reading and doing what I wanted to do.
This evening he's made reference to us 'not talking' which I disagreed with, he also referred to my comment as me 'throwing a tantrum and being unhelpful' we have 3 children, I don't need a 4th. I know I'm not being unreasonable but it's wearing. I didn't throw a tantrum at all, I gave him my thoughts and expressed that I'm fed up of feeling like his parent.
Oh and when I said I was going for a walk he got his trainers on and ran out the house before me...
Please tell me I'm married to an arsehole.

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PaigeMatthews · 13/04/2023 00:00

TookTheBook · 12/04/2023 23:15

To put things in context, OP, I honestly wouldn't know how to do this chore for my DH. I can sort my children's clothes, and admittedly probably take on more "mental load" for those than my DH. But I wouldn't dream of sorting his clothes! I wouldn't have a clue what he should keep or not. I don't even offer to buy him new socks when they get threadbare - he's an adult and in charge of his own personal grooming, including clothes. All I'm saying is I agree you're not being unreasonable. Maybe reconsider a lot about this relationship dynamic.

This. I dont pack for my dh. I dont buy his clothes. I dont sort old. I dont buy presents for his parents. I dont remind him to phone his parents.

im his wife not his assistant.

Babooshka1992 · 13/04/2023 00:29

@PaigeMatthews my partner complained I hadn’t bought his mother a birthday present last week. I said that’s your job, you never get the presents for any of my family members do you? He said ‘oh I suppose’ and backed down

We have to call them out

BarbaraofSeville · 13/04/2023 06:44

Drusillagobwitch · 12/04/2023 21:39

@Pollydarling Sorry, when I said ran out of the door, it wasn't for a run. He got in the car and parked around the corner. I know this because DDs friend passed him parked up and mentioned it to her over text.

Am I reading this correctly?
A 40 y.o. grown man runs out of the house and hides in the car round the corner ??
Speechless.

Makes a change from hiding in the bathroom having a 20 minute shit I suppose.

Drusillagobwitch · 13/04/2023 07:33

BarbaraofSeville · 13/04/2023 06:44

Makes a change from hiding in the bathroom having a 20 minute shit I suppose.

😂

DelphiniumBlue · 13/04/2023 08:12

TBH, I've asked DH to help me with deciding what clothes to keep or not, I don't really see what the issue is there.
But running out of the house to stop you going for a walk is not on.

This was yesterday, what happened when he came back in? Hopefully he apologised for being such a prat?

Mistressofnone · 13/04/2023 16:48

YANBU why do they play so dumb? My DH hasn't done the running out the door thing, that's shocking. But often if I say I'm going to bed and he isn't planning to stay up late, he will quickly get up and say 'me too, night' then scurry upstairs leaving me to switch everything off.

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