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AIBU?

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To think it isn't normal to be this critical?

361 replies

FrustratedCitizen44846 · 03/06/2023 11:44

This morning me and DH were having a lazy morning in bed (no kids yet) when we realised we don't have any milk. I said "I'll nip to the shop and get some now then". He asked if I wanted him to come with me and I said no, don't worry, I can finish my audiobook on the way (it's a 2 minute walk). Before I left he asked me to grab him some vanilla yoghurt and some blueberries, too. Of course! No problemo.

Anyway as I'm milling round the shop I'll admit I was in my own world a bit, so I forgot to buy the blueberries. I also bought the wrong yoghurt; he asked for vanilla this time but I bought strawberry. The shop was packed and so in my haste I grabbed strawberry, which is his usual choice.

When I got home and emptied the bag of he looked a bit confused (and I will note didn't say thank you once). At that point I said shit, sorry, I forgot the blueberries, but there's a fresh punnet of strawberries in the fridge and bananas on the side of you want some fruit. And said my bad about the yoghurt.

I honestly thought nothing of it, didn't think it was a big deal (he could walk the 2 mins to the shop if he really wanted) but as I was eating my breakfast I could tell he was being a bit sulky. I asked him what's wrong and he said if I wasn't going to get him what he wanted he would've just gone to the shop with me, and it's not fair that I pretty much told him he couldn't come with me. I said that's not fair, all I said was "don't worry about coming with me, I have something I want to listen to anyway". It's not like it was a strict directive or anything, of course he could come with me if he really wanted to. And in any case the shop is literally two minutes from where we live. It's not a big deal.

Anyway he then goes off on this sulk about how I'm not very thoughtful and how it's impossible to say no to me (i.e. he couldn't push the point about coming with me to the shop).

I think he's being overly critical over what is an incredibly minor mistake and turning into some big character flaw. It's not like this sort of thing happens often, if at all.

Tbh there have been a few cases like this where I feel he's a bit too.... unforgiving? Critical?

It kinda puts me on eggshells at times, to the point I've considered breaking up with him. Taking today as an example, we're supposrd to be going out to meet some friends but now I feel really on edge and a bit sad. Feels like the day is ruined for no good reason.

But it seems like such a minor thing and I'm not sure if it's just me being unreasonable/overdramatic and that it's normal for him to be a bit miffed over things like this from time to time (we're all human after all).

AIBU?

OP posts:
billy1966 · 06/06/2023 20:14

ItsNotRocketSalad · 06/06/2023 20:11

Probably. It's rare to be that lacking in imagination.

Agreed.🙄

Olive0il · 06/06/2023 20:16

I can see both sides, It does seem like communication needs to be improved on both parts .
I don't think it's the issue of you getting the wrong items or your partner sulking. It most likely is a deeper issue that is triggering something? Has your husband's needs not been meet by someone else and when he has brought it up it has been brushed under the rug? Have you been given silent treatment by somebody else before ?
I have been seeing a therapist and I am reading a book she recommended to me which is by Francine Shapiro and called getting passed yout past. It has alot of examples of how situations from our past come up in our future and how to react to them . It has helped me anyway!

TimesRwo · 06/06/2023 20:17

HornchurchClaire · 06/06/2023 20:07

Am I the only one wondering why you're on Mumsnet if you have no children yet? 🤔

Yep, it’s just you.

Any more helpful contributions?

NCGrandParent · 06/06/2023 20:20

I don't understand why you wouldn't just head back out again if you didn't get his stuff. It's 2 mins away. It sounds to me like you minimised the fact you forgot and that triggered his "sulk".

Weareallvirgins · 06/06/2023 20:36

Christ there are people living in a war zone in Ukraine
Yell him to pish off and grow up and I'm afraid you need to too 😩

CrazyArmadilloLady · 06/06/2023 21:26

Weareallvirgins · 06/06/2023 20:36

Christ there are people living in a war zone in Ukraine
Yell him to pish off and grow up and I'm afraid you need to too 😩

Time to wheel this guy out again: 🙄

I don’t think you quite understand how discussion forums works.

If you’re only looking for war zone level issues to be discussed, WTH are you even doing on Mumsnet…..?

mumlikeaboss · 07/06/2023 10:20

AutumnCrow · 03/06/2023 15:05

I don't understand a lot of things in this world, and this sort of tale is one of them.

Why didn't the OP let her husband walk with her? I mean, how do you finish listening to an audio book during a two minute walk x2 and an approximately 1 minute shop? Why would you want to listen to a book's denouement while rummaging about in the milk cabinet?

How could someone forget such a small list?

Why didn't OP text or ring her husband and ask about the yogurt?

Why the Relate-worthy debrief drama upon her return?

Why didn't she go back to the shop that's only 2 minutes away? Why didn't he quickly go to the shop? Why are people so bloody weird?

How did Free Spirit come to be married to Sulky Blueberry Man in the first place? How did OP remember to turn up to the ceremony with the right clothes on at the right time?

😂😂

EilonwyWithRedGoldHair · 07/06/2023 11:44

Tryagainplease · 03/06/2023 12:01

Wow you have had some harsh replies here, OP!
Each to their own but it wouldn’t bother me at all if my partner did that. We can all get a bit in our own head sometimes and forget things. It’s part of being an imperfect human.

Yes, unless, as others have speculated, this is really about something else, it seems an overreaction.

But then I also live two minutes from the nearest shop and I forget stuff all the time, while DH buys lots of extras. I will often nip back over if I've forgotten something important that DH wanted ( or that I wanted - I forget my own stuff as well).

Coyoacan · 07/06/2023 16:33

It does seem like communication needs to be improved on both parts

Why? She doesn't even like him. This is not a marriage made in heaven.

Pennn · 07/06/2023 16:42

I’d be annoyed at you too.

I know how frustrating it is when I ask DH to buy me plain Greek yogurt and he comes back with strawberry or whatever

Or … I ask him to get me Maltesers and he comes back with M&ms

GUARDIAN1 · 09/06/2023 16:07

I'd be fed up TBH, if you didn't get the things I'd asked for. Gives the impression you couldn't be bothered/don't care enough to get the right items.

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