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Husband annoyed after my trip to Ibiza…

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Nottodaysatan87 · 12/06/2023 11:33

I’m trying to work out if I’m in the wrong here or my husband. I went on a weekend trip to Ibiza with my sister. On the last night I sent a video to my husband of planes flying over the club to show our son. He messaged back saying “who’s that in the background” it was a guy asking if I had got the video as I had spent ages trying to get one. I explained we had met a stag party the day before, who happened to be on the same flight as us. They were also at the same club that day. He then ignored all messages from me and deleted me from Instagram after I posed a picture.

When he eventually got back to me, he said he had been busy looking after our kids while I was out partying with stags. I’ve tried to explain that it was completely Innocent, we obviously didn’t arrange to meet these guys there but why would we ignore them when we bumped into them. For what it’s worth, they were so respectful and obviously nothing happened. We just chatted for a bit and had a few drinks while listening to the music.

My husband is still very annoyed and acting off with me (but saying he’s fine). It’s making me feel terrible and like I have done something wrong. My sister thinks I shouldn’t have said anything at all to him but I didn’t see the need to lie.

I would like to add that he works in nightclubs so spends a lot of days/nights out and drinking and socialising. Im sure if he said he was hanging out with a hen party I might feel worried but I would just ask him , not give him the silent treatment. Am I in the wrong?

OP posts:
Daisydu · 12/06/2023 14:14

notokaywiththetropes · 12/06/2023 14:11

You can't really disagree, since she is describing normal human behviour that is most peoples actual experience.

You don't trust your DP and want to control him. That's not ok.

🤣 that’s funny. Thanks, I needed that laugh.

notokaywiththetropes · 12/06/2023 14:15

Daisydu · 12/06/2023 14:14

🤣 that’s funny. Thanks, I needed that laugh.

Do you laugh when you tell him who he is allowed to speak to? Is that funny too?

TheMurderousGoose · 12/06/2023 14:17

how far do you police it? the same people who are members of stag and hen groups are also colleagues, fellow gym goers, the person they buy their coffee off every morning etc. etc.

Lochjeda · 12/06/2023 14:22

If this was a woman posting the same about her partner meeting a hen do on the plane then getting them in the club and sending pics with them in the background talking to him, the answers on here would be ssooo different.

Daffodil92 · 12/06/2023 14:22

He sounds absolutely pathetic.

Daisydu · 12/06/2023 14:22

Lochjeda · 12/06/2023 14:22

If this was a woman posting the same about her partner meeting a hen do on the plane then getting them in the club and sending pics with them in the background talking to him, the answers on here would be ssooo different.

Yep. Exactly.

TheMurderousGoose · 12/06/2023 14:23

Lochjeda · 12/06/2023 14:22

If this was a woman posting the same about her partner meeting a hen do on the plane then getting them in the club and sending pics with them in the background talking to him, the answers on here would be ssooo different.

it's a matter of trust. if you don't trust your partner then of course you're going to have an issue with it.

Gowlett · 12/06/2023 14:27

Did he think you’d be indoors having a nice cuppa? In Ibiza?

SleepingStandingUp · 12/06/2023 14:30

Daisydu · 12/06/2023 13:02

no, you shouldn’t be hanging out with random men while your in a relationship. You wouldn’t feel ok if it were the other way round would you? No. So don’t do it yourself and expect your husband to be ok with it.

So which men apart from DH can I hang out with?

SleepingStandingUp · 12/06/2023 14:32

What I don't get is there was a video of the planes in the sky and there happened to be a person in shot when you brought the camera down and DH demanded to know who. Why would it not just be a stranger? Would he have asked if it was a woman? It doesn't sound like the camera showed you and this guy together, he was just a bloke in Ibiza. So does DH have form for being jealous and controlling?

Duckingella · 12/06/2023 14:44

He's annoyed his domestic appliance has taken the weekend off and dared to let him parent his own children solo for 72 hours.

He would have found an excuse to sulk with you regardless in order to make you reconsider leaving him alone with the kids again;you have bigger issues with his insecurities,selfishness and do as I say not do as I do attitude.

BanditsOnTheHorizon · 12/06/2023 14:49

You've been respectful of his feelings, now he's not being respectful of yours. It's a massive over reaction on his part. But he's said he's fine, take him at his word and carry on as normal don't mention it again. If the opportunity arises again to go away with your ds or friends take it.

billy1966 · 12/06/2023 14:50

Likely judging you by his own low standards.

He sounds awful.

I bet this isn't in isolation either.

Controlling arseholes will always find a way to spoil any time their victims are in any way beyond their control.

Not a good man OP.

notokaywiththetropes · 12/06/2023 15:00

Lochjeda · 12/06/2023 14:22

If this was a woman posting the same about her partner meeting a hen do on the plane then getting them in the club and sending pics with them in the background talking to him, the answers on here would be ssooo different.

It wouldn't.

Why should my husband not talk to women on a night out? For what actual reason would that be somehow bad?

Explain it.

polon · 12/06/2023 15:01

What an immature weirdo.

Imawomangetmeoutofhere · 12/06/2023 15:11

As if you would send him a video with a man you were cheating with ffs. I usually find people judge you based on their standards though rather than yours.

OhBling · 12/06/2023 15:20

if my DH had a strop and deleted me off social media, I'd honestly question our relationship. Not becuase SM is that important to me, but because it's a virtual/online equivalent of locking me out of the house.

I think anyone who expected you to go to Ibiza and not meet and chat to other people, of all types, is an idiot. If you wanted a quiet, just you and your sister weekend, you'd have chosen somewhere else to go. DH and his sister went to Ibiza with a big group a few years ago. They met all kinds of people and had a blast.

ThreeCoursesForMe · 12/06/2023 15:23

I know it's easier said than done op but I'd leave him for this. Controlling beyond d belief what are you and your sister meant to do, hide from people in Ibiza? I have a feeling he'd have found any excuse to pick at you tbh even if the stags weren't there. My fiancée wouldn't dream of this but exs in the past all would've reacted this way and they all had serious red flags that I couldn't see at the time.

ComeOnThenFanny · 12/06/2023 15:23

Duckingella · 12/06/2023 14:44

He's annoyed his domestic appliance has taken the weekend off and dared to let him parent his own children solo for 72 hours.

He would have found an excuse to sulk with you regardless in order to make you reconsider leaving him alone with the kids again;you have bigger issues with his insecurities,selfishness and do as I say not do as I do attitude.

Absolutely agree with this. If it hadn't been this he sulked about, it would have been something else.

ThreeCoursesForMe · 12/06/2023 15:24

billy1966 · 12/06/2023 14:50

Likely judging you by his own low standards.

He sounds awful.

I bet this isn't in isolation either.

Controlling arseholes will always find a way to spoil any time their victims are in any way beyond their control.

Not a good man OP.

This this this, any excuse to control you when a day / event isn't about them. If you are happy seemingly doing something without them they will put a stop to that.

orangegato · 12/06/2023 15:44

Man needs a fucking grip. It’s insecurity. If he didn’t think you capable of cheating it wouldn’t cross his mind.

My DP is naturally like that, but can do one if he tries to control me due to his own trust issues. He is met with a concise ‘fuck off’ if he verbalises any of that shite. He texts women he works with a goes for work drinks etc, but the sour face if I ever contemplated the same is comical. I just don’t tolerate it 😅

MammaTo · 12/06/2023 15:52

Mojitosaremyfavourite · 12/06/2023 12:02

To be fair , if the shoe was on the other foot, I’d be the same . But that’s me.
As innocent as it is. I am the same.

< gets hard hat and legs it>

Same haha!

Ive been on girls trips and spoke to groups of men on stags etc and I know there’s nothing in it. But if my partner said he’d been talking to hen parties I’d be jealous hehe hypocritical I know but can’t be helped.

brunettemic · 12/06/2023 15:53

5128gap · 12/06/2023 12:47

Well people advise from their own experience don't they? Most women know that when men tag onto hen do's it's not because they want to ask what colour the bridesmaids are wearing or have a turn holding the inflatable penis.

Fair to say then that when women tag onto a stag do it’s not to have a turn holding the fake plastic breasts then? You’ve proved my point though.

Sighhhhh · 12/06/2023 15:58

Another one who thinks he’s likely judging you by his own standards unfortunately.

BeachBlondey · 12/06/2023 16:06

My immediate thought, is that he is judging you by his own standards of behaviour.

I bet he kisses (or more) other women on nights out. Otherwise, why jump to that conclusion with you?