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Is this controlling behaviour or AIBU?

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morecoffeepleease · 14/07/2023 10:25

My Mum came to stay this week for a few days, and she bought us a couple of herb plants for the garden. She planted them for us in a space in one of the beds. She asked me first whether this space was suitable, and I said yes because we had no plan for that area yet, and we could always move them.

DP was annoyed when he got home because we'd gone ahead and planted plants without 'consulting' him. For context, he recently purchased 20 plants for £70 that I had no idea about, he had asked me if I liked that particular plant and showed me a quick photo, next thing I know he's gone ahead and ordered 20. He apologised for using the word 'consulted' when I called him controlling, but still maintains that it should have been a joint decision and it's not about two tiny plants it's about the 'principal'.

Also while my mum was here, we were cooking one evening and talking about bbq sauces. I got my one out of the fridge and said "this is my one" and showed her. DP who wasn't actually in this convo interjected and said I should call it "our bbq sauce" as he pays half of the shopping. I thought he was joking at the time but he brought it up again the next day and wanted to make a point that saying 'mine' is using language that you'd use if you were single. Again, for context, I have previously had to pull him up on calling our house his and not ours.

AIBU to start seeing these small incidents as red flags?!

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ReaIIyThough · 14/07/2023 10:33

That level of patheticness would irritate me. I'd tell him to make sure our door didn't hit him on the way out.

TooBusyGazingAtStarss · 14/07/2023 10:36

If he wasn't joking.. then I couldn't live like that.
Wouldn't necessarily call it controlling, but its a bit much and there is hopefully much more important stuff going on in your lives.

morecoffeepleease · 27/02/2024 15:11

I still haven't received my code for the 15 hours free childcare for my two year old. Does anybody know when I need it by to ensure I will get the funding from April this year? Is it 29th Feb as my childminder seems to think so?

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qualitystreetforme · 27/02/2024 15:47

Start a new thread Op...

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