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To have been annoyed at this? Kids throwing themselves at the window

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britneyfears · 20/07/2023 16:15

DH is on annual leave. I'm working from home.

We have an office at the end of our garden - a converted shed with a large window and door. I have said all day that I have a big meeting at 3pm where I am giving a presentation to many people outside of my company. I have told DH this many times that I really need to be left alone from 2.30 - 3.30 at least today.

Half way through presentation I see two naked children (they are 1 and 3) running up the garden chasing one another. They are laughing and shouting. I keep my concentration. They then fling themselves up against the window, knocking on the door, shouting 'mummy mummy mummy' so loudly. SO LOUD. Loud enough so people were starting to look confused.

I start stammering, looking at the door, losing my place entirely, words getting jumbled up - - I'm hoping DH is going to get them & I can style it out. After a few mins - I have to apologise and ask for 2 mins turn off my camera and microphone.

DH then appears. Slowly walking up the garden.

As he scoops them up - I mouth 'fuck off' at him. I can't actually remember mouthing that. I mouthed something and kind of flailed my arms around to get him to take the kids back to the house.

I go back to presentation. My boss looks pissed off. Everyone else looks sympathetic.

My DH is now not talking to me as he says I'm bang out of order and shouldn't mouth fuck off at him and it#s "not nice". I didn't even have a go at him, just in the heat of the moment, with around a hundred people waiting for me to continue my presentation - I was trying to express a sense of urgency!

AIBU to have mouthed fuck off. Or is that an fairly understandable reaction to the situation.

OP posts:
soosal · 05/02/2024 04:09

Wait, he asks you to earn more money whilst not taking your work serious??

that would send me over the edge. He needs to go and earn more money himself if he wants more money. Truly mind boggled

Catsmere · 05/02/2024 04:32

@soosal this thread hasn't been active since August, you're not likely to get a response.

SeulementUneFois · 06/02/2024 07:52

How are you OP? What has happened since?

CasperGutman · 06/02/2024 08:14

YANBU.

One issue with children interrupting a presentation when you're WFH is that some of those on the other end may assume that you're trying to look after the kids when you should be working, and you're failing to give work your full attention because of that. Although it shouldn't be the case, I fear this attitude may be more of an issue when the employee is the children's mother.

I'd be sure to tell my work colleagues, including my manager, how annoyed I was with my co-parent. They need to know that you were emphatically not the person in charge of childcare during the meeting.

ETA: Damn. Zombie thread. As you were, everyone!

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