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to be pissed off with DP over travel visa?

41 replies

Evaka · 18/01/2024 21:15

We're going on a long planned, long awaited and quite expensive holiday towards the end of the month. The country we're going to requires a visa which I applied for and had approved week before last. The process is to apply, wait three days and then log into their system to check. DP applied a few days later, and never checked. Today he finally logged in and found it had been rejected due to his not including a required piece of personal info. He never logged in (expected an email from them - despite their saying explicitly that you had to check yourself) so it's possibly been sitting there rejected for a week. He reapplied, it should be fine but it's really tight now with zero space for stuff to go wrong. I swallowed my irritation and looked at some back ups, which I sent to him. he responded 'I'm not worried' on whatsapp. When we discussed it at home this eve he was blase about it, totally unbothered, and I eventually said that it's good to acknowledge when your actions have created a stressy situation. I know it was an innocent mistake, but surely he could have said he was sorry that things are a bit uncertain. He thinks I'm being VERY unreasonable. Am I?

OP posts:
Aprilx · 19/01/2024 06:59

Bankholidayboredom23 · 19/01/2024 06:28

Just a point on this, travel insurance should be sorted at the same time as booking not just before travel. If something happens in the interim that means you can't travel, you have no cover.

Well it depends how you book things. My holidays are nearly always booked on a fully refundable basis, so no I do not need insurance until it is time to travel.

shreknjumps · 19/01/2024 08:25

It's him texting "I'm not worried" like that's the main thing. The point is he's done something so fucking careless and idiotic that his partner is now worried and he couldn't give a shit. OP, I'd be fuming

Evaka · 19/01/2024 08:40

Yep, that's on the nose. We spoke about it this morning and he said he was trying to reassure me. Lol.

OP posts:
Therealjudgejudy · 19/01/2024 08:47

If he's not worried, don't be either! If it doesn't come in time enjoy a solo holiday

TrashedSofa · 19/01/2024 09:28

YANBU, I'd be fucking furious with him.

Eleganz · 19/01/2024 09:36

Aprilx · 19/01/2024 06:57

Do not pack a single item for him

You say that as if it would be normal for her to pack for him. 🙄

Indeed. I've never once packed for an adult male.

These are the kind of things that happen from time to time with travel. Chances are the visa will come through and there will be no issue. The number of women suggesting that OP do toxic and vindictive things due to this is disappointing, whilst not surprising.

People aren't perfect all the time.

Aprilx · 19/01/2024 09:50

Eleganz · 19/01/2024 09:36

Indeed. I've never once packed for an adult male.

These are the kind of things that happen from time to time with travel. Chances are the visa will come through and there will be no issue. The number of women suggesting that OP do toxic and vindictive things due to this is disappointing, whilst not surprising.

People aren't perfect all the time.

Me neither, DH was perfectly capable of packing a bag before he met me.

Anyway I don’t see the issue ob the visa, it appears to take three days, they go at the end of the month. Plenty of time.

Avacardo2023 · 19/01/2024 11:24

It's annoying but to be honest I would have done all the visas myself at the same time to avoid this happening. I just treat stuff like that as part of booking the holiday rather than a task for each person.

JadziaD · 19/01/2024 11:26

Normally this would absolutely irritate me but I think in this case, there's more stress on your side than is needed. You're not leaving for what - a week, 10 days? The process normally takes less than a week. He did it originally with plenty of time to accommodate any mistakes or issues. There was a mistake, and so now he's using the extra time to get it sorted.

LakeWoebegon · 19/01/2024 11:38

Can you find a way to humiliate him in public? Sometimes it is the only thing they understand.

GothConversionTherapy · 19/01/2024 11:44

T1Dmama · 19/01/2024 00:25

If he doesn’t he’ll be rejected and you’ll have a lovely relaxing holiday on your own!…. I think I’d almost prefer that LOL

My thought exactly !

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/01/2024 15:49

LakeWoebegon · 19/01/2024 11:38

Can you find a way to humiliate him in public? Sometimes it is the only thing they understand.

No one replied the first time you posted this. Did you post again because you thought people missed it? We didn't. We just rolled our eyes and ignored it.

kisstheblarney · 19/01/2024 16:08

@Evaka in your OHs defence, the visa I just had to obtain only lasted 30 days, so I could only apply 10 days before we travelled

So he might have done a good thing? Anyway you've got loads of time until the end of the month, so I'm confused on the panic!

LakeWoebegon · 19/01/2024 20:19

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/01/2024 15:49

No one replied the first time you posted this. Did you post again because you thought people missed it? We didn't. We just rolled our eyes and ignored it.

Oh so sorry. I didn’t realise we were all looking for replies for affirmation.
Roll your eyes, wobble your head, wave some red flags, use your spidey senses, I really don’t care.
And just out of interest, why drag Terry Pratchett’s name into your meanderings? I assume you are not related, and he was an intelligent man…

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/01/2024 20:21

I didn’t realise we were all looking for replies for affirmation.

You were. Otherwise why post twice.

Anyway, advice to self, don't play chess with pigeons.

mathanxiety · 19/01/2024 20:30

Aprilx · 19/01/2024 06:57

Do not pack a single item for him

You say that as if it would be normal for her to pack for him. 🙄

It wouldn't surprise me if he was in the habit of keeping other important details til the last minute, with the OP feeling obliged to run around and get his packing / paperwork / applications, etc. done just so their plans wouldn't be ruined.

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