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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to think my dh is a selfish sod

12 replies

milkgoddess · 21/03/2008 11:22

really pissed off, this is my first easter off work ever, as i normally work,all over easter, but am on mat leave at the moment

anyway our grass has not been cut yet this year. and it looks a right state as it really needed one last cut before winter but dh always leaves it and id got a newborn so i couldn't do it.

so last night dh says he wants to go to the gym on good friday. so i feel a bit pissed off but eventally say ok then, as i don't want the weekend to turn into a row
then this am i said to dh why dont you go to the gym now and get it over and done with then he said oh its not open til 10am so by the time hes back and showered it will be 1pm half the day gone.

anyway i saw it was a nice day and said oh we reallt need to get the grass cut this weekend, and he said oh i wont want to do that today blah blah
and that he'd do it on monday
i said well it might rain for the rest of the weekend it best to get it,over and done with.
he still said no i don't want to

so when i was getting ready this am as he couldnt go to the gym till 10, and i had to ask dh to get dd up as i was in the bath and she was crying, when dh was about to take dd downstairs, he realised he didnt hav a bid, i got on for him, he just took it so i said thankyou i s the word i think your looking for, he replied no i think you ment thankyou for feeding dd!
as if she only my baby

anyway then when i came down, he'd fed dd her milk with a dirty teat. she had snot all over her face she must of sneezed as shes got a bit of a cold at the mo, and he obv didnt wipe it.
and she was in a dirty nappy.
dd was playing on her playmat and he was on the laptop

no wonder he thinks i don;t do anything all day if this is his level of babycare.

so now ive cut the front lawn and am half way through the back.
had to stop as dd was crying.

he is also usless at diy and car stuff etc.
yet has the cheek to critasise me. saying that i don't work etc [yes im on fucking maternity leave! ]

sometimes i think id be better off on my own.

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Shaniece · 21/03/2008 11:27

I sometimes think that too. You can't stop him going to the GYm though. I could never tell DH what he can or cannot do and vice versa. Personally, going to the Gym is more important for our mental and pysical health, so defo more important than cutting the lawn. I'm sure he will do it when he's ready.

No excuses for the dirty teat, dirty nappy and snotty face though.

TheHedgeWitch · 21/03/2008 11:32

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harleyd · 21/03/2008 11:36

why does he need your permission to go to the gym?

as for the rest..well he's never going to be able to do it as well as you anyhow

iliketosleep · 21/03/2008 11:49

I dont think YABU he sounds like a right arse

milkgoddess · 21/03/2008 12:52

thanks liketosleep
feeling better now, iv cut all the grass

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iliketosleep · 21/03/2008 14:25

he sounds alot like my dp, will help but on his terms and after hes done what he wants to do and the easiest way possible lol

they just dont realise how much we do...tut!!

Miggsie · 21/03/2008 14:27

men have a deep fear of the "l" word, that is...lawn mowing. And they hate being told it has to be done as well. Typical male stuff really.
Rest is lazy selfish, useless sod though!

mumeeee · 21/03/2008 23:49

I don't expect my DH to ask me if he can do somethiing and he does not expect me to ask him if I can do something.
So YABU about him going to the Gym.

mumeeee · 21/03/2008 23:54

I don't expect my DH to ask me if he can do somethiing and he does not expect me to ask him if I can do something.
So YABU about him going to the Gym.
Also I think you should have just left him to mow the grass in his own time. DH alawys does ours and he admits himself he sometimes leaves it a bit to long but that is fine with me. The weathet was awful here so not good for moewing grass!
YANBU about the dirty tear and nappy.

AussieSim · 22/03/2008 00:01

You are not being unreasonable. My DH certainly checks with me before making plans to go mountainbiking. And I check with him before I go to my Book Club etc. My DH is also not handy around the house though he is domesticated in other ways and so I just get people in and pay them when I need something fixed and the lawn mowed etc - he rathers that than arguing about that stuff ... I am pretty sure our neighbours scratch their heads about us not owning a lawn mower. I have a 5yo a 2yo and one on the way so there is only so much I could do ...

2GIRLS · 22/03/2008 00:33

I don't think YABU at all. It's not about him getting your permission to go and do something, now that you've both got a baby, niether of you can be expected to go off whenever you want like you did before.

I wouldn't just get up on the weekend and say I'm going here or there and if dh did that I'd be really annoyed. We talk about the plans for the day the day before and if there is something that either of us wants to do then we do 'ask' if thats ok. That's just respectful. My dh goes to the gym and if he wants to go on the weekend he does ask if that's ok, just like if I want to go to town I ask if thats ok too.

As for the grass, it is annoying if it doesn't get cut. If there's something that needs to be done saying I don't want to do it is a bit childish. I bet there are a load of things that you don't want to do too!!

Good for you for doing it yourself, cos I wouldn't have!

HappyNewMum2Be · 22/03/2008 11:13

We don't even have LOs yt and we have some domestic issues!

He cant finish a bowl of washing up for the life of him - he thinks 'soaking' pots till the water goes cold is OK, Never cleaned the bathroom, does his own laundry (not complaining there), thinks bin liners are something to collect rubbish in and leave hanging on a door handle rather than put into the bin...

However, he does all the hoovering (I have a bad back), cuts the grass and takes care of the garden unheeded, washes my car, and since I have been suffering from morning sickness has been cooking everyday for me (even though I have had to do the pots he he)

I think he is going to have a lot to learn when the baby comes!

YANBU definitely - I taught my dh a few tricks through a strike phase - a little harder with a LO, but it worked. After a few weeks without any clean clothes (even though mine where washed dried and ironed) he started to do his own..... Took a while.

anyway, sometimes it is so hard to see through the crappy sh*tty things they do and see what they do contribute to - I have had to make myself sit down and think about it in the past.

If all else fails and the training doesn't work - blame the mil

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