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He just compared me to other people!

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 18:41

I will keep this short because I'm so angry and upset.
Before I start I will mention that DP is on the spectrum and I have adhd tendencies.

We have a few fruit trees so I decided to make some jam. Now I have a tendency to be messy when I'm cooking or baking and DP knows it, so I'm halfway through making the jam and he walked in and mentioned that I had dripped jam on the kitchen floor and there was jam on the cooker splash back where it had been boiling. Now at this point I was just laughing about it as he does struggle to have a filter on what he is saying and tends to just blurt out his thoughts, he also has ocd.
What really has given me the rage tonight is that he went on to say 'well how Come those youtubers don't make mess and my mum has made jam for years and never made a mess like this'
At this point I was just like 'well this is who I am if you don't like it then tough!'
So he goes off in a huff saying I have an attitude 😒

Anyway by this point I'm so angry I stormed after him saying I'm not tolerating being compared to and he has now stormed out of the house calling me a drama queen.

We've been together 13 years and have 2 DC 6 and 2.

He has a lot of other redeeming qualities but I don't think I can accept being compared to!
AIBU?

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Leafygreen84 · 09/09/2024 18:43

Sorry but I agree that you’ve been a drama queen. I don’t think what he was was particularly nasty or that much of a big deal. You’re messy, he’s not, it irritates each other. That’s part and parcel of life?

fourelementary · 09/09/2024 18:44

Little bit of an overreaction? I’d just say- you don’t see them actually making the jam every step of the way, nor did you likely watch your mum make it… so they probably did or do make a bit of a mess now and then. Or maybe you’re a bit of a messy cook- some people are. But I don’t see the huge deal about being “compared”…

TheActualAudacity · 09/09/2024 18:45

Massive overreaction on your part. I’d have shrugged and said something like ‘I’ll be clearing it up, fret not’. And cracked on with my jam making.

Sirzy · 09/09/2024 18:48

You’re being dramatic!

to be honest I would be pissed off if I went into the kitchen and someone had jam over the floor - that’s an accident waiting to happen!

holju · 09/09/2024 18:49

He was a little bit tactless but I don't think I could get worked up about it, unless this is a drip feed and he does this sort of thing on a regular basis.

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 18:51

TheActualAudacity · 09/09/2024 18:45

Massive overreaction on your part. I’d have shrugged and said something like ‘I’ll be clearing it up, fret not’. And cracked on with my jam making.

I mean of course it would get cleaned up after I wouldn't just leave it, but it's the instant negativity when I'm trying to do something productive.

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LauritaEvita · 09/09/2024 18:54

I think it’s normal and reasonable to point out that someone has spilt something on the floor if they don’t seem to have noticed (ie aren’t doing anything about it). If it was just the splash back, I would have said ‘yeah I’m still making but will clear up once I’m done’.

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 18:57

Sirzy · 09/09/2024 18:48

You’re being dramatic!

to be honest I would be pissed off if I went into the kitchen and someone had jam over the floor - that’s an accident waiting to happen!

It was a few tiny spots not a saucepans worth!

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Skyrainlight · 09/09/2024 18:57

You are being a drama queen. Just tell him you'll clean up the mess when you are done and move on.

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 18:58

Skyrainlight · 09/09/2024 18:57

You are being a drama queen. Just tell him you'll clean up the mess when you are done and move on.

Which as I said would be fine but it was the ongoing comparisons that really rubbed me up the wrong way. I'm probably perimenopausal so I am more sensitive to criticism

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Skyrainlight · 09/09/2024 19:01

Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 18:58

Which as I said would be fine but it was the ongoing comparisons that really rubbed me up the wrong way. I'm probably perimenopausal so I am more sensitive to criticism

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I have those days when I overreact big time and am sensitive to criticism, I just apologise for my over the top response and go back to living a happy life.

notprincehamlet · 09/09/2024 19:03

Heaven preserve us!

Sparklfairy · 09/09/2024 19:05

There's really no need for you both to be storming about being dramatic.

Maddy70 · 09/09/2024 19:07

Yup. You are being a drama lama.

Arlanymor · 09/09/2024 19:08

Seems like a storm in a teacup. We all get compared to other people all of the time, whether it is vocalised or not, in face WE all compare OURSELVES to other people all of the time in one way or another - it’s human nature.

He was tactless and you overreacted, followed by you storming after him and then him overacting and storming out. Silly cycle of stroppiness.

You need to both apologise and draw a line under it so that there’s not an atmosphere in the house because it’s not fair on the kids.

xyz111 · 09/09/2024 19:16

You're both being dramatic. Your poor children to always have to live with that! Just learn to tidy up as you go.

Choochoo21 · 09/09/2024 19:19

Do you both enjoy drama?

I would be annoyed he pointed out the obvious but you completely overreacted over it.

You know he has a tendency to state the obvious, so why not just say “I know” and move on.

mondaytosunday · 09/09/2024 19:26

That wouldn't have bothered me at all!
My DH once made the error of, when discussing why his socks seemed to be missing their mates, said 'this never happened before' referring to his ex wife's fe! I just looked daggers at him then laughed it off.

BobVanceVanceRefridgeration · 09/09/2024 19:54

notprincehamlet · 09/09/2024 19:03

Heaven preserve us!

Underrated...

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 19:56

fourelementary · 09/09/2024 18:44

Little bit of an overreaction? I’d just say- you don’t see them actually making the jam every step of the way, nor did you likely watch your mum make it… so they probably did or do make a bit of a mess now and then. Or maybe you’re a bit of a messy cook- some people are. But I don’t see the huge deal about being “compared”…

To be honest I was more put out he stormed off saying I had an attitude when I was just standing up for myself. Maybe I was wrong but I felt hurt when he started comparing

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MissUltraViolet · 09/09/2024 19:59

I was expecting worse. Like you were walking down the street and he pointed at another woman and said something stupid.

You've been an absolute drama llama here.

SpiritAdder · 09/09/2024 20:08

After being married for ages, most arguments are like this. Literally over nothing. It’s stupid stuff like this that triggers them, when on a normal day what he said & you said would be a complete non issue.

I wonder whether the two of you are under any sort of extra stress on your lives?

I have found that when there is a lot of external stress going on- a DC struggling, an illness, a shitty job, a major bill you weren’t expecting, a family crisis brewing, a bereavement, falling out with friends, - when the world is throwing shit at you then I have noticed my DH and I will bicker exactly like you two have just done.

Or I may be massively projecting.

Anyway, the two of you should simply apologise and draw a line under this. If there isn’t some outside stress causing silly bickering, then perhaps it was just a day where you irritated each other and think no more on it.

PeloMom · 09/09/2024 20:12

You had time to go tell him what mess you e made instead of just wiping everything down??

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Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 09/09/2024 20:14

SpiritAdder · 09/09/2024 20:08

After being married for ages, most arguments are like this. Literally over nothing. It’s stupid stuff like this that triggers them, when on a normal day what he said & you said would be a complete non issue.

I wonder whether the two of you are under any sort of extra stress on your lives?

I have found that when there is a lot of external stress going on- a DC struggling, an illness, a shitty job, a major bill you weren’t expecting, a family crisis brewing, a bereavement, falling out with friends, - when the world is throwing shit at you then I have noticed my DH and I will bicker exactly like you two have just done.

Or I may be massively projecting.

Anyway, the two of you should simply apologise and draw a line under this. If there isn’t some outside stress causing silly bickering, then perhaps it was just a day where you irritated each other and think no more on it.

Well nothing major stressful but we do live abroad and are trying to do up our house which is a massive job with 2 young kids in tow. It just feels sometimes like all he sees is the negative in me :(

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HeddaGarbled · 09/09/2024 20:22

I would be more annoyed about being criticised than about the comparison thing. You mention that several times. What is it about that that set you off?

Your reaction escalated the row. I find a calm but assertive “if you’ve come in here to criticise me you can go back out again” nips this sort of thing in the bud.