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Dh has walked off and left me alone at 1am in the street. 2 miles from home

587 replies

Boopadoop90 · 16/11/2024 00:59

Just that really. We were out with friends, going back to theirs. Dh refused to back to theirs but I don't know why. The others left in a cab. I couldn't leave dh alone in the pub. I I said I'm going home. He said OK. Followed me out in a fit and angry, cos he felt obliged to follow me. He's walked home. I'm 2 miles away from homre and sitting in the cold shivering
He messaged me to ask if I got an uber home. I said no, he said good we've spent £x on uber tonight.

He's walked home and I'm sitting on the kerb, 2 miles away in the dark, cold.

OP posts:
Hadjab · 16/11/2024 04:59

batmansknickers · 16/11/2024 03:10

You know, I actually thought for moment that this was a troll, and it might well still be one; thing is that there are people around that are ACTUALLY this utterly mad.

"I'll stay out all night in the cold that'll learn im!"

Yeah, I don’t understand a damn thing that’s happening here. I’m sure as fuck not going to sit on a kerb when Uber exists

WiddlinDiddlin · 16/11/2024 05:04

Honestly they sound as bad as each other on the whole but I think she's just tipped the scales tonight.

He didn't want to do what she wanted to do. Who knows why, maybe he never wanted to go to her mates house, maybe they're annoying dicks. Maybe he is.

She then decided she couldn't possibly leave him in the pub alone (why, who the fuck knows) so she stayed.

Then she played the 'well I'll walk home by myself then if you won't leave' card to force him to come when he obviously wanted to stay in the pub..

Then not satisfied with his response to that, ie, he followed her out of the pub out of duty, not genuine care, she then refused to walk home with him, testing him to see if he'd come back and mollify her...

And he didn't.

So instead of growing the fuck up and going home, she sits on the pavement in the dark and cold by herself doing the 'woe is me' act, moaning about it on MN as there is no one else to moan to.

Londonrach1 · 16/11/2024 05:13

I don't understand. Why didn't you go home, either walk with him or get a taxi. Why seat on the kerb. Hope your home now

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 16/11/2024 05:16

Boopadoop90 · 16/11/2024 01:08

We were supposed to get in a cab to friends house. He refused but don't know why. Friends left
He told me to go with them
But I wasn't going to leave him alone in pub at 11.45pm. Friends left. I then said I was going home. He got the arse and felt like he HAD to follow me
I said don't bother if you feel like that
I've Been sitting on the cold kurb for an hour
He has walked home and messaged to day he's home if I need him. (He's drunk and can't drive to get me )

Edited

But I wasn't going to leave him alone in pub at 11.45pm

why not?

Cappuccinowithonesugarplease · 16/11/2024 05:19

Why couldn't you just leave him in the pub? Are you insecure? Do you not trust him? You are acting like a damsel in distress tbh! Hope you went home.

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 16/11/2024 05:19

whathaveiforgotten · 16/11/2024 01:59

Mate, you've got kids.

It's dangerous to sleep outside, in November, for a multitude of reasons. Let alone after drinking.

You're choosing to put their mother at risk, not your husband.

You are typing coherently on Mumsnet. So you are perfectly able to sort some sort of way home.

You're putting yourself at risk to prove a point. When you've got kids, that's such a selfish and irresponsible thing to do.

its an irresponsible thing to do whether or not you've got kids!

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 16/11/2024 05:22

PyongyangKipperbang · 16/11/2024 02:06

Reported

Muhammed's post above or the OP's?

Soontobe60 · 16/11/2024 05:22

SprinklesSparkles · 16/11/2024 01:13

are you drunk?

Bit of a daft question - of course she’s drunk! Why else would she be sitting on the floor in the middle of a cold night?

hollymeetsivy · 16/11/2024 05:22

Glad you're home safe. Please don't do this again.

olivechuu · 16/11/2024 05:22

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 16/11/2024 05:22

Muhammed's post above or the OP's?

muhammed just wanted op to have something to do whilst she was lying om the pavement

notbeenagreatday · 16/11/2024 05:25

You sound like a right martyr you could have been home a lot sooner if you'd started walking instead of sitting on a kerb or called an Uber

MyrtlethePurpleTurtle · 16/11/2024 05:29

mamechange · 16/11/2024 03:48

Glad you are home safe.
P.S. It's kerb or curb . Sorry but it was driving me irrationally angry . Sleep well.

People were punning!

Daschund · 16/11/2024 05:37

I can see from your updates you're home but was your safety really worth it to cause drama? You saw him walking and chose not to follow, to sit there vulnerable saying you'd sleep on the kerb. Can you not see how immature and dangerous this could have been? but to prove a point you supposedly sat there updating MN whilst berating DH.
Your DH may have behaved badly, you definitely did.

LBFseBrom · 16/11/2024 05:42

If he walked home why did you not just follow him?

Differentstarts · 16/11/2024 05:45

DogsandFlowers · 16/11/2024 01:05

Cos.... predatory men??!

Firstly sitting on the pavement on her phone is more dangerous then just walking home. Secondly It's very rare for people to be harmed by strangers. The majority of crimes against women are by people they know.

CalicoPusscat · 16/11/2024 05:50

Wowser. Just finished reading this. OP must be sleeping like a log now she's (finally) home.

Don't do this again @Boopadoop90 to make a point, you won't 'win'

Isyesterdaytomorrowtoday · 16/11/2024 06:01

I don’t understand why you didn’t just get yourself a taxi or an Uber? You made this all worse for yourself just to prove a point… doesn’t sound like a healthy relationship & like you both had too much to drink to act like adults

Izzy24 · 16/11/2024 06:03

At least it was a full moon last night …

Shoxfordian · 16/11/2024 06:15

Why didn't you just get an uber or walk with him? Stupid really

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 16/11/2024 06:17

Boopadoop90 · 16/11/2024 01:04

He was in a huff but don't know why. I said I'm going home, he v reluctantly followed me I said don't bother. He said he wanted to walk home alone. So I let him. I'm in the cold, shivering, a good 2 miles away

Well this changes it

SwanSong1 · 16/11/2024 06:17

Last place I would be is updating Mumsnet. Seriously some people

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 16/11/2024 06:18

your husband didn’t leave you alone, you chose to stay out alone. You said you were leaving , fine but then you surely thought yourself capable of making your own way home. The whole situation was ridiculous

SwanSong1 · 16/11/2024 06:21

Wingedharpy · 16/11/2024 01:04

Put the phone away, get up off the kerb and go home.

Exactly ridiculous isn't she

olivechuu · 16/11/2024 06:22

Between kerbgate and the airfryer divorce you can sure tell it was a full moon last night.

LolleePop · 16/11/2024 06:23

The maddest thing about all of this, is that your first thought was to post on mumsnet about what was happening.
I mean that is a weird thing to do.
Your friends had gone home probably feeling pissed off because it was planned for you to go back to theirs with them.
Your husband has walked home without you.
You're freezing cold in the street feeling upset.
And the first thing you think is "I know what I'll do, I'll sit on the kerb and post about this on mumsnet instead of going home".
Weird!

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