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Was my husband unreasonable or was I

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missingouts · 01/07/2025 04:27

I’m always easily bitten by bugs and when I am I react really badly the bite gets huge and insufferably itchy. My husband is aware of this and is always rubbing itch cream into bites I can’t reach if we go to a bbq or our out late at night. I have all the bug sprays itch creams etc but I still get bitten. Last night before the bugs normally come out we were both outside I decided to sit on our been bag type garden chair. The chair shape collapsed and I was well and truly wedged in it not really a problem as I was comfy to begin with until I saw all these bugs swarming. I tried to get up but I have a few conditions that make me weak and I was so stuck even someone who wasn’t weak would have struggled. First sign of a bug swarm I called my husband who was about 2 meters away and said can you help me up. He walked over and said you can do just use your strength learn to help yourself in a jokey tone. I pleaded with him just to help me up as the bugs were going to bite me. I’m desperately trying to get out and swat the bugs. He finally relented and gave me a hand after I begged. Came inside and realised before bed that I was bitten to peace’s had to cover myself in itchy cream. I’m know awake as I can’t sleepy due to the itching on all my bites. I’ve got 2 on my face 2 on my left arm 1 on my right leg on and 1 on my left foot. I’m fuming at myself for sitting down with out checking but also annoyed at my husband for being an ass he thought he was trying to be funny. How would you handle this my foot bite is massive.

OP posts:
Isinglass20 · 02/07/2025 14:32

Mosquitoes in Cheshire- give me a break 🤣🤣🦟🪳

Lilywc · 02/07/2025 14:33

WtP · 02/07/2025 14:19

@Lilywc Do you live near Parkgate?

To the OP I think you ought not to get into a position where you need sudden help, what if your husband had gone in to use the toilet etc?

I live near Chester Zoo

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 02/07/2025 14:45

Your DH sounds fed up, which he's allowed to feel.

Expecting someone to be happy to help at the drop of a hat isn't realistic.

Both Unreasonable is varying degrees.

WtP · 02/07/2025 15:37

Isinglass20 · 02/07/2025 14:32

Mosquitoes in Cheshire- give me a break 🤣🤣🦟🪳

Mosquito Monitoring Project
UK mosquitoes do NOT transmit any diseases but may cause a biting nuisance in the Neston and Parkgate area at certain times of the year, most typically in April and May and especially in late August and September. These peaks follow a few weeks after inundation of the breeding pools on the marshes by the spring high tides. In most summers these breeding pools dry out and the mosquito larvae die, but if they are sustained by heavy summer rains the biting nuisance may persist to some degree during the summer months.

In recognition of this, local amateur entomologists maintain a weekly surveillance of typical breeding pools on the marshes at Little Neston and sample up to four traps catching adults around Parkgate and Neston. From these results and the weather forecast for the week ahead, they publish a unique Mosquito Biting Nuisance Forecast for the coming week on the Neston Town Council website and on the “Neston Life” App (available on Android and the Apple App Store).
Getting Involved: you can report any mosquito bites you get to the project via the Neston Council website or through the apps. This will help to build a better understanding of this nuisance.
Report mosquito bites
Actions: the Society continues to work with CWaC to provide adequate funding for combatting mosquito nuisance: maintaining the drainage channels and creating additional ponds;

Mosquito Monitoring – Neston Town Council

https://neston.org.uk/council/mosquito-monitoring/

MissDoubleU · 02/07/2025 15:41

Lmnop22 · 01/07/2025 09:17

The bugs probably already got you since you weren’t covered up outside and were sitting in a beanbag for some time. This is not your husband’s fault for not getting you up from the chair 30 seconds sooner 🙄

This is what I would say. If you’re as covered in bug bites as you claim that would have been happening the entire time you were sat there - they did not suddenly all bite you at once only after you spotted them.

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