I bought the wrong penknife for his birthday 2 and a half weeks ago, and have been making arrangements t exchange it. It needs posting.
I have spent the last 4 weeks being the busiest I can remember - finishing the term at school (I am a teacher), reports, moving classrooms, etc. I didn't finish till last Tuesday, and was working every evening aswell.
Then the day after we broke up we went straight to my mother's 150 miles away for her birthday, during which time I exchanged emails with the penknife company, then when we came back on Friday his brother came to stay with us until this morning. It was the only weekend he could come and I had reluctantly agreed, even though I was looking forward to not running around like an idiot for once, and relaxing.
His brother left this lunchtime and I drove him to the station with ds. He convinced me to have lunch, which was nice, then I drove back, had a nap with ds (50 mins) then went straight out to do weekly shop. I intended to post the penknife when I got back.
When I got back, we talked about other things for a couple of minutes, then dh held up the penknife and asked 'why haven't you posted this?'. I was pissed off that he was moaning at me when I'd just set foot through the door and been busy all day, and for so many days, so I grumbled, and said something like 'Fine, I'll bring the shopping in on my own then, shall I.'
He lost his rag because I have been snapping at him a lot lately. He said I'd been to town, so I could have posted it. I explained I'd been to the station and that was it. But he persisted with 'But you had lunch in town' (his brother had texted him to tell him!) and I repeated that I'd been at the station having lunch, then the station carpark, then ds and I had come back for his nap. He said I couldn't be that stressed/tired, I'd had a nap with ds, I had time to relax at my mother's (no chance), I'd had plenty of time over the last 2 weeks to post the knife, etc. I has a fit at him, I was so pissed off that he was basically challenging how I'd used my time and disputing how stressed I have been, particularly when I've spent the last few days making sure his brother had a pleasant stay, even though I wanted a break.
Rant over, thank you if you've read this far.