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AIBU?

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to think dh is being selfish

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shoptilidrop · 11/11/2008 09:16

i think he is- but just need someone elses opion.
Dh is forces and he was going to be away this week and weekend, plans changed and he is how here. I had planned to go home ( just over and hour away) vist family and have my hair done. I was going to take my dog with me and dh wasnt go to be here. Seeing as he is now here, i said great, you can look after the dog, - who is not in the best of health having recently been diagnosed with hip displacia and the weekend would have really been a bit much for him. Dh said fine, then yesterday when i was booking the food shopping to be delivered onthe sat am, he said he wouldnt be here. I asked him why as he would need to be here to look after the dog, and he informed me he had plans to go out with friends in the next town and would be staying overnight to save taxi fares. I said what about the dog - to which he told me he would be ok, he would leave a light on and he wasnt going out till 10pm. So i said that if he wasnt going out till then when would he get back - he said he didnt know but would get a mate ( who i dont know) to pop in and let the dog out for a wee at lunchtime. I went mental at him, i think he is being totally selfish and a idiot. He then said that he would be in the pub at 10, so would in fact be leaving the house at about 8, but wouldnt admitt to the fact that he was trying to make me misunderstand. He said i was being selfish and trying to control him and that if the dog was in a kennel noone would be there at night ( dont know if this is true or not).
I am fuming at him, and not speaking to him. I never go out, i cannot think of more that 7 or so occassions since i had dd ( who is almost 3) that i have been out in a evening, - and im only going to my mothers! AIBU?

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Lovesdogsandcats · 12/11/2008 09:20

Cannot believe that anyone would say you are BU. Really.

Yes, why can he not go out then get a cab back because of the dog? He cannot just brush aside his responsibilities for one night because he wants to go out.
Selfish twat.
And poor dog.
And poor you!

shoptilidrop · 12/11/2008 09:24

He is going to look after the dog. He said he cant really see what the problem is, but didnt want to make me upset ( he normally is quite lovely) so has cancelled his night out and arranged it for next friday.
He sid he might just meet some mates and go into the village but he will be home by 10 as he wants to watch something on the tv.
I am going to trust him when he says that.
Ive also said he can hoover and clean the bathroom before i get back - so its nice for his parents which is said is fine. I will know if he hasnt done what he has said by the dog.

Lovesdogs - thanks.

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theSuburbanDryad · 12/11/2008 09:29

Well that's a good outcome all round IMO.

Well done to you and your dh for compromising. Tis very hard, IME.

shoptilidrop · 12/11/2008 09:31

He is going to look after the dog. He said he cant really see what the problem is, but didnt want to make me upset ( he normally is quite lovely) so has cancelled his night out and arranged it for next friday.
He sid he might just meet some mates and go into the village but he will be home by 10 as he wants to watch something on the tv.
I am going to trust him when he says that.
Ive also said he can hoover and clean the bathroom before i get back - so its nice for his parents which is said is fine. I will know if he hasnt done what he has said by the dog.

Lovesdogs - thanks.

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Drusilla · 12/11/2008 09:43

Glad you got it sorted. Sorry your Christmas dress has to go back to the shop DH was away last December and goes away this weekend for another month or so so I won't get to wear mine this year either!

shoptilidrop · 12/11/2008 09:52

Drusilla - its pooh isnt it! I didnt get to go to last years one either as he missed it when he moved from germany. The year before that he was in afgan, and the year before that i was heavily pg. I think i did go to one but it was so long ago i cant remember.
I was really looking forward to this one. Oh well - spares me a hangover i supose.
I do feel a bit silly now - but i was just so frustrated yesterday - i know all forces wives get like that sometimes. i just wanted something to be easy for me for a change. something where i was first. I got it, but not without a fight - which sort of takes the shine off a bit.
Sorry you wont get to go to your do either.

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Kewcumber · 12/11/2008 10:00

with an exP who was army, I also think that they spend quite long periods of time effectively single and get used to that and not just ordinary single but "forces" single - lots of people around so no need to plan anything if you want to see some mates on short notice, no shopping to do etc in fact very littel in the way of ordinary stuff that needs sorting in life nomrally (on the downside, he did get shot at quite a bit ).

Living with exP again after he'd been away was a nightmare for the first week or so it was like living with a teenager!

Glad you sorted it though.

shoptilidrop · 12/11/2008 10:46

thats it kew - most of the time they have very little real life responsibilities. Im not saying its easy for them, they have very difficult jobs. Its just that they dont think of the practicalities most of the time. If its not the army making things happen for them, then its the wives sorting things out for them. Its just the way the forces lifestyle is - not that the men are lazy - just that its a very different set up to civvy life.
I certainly know ive had some disagreements from civvy friends - most of the time the things i do/have to do seem totally ridiclous to them, or they dont get how difficult it all is sometimes.
Im not moaning about it - i mostly enjoy the army lifestle - i recently spent two years married unaccompied - so on civvy street and i did miss it all. Saying that its still frustrating some times.

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Kewcumber · 12/11/2008 10:50

my ex left the army and really couldnt hack civvy street so has ended up in a job which is about as army as it gets wihtout actually being in the army - works for internatioanl red cross lecturing to foreign army staff and terrorist groups.

The lack of planning ahead used to drive me demented - its all very well for him not to plan anything but I had a normal job and needed to!

shoptilidrop · 12/11/2008 11:01

thats exacally it - you cant plan anything ever. You just cant. With civvy life you have to - jobs, kids, friends etc... forces makes that all so impossible. Ive had my time when i used to always cancel plans i had to see dh when he was about. That doesnt really work as friends get annoyed and dont understand-- and when your dhs away you need those friends. You need to have a life - not just an existance waiting in for dh all the time.
I dont mind mostly doing everything - just this once his attitude annoyed me, and that he called me selfish. Then i was really shocked to be called controlling - which i still dont understand how people think i was trying to control him???
Dh will never do anything else - far too instutionalised ( was a pads brat too) i dont think he would hack civvy street either.

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purpleduck · 12/11/2008 11:14

Shop -I don't think you are being unreasonable

For once you wanted to be away, and be semi care free.

I totally get where you are coming from.

He should stay home, go out with friend in your town (friend come to him)
Look after dog, and do the tidying on sunday.

Go have fun and enjoy your weekend.

Lukesmammy · 12/11/2008 20:16

Glad it is all sorted. Don't feel silly about it like you said in your earlier post - you are right - it gets so bloody hard being the 'fall guy' all the time and I often have an army wife style rant when I just get sick to the back teeth of the whole bloody lot!

tw70 · 12/11/2008 20:53

Glad it was all sorted, Shop.

It must be hard. I guess it's not just the absences, which I have with my DH, but that they are so completely unplanned.

Enjoy your weekend!

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