I am hopping mad now, after I talked to my mum about it!
There is an enquiry going on this week. DH and I went the first day and it was fascinating. I wanted to go every day but due to recent ms attack and long walk to the car on the first day, I spent yesterday in bed, exhausted and in pain. DD had a friend over after school y'day and dh kept an eye on them (not that they needed it really, they're 9). I am more recovered today and was going to go along this afternoon but dh has invited someone to dinner and I wouldn't be able to cook or socialise as well, so I am not going.
Tomorrow is the last day and I really really want to go. DH has known this all week, and hasn't said anything against it, in fact he thinks it quite important that we (the public) turn up, but he found the first day so boring he won't be one of them. However, when I said today that I would like to go for the whole day tomorrow, he said but dd has a friend over after school, and then wandered off; this means that he doesn't think it fair if I am not around again.
Is it really unreasonable to expect him to be available to them again this week? I know he did it yesterday, but he's never done it before, it's always me, and he shuts himself away and sleeps/reads when dd has friends over. Furthermore, he is often out for hours during the day (not working) and I am stuck indoors almost all the time.
(I am furious because when I asked my mum if I was being unreasonable, and that I am always the one around when dd has friends over, she said that was to be expected - because men are different, you see, and don't look after their children! That's what's made me cross.)