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To feel humiliated...another mothers day rant.

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nikkinackynockynoo · 22/03/2009 16:21

Namechange.

So we're in a national trust shop yesterday, and I see a necklace I like for £3.50. I know DH hasn't got me any thing for mothers Day from DD yet, as I have already asked him. So I send DD over to DH with necklace, suggesting she asks him to get it for Mothers day - lightheartedly, I mean it's only £3.50, and better to have some thing I like than a scented candle or whatever, no?

DH strides over, asks me huffily at top of his voice (in a tiny shop) "So you want this, do you"

Me, going red - "er, well, I just thought.."

Him - very loud, people are turning to stare - "How much is it"

Me, felling about six years old "It's £3.50" (this was apparent from the very obvious price tag).

Him, at top of his voice, very grumpy - "Oh, so you want this, do you? Is that as well as a mothers day present, or instead of one?"

Me, whispering,wishing ground would open up "look, forget it!"

Him, playing to the crowd, with big sighs, "Oh, no, I'll buy it for you if you want it, how much did you say it was? and this is for tomorrow, right?"

Then stomps off to pay, asking the woman on the till twice more how much it costs.

I leave the shop nearly in tears of mortification, and he keeps asking me "what's wrong"!

Well, I got my necklace...but I don't really want it now.

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Buda · 22/03/2009 16:22

Maybe he had a surprise planned?

MargotBeauregardesGavel · 22/03/2009 16:24

Next time he buys a crappy magazine or a tube of pringles, say "how much is that?" £3.50? you're kidding?

Well, don't take advice from me, I'm divorced! Thank God, no offence reading posts like yours brings it all back.

nikkinackynockynoo · 22/03/2009 16:25

I doubt it, we only ever do token stuff for mothers/fathers day, a fiver maximum, and that's fine. I just felt such an absolute fool.

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BitOfFun · 22/03/2009 16:26

What a twat.

Portofino · 22/03/2009 16:26

What an arse! I hope you've managed to have a nice Mother's Day.

potoftea · 22/03/2009 16:27

Even if he has a major surprise planned for later, it doesn't excuse his behaviour to you.

You were being helpful by pointing out something you'd like, and wasn't dear, and he carried on like that.

I'd be very hurt in your shoes. And he'd be waiting a very long time for a father's day present if I had anything to do with it.

I'm angry on your behalf now!

JeanPoole · 22/03/2009 16:31
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tiggerlovestobounce · 22/03/2009 16:32

You are not being unreasonable at all.
Is he always like that or was he having a very bad day?

foxytocin · 22/03/2009 16:32

i'd be mortified too.

nikkinackynockynoo · 22/03/2009 16:34

Oh, he is generally OK, but can be an arse sometimes, like most of them. I know it wasn't a huge deal, but it's really taken the shine off things.

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OrmIrian · 22/03/2009 16:35

How awful

Did he get you anything else?

I would ask what it was all about TBH. Sounds totally OTT.

MadamDeathstare · 22/03/2009 16:36

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nikkinackynockynoo · 22/03/2009 16:37

Just a card - I didn't want anything else, very happy with a small gift, if only it had been done with better grace.

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Nabster · 22/03/2009 16:41

Sorry, but he is a prat and you should not let him treat you like that again, ever.

foxytocin · 22/03/2009 16:46

sent this link to dh. he said 'what a nob'.

nomoreamover · 22/03/2009 16:49

Ditto bitoffun -

what a twat

BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 22/03/2009 16:53

God there are some real shits out there.

cheshirekitty · 22/03/2009 18:05

Feel for you. You probably never want to see that necklace again.

Crush a bottle of senna tablets up and put them in his coffee.

Men, honestly. You would think god would have given us a better opposite sex, wouldn't you.

MarlaSinger · 22/03/2009 18:08

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BalloonSlayer · 22/03/2009 18:08

Have you got the receipt?

Can you take it back?

I would (disclaimer: "cuts off nose to spite face" could be my middle name).

juneybean · 22/03/2009 18:12

WTF, what an arse, did you ask him why he reacted like that? Moron he is!

I'm sorry your day was tainted by this horrible situation

LittleBitOfDustInMyEye · 22/03/2009 18:22

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VinegarTitsCoveredinChocolate · 22/03/2009 18:30

What a dick, i would have lamped him (well not really, but i'd have wanted to)

Sweep his toothbrush around the rim of the bog

LittleBitOfDustInMyEye · 22/03/2009 19:01

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