We live in rural Scotland and the Highland Games are on today. We arranged weeks ago to go as a family today and the forecast is terrible for tomorrow. On Tuesday DH told me that he had a work's night out with his team and he wanted to go (leaving me at home with the kids overnight). I agreed but reminded him that the games were on today and said he had to be home in good time (it started at 12.30pm).
I phoned him and woke him up at 10am, telling him to get his butt home as he was cutting it fine (the traffic is terrible). I then phoned again at 12pm to see where he was and it turns out that he'd gone back to sleep and I'd woken him up again.
So guess what... he's not home. He is currently at least an hour away (traffic permitting) and it looks like we won't get to go. I took the kids to the march past (parade) but taking them to the actual games is a 2 man job as it's a very long walk, most of which is through fields and I can't get the pram through it myself with a toddler and a 5 yr old.
I'm so pissed off but what really annoys me is that we had an argument on Thursday night about him being selfish and trying to emotionally blackmail me into doing what he wants (he wants us to visit his family in Wales but it's a £500 round trip and we can't afford it. I've told him he can go himself as it's £80 to fly and then get the train) and now I feel like I'm being punished for not doing it.
I don't know for sure but I suspect that he is being petty.
So, AIBU to want to kick him when he comes home?
Also- some advice- would you go and pay £20 to get in even if it's only for an hour, rather than not go at all? My kids (who know that we are supposed to have been going) are nipping my head about it.