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to think wow isn't vital to life?

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ButterPie · 04/01/2010 16:06

We are staying at my mums, me and the kids since boxing day, dp since nye. We are leaving tomorrow as today is my birthday and I wanted to spend it with my family.

I spent some time chatting to my grandparents in their granny-flat, then when I came back to my parents bit of the house dp was on my mum and dads laptop. I presumed he was checking his facebook or whatever and thought nothing of it.

Later on, i went on to read my facebook birthday messages and noticed the computer was really slow. On further investigation, I saw that world of warcraft was installing.

My parents are really protective of the laptop as the last computer got wrecked by everyone downloading and installing loads of stuff. They need it as my mum uses it for work and my teenage sister uses it for homework.

I went outside to dp who was having a smoke and asked him if my dad had said it was ok to install wow. DP acted really shocked and offended that he would even have to ask. He has been in a silly teenage strop ever since, storming about and sulking, and snapping at me when he asked me if I needed anything from the shop and I asked which shop he was going to.

Surely it is not normal to install stuff on other people's computers without asking? Especially considering it is the only computer in a house of 5 computer users so there is always a queue of people wanting to use it - was he planning on doing his usual thing of spending the entire day on there? It's my birthday - surely I can have him for today? I hope he isn't stupid all night, I wanted to have tea with my family (chicken kievs, which again he is in a strop about, as he thought I should have got something posher, but I couldn't be bothered negotiating with my dad and sister and dp to find something posh they would all eat - dad likes everything overcooked, so veg is sloppy and meat is solid. Me and dp will have a posh meal later in the week) maybe play a board game then my mum has offered to watch the kids so I will express enough to get an evening at the local pub quiz with dp and my dad and maybe some old friends.

All this will be hell if dp is being a twat all day.

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MadamDeathstare · 04/01/2010 23:53

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juneybean · 04/01/2010 23:59

No more so than us coming on MN though is it ? lol

SparrowFflamau · 05/01/2010 07:45

MN you can walk away from to sort kids without letting other people down/dying etc

FlamingoBingo · 05/01/2010 08:10

OMG I would be totally livid if someone installed something on my laptop without asking!

YANBU Your DP sounds like a right tit!

Sorry you had such a shit birthday.

JaneS · 05/01/2010 08:11

Butterpie, I think you need a hug.

hugs

My DP plays computer quite a lot (thankfully not WOW, the reputation of which does worry me). It drives me nuts and I do think it's different from MN or whatever, because it's so self-absorbed. If my DP is on the computer, he's effectively 'plugged in', whereas if I'm on mine, I'll still be chatting to him, making cups of tea, whatever.

Shouldn't it be, 'these are my parents, I know better than you whether or not it's ok to install something on their computer or not'? (Btw, it never is ok!)

Chin up dearie, 25 isn't too old (she says, having just turned said ancient age).

ZacharyQuack · 05/01/2010 08:18

Your DH is BU to install software on someone else's computer without their permission.

However, it sounds like it might be a difficult time for him (at ILs for extended period, new baby, young child, Gran-IL complaining about Grandad-IL, food fusspot FIL, unable to take you out for your birthday....) so maybe cut him some slack?

ZacharyQuack · 05/01/2010 08:19

Oh, and not slapping moany 16yo SIL.....

ThumbleBells · 05/01/2010 08:28

Bloody rude to install anything on someone else's computer, especially something that slows it down, without asking first.

Longtalljosie · 05/01/2010 08:38

JodieO there is no hope for you if you think the rest of us were in any danger of understanding that post

Butterpie your father is an idiot - and just too lazy to help you with the pan - and trust me, 25 is definitely still young!

ButterPie · 05/01/2010 11:25

...and now we are stranded here due to snow. Everyone seems ok now though.

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