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QUICK AIBU please - DP and parents

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JaneS · 11/04/2010 12:09

My parents are driving down to see us, due to arrive soon. DP is already polishing up his 'ooh, I don't feel well' act.

My parents are quite a strain, but they've only been down twice since we moved in last November. I've been up to theirs a few times in between, but DP has always been too busy.

DP told me he was free until 4 today, turns out he'll have to go at 3 which means we can't walk to the pub my I wanted to take my dad to. I am pretty sure that any minute DP will give me a martyred look and tell me he's not feeling well enough to come out with us and will just stay in bed. He always does this and I hate it.

He has been working very long hours and is tired, so maybe I'm being mean. He's actually very hard-working and active but is also pretty overweight and to be honest he just comes across as lazy in front of my parents.

AIBU to wish he'd help me present a united front a bit more? I just know he'll make his excuses as soon as they get through the door and it so sooo annoying, am I unreasonable to get cross?

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redskyatnight · 11/04/2010 20:14

The "genuinely ill" while your parents were here, followed by recovering later sounds like he may have made himself ill with stress? I do think you need to talk to him.

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