to make DH paint the hallway tonight?

[MagicNappySack]

I am sitting here m'netting and drinking wine while there are swear words and gloss paint fumes coming from the hall.

DH's crime: To strop that I had 'been ages', that he 'didn't know where I was' and he had to pace the streets to keep 19mo DD happy for 25 minutes while I tried on 2 tops and a skirt in Next then queued up to pay.

Background: I came home from work crying on Friday that I felt like an old fat tramp compared to the younger single girls in my office who have loads of time and spare cash to go shopping.

Disclaimer: He could have done it in the 7 hours I was out with the DD today - instead of fixing his bike and rebuilding his laptop.

*Just the doors actually, I have already done the ceiling and walls.

YABU - but do take him a glass of vino when he's finished (try to avoid saying 'you've missed a bit' if you can! )

YA N BU obv. [doh]

While you're at it, can you have a word with my DH. The sitting room seriously needs attention.

But perhaps not quite now, he's cooking our dinner while I drink wine and Mumsnet. Perhaps after dinner would be good.

er do it yourself? i have painted two walls airforce blue today, they look very nice. i love to paint myself, takes my mind of worrying about this and that

southeastastra - He did have the choice of taking DD out for a couple of hours tomorrow while I did it. I already did the walls & ceiling.

I really enjoy painting too and I've even prepped the surface for him. Which is why I can't undersand why he didn't do it to make amends while I was out. Ne'er mind, he's nearly done now

oh i see, well done

PS - airforce blue sounds nice and v brave. I've gone with a value tub of magonolia and white gloss. It is another symptom of my aforementioned fat old frumpiness.

the trick is to only do one wall in one room a brave colour, keep the rest magnolia then you look like you're trying a bit