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AIBU?

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Is it me or is it DH?

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ShadeofViolet · 20/05/2010 17:56

I have recently been feeling really down and lots have things have been getting ontop of me. DS2's SN, DH's behaviour and DS1 being bullied at school. I had a heart to heart with DH a few weeks ago and he said he would try and help by giving me every other friday afternoon off (he wokrs for himself but works away alot).

So so far I am supposed to have had 2 friday afternoons off. The first one consisted of DH mowing the lawn while I watched the children until 3pm and then I left to go and get DS1 from school at 3.30.

Now I have started a course which is being run by our local Autism support group 'Autism in the primary years' which runs on a Friday morning. This involves me dashing round like a mad thing getting the boys ready in the morning, dropping them off and then hopping across the city on two buses with DD to get to it, 2 hours at the course and then dashing back in time to pick up DS2 from Preschool (DH doesnt have to do anything) The course has been very helpful so far and I have 5 weeks left.

So anyway today I said that I was going to go Bra shopping in my afternoon off this week (i.e tomorrow) and DH said, well you will be getting the morning off so you wont need the afternoon off and I have arranged to work away this weekend, I am leaving at 2pm. This is typical behaviour for him.

So AIBU in thinking that a course which aims to help one of our children is not the morning off or am I right (DH has made me doubt myself!)

OP posts:
mumblechum · 20/05/2010 17:59

I don't think you're having the morning off if he's at home not looking after any kids, surely?

smallones · 20/05/2010 18:00

YANBU - doesn't sound like a morning off to me!

coppertop · 20/05/2010 18:04

It's not a morning off if you're still responsible for the children. You're still 'on duty' if the school or pre-school phone you about illness etc.

ShadeofViolet · 20/05/2010 18:41

Thank ladies - I thought I was right

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LynetteScavo · 20/05/2010 18:45

YANBU.

The mistake you made was marrying a man. (And a SE one at that!) You have my sympathies.

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