In a nutshell. I slapped six squares of 'sample paint' on our white kitchen wall yeterday. They are on the far wall in the corner and each square is about 6 inches square (otherwise you can't really tell can you???). They are varying shades of greys / taupes [yawn emotive] but we have black glossy cabinets, wooden floors and white tiles and anything more colourful, would (IMO) look ridiculous.
We have had a vague conversation about painting one of the walls the week before and knowing how hard DH works, and knowing I will be the one that ends up doing it anyway, I didn't think twice about slapping some samples up...
DH came home and went completely mental saying that I was just being 'pre-menstural' and knee-jerk, that I never consult him on anything and that I know how hard he is working and that he won't have time to paint for ages, so we will just have six messy paint patches on the wall for ages. When I said that I intended to do the job myself, he changed tack saying he hated all the colours (even though I know he prefers muted and neutral colours) but refused to consider or suggest any alternatives because I had not discussed it with him and it should be a 'joint decision'.
When I pointed out that the point of 'samples' was to 'sample' the colour to see if you liked it and i hadn't painted the whole house bright fucking pink, he said that it wasn't the point, and that I should have discussed what colour samples we tried and when we were going to do it. (He even mentioned the fact that is DD's party if four weeks and what will the guests think of our 'patchy wall' - the guests will be five years old....)
AIBU in thinking he is being an over-sensitive twat and that he should be grateful I am just getting on with it or am I actually just (whispers) being a bit selfish and thoughtless..... I am actually quite tempted to just paint the whole wall now but possibly that would be red rag to a bull?