Would you be pissed off about this?

[VelvetSpoon]

Interested in some views. I think my bf will have the hump about this. I'm quite sensitive at the moment, and blame myself for things but in this case I really don't feel I'm at fault.

Today I'm going to meet him and his DC for an activity. I've met his DC many times over the last year (this isn't our first meeting or anything). I don't drive, so as usual I go down to his by train. This takes about an hour on the train (2 trains, plus wait in between) plus a 10 min walk from my house. He always picks me up from the station at his end.

So today is a rail replacement bus on part of the journey. I left home extra early (half an hour before the bus was due) so I wouldn't miss it. The bloody thing turned up late, then we got stuck in traffic meaning I missed the connecting train. As a result I'm 30 mins later than planned, and by the time I arrive it will be over 2.5 hours since I left my house! Which is pretty crap. But also one of those things.

However I am expecting him to be fed up because he thinks I should drive and then wouldn't have these problems, also because we've planned to do an activity with his DC which finishes at 4, and now I'll probably be too late for that.

I think he needs to step up a bit, to be honest. Is the DC's mum so understanding that DC were returned late on a school night? I guess it depends on age of children and communication between them. But there was an awful lot of running around this weekend and not much of it appears to have been by him.

Occasional patches of boredom are part and parcel of life.

He does sometimes drive over to me with the DC; however as we don't always stay at his on a Sun, it would mean doing 3 trips here and back instead of one. Plus his DC are used to going to certain places for activities and to eat, and tend to prefer to stick to those. It's not that they never come up this way. Plus he drives up to see me in the week.

The problem with going down on the Sat us is my journey is no better (engineering works here seem to always be on both Sat and Sun) plus it means I'm away from my own home for much longer. Plus his DC often sleep in his bed, so although I have stayed a couple of times, at the moment I find it easier not to. I should have a spare room finished at mine soon, which means they could also come here overnight sometimes.