What are your strategies for getting over those "You fooking stupid idiot!!” moments with your DP’s?

[monkeytrousers]

You know the ones, when you ask for help and your DP does the absolute opposite.

Today I asked him to watch DS ^for 5 minutes& as I needed to get some shit (I was already foaming about this) off the buggy's wheels and knew DS would go mad and just want to play the minute he saw the water hose.

Literaly, the next second DS comes out into the yard and kicks off while I try to stop him getting crap all over himselF.

I was fucking furious with DP but he thinks I was overreacting. What is the consensus?

deep breath.

another deep breath.

remind self only to ask him very very simple tings next time

Will watch this thread with baited breath......
Just in case some amazing genious woman has the answer.

Don't get me started on my DH
There's far too much to write

guess that's a "no" then on the genius front!

I kick him in the shins. And call him a nobcheese, or a dicksplat, or a buttfuck.

I find it is best to not say anything. All too often I freak out, only to gain a bit of perspective and a lot of regret afterwards for behaving like a harpy. If I say nothing, I feel better for it.

You need to remember that your other half is not literally the other half of you. They are a different person who does things differently. You cannot control everything they do.

Oh, lazyline, you are obvioulsy a long way along the path to enlightenment. I envy you

either that or you are my other half's literal over half...do you want him?

HAHAHA!!

This is a new strategy for me. I am fed up with seething inside and am striving for inner calm.

Here's betting it lasts another 3 days

LOL, I bet you're a right grumpy beggar in RL

basic -
call him names
dole out punishment
lull him into false sense of security by faking peace
go for the kill - lay guilt trip
quit when he starts shaking and searching for the valium

so....

you tell him he's a twat and turn the hose on him. then you make him clear the crap off the buggy while you get yourself a cuppa and spit in his. then you laugh about it all and forget it, cos its not that important.

then you slide it into every conversation for the next 48 hours.

count to 10 slowly
say nothing

Not overreacting, nah.

My main strategy is throwing things. The other night I tried chopping off the end of my thumb with a kitchen knife instead, but that just hurt (okay, it wasn't intentional, I was just really cross and slamming about and didn't look to see where the onion ended and my digit began).

LOL M2PW

Greeny: Of course

I generally tell him he is a complete fuckwit and do what ever i asked him to do myself...................................................... possibly not the best solution????

I can do excellent withering looks, i can actually wither a person. It's my best weapon in the daily battle of family life, my children and my dp are far more afraid of my look of disgust than any shouting / threatening / buttfuck calling. Hehehehehehehe.

I tell him he's a fooking idiot

I'm with you Boco (although I reserve my "look" for last resort situations).

When all else fails the "look" never does.

I think as a woman it is the law to have a 'you stupid twunt' look, i got mine from my mother who could make us crap ourselves with her 'look' alone.

Give the hose to ds, shut dh and ds outside. Go inside and soak in the bath/put feet up/drink tea etc.
When dh eventually comes back in soaking wet, feign surprise and say "oh, i thought you were both coming out to help seeing as I asked you to keep him indoors". Put nose back in book whilst sniggering quietly to self....

Relate is pending for many reasons.

Custy did you get the yum-yum-smiley-facey?

lol at custy

custy lol @ yum yum smiley facey love it!!!