Husband stormed out not taken phone kids worried

[mnaddict1]

Evening all
Dh and I have had an argument yesterday evening. Things have been frosty today. We had cross words this evening and He has stormed out in his car. Has left his phone behind but taken his wallet.
My two dc are worried about dh. I am really furious that he would just storm off and be without communication. What if there was an emergency? My ds is having a flare of his asthma at the moment and could become unwell.
What can I say/do to reassure the children that he's ok? How long before I begin to worry about him? He's been gone about 2 hours so far

Eh?? I think it's entirely reasonable to go out without your phone. I probably only have mine 50% of the time. You don't need to be contactable every second

My kids (12 & 6) wouldn't bat an eyelid, if I was out without my phone/not contactable.

Why did that worry them OP?

@Painfulpain they were worried because their df hadn't said goodbye and hadn't got his phone. I did tell them that it wasn't so long ago no one had a mobile and we were all perfectly safe

He came in the end

Dh or me will nip out all the time without our phones.

Perhaps yiu need to reassure the kids that people didn't always have phones and people dont always have to have phones on them.

You coild have just said 'oh he must have forgotten it. Or 'he has just gone for a walk'.

I am not saying the argument is your fault. Or that he isnt to blame.

But it feels like you are using the kids upset to justify your anger or make him even more wrong.

The snapshot you have written about; something sounds off

It's not usual for kids to get worried if an adult leaves the house without saying bye/without a phone. Are they anxious?

sometimes when you argue walking away is the best option bit of space and need to cool down .As for leaving phone don,t get leave mine all the time how did we mange years ago. Please don,t carry this on if you can,t are draw a line under very unhealthy to carry thinks on

Thanks for all your replies. We've had a talk this morning and resolved the issue leading to the argument.
I think sometimes space is necessary to process an argument but shouldn't be at the expense of talking things through.
I think the children had picked up on the frostiness between us and that led to them being worried that dh had gone out.
Some work to do to have a healthier way of resolving issues.

Glad it's been resolved op.