What are your thoughts on this?

[Nooshoos123]

Avid reader starting a thread for the first time. What would you make of this message exchange?

Him: Have you remembered to ask X about which book it was he recommended?
Me: (amid busy day at work) Life of Pi
Him: you'd forgotten to ask or you remembered?
Me: Does it make a difference?
Him: Forgot then.
Me:......... (don't respond)
Him: if you'd remembered and asked prior, you'd have mentioned it earlier surely

I haven't responded. Not sure I've got time for this....... Would welcome any thoughts.

I’d think “fuck off you pedantic point scoring agenda driven arsehole”.

It would take one hell of a back story to change my mind.

not sure what you are actually asking?

What?

@Ellisandra is spot on!

*I’d think “fuck off you pedantic point scoring agenda driven arsehole”.

It would take one hell of a back story to change my mind*

^^yip.

Either he want to know the title of the book, or he wanted an excuse to make a dig. Seems pretty clear which it was.

I don't get it. He asked a question and you answered it. Why wasn't he happy with that?

It's hardly ltb territory, and it's hardly even ask mumsnet territory, it's just a nit picky conversation which I'm sure even the best relationships have at times and without background there's nothing more to it then that.

Sounds exhausting....

Thanks for your responses - it is helpful to see how it reads to people not involved in the relationship, that was really all I was asking for. It is a classic example of some of the conversations I'm experiencing, so rather than describing this dynamic, I thought I'd put it verbatim.

My apologies, sadiesnakes, if it doesn't reach some kind of threshold for "ask mumsnet" validity. Or if asking for "thoughts" about it was too vague.

He sounds like a very irritating pedant OP.

OP he has too much time on his hands and he'd be better to spend that time on being nice not a pedantic point-scoring knobber. If he is a boyfriend then dump him - who needs this crap? If he is a DP or DH then you have my sympathies as you probably have to put up with this regularly and it would wear me down and destroy my feelings for someone who did this to me.

Ugh good god.
What an arsehole. Clearly just looking for an argument. I hate people like this.
Good on you OP for not biting and ignoring.

Exactly what Ellisandra said. He sounds like a right arse.