DH & I both work from home, so share school pick ups etc.
Today I said I would pick up DS2 straight from school and then had to whizz into the town to do various 'chores' - buy a present, take DS1's glasses for repair, post letters etc.
I said to DH "I should be able to get it done and pick up DS1 from after-school football at 4.15, if it looks as if I can't make it, then I'll call you."
"OK" says DH.
So i pick up DS2, nip into town and get caught in traffic/ can't find present/ long Q in PO etc etc. By 3.40 I realise we won't make it for DS1, so I try to call DH, but phone is engaged.
Try his mobile - switched off.
I try every few minutes until 4 pm when I think "sh*t - I can't get hold of him, I'll have to go" and leave Post office queue, and about 4 chores left - tear across back to car park and get to school just in time. I try DH again as I arrive, and miraculously he is now off the phone. Says he has been on phone to insurance company, and he will be picking up DS1. "No you won't" I say, because I am already here, having abandoned the trip to town.
Meanwhile DS2 is in tears 'cos we didn't get a present for the party he's going to in the morning.
I was LIVID. DH claims I said I would call him if I DIDN'T need him to collect DS1, but that is simply NOT true.
He has no answer to the questions
- why was your mobile not on?
- why, if you were picking up DS1, were you still at home when I called, huh?
I am still livid, and have told him I am not speaking to him until he apologises. What annoys me most is that NEVER accepts any responsibility - he always tries to blame me.