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Condescending tone from partner

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BlueOceanWave · 09/05/2021 17:55

Me and my partner don't live together. We had vague open ended plans yesterday. We chatted on the phone in the morning and I said to him I will phone him if I go out walking and we could meet for a walk. It was vague and open ended.

We came into the afternoon and I was busy doing chores and laundry around the house. By about 4 O clock in the even, my tummy was sore and crampy and I had to go to the toilet a few times. Afterwards I decided to lie down for a nap. Afterwards I was hungry and I decided to have something to eat. My feet were sore all week. I had a hard week so I decided to have a foot bath and cut my toenails because it was a few months. I find it hard to grab time for myself and I decided it was time to cut my toenails.

By about 8.30 I found that I missed 3 calls in total from my partner throughout the course of the day. I didn't have the phone on me all the time. I finished cutting my toenails and I rang him back.

I got a condescending tone from him on the phone. It wasn't the first time we had vague open ended plans so he knew the drill and there were times when he too were busy with chores and helping his father around the farm. The weather was not the best yesterday and he decided to take it easy and have a lazy day. I got a condescending tone from him on the phone when we chatted in the evening, almost as if he expected me to be available for him because he decided to do little with his day. My feet were genuinely sore and I really needed to clip the toenails. I had good intentions to go walking but by evening the idea of going out walking yesterday didn't appeal to me and it also meant I would be pushing an aspect of person hygiene (the footbath and toenail clippings) out to another day.

I don't feel very easy or pleased witnessing such a condescending tone from him.

OP posts:
Barbie222 · 10/05/2021 20:53

This thread should be in classics. Honestly, toenails? You sound like one of those people who just can't resist putting others in their place and making them feel like they're the bottom of the pile.

LH4VR · 10/05/2021 21:38

Thank you OP for making me smile. I've enjoyed reading the comments.

Might be best to learn from it, and perhaps either make plans or don't. That way everyone knows what they're doing.

Keep the toenail cutting till after bath/shower. Takes 2 minutes.

katy1213 · 10/05/2021 21:48

How long does it take to cut your toenails? And why have you have you left it for months?
I think I need a liedown after reading about your exciting life.

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