Was my husband being an arse?

[sarahindigo]

Or am I hormonal and overly sensitive?

It might even make you laugh.

He's done this a couple of times now and last night I pulled him up on it.

I'm in the middle of a difficult cross stitch pattern currently, I'm no pro and it's a new years thing I'm trying out (to avoid wine and phone scrolling mostly), so anyway on a couple of occasions when I've been engrossed in it trying to work out which square to do next, he deliberately talks to me and goes into detail way more than he normally would in a conversation, because he's trying to wind me up and distract me from what I'm doing. Obviously finds it entertaining to distract me!?

Why is he being like that? I think it's because maybe I'm short with him when I'm trying to focus and he's getting me back. But I'm fuming today over it because he's never usually like this.
Am I being OTT?

He was being an arse.

He's being an arse.

very childish

Yep, he's being an arse. Just ignore him.

I'm another one who thinks he's being a dick.

No you're not. In fact, I believe that's why the Bayeux Tapestry took so long to finish. Constant interruptions by the menfolk saying things like;

"My horse wasn't that skinny, you've made him look skinny, can you change that?"

"Those arrows are a bit wonky, someone could have lose an eye if we used an arrow like that."

(Of course, this was all with a French accent.)

He's being a dick. Like a little boy poking an teasing someone until they shout or cry just so he can get a reaction. Attention seeking and pathetic.
I'll charitably assume he thinks he is being funny rather than deliberately sabotaging you because he doesn't like you paying attention to something other than him. But I'd go for one clear and calm response next time he does it of explaining very clearly what he is doing and why you don't like it and to please stop doing it.
Then stab him with a needle everytime he does it thereafter 😆

He's a complete dick and wants to stop you doing something you love so that you can focus on him.

This ^

Asshole.

He's deliberately not letting you enjoy some down time with a hobby and winding you up.

He's a brave one, poking at someone working with a needle. Get a bigger needle.

He's like a kid, isn't he, where any attention is better than no attention.

He's an arse. Make use of those needles.

leave your pincushion near his foot- it always works for me.

Arse

It's not a good idea to wind up hormonal and overly sensitive women wielding needles.