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DP got really, really angry at me last night. Not sure if I deserved it.

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NotifyNobody · 06/05/2010 14:38

DP and I have been living together for around 3 years. We're very similar in most ways but a huge difference between us is that he's quite tidy and protective over material things whereas I'm the opposite. I can be scruffy which I admit to and I don't look after material possessions in the way that he does but I thought we'd learnt to accept each others differences after 3 years. Anyway about 3 months ago I bought myself some nice hair straighteners. DP "set them up" for me on my bedside table in a nice little display on their stand. He did say at the time "I don't know why I'm bothering because they'll be chucked on the floor by morning" and we laughed about it.
I kept them there for a while but after a bit the novelty wore off and I just dropped them wherever I was and left them. One night he said to me "where are you straighteners?" and I said "near the side of the bed I think". He replied "where is the stand?" and I admitted that I'd lost it. He was livid. (It turned up behind the bedside table, it had just fallen behind).

A couple of days ago I bought a nice camera. DP said I "needed" a case for it. I said I wasn't that bothered but he insisted and said he would buy me one for my birthday (instead of the thing I actually wanted ) so it arrived and DP packed my camera away in the bag and "instructed" me to keep it in there again I did for a while but novelty wore off and after taking a couple of piccies in the garden last night, I left the camera on the sofa. DP found it and went ballistic, shouted, threw the camera bag at me, called me names and said I was the most annoying person he'd ever met.

I'm in two minds as to whether I deserved this TBH. I know I should be more careful but if its just MY stuff that is getting left lying around, why should it be of his concern?

Did I deserve it? I'm angry and upset at the same time.

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ScreaminEagle · 06/05/2010 23:50

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said · 07/05/2010 11:07

"Why when you have a couple who're polar opposites with tidyness, is the tidy one always presmused to be in the right?? " Excellent point

denman · 07/05/2010 11:26

My twopeneth - I am not very tidy and not materialisic BUT I find an untidy house very stressful, so I put in a lot of effort to keep it tidy even tho I hate housework and would much rather sit in the garden with a big G&T.

DP is not very tidy and constantly messes up the house with his scattergun approach to possessions. He knows I find this stressful and he knows I have taken time to clean and tidy it. He also compounds this by complaining about how untidy the house is without any sense of irony.

To me this indicates a lack of respect for me and my time - that the time I spend tidying up is unimportant to him and it makes me feel unappreciated. Cue rows and resentment.

Its the little things that really, really grate ! You know this bugs your OH, so just try and meet him halfway. He shouldn't have chucked something at you, but if you are going to share the same space, you need to find a middle ground.

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