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Beginner December 2004

is my H BU?

Coralie, 17 July, 2009 at 21:19 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 9

Bit of background..... my H has worked v hard to establish a great role in a company after losing his own business last year. I am v v proud of him and have no qualms with the hard work, evening work etc he puts in.

however, just recently, he has had lots of golf events, after work drinks, networking things, (all overnight jobs) and today has been last straw. He came back today at 2pm, flopped on sofa and said he just wanted to be left alone. our 2 year old wanted to clamber on daddy, daddy to give tea, bath etc. H said he had sore throat and was wiped out. I know it was a hangover. as it has been the last 4 times. I was so fed up as i had been in kitchen making dinner (a really nice one too cos we had had 2 nights apart and i wanted to make an effort for a nice night together), and when i came up; the little one had a dirty nappy and H hadnt changed it. I just tutted ( poss too passive aggressive, and siad, oh ok i;ll change the baby shall i) and he stormed off to bed, and said " i cant be doing with your moodiness, i am off to bed". this was at 7pm.

i have been sat stewing for a couple of hours thinking that his social life, albeit work, shouldnt impact on his family life? incidentally, i have been working 3 full days this week too, and have to do all the housework, but apparntely, if he is out playin golf, or on the p*ss with work it doesnt count as fun cos its work.

gah. i think i am most peed off cos even in the v unlikeyly event he does have a sore throat [hardly life threatening] and not a hangover, i never ever get a chance to be ill or have the luxury of poncing off to bed at 7pm.

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Latest activity by hazel, 17 July, 2009 at 23:23
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    Yeah, i think he's being a bit unreasonable - but i would wait til a quiet and peaceful time to challenge him on it. I think they way you phrased it here about the impact on his family life is perfectly reasonable. It sounds like an imbalance to me. He won't see the reason in it while he is knackered / ill / hungover though.

    I would personally go bananas if H was away from home overnight that much (we have a toddler too) I wouldn't tollerate it myself, but that's me, and i would be rather concerned about it tbph. He has a responsibility to be a partner and father as well as a career climber - there needs to be a more even balance in my honest opinion. If he absolutely has to be away that much then the least he can do to compensate is be in a fit state when he returns. He could still do his thing without getting leathered to the point that the next 12-24 hours are also a write off! I don't think that's too much to ask!

    Hope you can work it out without too many fireworks. My H sometimes needs a good yelling at and then it's all lovely again!! (he's not a going / staying outer, he's just a moody would-be control freak at his worse!!)

    X

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  • MrsMcB2B
    Beginner November 2009
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    Hi Coralie

    I'd go up and see him and say pretty much what you posted; Your proud of what he's achieved and don't mind the long hours. But you'd made a special dinner and are upset that he's now in a bad mood. I don't mean that you should be a simpering woman but if you try and explain how you feel in a measured tone the situation is less likely to descend inot an argument. Plus it lets him know you're upset rather than just getting angry at him (which I think you have every right to be).

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    Beginner December 2004
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    Thank you for replying ladies.

    I really really dont mind his nights away. to be really honest, its sometimes a nice release cos more often than not he is sat on his laptop doing work and i am pottering doing jobs so i do enjoy the time apart. I have done EVERYTHING for our son since he was born, which again, i dont mind, we have an sort of unspoken agreement he earns and i work harder than he ever will ?

    however, i am really peed off that i have to run after him cos of a hangover. I am not even jealous that i havent had a hangover for nearly 3 years...and trust me, i would looooovvveee one!!!! its more the imbalance of family stuff.

    i wont talk to him about it tonight. its getting to the point that its bothering me. i am not a fighter, or a kicker and screamer and equally i am not moody. i just say how i feel but when i did that tonight he stropped off. and i wont go after him. i will try again tomorrrow.

    thanks again girls x

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  • barongreenback
    Beginner September 2004
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    As someone who has to spend an awful lot of time networking can I just say that it's utterly miserable for the most part. Trying to make small talk with people over the course of an evening who you generally find unbearably dull is incredibly hard work. Honestly sometimes the only way to pass an evening is to have a few drinks. It isn't fun.

    I'd cut him a bit of slack.

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    Beginner December 2004
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    Cheers baron. i appreciate your thoughts.

    i do take on board what you are saying, but....ha ha, and there is a but, i have really tedious aspects of work to deal with but i still have to collect the bin lid from nursery, bath him whilst he is having a tantrum, try and read him a story, try and get pyjamas on him when all he wants to wear to bed is wellies and a cycle helmet and then deal with twinkle twinkle on repeat at 5am when my H is away.

    you have all this to come kidda!!

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  • hazel
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    But to be fair, it's not exactly highly stimulating being at home with the kids and the washing all day.

    I agree with whoever said now isn't the time to discuss it. I think it's probably fair to expect some give and take on this - it's not unreasonable for him to go out from time to time and even to have the odd hangover but it's not fair if that's such a regular thing that you're left feeling abandoned.

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    Beginner December 2004
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    Thanks hazel, i agree with what you are saying. its more relevant that when H and i got together he wasnt massively into nights out etc nor was i. however, i wouldnt mind his "WORK dos" if they didnt impinge on our weekends or time together so much.

    when he got back at 2pm today i was so excited cos it meant i could do some washing, prep tea, sort kitchen etc without having to worry if oscar was ok on his own. what upset me was him lounging around feeling sorry for himself when i could have been doing aforementioned jobs without an anklebiter there!

    i will try and talk to him tomorrow. i think in his hungover state he wouldnt have got why i was peed off. that isnt helping me currently tho. hallelujah for hitched venting tho!

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  • hazel
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    I understand. I'm very lucky that MrH mostly works from home so is really flexible and able to help out with C a lot. However every 3 months or so he has to go to the US a week or more. Whenever he's away I pin everything on the saturday afternoon when I know he'll be back and I can hand over responsibility for a bit. Except once he gets back he'll be jetlagged and want to catch up on his email and have a coffee and a snooze, not have an hour's C-wrangling so I can have a cup of tea in peace ?

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    Beginner December 2004
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    I'm hearing you!!

    as an aside, my sister is called Clara. I only realised your "C" was a clara til a name thread on BT. she has been clarabelle to us since she was a teenager, do you ever call you c that? x

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  • hazel
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    Funnily enough that's been her nickname since she was tiny ?

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