He Left In The Middle Of A Three-Hour Meeting With His Wedding Planner Because He Had To Take Care Of His Son, But His Fiancée Got Angry And Hasn’t Been Speaking To Him Since
Next year, this 26-year-old man and his fiancée, 28, are getting married.
Leading up to the wedding, he and his fiancée have been busy with the planning process, and they hired a wedding planner to help them.
He picked out his tuxedo for the big day, which was a blast, and they’ve also booked a venue and sampled food from the catering company they’re hiring to serve the meal.
This past Sunday, he and his fiancée met with their wedding planner to go over and finalize their color scheme, wedding card design, and flower arrangements.
They brought their 2-year-old son to the meeting, and he watched his son while his fiancée and the planner talked. He had no interest in any of the wedding details they were discussing.
Obviously, their son didn’t have any interest in this meeting, either.
“He is literally running around the room and touching everything, so I’m watching him and playing with him while they are busy talking. I pop into the conversation from time to time, but my focus is on childcare,” he said.
An hour and a half later, it was past their usual dinner time, and he was giving his son snacks to hold him over until they got home.
When their wedding planner left the room to get something, he took the opportunity to ask his fiancée how much longer the meeting would be, adding that they needed to give their son a bath.
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In response, his fiancée told him that the meeting was three hours long, and she told him that they didn’t have to give their son a bath that night.
“I felt blindsided as she never told me this was going to be an extended meeting. I was expecting an hour, tops, and it was already late. I ask if she minds finishing it by herself while I take our son home to properly feed, bathe, and put him to bed. She looks hurt at this comment and accuses me of just wanting to go to bed,” he explained.
Admittedly, this was the truth. The following morning, he had to get up early so that he had time to drop their son off at daycare before he drove to work. As of late, he hasn’t been getting a lot of sleep, so he was exhausted.
Since getting engaged, he and his fiancée have dedicated most of their weekends to wedding planning, so he never feels like he’s able to relax on his days off from work.
For several weeks, he hasn’t had any time to unwind by himself without having anything to do besides taking care of his son.
When he realized that the meeting was only halfway done, all he wanted to do was go home, have his nightly routine with his son, and get some rest before the workweek began.
He doubled down and told his fiancée that he would be taking their son home.
“She gets a little angry and tells me that the next meeting is six hours long and asks if I will walk out of that one, too. I tell her that now I know how long to expect, I can schedule accordingly, but, of course, it wasn’t so much as a question and more of a pouty comment,” he shared.
Instead of stooping to her level by coming up with a petty retort, he told her to send him a text if she or their wedding planner had any questions that they needed his input on.
He continued, requesting that she pass along the message to their planner that he thanked her for giving them her time and asked her to send him a schedule of their meetings and include any meeting notes. After that, he left with their son.
The following morning, his wife gave him the silent treatment and acted moody, which he thought was irritating.
However, he was too focused and busy getting their son and himself ready for the day.
He left to drop their son off at daycare, and he went to work.
While at work, he knew that once he came home, he would have to confront his fiancée and talk things through. He predicted that his wife would be really angry during this discussion.
What advice would you give him?
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