My boyfriend (have lived together six years) volunteers once or twice a month at a weekend sporting event in the summer. Each spring the guys get together to split up the shifts.

Two years ago, my boyfriend accidentally volunteered for ALL of the holiday weekends. Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day. We often turn those three day weekends into four day canoe trips, so it was a huge disappointment.

Last year I gave him a list of the holiday dates so he would know what they were in advance. It worked out okay. He volunteered for some but not all. That's fine.

I gave him a list again this year. He even asked me to print it out for him, so it's not like I am shoving it down his throat. I looked at his schedule and saw that he had volunteered for EVERY SINGLE HOLIDAY again. I got mad and asked him why he had done that. He got mad at me for 'scolding' him, which made me even madder. Finally he left the house.

I don't really know what I should have done instead. I am still mad that we won't be taking any long weekend trips this summer. He claims it was an accident that he signed up for all the holidays and I believe him, but I am not sure how to stop being mad. I am also mad that he is mad at ME.

Sorry, this is mostly just a rant, I guess.