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Upset that husband eats my leftovers

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Triste1992 · 22/02/2024 00:50

I know its a petty situation, but I cant help but getting upset/annoyed when I dont finish my food/snack, step away from the table (to help our child for example) and come back to an empty plate because DH ate it. His excuse? I thought it was leftovers and nobody wanted it.

It happens frequently and its always the same excuse. I dont yell at him, just complain. But now, he gets upset. Today, he told me I was cheap and it degenerated into a big fight, because we are both fed up. He thinks he does nothing wrong, I feel annoyed that something I expected to eat dissapeared and that the same situation repeats and repeats. AIBU?

OP posts:
HirplesWithHaggis · 22/02/2024 00:54

Do you tell him specifically, "Do not touch that, cuntybaws, I will be back to finish it"? Try that, it might work. Or ltb.

Lightningrain · 22/02/2024 00:54

YANBU although if it happened more than once to me I’d be making it very clear any time I walked away from food that I intended to return and eat it.

Slinkyminky22 · 22/02/2024 00:53

That's awful and so greedy. Next time you step away, pour a ton of salt or something horrible on it first.

Dontsparethehorses · 22/02/2024 00:53

To avoid any doubt as you step away to help tell him I’m not finished please don’t eat this! Should you have to? Probably not but experience tells you what will happen if you don’t!

LimeViewer · 22/02/2024 00:53

Your title is wrong. He doesn't eat your leftovers, he eats your actual dinner. Wanker.

JustJoinedRightNow · 22/02/2024 00:52

You are not being unreasonable OP. Sorry your husband is such a greedy pig that he can't even let you come back to your own plate.

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