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To think he shouldn't have eaten my eggs?

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mummytojoseph · 06/06/2024 18:04

Dh wanted some eggs for dinner and called me out to make them for him, I didn't particularly want to but did.
I got two out for him and the last two were for me which I was going to have tomorrow for breakfast.

I made his eggs and they didn't turn out quite as he wanted so he moaned and thought this entitled him to my eggs.

AIBU to think he should have cooked his own eggs and I shouldn't miss out because he got me to do it and didn't like the result.

Or is he right and as I didn't do his eggs as he liked them I owe him mine?

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Brefugee · 07/06/2024 14:21

mummytojoseph · 06/06/2024 18:06

Because he thought I'd do them better than he could but they didn't turn out well.

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were you making soufflé or something? who can't make eggs.

You shouldn't have made his and you should have told him the others were for you. Are you very young? very passive? is this typical for the pair of you?

Devilsmommy · 07/06/2024 14:21

Starlight1979 · 07/06/2024 14:19

I think you meant 'eggsellent'. You're welcome 😃

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🎖️🎖️🎖️ love it🤣

Starlight1979 · 07/06/2024 14:19

Devilsmommy · 07/06/2024 10:15

Excellent 😁

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I think you meant 'eggsellent'. You're welcome 😃

Starlight1979 · 07/06/2024 14:18

GalileoHumpkins · 07/06/2024 10:40

Since when do you have to be a bloody good cook to make eggs? It's hardly rocket surgery.

Rocket surgery 😂

Cantbelieveit888 · 07/06/2024 13:54

Oh Jesus. If you aren’t tight for cash, ask him to go out and buy some more eggs so you can have some in the morning!

Also it seems he makes bloody good ones too, so ask him too cook them in the morning as well.

BarHumbugs · 07/06/2024 11:49

mummytojoseph · 06/06/2024 18:06

Because he thought I'd do them better than he could but they didn't turn out well.

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That's why he asked you, why did you do it? And why didn't you tell him he couldn't eat your eggs? And failing that, why didn't you tell him to go out, buy more eggs and cook ones to replace yours?

Alwaysgothiccups · 07/06/2024 11:18

Why on earth did you let him eat your eggs?! I've told my DH to go fuck himself if he tried this on me.
And if I'd tried it on him I'd expect to get short shrift..
What a man child. You don't ask someone to cook for you.. then decide its not good enough and eat their food for tomorrow instead.
Is he like this in other ways too? Completely selfish?
Get rid op. Life's too short to be living with someone like that.

ScottishScouser · 07/06/2024 11:17

NotForMeCheers · 07/06/2024 11:05

Don't let anyone knock down your confidence to the point where you feel you're no good at something, just because it doesn't reach their stupidly high standards.

We all have different standards for everything, they don't make us any 'better' or 'worse' than others.

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I know where you are coming from but don't worry - he hasn't knocked my confidence

I admit I have gone from the biggest slob in the world to someone who by most peoples standards would be classed as neat and tidy. My mum expresses the same every time I go to visit and I moan about the clutter everywhere!

But I will never ever reach his standards and I'm ok with that. I'm happy cooking and bringing in the money to live our life style. More than happy for him to be a house husband.

theveryhungrybum · 07/06/2024 11:09

You get what you get and your don't get upset. He can eat the eggs that were cooked for him, and next time cook them himself. You get the other two eggs. He's a CF.

HammockFullOfRats · 07/06/2024 11:06

leafinthewind · 07/06/2024 10:39

ChatGPT definitely doesn't write like that!

I liked the comment - and thought it sounded very human.

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Thank you for defending my humanity 😅

NotForMeCheers · 07/06/2024 11:05

ScottishScouser · 07/06/2024 11:01

Ok - I should have said, I never do it to his OCD standard - he was vacuuming around me whilst I was toasting rolls for bacon this morning.

SO I'm not good at it to the level he likes.

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Don't let anyone knock down your confidence to the point where you feel you're no good at something, just because it doesn't reach their stupidly high standards.

We all have different standards for everything, they don't make us any 'better' or 'worse' than others.

Longdueachange · 07/06/2024 11:05

I'm reading between the lines as I think you've kept this deliberately factual @mummytojoseph. Be honest, this isn't about eggs, is it. Tell us what is going on as people on here will be able to help.

ScottishScouser · 07/06/2024 11:01

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:23

Its the only household task I'm any good at.

I refuse to believe that's true of anyone, but your husband seems to have fallen for it Wink

Vacuuming a floor = Moving machine across it.

Mopping a floor = Moving a wet mop backwards and forwards until the dirt magically disappears.

Washing up = Moving a sponge backwards and forwards until bits of food disappear.

Unless you're going to add that you're not able bodied, of course you're 'good' at it.

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Ok - I should have said, I never do it to his OCD standard - he was vacuuming around me whilst I was toasting rolls for bacon this morning.

SO I'm not good at it to the level he likes.

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:59

Loving 'Rocket surgery'!! 🤣🤣

Newestname002 · 07/06/2024 10:50

@mummytojoseph

Let's see - what's that MN phrase again? Ah yes - "Give your head a wobble!"

Let him cook his own eggs (and make some for you too) in future. Tell him the more he practices the better he'll get. Apply that to anything else he makes you do. 🌹

yogibear31 · 07/06/2024 10:50

It's hardly rocket surgery.
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SilkFloss · 07/06/2024 10:49

Are we talking runny eggs that went hard? In which case, I can understand why he didn't want to eat the hard yolks but he absolutely should have replaced them ready for you today.

GalileoHumpkins · 07/06/2024 10:40

Since when do you have to be a bloody good cook to make eggs? It's hardly rocket surgery.

leafinthewind · 07/06/2024 10:39

Bjorkdidit · 07/06/2024 10:37

Yes, what is the point of using ChatGPT? I don't get it. And yes they are. No-one writes like that.

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ChatGPT definitely doesn't write like that!

I liked the comment - and thought it sounded very human.

Bjorkdidit · 07/06/2024 10:37

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:31

I think the point was to ask you why you're using ChatGPT?

Disclaimer: I have no idea if you are or not.

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Yes, what is the point of using ChatGPT? I don't get it. And yes they are. No-one writes like that.

TheMaddHugger · 07/06/2024 10:34

mummytojoseph · 06/06/2024 18:08

He doesn't need eggs now he's eaten mine.

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👀

HammockFullOfRats · 07/06/2024 10:34

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:31

I think the point was to ask you why you're using ChatGPT?

Disclaimer: I have no idea if you are or not.

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🙄

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:31

HammockFullOfRats · 07/06/2024 10:30

What was the point of your comment again?

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I think the point was to ask you why you're using ChatGPT?

Disclaimer: I have no idea if you are or not.

HammockFullOfRats · 07/06/2024 10:30

Bjorkdidit · 07/06/2024 10:22

Can I just ask? What is the point of doing this?

Instead of writing a little comment expressing what you want to say, you toddle off to ChatGPT and ask for a load of waffly crap that doesn't add anything to the conversation and, to paraphrase ChatGPT itself, it's cheating at discussion.

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What was the point of your comment again?

TheresaCrowd · 07/06/2024 10:23

ScottishScouser · 07/06/2024 10:15

See I would have cooked the eggs as well for him. Not because I'm some 50s house wife etc but because I'm a bloody good cook. Its the only household task I'm any good at.

DH cleans, tidies, sorts the bins, hoovers, irons, does the laundry - I cook.

He is retired and I work full-time although from home but even so......... The cooking is on me.

Its the only household task I'm any good at.

I refuse to believe that's true of anyone, but your husband seems to have fallen for it Wink

Vacuuming a floor = Moving machine across it.

Mopping a floor = Moving a wet mop backwards and forwards until the dirt magically disappears.

Washing up = Moving a sponge backwards and forwards until bits of food disappear.

Unless you're going to add that you're not able bodied, of course you're 'good' at it.

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