To be so angry about eggs

But we don't know if OP even communicated that she wanted them for breakfast.

It sounds to me like she was expecting him to be psychic.

I would have used them for whatever I needed eggs for, unless I was told otherwise, because all eggs are the same to me. Buying them from a farm would be purely about animal welfare, not any special taste. I'd need to be told if someone wanted those specific eggs for breakfast.

Weetabbix - no, but it does suggest he knows they're a treat and it would be reasonable to check what she wanted them for before whacking ALL of them into a cake for someone else!

Next time put big note on fancy eggs.

Sometimes we all expect our DH/DW to be a mind reader when its not on their CV.

He was unreasonable not to limit his cake to 6 eggs (that's still a lot of cake isn't it?) and leave you a couple for breakfast.

Being aware of the cost doesn't mean he was aware that OP wanted them for breakfast.

If OP didn't communicate that then why shouldn't he put them in a cake?

Eggs are eggs. I would have put them in a cake or done whatever with them.

@Weetabbix

"...DH has put all 8 of the lovely eggs we bought for silly price from farmer..."

Yes. She did. This quite clearly implies the DH was present at the purchase and aware of the cost, thus reasonably, aware of the specialness/fanciness.

It is really simple.
If you buy them on a farm on Sunday you will likelly eat them in a weeks time for breakfast at Saturday/Sunday.
Unless you eat fried eggs gor breakfast during week.

Whether the husband was involved in buying them or not is irrelevant if OP didn't communicate that they were to be saved for her breakfast.

If I bought eggs from a farm it would be about animal welfare, not taste. I'd happily put them in a cake. All eggs basically taste the same to me.

It's a difference of opinion and completely depends whether OP communicated it.

I don't think it's the eggs you're angry about. I'm sorry for the loss of your Mum xxx

Naice eggs.

Clearly YABVU however I would definitely have demanded a piece of the cake.

I agree, I've been using the clarence court eggs in baking and it just tastes a bit too eggy, prefer a less rich egg for baking.

Unlike a lot of PPs, I think YANBU @MissTiss and your DH was a careless dick. It's very typical of a lot of men not to see the thinking that goes on in managing a household, and that you'd bought expensive eggs to eat, so you got that fresh lovely taste, not baked in a cake for colleagues.

Aww mate, I'm sorry about your mum. It's a painful time and you should go easy on yourself.
However I do think you are being a bit harsh on him.
I'd sentence him to making another cake for you and the kids. With more posh eggs. That he has to go and buy!

This.
He should have used half of egg supply and let you enjoy the rest.
It is his decision he wants to spend his share at work. You are still very much entitled to your half.
Idk why are some people here so shocked that a woman wants her share of food ffs

YABU obviously.

Just ask him to buy you some more eggs and make/buy you some cake.

There’s nothing worse than craving something, only to find someone else has eaten it.
But they are eggs and he’s right that you shouldn’t have discussed it in front of your child, especially if you were raising your voice.

this made me sad. You've just lost your mum and you're 5 weeks pregnant. You must be dying to tell her, to see her reaction. It's just so sad. Eggs Shmeggs. I get that it was irritating in the moment and I don't mean to invalidate that but I can't imagine discovering I was pregnant and not getting to tell my mum. XX

Except the OP says 'we bought...' not 'I bought'... suggesting he was present at the egg purchase and therefore well aware they were expensive fancy eggs bought as a treat.

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LTB 🤣

Eggs are eggs.

I grew up around farms and regularly collected the eggs as well as milking the cows and other farm jobs etc... theres nothing specially magic in them.

You can get into the morals side of it of on how chickens are kept of course but outside of that an egg is literally just an egg... its not any more 'luscious' because you picked it yourself or because it cost more from one of the fancy marketed 'insta' farms.

He used every last egg in the fridge without replacing so you had none for breakfast AND didnt even get any of the cake - YADNBU even if you weren't pregnant and therefore possibly getting cravings for a really fresh egg.

What sort of cake needs 8 eggs??

Must have been an enormous cake with 8 eggs! I’d been peeved too…

OP said she was looking forward to a few for breakfast today, she didn't say they 'were planned for something specific' . I don't expect her husband is psychic and after all , they were bought a week ago .

@summersofdoom - who decides what is special? Who gets to decide?

So for instance - you say, in your house:

chocolate is for general use and not personal
shampoo is for general use, and not personal
hair brushes are not for general use and are personal
Gold clubs are not for general use, and are personal

Sounds reasonable enough to me - but who cares what I think, because if I lived with you or your husband I would accept your views on the matter in order to make your lives easier - the main thing is, you accept each others' preferences and work within them.

In fact, if your husband did not, you would consider him a twat.

I mean, left to myself, I can imagine thinking a big heavy long bit of metal with a lump at the end is a really good thing to whack brambles with, but I wouldn't use a golf club for that if the owner didn't want me to.

Why doesn't the OP get to decide what is a special food that she is looking forward to?
Why doesn't the OP get to object if her stuff is used up without her permission?
And why is this objection considered to be "bad behaviour" in the realms of how children are disciplined?

And more interestingly.... why is is SO important to some of you that this all gets dismissed?

That is the fascinating thing about mumsnet - the drive that some posters have to dismiss and minimise, and to impose (as if they existed) universal standards of reasonableness such that any sensitivities outside of yours can be snapped away as "ridiculous"

I'd be blinking angry about the eggs - and I'm definitely not preggo!

I agree that making a luscious cake with the eggs is a brilliant idea - but OP isn't even going to eat the cake! DH made it for work colleagues! This is outrageous behaviour, he's an absolute villain. I'd demand he lay 8 new eggs himself.