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Controlling for being angry at DH using oven

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SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 13:32

Dh likes to eat healthily which means he never fries any food. Even the 1 cal spray is not acceptable. Fine.

But DH knows I’m very funny about the heat. Hate it and do very well to keep a cool house. I’m the person who goes around closing curtains, opening windows at the optimal time to keep things cool.

Just got off a work call to a sauna downstairs. DH has made himself a fry up (chicken sausages, egg, mushrooms, tomatoes). The kitchen is reading 26c - it was 22.5c when I looked at around 12 pm.

I told dh that this was really selfish behaviour. And now I’ve been called controlling.

AIBU?

OP posts:
NewGreenDuck · 30/07/2024 20:50

@New2024newname you could always get a bread maker.

jannier · 30/07/2024 20:49

TheBishopIsKillingMe · 30/07/2024 18:50

I am in Spain. It’s boiling. We cook here every day 🤷🏻‍♀️

Exactly

jannier · 30/07/2024 20:48

New2024newname · 30/07/2024 17:56

I’m with you OP. I think a lot of people posting have no idea what it’s like to live in a house/flat which gets hot and is impossible to cool down. On days like this I have to be obsessed with keeping windows and blinds closed, and working out when to open the windows to cool everything down (often not til 9/10pm). I chose not to bake bread this week because it would mean having the oven on super high for 40 mins, and that heat is just going to sit inside the flat all day. I’d be pretty upset if my husband decided to bake some sausages when there are lots of other food options available (and you can fry sausages anyway!!)

At 30 degrees outside I'd think everyone knows how hot it is inside unless they have AC ....
The sausages were frozen ones
So sad about your bread would be nice with sausages

ByKindOpalPoet · 30/07/2024 20:41

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:34

Him eating a cold meal or eating out isn't going to cause discomfort. Nobody suffers from eating a good salad or a chip butty in a local cafe!

Overheating the kitchen and the rest of the house (by him) is causing her discomfort.

Telling somebody that they are being selfish is not controlling. It might be a bit blunt but it's just - feedback!

Making reasonable requests of other people is not 'controlling'; it's communication.

It isn't even an unkind thing to say - unless he suffers from rejection sensitivity dysphoria and needs feedback to be relentlessly kind and positive.

I would and frequently have to tell my partner that he is selfish if he leaves cupboard doors open, uses the last of the milk/loo roll without replacing it, doesn't clear up after making his own smelly lunch, or leaves the TV blaring after he's eaten his lunch and gone back to work. Some people need a lot of reminding to be a good housemate.

This looks as if it falls into the same category.

Seriously?. The fact you seem to think someone dictating when another person can use an oven isn’t controlling is concerning. Why the hell does she get to dictate who uses what and when. Why should he be forced to eat out or eat something he either doesn’t want to or fed up off just because she says so.

The comparison to forgetting to shut a cupboard door is not the same as telling someone they can’t use an oven.

yes some do need to be reminded of being a good housemate and that includes OP who clearly needs reminding of that.

Missmarplesknittingbuddy · 30/07/2024 20:40

SharpOliveHam · 30/07/2024 13:45

The range oven was on for 40 mins. Sausages were frozen.

If you could heat the entire house by just cooking sausages no-one would have a huge heating bill , we could all sit around one or two well done sausages and save a fortune.

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:36

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:34

Him eating a cold meal or eating out isn't going to cause discomfort. Nobody suffers from eating a good salad or a chip butty in a local cafe!

Overheating the kitchen and the rest of the house (by him) is causing her discomfort.

Telling somebody that they are being selfish is not controlling. It might be a bit blunt but it's just - feedback!

Making reasonable requests of other people is not 'controlling'; it's communication.

It isn't even an unkind thing to say - unless he suffers from rejection sensitivity dysphoria and needs feedback to be relentlessly kind and positive.

I would and frequently have to tell my partner that he is selfish if he leaves cupboard doors open, uses the last of the milk/loo roll without replacing it, doesn't clear up after making his own smelly lunch, or leaves the TV blaring after he's eaten his lunch and gone back to work. Some people need a lot of reminding to be a good housemate.

This looks as if it falls into the same category.

Yeah but she's bat shit crazy, it's his home and being a bit hot... is not going to kill her.

It's both their home, she doesn't call all the shots.

He doesn't want a "chip butty", he eats healthy, or did you manage to odd that bit as you bend over backwards to make OP right?

NomNomNominativeDeterminism · 30/07/2024 20:36

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr · 30/07/2024 13:49

“but darling, surely it’s not a crime to cook a sausage in this 26’C heat…”

@brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr this is a cracker! Please post it on many many threads

Controlling for being angry at DH using oven
somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:34

Him eating a cold meal or eating out isn't going to cause discomfort. Nobody suffers from eating a good salad or a chip butty in a local cafe!

Overheating the kitchen and the rest of the house (by him) is causing her discomfort.

Telling somebody that they are being selfish is not controlling. It might be a bit blunt but it's just - feedback!

Making reasonable requests of other people is not 'controlling'; it's communication.

It isn't even an unkind thing to say - unless he suffers from rejection sensitivity dysphoria and needs feedback to be relentlessly kind and positive.

I would and frequently have to tell my partner that he is selfish if he leaves cupboard doors open, uses the last of the milk/loo roll without replacing it, doesn't clear up after making his own smelly lunch, or leaves the TV blaring after he's eaten his lunch and gone back to work. Some people need a lot of reminding to be a good housemate.

This looks as if it falls into the same category.

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:26

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:24

@somanynamesbynow OP deciding it's really selfish behaviour ....... is controlling!

IMOI

You're really selfish to suggest that I'm unreasonable.

Get it?

Mis posted there!

OP deciding her wants are not controlling, is both selfish and controlling!

MoobyMoo · 30/07/2024 20:25

You’re being absolutely fucking ridiculous.

ByKindOpalPoet · 30/07/2024 20:25

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:16

I'm guessing that because the OP is surprised her partner just did what he wanted on a super-hot day, that she is used to making a lot of compromises, and expects that others would too.

Going on what says in her first post: she told him he was selfish. But it is selfish to do what you want regardless of what other people would prefer - it's the definition of selfish!

So I think she was just being accurate in her observation! He could have acknowledged that he had been thinking of himself, but he chose to escalate things.

Please explain how it’s selfish to want a cooked meal but it isn’t selfish to want someone to eat cold food just because you want the house a certain way

i also doubt the OP knows what a comprise is otherwise she would have comprised already

maybe he thought that was the time to actually do something for himself for a change. I would say her DH makes more comprises that she does.

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:24

@somanynamesbynow OP deciding it's really selfish behaviour ....... is controlling!

IMOI

You're really selfish to suggest that I'm unreasonable.

Get it?

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:20

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:17

You misread the OP!

How?

I told dh that this was really selfish behaviour. And now I’ve been called controlling.

HollyKnight · 30/07/2024 20:19

Fuck me. The guy just wanted some sausages.

Bluebirdover · 30/07/2024 20:17

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:16

I'm guessing that because the OP is surprised her partner just did what he wanted on a super-hot day, that she is used to making a lot of compromises, and expects that others would too.

Going on what says in her first post: she told him he was selfish. But it is selfish to do what you want regardless of what other people would prefer - it's the definition of selfish!

So I think she was just being accurate in her observation! He could have acknowledged that he had been thinking of himself, but he chose to escalate things.

You misread the OP!

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 20:16

I'm guessing that because the OP is surprised her partner just did what he wanted on a super-hot day, that she is used to making a lot of compromises, and expects that others would too.

Going on what says in her first post: she told him he was selfish. But it is selfish to do what you want regardless of what other people would prefer - it's the definition of selfish!

So I think she was just being accurate in her observation! He could have acknowledged that he had been thinking of himself, but he chose to escalate things.

SeeSeeRider · 30/07/2024 20:09

@Crazycrazylady

It sounds very much as you have some obsessive behaviours around temperature and the fear or being too warm.

I worked with someone like that, only it was cold they were afraid of. They got three convector heaters out of the store cupboard and set them up by their desk and wore a coat all the time.

ByKindOpalPoet · 30/07/2024 20:09

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 19:47

It is bananas for the OP to have to buy an air conditioner costing hundreds of pounds - and which is bad for the environment - so that her partner can just do what he wants.

Communities of all types only work if people are a bit considerate and make tiny concessions that make an important difference to others.

Community-minded people would not do this. It's just basic civility. Most of us make these compromises all the time just to make life a bit better for others. But perhaps the 'why shuddeneye' lot don't notice.

What comprises has the OP made? Why should it be about what she wants? Why can’t for once her DH have a cooked meal? Maybe he’s fed up of salads and sandwiches for lunch and fancied something different

KrisAkabusi · 30/07/2024 20:04

Communities of all types only work if people are a bit considerate and make tiny concessions that make an important difference to others.

What concessions has the OP made? How has she been considerate to her husband?

TwinklyNight · 30/07/2024 20:00

There is an easy solution to your problem, it is an electric skillet. No need to heat up a large appliance for a breakfast.

PlutarchHeavensbee · 30/07/2024 19:57

You’re lucky you’re not married to my DH - he’d have told you to go forth and multiply. Mind you - I’m not bonkers enough to tell him that he can’t cook himself a meal in his own house.

You sound like a total nightmare to be honest. It’s Britain FFS, you don’t live in the middle of Death Valley! I feel sorry for your poor hubby having to put up with you.

NewGreenDuck · 30/07/2024 19:55

Oh come off it! He put the bloody oven on, it's not a hanging offence. I just find it totally mad that some people don't actually cook a meal in the oven because it's got a bit warm. I've had my windows open all day, I've cooked, I've even dried something in the tumble dryer. It's not been that bad!

somanynamesbynow · 30/07/2024 19:47

It is bananas for the OP to have to buy an air conditioner costing hundreds of pounds - and which is bad for the environment - so that her partner can just do what he wants.

Communities of all types only work if people are a bit considerate and make tiny concessions that make an important difference to others.

Community-minded people would not do this. It's just basic civility. Most of us make these compromises all the time just to make life a bit better for others. But perhaps the 'why shuddeneye' lot don't notice.

lovemycbf · 30/07/2024 19:46
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lovemycbf · 30/07/2024 19:43

Buy an air conditioner if your that bothered
I've had the oven on and it soon cools down again
You do sound controlling and demanding