To think that DH should buy more milk when it gets low or not drink it?

He is a grown man and should be considerate of the children's breakfast, morning cuppa etc and pick up more milk if he is suddenly guzzling it all.

Dh and I always make sure there's enough for breakfast if we are running low. It's common courtesy

Just buy more milk and this issue goes away? It sounds like you are regularly underestimating consumption

I think you just need to buy more milk. There's only two of us and we get through about 12 - 16 pints a week.

One glassful would never have dive your breakfast anyway.

We buy 4x4 pints and keep one in freezer.

If you don't have fridge space to buy enough fords whole week, then buy enough for half a week then you know you or DH will need to pop to shop in whatever day is halfway through your shopping week, and you can then pick up another half week's worth.

Or find another system. Your current system of hoping 8 pints will get you through a week when it's blatantly not enough, then getting frustrated at numerous shopping trips and annoyed with people when it runs out is not working for you! 😉

If you’re getting it low after breakfast why wouldn’t you pick some up in the day? And you keep saying it’s happening a lot, I don’t understand why he can’t have a glass of milk but you must have enough for your breakfast. It sounds like he left enough for the kids So why wouldn’t he go out at night to buy some?

And you say you can eat other stuff but don’t want to buy that argument works both ways.

Day time is the easiest to pop to the shops and you are the one aware it is low after breakfast, you top it up. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Never let it get lower than half full for a big family (and whoever notices should get it)

It's an unwritten rule that you don't consume the last of something until new stock is supplied.
Is he going to go out to replace it before morning? 🤨

buy in bulk and freeze it! A 1L bottle will thaw overnight

Why can't he drink the last of the milk? Someone's going to.

Have something else for breakfast. Buy a carton and freeze it. Make or buy some plant milk. Whoever passes nearer the store buys some more.

You're obviously not ordering enough milk for the demand, order more.

He should go and buy milk without complaint. Why should the OP be milk monitor? Typical selfish, entitled male behaviour.

If the average family consumption is one 4 pint bottle a day, then whichever adult is near the shop needs to pick up a new bottle

Slightly beside the point of the thread, I know, but T1 diabetics aren't restricted in what they have for snacks - and definitely not in what they drink - they just need to know how to cover it with insulin.

Milk is a good choice, as are your DH"s other choices, but that doesn't let him off the hook for being thoughtless.

Fair enough, if he's always the one running the milk low and you aren't due a delivery, it's fair to ask him to replace it sometimes so you can both eat/drink the things you enjoy. Come to ours, I'm always throwing milk away 😆

Yogurt, cheese, nuts & berries also sounds like a great breakfast… if your household had gone through more than 6 pints since Tues I don’t think 1 glass is a massive dent

Are you annoyed about something bigger- like the mental load of shopping, having to nip out, your husband prioritising himself? Because the milk issue has such an easy solve I would think this is about something bigger

You and the kids could have something else for breakfast occasionally, like toast for example. Why does it HAVE to be cereal or porridge?

Why do you feel that your breakfast milk (not the kids) take precedent over his glass of milk, especially as his snack options are limited?

This is a bit of a non issue really. Just increase the quantity you order or freeze a pint or two for emergencies!

Blimey even my 9yr old understood that you can't guzzle the last 2 pints of milk unless it's breakfast and if you open the last bottle in the fridge you let mum know that shopping is required. Now he's a bit older he often offers to go to the shop himself!

Was he out during the day and could have stopped for milk on the way home? Could he have known you were running low before leaving for work, or could you have called him to ask him to pick some up?

I hate coming home from work, having driven past loads of shops, only to find my family has used up something I thought we had enough of. We keep boxes of UHT in the pantry for emergencies and check in after work before coming home in case someone needs to stop for milk/bread etc. It works much better than someone having to leave again to go to a shop.

I don't think your breakfast needs trump his snack needs. There should be enough for everyone, and a system to avoid running out.

^ this. And keep some UHT in, it’s fine for porridge etc. Any household I’ve lived in runs low on milk now and then… a pint in the freezer and /or couple of cartons of UHT is an easy solve

Or is there a different dedicated snack your DH could have (yogurt, cheese?) to solve this?

I find it annoying when my OH finishes things I regularly eat (nuts in this case) but one of us is not more important than the other …

Yes, the milk is usually necessary for breakfast and tea/ coffee so you only drink it when there's a ready supply. We were taught that growing up.

Well that escalated.

I never for a minute said he wasn't capable of getting more in. I never suggested hes not equally capable. All I'm saying is they all have reasons for wanting the milk one doesn't necessarily trump the other but whoever sees it's running low should be topping it up at the first opportunity. Whether it's the OP or her husband.