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AIBU?

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To dislike when DH says 'Mummy won't allow Daddy to have those'

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pontipinemum · 21/05/2025 10:42

OK this is a complete non issue and I am already over it, but it just annoys me!!

Our 2 yr old is seriously fussy right now - we are trying everything!

But it can be counted upon that he will eat little brioche rolls. I buy an 8 pack in the weekly shop and he has 1 a day. DH has the other.

DH knows they are for the toddler, but has sometimes had half the pack. I have said countless times if you'd like them I can get more than 1 pack. We could even keep a few in the freezer. He says 'no I am trying to stay away from bread'. So I stick to the 1 pack. I just hate waste. So I don't like buying them if they won't be eaten.

But when DS asks him if is having one he says 'no mummy won't allow me' it just annoys me like I am controlling what DH eats. I'm not and I said it last night when he said that to DS, that mummy asked daddy if he wanted them and he said no.

AIBU to be a little annoyed about this?

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RafaistheKingofClay · 21/05/2025 11:00

Marmite27 · 21/05/2025 10:56

I wouldn’t even bother putting them in the fridge. The brioche’s last forever. We ate some that were best before December 2024 last night

Edited

This, too.

No single pack is going to be open for more than 3 to 4 days if they have one each a day. Which is shorter than they are open now. I’d just buy 2 packs this week and then just keep topping up to however many you need for the next week when you do the shop.

Marmite27 · 21/05/2025 10:56

I wouldn’t even bother putting them in the fridge. The brioche’s last forever. We ate some that were best before December 2024 last night

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pontipinemum · 21/05/2025 10:52

@AlorsTimeForWine I will get another for the freezer but it just annoys me. He never and I mean absolutely never does the food shopping I will buy anything he puts on the list.

Yes @crackofdoom like I am the fun police telling him what he can and cannot have.

@KarmenPQZ I like that idea and I'll try it next time. He usually just says 'no thank you I fine' for something he doesn't like

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RafaistheKingofClay · 21/05/2025 10:50

GoldieFish · 21/05/2025 10:44

Rephrase it as 'Daddy is blaming Mummy for his own poor impulse control around your brioches, darling'.

😂 Quite like this one.

Seriously though, is this the only thing he does this over because I’d be wanting to nip this in the bud before you become the scapegoat for everything not fun and the one who lays down the rules while Daddy gets to be fun.

crackofdoom · 21/05/2025 10:47

Mollysocks · 21/05/2025 10:44

I’d say something along the lines of, ‘Mummy is trying to stop greedy Daddy from eating your treats.’

No, that's stooping to his level!

I hate it when men try to paint their wives as the fun police (or food police, in this case). It's really manipulative.

KarmenPQZ · 21/05/2025 10:47

And put something else on dhs plate the your son is picky about to try to encourage son to associate a ‘safe’ food with a new one to get him to try. And tell husband he’s made his own bed with his stupid / thoughtless blaming of you and he’s now responsible for eating the brioche and the other food every time, no excuses

KarmenPQZ · 21/05/2025 10:45

AlorsTimeForWine · 21/05/2025 10:44

Buy 3 packs.
Put 2 in the freezer.

Every single time say "daddy can eat whatever he likes."
"Daddy would you like a roll???"

Edited

This! Except don’t ask. Just put it on a plate in front of him. Every bloody time

Yellowpingu · 21/05/2025 10:44

Just buy another pack and stick them in the freezer. Next time he spouts this nonsense tell him they’re there.