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Floranan · 22/06/2025 23:41

It really p me off, he always gets in first with food / drink takes the best for himself always. Buy doughnuts leave them on the side, he doesn’t think “ oh she loves the apple one or DGD loves the pink one so I’ll leave them and have the chocolate one” oh no if the apple of pink one looks best he takes it. I know that’s a silly example but you get the idea.

today I served dinner. On a Sunday we always eat as a family at the table and I put the food out in serving bowls. I think I should do a diagram people are going to ask for a diagram. Anyway I sit at the end so I can easily get things and DH one side and dd (adult) sits opposite. DH and DD are very close have the same interests and can talk for hours. I don’t normally mind but today I lost it.

I put the chicken in the middle of the table the potatoes my side of the meat the veg the other, forget the gravy go back to kitchen to get, via back door to let dog in. Get to table and they have served themselves. dd normal size meal fine, DH his plate is over flowing all the breast gone leaving just 1 drum stick and the wings and thighs, I only eat the breast or a little thigh I wouldn’t mind but it was 1.9 kg chicken !. DD passed me some thigh meat, I took some spuds and asked for veg, then asked again, then asked for wine they had wine where was mine. Normally I would make a fuss insist I’m passed stuff but today I just couldn’t be bothered, if they couldn’t see I didn’t have any dinner I just couldn’t be bothered. I cleared the plates away, realised the reason I hadn’t been offered veg was because the pig had but the most of it on his plate only to leave what would have been mine because he was full.

i left them to clear the kitchen (they always do if I cook) though I normally stay and help,

I just feel un important, not noticed, at one time he would have made sure I had the best he would see a lovely slice of meat and put it on my plate. When did that stop ? I missed it happening. I know now and for some time, I seem unimportant to him . I’m in bed with a glass of wine and some spicy tangy wotsits watching call the midwife.

OP posts:
Nothing7 · 24/06/2025 20:20

Festivespirit85 · 24/06/2025 20:17

This!
I can't stand greedy fuckers.

Yes!!! 🙌

Festivespirit85 · 24/06/2025 20:17

79Beastie · 23/06/2025 00:04

I'd keep my plate to the side and once everything is cooked I'd plate mine up before I placed all the food on the table. Then when all the food is out and he's gleefully thinking he's getting the best bits, I would go back and get my plate with ALL the best bits on, plonk my backside down at the table an thoroughly enjoy my food while watching the husbands face looking absolutely gobsmacked that I had the audacity to help myself to the best bits. I would then ask him if everything was ok with the food with a big (fuck you) smile and then enjoy my best bits. Then I'd repeat it again the next time I cooked and the next till the selfish bugger got the message.

This!
I can't stand greedy fuckers.

Nothing7 · 24/06/2025 20:13

Floranan · 22/06/2025 23:41

It really p me off, he always gets in first with food / drink takes the best for himself always. Buy doughnuts leave them on the side, he doesn’t think “ oh she loves the apple one or DGD loves the pink one so I’ll leave them and have the chocolate one” oh no if the apple of pink one looks best he takes it. I know that’s a silly example but you get the idea.

today I served dinner. On a Sunday we always eat as a family at the table and I put the food out in serving bowls. I think I should do a diagram people are going to ask for a diagram. Anyway I sit at the end so I can easily get things and DH one side and dd (adult) sits opposite. DH and DD are very close have the same interests and can talk for hours. I don’t normally mind but today I lost it.

I put the chicken in the middle of the table the potatoes my side of the meat the veg the other, forget the gravy go back to kitchen to get, via back door to let dog in. Get to table and they have served themselves. dd normal size meal fine, DH his plate is over flowing all the breast gone leaving just 1 drum stick and the wings and thighs, I only eat the breast or a little thigh I wouldn’t mind but it was 1.9 kg chicken !. DD passed me some thigh meat, I took some spuds and asked for veg, then asked again, then asked for wine they had wine where was mine. Normally I would make a fuss insist I’m passed stuff but today I just couldn’t be bothered, if they couldn’t see I didn’t have any dinner I just couldn’t be bothered. I cleared the plates away, realised the reason I hadn’t been offered veg was because the pig had but the most of it on his plate only to leave what would have been mine because he was full.

i left them to clear the kitchen (they always do if I cook) though I normally stay and help,

I just feel un important, not noticed, at one time he would have made sure I had the best he would see a lovely slice of meat and put it on my plate. When did that stop ? I missed it happening. I know now and for some time, I seem unimportant to him . I’m in bed with a glass of wine and some spicy tangy wotsits watching call the midwife.

Sounds like your children are older if they’re drinking wine so they and your DH sound very selfish.
However you do need to stand up for yourself, if it happens next meal time you absolutely need to either serve yourself first or if they take all of the breast, say something. And you need to tell your DH you feel that he’s taking you for granted etc. My DH serves up a roast and he knows what bits of meat we like including our kids and try’s to be fair. There are times where he will take something from the cupboards and there be none left and I will say something and vice versa.

abracadabra1980 · 24/06/2025 19:49

TLDR but my initial feelings are this is about way more than the Sunday dinner. You need to talk.

Iceboy80 · 24/06/2025 19:41

Why don't you just serve it, problem solved, talk about making a mountain out of a molehill, YOU MADE IT, SERVE IT OUT then it's taken out of their hands isnt it!

notwavingbutdrowning1 · 24/06/2025 19:40

With my kids we do that one slices the contested item and the other gets first choice of the resultant portions- this motivating the slicer to be fair. They are 4 and 8 and it’s a joke now as they grew out of being selfish with cake a year or two ago…

I'd forgotten all about that, @Spaghettihair! 'One cuts, the other chooses'. The trouble with my DC was that neither wanted to do the cutting, so there would be a massive squabble about that instead of who got which piece.

notwavingbutdrowning1 · 24/06/2025 19:27

If you can't loudly tell your DH not to be a greedy bastard, who can you tell?

You need to communicate with him about this, OP. He's clearly not going to work it out for himself

BurntBroccoli · 24/06/2025 19:15

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 24/06/2025 19:00

Sorry but that’s given me the absolute ick.

Absolutely! 🤢

notawittyname1954 · 24/06/2025 19:04

I always say my husband would eat the last rolo. Never occurs to him to share fairly. He will get himself a cup of tea and not make me one. he will start eating before I've even sat down. sometimes it annoys me and sometimes I can ignore it.

FateAmenableToChange · 24/06/2025 19:03

So many men are like this, entitlement and greed seem to be the driving forces. Interesting that this post has 16 pages now of replies and the OP has not returned once. Says it all, I doubt there is a woman alive who hasn't witnessed this type of behaviour in men.

Soubriquet · 24/06/2025 19:00

My dad used to eat everyone’s favourite flavour of snack first, and leave the ones behind that only he liked so he could eat them at his leisure.

Used to infuriate me

RobertJohnsonsShoes · 24/06/2025 19:00

Sorry but that’s given me the absolute ick.

tommyhoundmum · 24/06/2025 18:59

Knittedfairies2 · 22/06/2025 23:45

I would be really annoyed, but I would have said something - and quite possibly removed my portion of the dinner from his plate.

This

BettyBoo000 · 24/06/2025 18:59

Floranan · 22/06/2025 23:41

It really p me off, he always gets in first with food / drink takes the best for himself always. Buy doughnuts leave them on the side, he doesn’t think “ oh she loves the apple one or DGD loves the pink one so I’ll leave them and have the chocolate one” oh no if the apple of pink one looks best he takes it. I know that’s a silly example but you get the idea.

today I served dinner. On a Sunday we always eat as a family at the table and I put the food out in serving bowls. I think I should do a diagram people are going to ask for a diagram. Anyway I sit at the end so I can easily get things and DH one side and dd (adult) sits opposite. DH and DD are very close have the same interests and can talk for hours. I don’t normally mind but today I lost it.

I put the chicken in the middle of the table the potatoes my side of the meat the veg the other, forget the gravy go back to kitchen to get, via back door to let dog in. Get to table and they have served themselves. dd normal size meal fine, DH his plate is over flowing all the breast gone leaving just 1 drum stick and the wings and thighs, I only eat the breast or a little thigh I wouldn’t mind but it was 1.9 kg chicken !. DD passed me some thigh meat, I took some spuds and asked for veg, then asked again, then asked for wine they had wine where was mine. Normally I would make a fuss insist I’m passed stuff but today I just couldn’t be bothered, if they couldn’t see I didn’t have any dinner I just couldn’t be bothered. I cleared the plates away, realised the reason I hadn’t been offered veg was because the pig had but the most of it on his plate only to leave what would have been mine because he was full.

i left them to clear the kitchen (they always do if I cook) though I normally stay and help,

I just feel un important, not noticed, at one time he would have made sure I had the best he would see a lovely slice of meat and put it on my plate. When did that stop ? I missed it happening. I know now and for some time, I seem unimportant to him . I’m in bed with a glass of wine and some spicy tangy wotsits watching call the midwife.

He sounds like an inconsiderate ill mannered thoughtless pig. I am sorry but was he dragged up ? I was brought up not to start eating at the table unless everyone was present and ensure everyone is looked after and shares what we have. God this guy gives me the ick just thinking about him

DBD1975 · 24/06/2025 18:51

Don't put the food on the table in bowls, dish it up for everyone.
I would also make a point of doing this the first time, pack your plate to the rafters and give them the bare minimum, if and when they complain, this will be your moment and trust me it will be as delicious as your dinner!

BigButtons · 24/06/2025 18:37

I would have bloody well said something- why didn’t you say anything to him?

waitingforlifeonmars · 24/06/2025 18:35

Easy fix, plate your own food up in the kitchen, then take the bowls out for the rest and big your own plate through last. When asked why, tell them.

BurntBroccoli · 24/06/2025 18:34

Urgh - greediness is not an attractive trait.
Why are you with him?

fetchacloth · 24/06/2025 18:29

To be honest I would have taken some of the food from his plate onto mine to make a point. Even if it caused a row, because no one gets away with this behaviour in our house.
What a dreadful example to set to children.

Grammarnut · 24/06/2025 18:24

Teateaandmoretea · 23/06/2025 09:26

‘Satisfied with an apple’ That is peak mumsnet. And utter rot.

Most blokes I see around are fat tbh not sure who these magic ones are who eat 4 quarter pounders and stay at 12 stone (which the correct weight for an average height male).

Yes taller men will need to est more, like taller women do but the 17 stoners on this thread could do with eating less, unless they are literally 7 foot tall.

Edited

My son could eat for England and never put on an ounce. About 5'11" and slim. Has slight pot these days (40s) but can still just eat.
As it happens until the menopause I could also eat for England and never put on an ounce. Takes a bit more forethought these days.

99problems99 · 24/06/2025 18:23

Floranan · 22/06/2025 23:41

It really p me off, he always gets in first with food / drink takes the best for himself always. Buy doughnuts leave them on the side, he doesn’t think “ oh she loves the apple one or DGD loves the pink one so I’ll leave them and have the chocolate one” oh no if the apple of pink one looks best he takes it. I know that’s a silly example but you get the idea.

today I served dinner. On a Sunday we always eat as a family at the table and I put the food out in serving bowls. I think I should do a diagram people are going to ask for a diagram. Anyway I sit at the end so I can easily get things and DH one side and dd (adult) sits opposite. DH and DD are very close have the same interests and can talk for hours. I don’t normally mind but today I lost it.

I put the chicken in the middle of the table the potatoes my side of the meat the veg the other, forget the gravy go back to kitchen to get, via back door to let dog in. Get to table and they have served themselves. dd normal size meal fine, DH his plate is over flowing all the breast gone leaving just 1 drum stick and the wings and thighs, I only eat the breast or a little thigh I wouldn’t mind but it was 1.9 kg chicken !. DD passed me some thigh meat, I took some spuds and asked for veg, then asked again, then asked for wine they had wine where was mine. Normally I would make a fuss insist I’m passed stuff but today I just couldn’t be bothered, if they couldn’t see I didn’t have any dinner I just couldn’t be bothered. I cleared the plates away, realised the reason I hadn’t been offered veg was because the pig had but the most of it on his plate only to leave what would have been mine because he was full.

i left them to clear the kitchen (they always do if I cook) though I normally stay and help,

I just feel un important, not noticed, at one time he would have made sure I had the best he would see a lovely slice of meat and put it on my plate. When did that stop ? I missed it happening. I know now and for some time, I seem unimportant to him . I’m in bed with a glass of wine and some spicy tangy wotsits watching call the midwife.

I feel the same. My DH does this, if we get a takeaway he gets his own stuff out and starts eating it from the wrapping before removing mine or the kids stuff from the bag, he makes himself a cup of tea and then when I complain he says ‘I ASKED YOU’ which he 100% did not. I buy treats for the house and him and my eldest son (10) eat the lot without leaving anything for me. Proper annoying

JCS1000 · 24/06/2025 18:15

I just find this very disrespectful.

Chungai · 24/06/2025 18:00

onlymethen · 22/06/2025 23:51

I would have taken a portion of breast meat from his plate. No way as the cook I’d have gone without. Stand up for yourself as obviously with your explanation of his behaviour he’s not looking after you.

This. Don't be a doormat OP.

He's taking the piss and you need to have words. He would have been giving me veg and some nice meat. And wine.

Trishyb10 · 24/06/2025 17:57

He,s a selfish narcissist, i had a pal she would turn up for meets and weekends away with goodies (2 of each one for him,one for her)and he would eat the lot, the relationship never improved he was selfish and uncaring right the way through..

Omgblueskys · 24/06/2025 14:37

Hay op how did mondays dinner go, did you make a stand,

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