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To have a secret snack drawer

136 replies

Dolly34 · 28/01/2026 22:35

There’s a drawer in our kitchen that I know my husband never looks in. I bought some chocolate to bake with the other day and hid it in this draw so he wouldn’t find it and eat it before I baked. Since then, I’ve bought a big dairy milk caramel bar and left it in there for when I want to pick at it.
It’s been in there over a week, and I know if it was anywhere else, my DH would have inhaled it.

Today, I bought a pack of chocolate hobnobs and put them in the draw - again so I can pick at at my leisure when working from
home.

AIBU by hiding food from my husband to keep for myself?

(some extra context that I’ve been going through IVF this month and just want a stash for when I need it, rather than going to get something and it’s disappeared!)

  • [Note from MNHQ: We've edited the typo in the title and the opening post, just so the thread doesn't (continue!) to get derailed by people pointing it out... Give the OP a break!] Flowers
OP posts:
TraitorsLantern · 28/01/2026 22:53

Kingdomofsleep · 28/01/2026 22:50

It's draw with a very quick schwa on the end.
Draw-(uh).

X-posted. I’d never heard of a schwa, thanks for sharing that.

TroysMammy · 28/01/2026 22:52

I've got lots of secret places for chocolate and snacks, sometimes so secret I have much joy coming across them months later. My partner is diabetic with a sweet tooth so I hide and eat on the sly so I don't have to give him any. He does perfectly well buying his is own forbidden foods.

I have also had to hide things like tinned rice pudding because the very time I fancy something you can guarantee the selfish, greedy so and so has got there first.

bridgetreilly · 28/01/2026 22:52

I love the idea that secretly you draw a winner for a snack every day.

Blondeshavemorefun · 28/01/2026 22:52

Good luck with ivf. I did 5 rounds to get mini blondes

and yes needs must to have a snack drawer that is yours and yours alone

Bubobubo · 28/01/2026 22:52

Draw and drawer sound the same to me. And I presume for the majority. It must be hard for such a lighthearted post to be so misunderstood.

OP you are DNBU - I can't even hide it from myself Blush

TraitorsLantern · 28/01/2026 22:51

I pronounce it DRAW-uhs (the uhs is very short). Maybe I am the only one?

YANBU about the secret snacks though.

Kingdomofsleep · 28/01/2026 22:50

It's draw with a very quick schwa on the end.
Draw-(uh).

noworklifebalance · 28/01/2026 22:50

Tempodrom · 28/01/2026 22:45

People spell it draw as that how it's pronounced. (Waits for the rhotic speakers to disagree 🤣)

It’s not rhotic, though is it? Just an -er at the end and is pronounced draw-er and mispronounced (and misspelled) draw.

TheSunRisesInTheEast · 28/01/2026 22:50

I think it's pretty normal to have a secret stash of chocolate and sweets, mine's beside my bed in my knicker drawer, hidden 😂. I hide the wrappers in their too, until I can safely bin them. I think part of the appeal is that it's secret! I love going to bed early with a coffee, my tablet, and my goodies drawer 🤣. Good luck with the IVF, the choccies will help you relax, and you deserve a little bit of what you fancy 😉💐

Ibetthatyoulookgoodon · 28/01/2026 22:50

Tempodrom · 28/01/2026 22:45

People spell it draw as that how it's pronounced. (Waits for the rhotic speakers to disagree 🤣)

To be fair, lots of words are spelt differently to how they are pronounced.

Kingdomofsleep · 28/01/2026 22:49

Tempodrom · 28/01/2026 22:45

People spell it draw as that how it's pronounced. (Waits for the rhotic speakers to disagree 🤣)

It's a slightly longer vowel isn't it? Even if you don't do the rhotic thing.

liveforsummer · 28/01/2026 22:49

Tempodrom · 28/01/2026 22:45

People spell it draw as that how it's pronounced. (Waits for the rhotic speakers to disagree 🤣)

Lots of things are not spelled as they sound which is why teaching phonics for English reading is full of challenges 😆

Yourinmyspot · 28/01/2026 22:49

Yes I have a secret stash of DH just eats it. I’m safe if anything contains peanut butter or liquorice as I'm the only person in our household who likes them.

shellyleppard · 28/01/2026 22:48

I also have a bag of mini eggs and some really good Christmas shortbread left 🤣🤣 yes I spell it drawer....draw is what you do with a pencil ✏️ 🤣

TheChosenTwo · 28/01/2026 22:48

I don’t because I used to overeat things that weren’t good for me and now use MJ! Hiding things and eating stuff in secret generally didn’t work out well for me because I had no self control 😂
All snacks/chocolate/biscuits just go in the cupboard. Unless everyone else in the house has a secret stash I guess!!

Mathsbabe · 28/01/2026 22:48

My 28 year old DS came home for 6 months and quickly found my twirl stash(6 bars), and ate 5 of them. When there are plenty of twirls, 6 is plenty, I can leave them alone. But a shortage of twirls (1 bar is a shortage) leads to me eating it. So I ate the last bar and explained my difficulties to my DS.
He announced that he could fix it and ordered a box of about 40 twirls from Amazon and assured me that any perceived shortage would be swiftly rectified. We cohabited in peace for the six months.

liveforsummer · 28/01/2026 22:46

Sorry u couldn’t get past draw either and normally i eye roll at the SPAG police 😅. Of course YANBU about the chocolate drawer though op. Enjoy your contraband snacks

Tempodrom · 28/01/2026 22:45

People spell it draw as that how it's pronounced. (Waits for the rhotic speakers to disagree 🤣)

ilovepixie · 28/01/2026 22:44

It’s DRAWER.

TyneTeas · 28/01/2026 22:44

All the PPs commenting that it's drawer not draw need more joy in their life. Perhaps via a snack drawer

Makemineacosmo · 28/01/2026 22:44

Not unreasonable at all. I have a drawer in the utility room that I hide stuff in. DH is a greedy bastard and if it all goes in the cupboard, it's gone in a day. So it's half in the cupboard and half in my treat drawer!

shellyleppard · 28/01/2026 22:43

Half a chocolate orange id anyone would like a slice , 🤤

shellyleppard · 28/01/2026 22:42

I have two teenagers and if I don't have a secret snack drawer there is nothing left 🤣🤣

TheUsualChaos · 28/01/2026 22:41

PS, good luck with the IVF. Ignore people picking on spelling.

toomuchfaff · 28/01/2026 22:41

hanahsaunt · 28/01/2026 22:36

Drawer

Yawn....

No YANBU OP, DH has every opportunity to purchase snacks, they pass a myriad of shops in their daily life. Enjoy your snacks.