Stealing coat hangers from hotels

[MonkeyJungleConga]

My DH has got this weird thing going on whereby he always takes a coat hanger from any hotel he stays in except those ones that have detachable hooks.

This really pisses me off because IMO it's theft.

This weekend we stayed at a lovely hotel and when we got there I asked him not to nick one this time. When I came to pack my stuff (he'd already packed his) I saw that he'd taken one. So I told him to put it back and he refused and went off to pay the bill taking his case with him.

So I had a go at him and said I'd send it back. He thinks I'm being ridiculous.

FFWD to getting home. DH unpacks as soon as he gets home (which is a first because IME he leaves the case lying around on the floor for weeks until I finally crack and unpack for him) and has managed to hide the coat hanger somewhere in the wardrobe. WTF?!

He thinks I'm being unreasonable (every one does it and it's a low value item) and I think he's stealing and acting immaturely and deceitfully (I quite liked the look of the cotton wool ball holder, which was probably equally low value but nonetheless I didn't take it).

MN jury please decide.

you could always tip the hotel off and ask them to wtrite to him for it to be returned.... that should cure him

blackeyedsusan - well I've considered that but it is a bit embarrassing for me and it annoys me that he's put me in an embarrassing position.

Tell his mates, let them take the mickey out of him for it. Maybe that will do the trick

Tempting option indeed but not keen to be so openly disloyal infront of his mates

My gut feeling was its by mistake - I always take hangers with me and have often come home with an extra one in error (im now quite pleased they have the captive hangers so I cant take them by mistake)

It's either that its what his parents always did - so a normal or expected part of staying away or like someone else said some weird ocd-ish psychologial thing.

I think I would be tempted to just take a couple extra every time I went away, see how many he takes and leave some of yours there (an unnecessary complication but quite a simple way to get over it!!)

Is his birthday coming up? I'd be ordering a job lot of 200 coat hangers and no other present... lol.

What Worldgonecrazy said- take one with you whenever you go to a hotel and put one back. He'll never know.

He is being a twat yanbu

Yes, but what's the point in taking extra hangers really because (wonders how to put this without sounding wanky) lets just say because most of his hotelling is for work he only really stays in posh places (the kind that doesn't expect guests to pinch non-consumables) where the hangers are top quality and they all match. So I turn up at the next posh place with my beautifully polished light oak hanger (probably half inched by DH from when he last stayed at The Four Seasons or whatever) and all theirs are gleaming mahogany or something. Do you see the problem I facing there? A Four Seasons Hotel hanger isn't going to match the Luxury Family Hotels hanger. I can't pre-empt the theft with a replacement.

Please note disclaimer: hotels named are for illustrative purposes only.

He is being unreasonable to steal them.

YABU to make such a big deal of it.