to do the food shopping alone even though DH will be annoyed

[OhdearNigel]

My DH never, ever lets me go food shopping on my own. He always insists on coming, I suspect because he wants to fill the trolley up with biscuits and chicken kievs that he knows I won't buy !
We should have gone shopping last week, the cupboards and fridge are looking like mother hubbard's and the cats are having to eat tuna because there is no cat food. However, due to our shifts there is no opportunity for us to go food shopping this week as the only time we are both off is tomorrow evening when I will be putting DD (18m) to bed. He will be at work now until probably next week.
The only way I can get the food shopping done will be to have it delivered or go on my own - both of which will cause a row because of his odd obsession with coming shopping.
WWYD ? I have no milk, no sugar, no butter, no potatoes, no lots of things and really do need to go shopping before next Tuesday

You know, I've just realised that the older I get, the less satisfying my poos get. Somebody tell me why?

Am fascinated by what makes a chicken a posh chicken....

"and unless you want to turn into your MIL, I suggest you stop giving in for an easy life"

Yes, I think this a lot. It's just that after 2 or 3 days of constant arguing I just think "is this really worth it" - compounding the fellony.

I have another take on this - refuse to argue for 2 or 3 days - just do what you want! You are allowed to, you know! You are a grown up!

felony ?

I thought he was the one couldn't leave the job at work

Anybody who argues a point for 2 or 3 days until you back down for a quiet life is an abusive bully. Did you realise that ?

Why not just give your dh your shopping list and let him do the shopping? Since he seems to want to do it? Then you could be mumsnetting doing something else constructive with your time while he is at the shops.

BTF, I can tell you why your poos are getting less satisfying

As you age, your ringpiece gets looser

Sorry to be the one to tell you that

Because he wouldn't buy the things that he didn't want. I have tried it before and he missed off a load of stuff I asked him to get because he didn't want to buy it.

My chickens wear pantaloons.

His ego is very, very large, isn't it ?

chickens I thought they all did! Or is that just in the film?

And you've just won the prize for the most random post

Yes, he freely admits it. He always thinks he is right and gets really frustrated when people have a different opinion. He will just steamroller any point you are trying to make or will change tack to alter the argument to something else if he feels that he is getting on dodgy ground. the annoying thing is that i know what he does and yet every time it works. He is an absolutely textbook Taurus

I keep pekin bantams. They are tea cosies with beaks.

Nigel - I'm bursting with nosiness curiosity - why do you freeze condensed milk?
I mean, it's in a tin or long-life carton anyway.

But that is just silly. You won't buy the things he wants and he won't buy the things you want.

I think you both really need to talk about this and sort it out. Which will mean that BOTH of you are going to have to be prepared to allow the other to get the shopping they think is necessary.

No, he is an absolute textbook arse. When he starts, just say 'Nope, sorry, don't feel like banging my head against a brick wall for days. You carry on ranting there and I'll go and watch tv'. Then smile sweetly and nod at everything he says, while keeping one eye on the telly. He will be driven batshit and hopefully learn that arguing gets him nowhere.

Oh, and I hope you don't use astrology to solve crimes

He is an absolute textbook twat

Oh well, your choice to kow-tow to a bloke like that, not mine

I really wish women wouldn't do it though, there would be lot fewer self-entitled twats in the world if they didn't < shrugs >

Oi dont tar all us Tauruses with the same brush

And I hope I never get arrested by him (not that I would)

Salmo - it goes kind of gloopy and half frozen. It's foul !

Nigel FFS stop being such an Aquarian and blaming his twattish-ness on his star sign!

FFS.

What AF said.

I feel so sorry for children brought up by mothers who put up with twats like this.

Yes, but that's what becomes of it - I wanna know why you freeze it!

Sorry, that didn't actually clarify it, did it. He likes to eat it like that [boak]

Or is it the gloopy-ness that is the desired result?