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Eggs!

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 11:28

We get 18 eggs delivered once a fortnight, man across the road daughter has a farm so totally fresh and free range also cheap!

DH "has" to have an egg and bacon sandwich for breakfast every morning. I don't know what the feared consequence is if he doesn't but there you go Hmm.

That leaves only 5 eggs for me and dcs for the rest of the fortnight so hardly any really, in fact only one meals worth.

AIBU to ask dh to eat less and have something different for breakfast ocassionally. TBH my annoyance about this is probably more to do with his bloody obsessional personality, ie having to eat the same shit all the time and freaking out/being really irate if things aren't "just so". Eg I bought a baguette for him and filled it with ham (only a certain brand mind) and rocket for him as specified but didn't take the doughy bread out of the middle to he took it all apart to rip the bread out as it was "wrong". Bloody rude IMO.

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giyadas · 11/10/2011 11:45

"eggs or bacon, dear, not both - there's a war recession on"

squeakytoy · 11/10/2011 11:45

I really dont think eggs are the issue here. He has some sort of OCD with regards to food, and that is the problem.

I would find that bloody irritating, but I assume he isnt actually doing it to wind you up.

GalaxyWeaver · 11/10/2011 11:46

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 11:47

hey, you know I would just up the egg order if it didn't involve detailed and excruciatingly boring discussion as to why. i would have an egg myself in the morning sometimes but it's just too much at 7am.

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pinkmagic1 · 11/10/2011 11:47

Buy more eggs? Get some chickens?

EggyAllenPoe · 11/10/2011 11:48

...so...your husband has two eggs for breakfast all mornings apart from one, isn't he worried about cholesterol?

wouldn't one egg do?

ivykaty44 · 11/10/2011 11:48

the doughy bit of the inside of the bagette - how old is thi Tell your ds to get a gripe and his mum isn't going to dance to his tune - you will end up with stroppy teens behaviour if you don't put your foot down soon Wink

cryhavoc · 11/10/2011 11:48

I feel your egg related pain. DH has three hard boiled eggs every lunchtime after he's been to the gym - he's obsessed with protein - and DD usually has something egg based at least once a day.

You just have to buy more, I'm afraid. I go through tons. If I didn't have two Rottweilers I'd definitely get some chickens.

DamselInDisarray · 11/10/2011 11:49

He is unreasonable to rip the soft delicious bit out of the granary roll and then only eat the crusty bit. Or he would be if it were toddler aibu.

Seriously, if his pernickety, obsessive ways with food annoy you, don't cook for him. He's a big boy. He can sort himself out. And he can wash his own pans.

BeyondLimitsOfTheLivingDead · 11/10/2011 11:50

Bread and butter with every meal. Ok, give me back my DH! He may have OCD, but he's mine Grin

squeakytoy · 11/10/2011 11:50

Can you not just buy extra eggs from a shop if you run out?? :)

Seriously though, if his obsessions are having a negative impact on family life, which is sounds as though they are, then he could do with getting some CBT. It works, and it would make everyones life much easier.

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 11:51

no he has one...x 14 days (poached NOT FRIED), that leaves 4 over. With bacon WITH THE FAT CUT OFF...woe betide the time i forgot that..in 2 pieces of granary with NO BUTTER and brown sauce spread on the toast rather than butter.

I have made it for him a couple of times as a "treat" but the way he lifted the toast to "examine" the contents made a red mist descend.

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ElderberrySyrup · 11/10/2011 11:51

I think the problem is, the OP is posting from 1944 and eggs are on ration.

amyboo · 11/10/2011 11:52

I'd order more eggs. There's only 3 of us and we get through pretty much 12 a week as DS loves egg in all its forms. They're cheap and pretty good for you, so I wouldn't stress personally.

QuickLookBusy · 11/10/2011 11:53

mini what would happen if you used some eggs and he couldn't have one for breakfast?

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 11:54

I'm actually trained in CBT!! (as in a therapist)

It's a bit different when it's in your own home Grin.

he says if I say "what's the worse that could happen" he's going to get me a t-shirt printed with it on for me to wear when I'm seeing clients.

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mousyfledermaus · 11/10/2011 11:54

step back from the kitchen counter.
has your dh some impairment that makes it impossible for him to make himself his food just so?

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 11:55

I think I'll try "flooding" now an outmoded intervention.

I'll go and make a massive cake.....

And see what happens at 6.30am tomorrow morning.

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GalaxyWeaver · 11/10/2011 11:56

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shefliesthrutheair · 11/10/2011 11:58

minx, you're not the only one with a food obsessive dh. Mine is just the same: if we're at home, he eats the same thing for his weekend lunches every week since I've known him. Won't buy sandwiches when out as he's "not keen on them" - lunches out are a nightmare. I now can't stand the sight of green beans as it's his only idea of a vegetable.

And yes, he gets it from his mother too. What can we do?

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minxofmancunia · 11/10/2011 12:01

Every lunch when he's at work for 10 YEARS.

Ham baguette with no butter with rocket and coleslaw. All ingredients bought separately from the supermarket every day.

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EggyAllenPoe · 11/10/2011 12:01

is this your husband??

GetOrfMo1Land · 11/10/2011 12:02

Oh GOD my ex was like that - so 'just so' about food. He has crap taste as well which made it worse.

He loved curry but didn't like it spicy - I never used chillis at all (which was a pita for me as I am a vindaloo lover) and if I put a mite too much ginger in it he would go mad, and ask me to demonstrate how large the piece of ginger was.

He had stringent and exact specifications on how to cook yorkshire pudding, bacon, potatoes, mash, chips, cheese on toast, fried eggs, peas, cups of tea, cottage pie - god I split from him over 6 years ago and I can remember his instructions for each and every one

His ex wife told me one of the things which made her crack and leave him was his putting HP sauce in her meticulously homemade gravy for christmas dinner.

God help any of his future girlfriends. I blame his insanely indulgent mother.

squeakytoy · 11/10/2011 12:02

My husband is a pain in the arse quite fussy.

Sandwiches must be cut diagonally, or they dont taste right.

Chips must be oblong, not crinkle or slices.

Hates fish, but will eat salmon, smoked salmon, cod, fishfingers, smoked haddock, tuna... Hmm

Hates fishcakes.. but loves fishfingers.... again Hmm

Fried eggs must not have any brown bits on the bottom.

You want to try going on holiday with him.... our choice of restaurant has to be based on which sodding brand of beer they serve.... Angry

squeakytoy · 11/10/2011 12:03

All ingredients bought separately from the supermarket every day

Tell him to get some eggs while he is there Grin