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DH and shopping.

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Thingiebob · 04/03/2013 13:40

I am ill and v pregnant. Dd is also ill. I have been up all night with her. We are snuggled in bed with the humidifier on. DH working from home today offered to get us some supplies in his lunch break, tissues, cough meds and something nice for lunch. I asked for two specific items of food I really fancied. He has come home with something completely different for my lunch because it 'was on sale'.

Yet he has all manner of delights for his lunch and some unnecessary purchases as far as I am concerned.

Aibu to be grumpy and massively pissed off about this? Why is my stuff negotiable? He has done this before. He has said sorry but is convinced it's just hormones and tiredness making me grumpy.

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BertieBotts · 04/03/2013 13:43

That would be really annoying, especially if he's done it before. When you're ill (and especially ill AND preganant!) cravings are often the only thing you feel like eating.

It sounds like he was trying to be nice (assuming the lunch he bought was nice and not a pot noodle or something!) but he hasn't really listened to what you want, has he? He could have even phoned from the supermarket to ask.

DIYapprentice · 04/03/2013 13:44

I'd send him back out.... Angry for you.

aldiwhore · 04/03/2013 13:45

I am not sure whether YABVU or NBUat all.

If he got the essentials then that's probably good enough for you to BU. My DH notoriously has a better idea than my specific requests... and I often do the same.

Doogle2 · 04/03/2013 13:49

Order a pizza! Grin

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Thingiebob · 04/03/2013 13:56

See I can't go too bonkers as he spent his lunch break shopping.

Just feel a bit grumpy that he got exactly what he wanted and more and I didn't.

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Thingiebob · 04/03/2013 13:57

It wasn't a pot noodle but nor was it particularly healthy!

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Thingiebob · 04/03/2013 13:59

Can't face pizza, finding it hard to eat certain foodstuffs.

I'm still really bloody annoyed!

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Bejeena · 04/03/2013 14:07

I would try and explain to him that if he was ill and you offered to get him lunch that you would, without a doubt, get him whatever he specifically asked for (any woman would I am sure). Explain to him that you being naffed off is nothing to do with hormones because it is true.

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Thingiebob · 04/03/2013 14:11

I will explain. Just wasn't sure if I was overreacting or not.

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MrsMushroom · 04/03/2013 14:13

Yanbu. When I was pregnant, I asked DH to smash up some ice cubes for me...they were the last tray. He added...a smashed up lollyice to the pure cubes. Angry

I went up the wall! My ice! My beautiful ice was sullied!

Send the fecker out again.

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