To think dh has no clue how much things cost. Does yours?

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I went shopping to tesco last night and as usual spent around £100 for three of us to last us just over a week. Dh can't understand how I'm spending so much but he will only eat brand names products (don't get me started) and good meat and fish.

I gave him a little quiz on the current cost of items in the shops. Here are his answers:

1st class stamp: 25p (60p)
2 pints of milk: 50p (90p)
loaf of bread: 60p (1.20)
2 chicken fillets: 2.00 (5.30)
Six free range eggs: 90p (1.70)
Jar of coffee: 1.00 (2.50)
Washing tablets: 1.00 (4.00)

No wonder he thinks I'm spending a lot! He has no idea! Would your dh / dp know? I think dh may have to do the shopping next week!

Not a clue - although he will know t's his job to go to the bakers on a Saturday morning!

You are being robbed over chicken fillets though - Lidl meat is superb quality and you can get 4 breasts for £3.65 or 7 thighs/4 quarters for £2.65

No DH wouldn't have the faintest idea.

My DH wouldn't have a clue how much basics cost, although does have a keen eye for a special offer

My dh has a clue, well didn't have a clue, until u broke my leg 6 weeks ago.
Now he does the shopping, he knows how much stuff costs and how it varies.

I've had to have this chat with DH about our spending on meat - DH also wants good quality meat, and now has decided he doesn't want the supermarket meat (even their 'finest/taste the difference') but from the organic butchers near us, fair enough, but it means the £200 I was paying into the joint account extra to build up while I'm on mat leave has just gone - so we've re done the finances and he's putting an extra £200 in a month to keep up.

It's also helped doing on line shopping on the laptop in the evening and getting him to 'check' the order before I hit buy - officially so he can see if there's anything he wants to add/anything I've forgotten, but also it's helped him see the real costs.

Let's send them shopping! I swear my dh thinks I'm sneaking off to buy clothes or something! 20p for a first class stamp! Not sure which decade he's living in.

Absolutely no idea.

He does lots round the house tbh but has never done the food shopping. He would spend a fortune if i let him loose in the supermarket and would never look for bargains/best price.

No clue at all.

I cant let him go supermarket shopping, hes like a magpie. If its shiny and fancy hes having it. If he comes with me, ill maybe say ok cereal next... And he will just lunge for the nearest box, instead of looking over whats available and seeing whats on offer. It actually really annoys me!

I took DH shopping once, never again. This was 20 years ago when we only used to spend £25 a week. We were £99 lighter once he'd finished filling the trolley. He's banned now. Although he is very good at being sent out for a specific item and bringing it back

Mines too switched on- but still complains!

1st class stamp: 60p (60p)
2 pints of milk: 98p (90p)
loaf of bread: £1.30 (1.20)
2 chicken fillets: 4.00 (5.30)
Six free range eggs: £2.00 (1.70)
Jar of coffee: £3.50 (2.50)
Washing tablets: £5.00 (4.00)

And he doesn't even do the shopping!

He would know most of those I think but there's plenty of other things he wouldn't have a clue about, despite him being there when we do the weekly shop.

He would know the stamps (he knows the prices better then me!) and the milk & bread (because we usually top those up from the shop over the road midweek). Chicken - I think he'd know how much we pay for them (usually a 1kg bag it's £12.99 iirc but we tend to buy when it's on offer so more like £10). He'd know how much DD1's washing liquid is but not a clue about the powder (neither would I) because my parents keep bringing us a big box - I've not bought any for years. We don't buy jar of coffee so neither of us would have a clue. I think we'd maybe struggle on the eggs too.

Seeing that he does most of the shopping he probably does.

My dh, that is.

No he don't have the slightest idea and often asks why the Shoppings cost do much

Dh hasn't got a clue how much food is. He can't understand why our online delivery is what it is. I'm going away soon for a week with the my boys and will leave dh to arrange his own food that week.

My ex-DH was like this. Every week I'd get moaned at for spending too much, so I asked him to come with me for one shop.
We had a 10 minute discussion about how it would be false economy to get the reduced-because-it-goes-off-tomorrow milk and bread, and then another 10 minute discussion about whether we do need andrex over the economy loo roll (I have a delicate arse, I'm not ashamed!)

Then he comes running over with a jar of Cherry jam which he HAS to have because it reminds him of his childhood. £4. For a jar of jam.

I have no idea how much individual items cost, I just have a good idea how much an overall shop should cost.

So if the overall bill comes to much more than I expect, I'll check the receipt to see what it was that bumped it up.

That doesn't really address the OP unless you realise that I am the H and do a lot of the shopping.

Just tested DH...he wasn't too bad, some close some not so good shows he listens to me complaining I do the shopping, he puts it away and does most of the cooking, so no complaints here!

I don't really mind him not knowing... I do mind the interrogation and the accusing 'that doesn't look like much for £100'

Send him shopping or get him to have a look online. DH regularly does the shopping so he has a pretty good idea.

He said 'shouldn't there be about one hundred things for £100?' I said 'dh, I don't do our food shopping in poundland.'

My DH does the shopping so no complaints from me on that score :)

However, he can't get over how much things like make-up and hair cuts cost. He seems to think I spend a fortune on these types of things. Admittedly, I buy expensive cleansers/moisturisers but they come out of my own money, not the family coffers as I'm well aware they're a luxury, but my haircut costs £31 which seems fairly normal but he thinks not.

I find threads like this very depressing. Reminds me of the old days when a man would expect steak for his dinner every night so the wife and kids got bread and dripping because he refused to pony up more housekeeping.

Either insist they do the shopping or if you have to do it, then refuse to accept any sort of complaints about the cost!

My dh regularly does the food shopping and is well aware of the cost of everything. To the point where we started making our own pizza dough and now, very recently, our own bread (still buy bagels).

Large plain loaf of bread from our local, ordinary baker is £1.85, which will last two days at most (pack lunches etc).

If mine went to do the shopping he would spend £200 and still manage to forget most of the essentials. He has absolutely no idea how much food costs!