Re Potato Wedges and DH - he has agreed to abide by MN decision (trivial)

[MsGee]

So MN jury its up to you - DH has agreed that whatever you decide, he will stick with...

Last night we were discussing what to have for tea tonight - agreed quiche and salad. He eats half of a family size quiche.

He thinks this is insufficient (with salad - bog standard so I don't drip feed, lettuce, tomato and cucumber), so I am doing potato wedges with it.

The wedges are big. He wants FIVE. I told him this was pure gluttony and three would be sufficient. He thinks I'm being silly.

Gruntfuck - if you read all the thread its pretty lighthearted and I don't monitor his food intake or treat him like a child.

I simply did not understand quiche etiquette.

Wedges and quiche? That's carb overload

Did he eat 11 of them???

Just seen pics.

Looks like a nice meal, OP.

[any dessert?]

11? Ask him if he's a man or a mouse?!

Yes he ate all 11. He seemed ok with it all really. Clearly I have been underfeeding him poor lamb ... I am not sure if he would have left them if he had been full. Obviously we are a household of stubborn people.

SixPack Dessert ? I had about half of what he ate and I am stuffed. And I will probably have put on about three pounds.

He hasn't mentioned pudding yet ... I will ask later.

My 3 year old would eat more than 5 wedges. My 8 year old would eat about 15!

MN, that looks like a nice dinner OP. 3 wedges would have been insufficient as would 5. I would have eaten 11. :)

YWBVU.
Poor husband of OP :(

That should say Mmmm not MN!

MrsLouis yes poor DH, he has a hard life.

I really dont know what I was thinking with the three wedges. I can snack on that between meals. plus one if those big fish fingers

Is now the right time to admit that I ate more than 5 wedges?

well done. 26 is definitely more than five...

Ha ha in our house he would start with 6 wedges. I would have 4 & DD (toddler) would have 2. I leave at least 2, DD takes 1, DH gets the other. DH is 6 ft 4 inch tall & built like a Viking. DD appears to take after him. I am comparatively small.

DH had said in fairness I have the post the following confession:

I gave myself a quarter of the quiche and less wedges to make a point

Confession: I just had to scoff the remaining quiche in the kitchen.

To make things worse I normally give DD about 4.

It was the quiche that confused me!!! It seemed too carby!

i should be doing other stuff and have been sucked into a thread about someones tea that has already been eaten.

I am especially peeved as I adore quiche, but am trying not to eat fatty food.

I would love to have seen the same picture with three wedges. It would have looked so sad.

Susan I am so sorry. I know this is the most trivial thread in the world.

Noble that really made me . WTF was I thinking? Three wedges? They suddenly seemed enormous in my mind, as if I was offering a whole three potatoes.

Oh-oh

How many potatoes do you normally have??

No.......don't answer This thread has been going on since breakfast!!!!!!!

Dinner looks nice MsGee!

Lol at this thread !

My almost 6ft active 15 year old would happily eat a whole bag of those wedges on his own and need chicken and beans to go with it to make it enough for him!!! By comparison my 6ft6 dh wouldn't touch them, or quiche with a barge pole and eats far less than both of my boys!!!

Give him 3 wedges and let him fill up on crisps and pop later.

Maryz you should have done a load of wedges too like I did

Waffly you are assuming I have crisps in the house

It appears that DH does find my portion sizes a little on the small side sometimes. He pointed out last night that when I make sandwiches I give him exactly the same as DD. However that's enough for me so unjust sort if assumed...

This all leaves one mystery: if my portion sizes are so tiny, why am I a not smaller? suspect answer already in thread